Legacy of the Kirin

Spirit walks alongside Light as they travel to the train station alone that is heading towards the frozen north to face down Sombra in hopes to end him once and for all. The train is long enough to put human trains to shame as the width is enough to fit a small Dragon. Spirit notes that the glass windows are black and tinted so no one can look into them as well as looking to be bullet proof from the outside.

Light walks into the train-car and notes the fine leather seats and even a few table. The curtains look to be hoof-crafter into draconic symbols and designs of when she and Spirit ruled together without having to deal with Discord, Sombra or Nightmare Moon. She smiles softly as she see's a picture of her and Spirit being in High School as they stand with Sabrina(Celestia) and their club, back when they would fight Shadow Beings by summoning their dormant abilities, in front of their School Dorm.

Spirit looks at the picture as well and a small smile crosses his lips before someone clears their throat making him and Light jump a few feet into the air. He spins around and his arms start to glow, as do his eyes. He is stopped by Light who stands before him and holds her right arm out making a silent halt. He looks up and see's Twilight with Spike and the other bearers of the Element's of Harmony with their Elements connected to their forms.

"What are you doing here?" Light asks with a cold and harsh tone making everyone, besides Spirit, flinch and grow worried about their friend and her sudden hatred towards them.

"Princess Celestia told us to come with you two as to be of some sort of help." Rainbow explains. Light makes a head motion to Spirit and his left eye seems to darken as become black and red with a sideways crowned slit. He stares at the two of them before his eye returns to normal and he nods his head lightly.

"They are clean." He states with the nod of his head yet his mouth does not move. Light nods her head back.

"Clean?" Rarity asks. Spirit looks at her with a soft expression.

"In the north the air is changed and changes those that hold no Element or ties with holy or unholy beings become corrupted and become what humans called "Zombies" but it is actually the high mass of Black Magical energy that floats around. Sombra may have tried to take over Equestria and the world a few thousand years ago, but he wasn't the first Black Magic user to ever exist. Before here were Shadow Beings that could control darkness and as they sound; the shadows. I already know you will ask about that picture, but that will be talked about later on when we have more time. But for now, we must hurry to the Northern hemisphere before that evil energy flows down to Equestria and my home." Spirit explains. Light stares out the window with pure hatred in her eyes most likely reserved for Sombra. Shy looks at the picture again and see's a boy standing with them holding a large sword.

The trains jolts with a start and heads down the tracks slowly moving away from the station as the ponies feel a strange sense of dread start to form in their chests. Spirit sits down onto a couch and remains silent as Light sits across from him and she has a glare on her face but it softens as she notices Spirit's silence. Twilight and the other ponies watch as Spike curls up next to Spirit like a kitten next to it's mother, and considering their relationship it makes sense to the ponies, as Light appears on the other side of Spike and rubs his back gently.

"He is a wonderful looking child." Light states as she has a smile gracing her lips as Spirit's eyes sparkle with love and happiness at Light and Spike.

"That he is. It's funny about his name though." He states with a soft chuckle. Twilight tilts her head as Light and Spike both give Spirit questioning looks.

"What's wrong with my name?" Spike asks. Spirit chuckles again before rubbing his son's head spines gently. Light stares at Spirit with a questioning look as Spirit summons an Emerald ember.

"I was planning to name you Emerald Flame, as when you were born the fire that I would breath on you to keep your egg safe and warm would always turn Emerald." He states. Rarity giggles.

"Now that would have been fun to say. Emerald Flame...WAIT! Is Flame your last name!?" Rarity asks Spirit loudly. He shakes his head.

"I never had a last name." He states.

"The why 'Flame'?" Twilight asks.

"It just seemed to fit with him at the time. But Spike is just as good a name." Spirit explains. Spike chuckles.

"I kind of like Emerald a bit better, but I'll accept my adoptive mother/sister's choice of name." He says as he nuzzles Twilight gently and making her blush.

"You named him?" Spirit asks. Twilight nods her head gently.

"I did. I thought it was a cute name for when he was younger." She says with a sheepish shrug. Spike then gets a strange happy look on his face.

"Why not make my name, 'Spike Emerald Flame'?" He asks. Spirit nods his head, as does Twilight. They both smile and chuckle/giggle.

"A fine name indeed." Light giggles out. The others continue to talk amongst themselves as Spirit stays quiet and thinks about the past. He looks out the window as he watches snow fall and the ground outside is slowly being covered by snow. His eyes then squint as he see's something coming at the train like a bat-out-of-hell. His eyes then widen as he watches a massive Ice Troll burst out from the hailing snow as it lets out a gurgling wail.

He notes that it's body is bleeding and torn apart and the right eye dangles as it's left eye glows bright purple with strange black mist flowing from it. He summons his sword quickly as hordes of Undead Ice Troll's burst out as well as chariots of human skeleton's ride out with rotting Cerberus'.

"Everyone! Get your weapons out and make sure they are ready to kill!" He states as he pulls out what he and Spike call a 'pistol' and fires a few 'bullets' out taking the heads of the Trolls off and their bodies to drop onto the Skeleton's below them. Spike grabs his Emerald sword and holds it back as it waiting to thrust it forward. Light holds her shield and katana-spear as Twilight activates her Element and she becomes a human/Alicorn hybrid like Celestia is but it is her armored form as her sword and shield is ready.

Rarity enters her Alicorn armor form as AJ brings out her bladed whip, Dashes wings ignite with lightning and blades fanning over her feathers, tail and mane as armor. Shy's Element ignites and a medical outfit forms on her withers as her saddlebag is full of healing items and rings that turn into full armor pieces. Pinkie's Element ignites and she wears hoof-canon's and has elemental streamer-like-chain-whips circling her form as.

Spirit fires more rounds from the train's windows as the undead beings rush forward. He takes down a few before more take he fallen ones places. He growls as his eyes glow and lava pillars rise up around the train as light's eyes glow softly and Ice Spears fly from the snow and impale into the undead severing their limbs.

The other side of the car is torn open as an Undead Ice Troll rips part of the roof off along with a wall. Spirit curses under his breath as he spins around and swings his blade from side to side soppily and cuts the beasts eyes open making it roar in pain before he puts the barrel of his gun into it's mouth and fires out a shot making it's head explode into a bomb of gore. He kicks the body off of the train as Skeletons jump onto the train and sword their swords as Spirit's chest, only to be sliced in half by his tail and to be kicked off of the train.

He looks back and see's Light parrying a Skeleton with her shield before kicking it back at Spike who cleaves it in two as more arrive to attack him. Spirit is the grabbed and pulled from the car by a massive Ice Troll that swings him around. His eyes glow faintly before he teleports high in the air and dives down at the Troll as it looks around for him. He brings his blade out and throws it down and fires out a few bullets at the butt of the hilt making it go down faster. His left arm starts to glow as his sword pierces the Troll's head and splits it in half.

He rears his arm back before thrusting it forward and it explodes into a strange chain as a claw-hook grips the hilt of the sword and his chain-arm recoils before becoming a metal arm. He looks down at the train and flickers into the car as his mechanical arm glows and becomes flesh once again. He looks around the car and see's that ponies are smashing against the doors as their intestines drag and their eyes are lifeless.

"RRRAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!" One gurgles out as it tackles into Spirit and bites at his face and neck. He growls and shoots the Zomb-ponies head off he then kicks the body off of his form and slices another one in half before stomping it's head into oblivion. Spike flies through the door as a horde chases after him but he slams the door shut and locks it. He pants heavily as his sword is covered in blood as are his claws as he wipes the undead gore and blood off onto the walls.

"Spike. Where are the others?" Spirit asks. Spike jumps and spins around holding his sword like a shield. "Whoa! Easy there!" Spirit exclaims as he raises his hands up in defense.

"Oh, it's you." Spike states before sighing in what Spirit can only think is relief. "The others rushed out of the room after you were taken and then the ponies were being turned by this strange purple gas. We are fine as we had inhaled it and remained safe, but everyone else on this train has been turned into Zombies. Before they were only coughing before they started to eat each other, and then, they came after us." He pants out. Spirit nods his head lightly and sighs as his eyes close.

"I see, so Sombra is using that technique again hm?" He asks. Spike gives his mother/father a strange look.

"What do you mean?" He asks. Spirit looks at his child and sighs.

"He is using a Black Magic technique called "Toten auferstehen". It's a language from when humans existed. It was known as German and the phrase means "Dead Rise". It was developed by one of our old "club members" who's power was in the afterlife. He was a Dragon-Son of a Death Dragon." Spirit explains as he reloads his gun and cleans his sword quickly as the door budges slightly. Spike stares at him with wide eyes.

"You were friends with a Death Dragon-Son?" Spike asks. Spirit nods his head quickly.

"Yes, but I was friends with many other kinds. Our 'club' was nothing but Dragon-Son's that held the 'potential' to save the world from Shadow Beings and even other things that go bump in the night." Spirit explains. Spike nods but then looks Spirit over.

"Your a Fire Dragon-Son right?" He asks. Spirit sighs and shakes his head.

"I'm a mix of breeds that the humans made to help...craft me." He says the last part reluctantly. Spike tilts his head as this is new information to him.

"What do you mean? Didn't you have parent's?" He asks. Spirit sighs once again and gives Spike an annoyed look.

"I'll tell you the tale later on, alright? But for now we NEED to get the ever loving hell out of here." Spirit states. Spike goes to argue but then he hears the door crack and is quick to nod his head and rush to the other door. Spirit follows as his sword vanishes and he brings out his second pistol. The door breaks open and a small horde of Zomb-ponies rush in after Spike and Spirit. Spirit stops and spins around and fires his bullets out into the horde taking a few heads off but most lose a limb or two. He curses under his breath as he turns and runs after Spike as they reach the door and go through it.

Spike slams the door shut and places a metal seat and shelf in front of it in hopes of keeping the undead out for the time being. The small barricade holds, for now. Spirit reloads his pistols and tosses one over to Spike who catches it and whistles.

"Damn, this is a good one. How did you make it?" He asks. Spirit chuckles.

"Not that hard when you can weld with your bare hands and have fire around them." He states. Spike nods his head and holsters his new pistol into a leather holster Spirit hands him to place onto his hip. Spirit rises to his feet and walks around the room looking for another exit or any sign of the girls. The door cracks and the barricade groans as if something large it smashing against it. The two turn with wide eyes as a large crack forms with a large lifeless purple glowing eye staring in at them.

The two pull out their pistols right as the barricade is knocked aside and the Zomb-ponies crawl in quickly in their desire to devour Spirit's and Spike's flesh. Spike fires a few rounds out and blows the heads off of the undead while Spirit focuses his attention on the eye as he charges at it with his sword split in two as his tail flicks the other pistol to Spike who catches it and fires off into the horde.

Spirit shoulders rolls forward as a claw tears through the car trying to kill him but succeeds in killing the undead and brining Spike over to Spirit's side as the two rush forward. The eye moves away before a Troll's arm goes through the doorway and swipes at the two of them. Spike flickers back while Spirit jumps upwards and as he comes down onto the arm he swings both blades down, severing it at the shoulder and making the Troll make a gurgling wail of pain.

Spirit rushes out of the room and after the short trail of blood as a large Ice Troll stands there with Light standing on it's shoulders stabbing her katana-spear into it's head killing it swiftly. He see's Twilight and the others rush in from behind the Troll with their weapons bloodied. Shy has a strange look in her eye, it looks like...glee? He see's her ears are longer, her pupils are slit as her wings are bat-like as she has two fangs on her upper-jaw. Her mane and tail are long and bloodied as her hooves look sharper.

"What the fuck happened to her?" He asks, making the others jump while Light remains calm.

"She is one of those "Vam-pony" hybrid's that we had helped find a home form in the north east back before Discord took over, remember?" Light explains. Spirit nods his head lightly.

"I see. That would explain why she had that smell." He mutters. Shy nods her head.

"That's right." She says calmly before a Zomb-pony charges in and tackles Spirit to the floor as it tries to chomp down onto his neck. He hisses as his left arm starts to glow, but he stops it when Shy bucks the undead head clean off of it's shoulders making blood spew out everywhere. Spirit looks up at her as she wipes a cloth against her face to try and get clean. He then grows curious.

"If you could fight, then why haven't you?" Spirit asks.

"Hey, yeah!! Why haven't you?!" Dash exclaims. Shy shakes her head.

"I don't like to fight, but if I have to, I will. I'll even kill the living in order to protect others." Shy explains. Spirit nods his head lightly with a smile.

"Same reason for me as well." He states, the ponies and Spike give him a strange look before Light makes herself known.

"Ahem." She states. "We are nearing the Crystal Empire Station. We better get ready to hoof it when we arrive." He states. Spirit nods his head as his sword conjoin back into one and then become liquid flame and flows into his chest. He walks towards a window and looks outside as they seem to be getting closer and closer to a Crystal Train Station that is slowly falling apart and turning black.

He growls loudly making the others look upon him in worry.

"Are we nearly there?" Dash asks. Spirit nods his head lightly as he stares ahead at the station, he notices that the undead beings stay far away from it, as if in fear of this place. They have a right to be afraid, as the group reaches Sombra's home, his domain. Spirit's eyes flicker briefly before they reach the station and come to a stop.

They step out of the torn apart car and look ahead where a large Black Crystal Castle stands. He can feel Sombra's power emanating from all around. But for some reason, he feels no hate, no loathing, no fear, no happiness. Just excitement. This was going to long fight.

============Far beneath the Crystal Castle in the mines below=====================

A massive black Dragon with a long bright red horn, claws, spines, spikes and eyes sits and waits. It's eyes blink as a strange crooked smile forms on it's muzzle as it can feel Spirit's energy. It trembles in a sense of excitement as it can feel Spirit's own excitement as he and his little friends move along towards this Dragon's domain.

It looks down from a large pile of Crystals as hordes of undead ponies and Skeletal beings rise from the ground. It chuckles darkly, evilly. It roars in laughter as it's spiked-tail slams down onto the floor that cracks and shards shatter into the air as it's spine-covered-body wracks in laughter.

Hordes of the undead make gurgling roars as the Dragon sits and stares at a bright blue Crystal Heart. He growls but keeps his excited smile, knowing that Spirit and his friends are after this little trinket. He looks down at a Black Crystal Minion.

"Go and prepare for our...guests." The Dragon orders. The Minion bows and does a salute.

"Yes, King Sombra."