Legacy of the Kirin

Spirit stands before Luna with a small smile.

"Welcome back, Luna." He tells her softly as he nuzzles her gently. She nuzzles him back just as gently before she uses Spirit to lift herself up. She reaches to about his chest and she blushes.

"You've changed, haven't you?" She asks him softly. He nods his head.

"Yes. I have become the guardian. I accept my TITLE now." He tells her. She looks up at him with wide eyes.

"But, Spirit! That TITLE means that you'll..." She is stopped by Spirit, who places a claw onto her lips.

"I know." He says softly. He cups her face gently with a claw and stares into her cyan blue eyes. "But I have to do this. If I don't, who will?" He asks.

"I will help!" Exclaims a woman's heavenly voice. Celestia appears in a pillar of light and walks over to Spirit and Luna. She smiles at them both. "It has been so long since I last saw either of you two." Celestia tells Luna, before looking at Spirit. "How have you been, Spirit?" She asks. He chuckles.

"Oh, you know. Just going on epic quests to free my friends, making new friends, meeting my old 'special' friend and fighting with my old foe. You know, the usual." He states nonchalantly. Daring laughs as she wraps him in a tight hug.

"Buck yeah!" She whoops out. "We kicked Nightmare's plot SUPER hard!" She whoops out again. Spirit nods his head slightly.

"Yes however I didn't enjoy the fact that you decided to dive down after her." Spirit tells her. Daring giggles sheepishly.

"Sorry, I sort of um...I guess I took inspiration from those human books you had from before." She tells him. He sighs, but has a smile on his muzzle.

"I see." He tells her.

"Hello Miss Doo, are you his...'special' friend?" Celestia asks. Daring nods her head lightly. Celestia smiles down at the Pegasus.

"It is a pleasure to meet you once more." She tells Daring. Daring nods her head before bowing.

"A pleasure to meet you once again as well." Daring says to Celestia. Spirit chuckles.

"Oh Tia, when are you going to let them treat you like any other mare?" Spirit states. Celestia giggles as the others give Spirit a death glare.

"My, my Spirit! You are still so straightforward. Next you'll ask to bed with me again." She teases. They stare at him. Spirit smirks down at Celestia. He walks over and rubs a claw over her chest.

"Oh, but I do. I haven't felt you in quite a while. How long has it been?" He asks her. She nuzzles him gently.

"200 years." She whispers to him softly. He purrs and rubs her neck gently.

"That is 200 years too many." He states. He nips her neck gently, and she 'Mmm's at his touch. He looks down at her, smirking still.

"I have missed your touch..." Celestia says to him gently, he nods his head lightly as he moves in close to her face.

"As have I..." He states as he moves closer, until Spike decides to speak up.

"I have a question." Spike asks. Spirit looks to the Drake.

"Yes?" Spirit asks.

"Who is Light?" He asks.

It was as if someone had taken something precious from Spirit, as he growls/hisses.

"How do you know of HER!?" He roars out. Spike recoils.

"I saw it in a book!!" He exclaim.

"You FOUND my BOOK!?" He roars out. Twilight nods her head and takes the book from her saddlebags and places it before him.

"Rainbow found it when she took shelter from the falling debris." Twilight explains. He sighs.

"So you know..." He states.

"Yes. And I think it was awesome of what you did." Rainbow tells him. Spirit looks at Rainbow.

"How could you EVER find my life, 'awesome'?" He asks. Rainbow smirks.

"Because you essentially made the world what it is today! Your like one of the gods!!" She exclaims. Celestia and Luna trade looks, as Spirit sighs, as if holding something secret. He looks between the two Goddesses before stepping forward.

"I, Spirit. Do solemnly swear to bear the TITLE of...of the..." He starts, but he starts to go quiet. He has sadness forming in his eyes, as small tears form. He takes in and breaths out a shaky breath. Celestia places a hoof onto his shoulder gently.

"She'll understand." Celestia tells him. He makes a hissing whimper sound as Celestia and Luna both nuzzle him as he throws his head up and releases a massive wailing roar of pain. The others see tears roll down his cheeks as he keeps roaring. Daring walks over, and wraps her fore hooves around the base of his neck, and nuzzles his chest softly.

He wails louder and louder as those strange flames roar into the air climbs up the large mine caverns and explodes from a mountain top. Mist sits around the mountain that sits in the middle of the Everfree Forest. The fire roars higher and higher, as it goes into the sky, lighting it up. A pony with an electric blue mane and tail with a white fur coat notices it. She puts on her black rimmed purple glassed goggles. Her cutie mark is a music note.

A lone lioness of the Griffin race notices the ever growing pillar of fire rise more and more into the air. She has brown body feather, her beak is golden, while her eyes are magenta. five of her head feathers are purple at the tip. She watches from the balcony of Griphyxia. She watches in awe as it bursts at the top, making an umbrella shape to it. The clouds circle the pillar and look foreboding as they grow and grow.

The clouds become dark grey, close to black, and pour down rain. She watches as the Everfree Forest trembles as if mourning the loss of something. The storm rages as if some sort of deity is weeping and grieving over someone they lost and loved dearly. The moon watches, but it looks darker, as if it too, is sad.

The earth trembles as if it is a body that trembles when one is weeping like a child. The pillar starts to dissipates slowly, but the world remains the same. It remains sad and grieving. The lioness opens her wings and flies off towards where the pillar was seen, near Ponyville in Equestria. The pony takes off her hat that shows her horn and she starts her treck towards the same location.

Spirit makes a whimpering wail once more, before he lowers his head and lightly nuzzles Luna, Celestia and Daring. The three of them nuzzle him back. Twilight and the others stare at Spirit with sadness in their eyes. He looks at them.

"I am sorry for my...little episode." He states. He wipes away his stray tears. "You asked who Light was correct?" He says to them. Spike nods his head softly. Spirit sighs. "She was my wife. We were planning to have children, but then..." He chokes up. "Then Discord came. He killed my wife and our unborn foal." He states with deep sorrow. "It was a girl...I was...I was going to be a father..." He whimpers out.

Celestia rubs his back gently.

"We know. And we are deeply sorry that it happened to you, my friend." She tells him gently.

"Then why were you kissing Princess Celestia?" Spike asks. Spirit looks up at the Sun Goddess.

"Because before Light died. She had said to love again, and keep them close. She has said that she was proud to have been mine, and she wished to pass on that experience to another, how many that may be." Spirit tells them as he looks back at the others. "I do still love Light, more than anyone will EVER know. But I also love others, even if it makes me sad that Light is gone, I will always keep her in my heart." He explains.

"I see, so that is why you and Daring have um..." Twilight states.

"Yes. I have rutted her, in fact I do hold love for her. Just as I do for Tia, Luna, and few others." He explains. He looks between the three mares, who blush, but smile up at him. He nuzzles them once again.

"So, do you plan on coming back with us to Canterlot?" Luna ask hopefully. Spirit nods his head, however, he has a serious look on his face.

"But I MUST remain the sole ruler of the Forest." He states. Celestia nods her head softly.

"It is only right. Our KING of the mountain and everything under it." She states. He nods his head and spreads his wings.

"Now um, we should probably leave." Spirit states.

"Why?" Luna asks. Spirit gets a sheepish look.

"My fire melted more of this place...." He tells everyone.

They all grab onto Spirit's form as the room crumbles around them. Spirit flickers out and then appears back in Ponyville. He pants heavily from all of the extra weight, before calming down slightly. He looks at everyone and smiles to know that they are fine, until a large red stallion barrels at him.

He is then bucked into a building by the red stallion. AJ grows pissed.

"BIG MAC!!" AJ roars.

"Are ya'll alright sis?" He asks. AJ is absolutely seething in pure rage.

"You just sent our friend into a BUILDING!!" She roars out. Big Mac stops and looks around. He see's the princesses are fine, Spike is larger, a famous explorer is glaring death at him as does his sister and her new friends. He seems to connect the dots.

"Oh ponyfeathers..." He swears.

"No shit you fucking cunt!!" Spirit states after he flickers above Big Mac. Big Mac jumps back, he notes that Spirit is completely unharmed save for his mane being disheveled. He hisses down at Big Mac. "You little..." He starts, until a little yellow filly seemingly appears before the red stallion.

"STOP!!!" She screams out. Spirit actually calms down and stares at the filly. "Please don't hurt him!!" She screams out, ears in the corners of her eyes. He bows his head down to before hers.

"I won't. I just have a reason to yell at our big oaf of a brother." He tells the filly. He then stands on his hind legs and groans in pain as his forelegs and wings become separate once again. He pants slightly as he shakes his head. "Damn it." He mutters as he walks over to a nearby tree and lays down in the shadow. The filly watches with interest. She proceeds to walk over to Spirit.

She places a hoof onto his neck gently, making him twitch slightly. She giggles as he sniffs her with his eyes closed. She moves herself between his forelegs and stays there with one of his wings covering her. She looks out from the little hole and giggles.

"Im a ferutious dwagon!" She states. "Rawh!" She 'roars' out. He chuckles softly.

"Your a dragon now, eh?" He asks her. She nods her tiny head. He sniffs softly before placing a claw atop of her head. "What's your name, oh powerful dragon?" He asks. The filly smiles widely.

"Apple Bloom! Rawh!" She squeaks out. He chuckles softly.

"I see. To what do I owe the most powerful Apple Bloom, hm?" He asks softly.

"You nest!" She squeaks out again. He stops and stares down at her. "My nest!" She states proudly. Spirit smiles softly and curls around the young filly.

"I see. But wouldn't you rather have a massive field to stay, where the sunlight heats you up?" He asks. She shakes her head. "Why not?" He asks. She places a tiny hoof onto his muzzle gently.

"Because 'en der would be anoder lonely dwagon somewhere." She tells him. He feels something pang in his chest. He smiles at her, and she smiles back.

"I suppose that is a good reason." He chuckles out. He then gets onto his hooves and claws. He bites her bow and places her onto his back. "Stay here, little one, and you'll see may things." He tells Bloom. AJ watches as Bloom nods her head with determination in her eyes.

AJ smiles lightly.

'I guess he is good with foals.' She thinks.

Spirit walks out from under the shade and through the town, where ponies stop and stare at him. He raises his head up high, which now has Apple Bloom on it. She holds onto the base of his strange center blade-horn and gasps in awe and wonder at how tall her is. He walks over to his friends and smirks at them.

"You certainly have a way with children." Luna states. She watches him walk around them all with Apple Bloom on the top of his head. She squeals happily as he jumps slightly. She giggles happily as he kneels down and lays his head down. She crawls off and scampers over to AJ, who hugs her.

"Big sis!! He so cool!" She squeals out. Spirit chuckles, before looking up, the storm rages still and the rain pours.

"So the world still fears me. As it should." He states loudly.

"Why?" Big Mac asks. Spirit looks down at the stallion.

"Because the last time I was out like this, I burned it to the ground." He hisses out before more ponies rush to the scene. Guards point their spears at him. "You DARE point your twigs at ME!?" He roars out. Fire starts to form in his mouth, before Celestia walks in front of him, making the Dragon-Son turned Kirin stop dead in his tracks.

Celestia stands before the ponies, a white stallion with an electric blue mane and tail walk forward.

"Princess! Please move!" The stallion orders. Celestia looks down at the stallion.

"What was that, Captain?" She asks.

"This is your captain?" Spirit asks. "Whatever happened to Moonlight Sparkle?" Spirit states, making the stallion before him eyes widen.

"How do you know my father!?" He orders. Spirit growls and gets an inch from the stallions face.

"I helped him in Neighppon 15 years ago. I was there when I saved his wife, son and my dear friend, Twilight Sparkle." Spirit hisses out. The stallions eyes widen, and Spirit connects the dots.

"That was...you?" He asks.

"Yes, Shinning Armor, it was me." He tells Shinning with a friendly smile. "I am also the one who helped find the Elements and save the princesses." Spirit states. Shinning blinks.

"Princesses?" He asks.

"My dear friend, Princess Luna. She was being controlled by my...old friend Nightmare Moon." Spirit explains. Their eyes widen. He turns and walks away before Shinning calls out to him.

"Wait!!" He yells. Spirit stops and looks back at the group. "Where are you going?" He asks. Spirit smirks.

"Back into MY kingdom." Spirit states before Timber-wolves appear from the Everfree Forest and make a circle around Spirit. He turns back around and walks into the forest, however, Daring flies after him, the wolves allow her to pass. Shinning becomes confused.