Twin mages in Equestria

         Onyx knocked on the door, he waited with a smile on his face as he heard movement coming from inside, the door was then wrapped in a light purple aura and slowly pulled open showing the purple unicorn from before looking slightly surprised as she glanced at the clock on the wall behind her, she then turned back to Onyx,

          " I thought it would take you another hour to get here," Twilight said as she pushed the door open wider to let them come inside.

          " We got lucky there weren't any creatures trying to fight us so we took the most direct path out, " Onyx said as he moved inside before stopping and moving to the side to introduce his family.

           "  Allow me to introduce my family, this is Raven, " he says as Raven steps in from outside giving a smile before moving to the side, " and my twin sister Ebony," he said as Ebony gave a nod before moving aside, " and this is Ryuu the leader of our little family." Onyx says with a smirk at the end.

        Ryuu just shakes his head at Onyx before looking around the at the other ponies before looking to Twilight he then held out his hand and gave a gentle smile " Its a pleasure to meet you and your friends Onyx gave us a brief description of you all on the walk here."

      Twilight carefully put her hoof in Ryuu's hand and gave a quick shake before asking, " Um... not to be rude but what are you? I've never seen anything like you before."

    Ryuu chuckles slightly, " I'm am what is known as a human, to be specific I am a warrior and a protector, my twin sister Raven is also a human, but she is what we call an elemental mage she is who I protect before all others."

     Raven gives a snort, " I am perfectly capable of protecting myself, all I need is a little more practice."

    Ryuu chuckles lightly, " When you can beat me in solo combat then you can protect your self until then my promise to mom is still in effect, besides I'm your brother you will always want me to be nearby."

    Raven gives a smirk, " I so almost had you last time."

    Ryuu shook his head before responding, " The key word there is "almost" and that is the difference between victory or defeat, but we shall talk about this later for now I think we are being a little rude by ignoring our hosts."

    Raven lets out a sigh, " I'm sorry brother I'm just a little nervous."

    Ryuu gives her a smile which is quickly returned, Twilight then steps forward from her group as she asks, " What do any of you have to be nervous about, its not like anypony here is going to attack you, not unless you give us a reason to think that we might be in any danger."

    Onyx speaks up from his spot leaning against the wall beside the door, " We have a strict policy about not harming any who don't deserve it, so as long as no one tries to hurt any of us we have no reason to hurt anyone, in fact most of the family tends to use what healing they know in order to help everyone we meet, one of us has even found a way to bring back the spirits of the dead for a brief time and can cure a lot of diseases and plagues."

    The ponies sit there with their mouths hanging open while Ryuu gives him a look that just shouts you should have kept your mouth shut, to which Onyx just shrugs before saying, " Its better to tell them now before we get comfortable just in case, besides, I kind of like it here so if they can accept us then we have no problems, and if they don't well then at least we have a forest that they wont go into that we can live in, I'm just tired of having to run from every town as soon as they find out about you, I'm hoping that these ponies will at least listen before trying to kill us."

     " Is that even possible ? I've never heard of a spell like that before." Twilight ask after she picks her jaw up off the floor.

    Rainbow Dash rolls her eyes, " Of course you would pick out the spells before anything else, how about the fact that they are on the run, that means that they are criminals of some kind." she says as she flares her wings and gets in a fighting posture.

    Ryuu lets out a snort and folds his arms across his chest, " The only thing I ever did wrong was accidentally kill my trainer during training, but that's not why we are on the run, we are on the run because I discovered that I could do magic and unfortunately for us  it was the wrong kind of magic."

   " What kind of magic could you possibly know that would make you be hunted down? " Twilight asks with a slight tilt of her head.

   Raven speaks up with " Ryuu is what is known as a necromancer, his magic allows him to affect the dead, he can bring back the bodies of the dead, he can summon the spirits of the fallen to do things for him, or for the spirits to answer questions with their wisdom, or just to say goodbye to their family, most necromancers that our world has know have tried to take over the world with an undead army or wipe out entire villages to do experiments on the dead, but Ryuu would never do anything like that he cares too much for others to even attempt to take over not to mention that he would never dishonor our mothers memory like that, it would go against his very soul to bring unnecessary suffering to others."

       Twilight and the others are surprised to say the least, especially with how free they are with information, the six ponies look to each other before Applejack steps forward with a serious look on her face, " What is it ya intend to do here in Equestria ? and be honest I'll be able to tell if your liein' to me."

   Ryuu step in front of Applejack then kneels down to be closer to her height then looks her straight in the eyes before speaking calmly and seriously " Me and my family are only here looking for a place where we can finally stop running and settle down, to find a place where others accept us for who we are, and we have no intention of harming anyone we only want to help and to protect others so that none have to suffer, that is all we intend for this land and if you don't believe me then we shall move on to  a new land and try again until either I'm dead or we are accepted."

  Applejack nods to him before looking back to the other mares , " He is telling the truth they pose no threat to Equestria but he will defend his family worse than an angry manticore." she then turns back to him, " I have ta ask why would they stop searching if you died? "

   Ryuu sighs before explaining, " The only reason they have to be on the run is because of me, if I wasn't around then they would be easily accepted and no one would be hunting them anymore."

    Raven says from her spot nearby, " If you were to die we wouldn't find a place and be accepted, we would probably follow you shortly after."

   Twilight tilts her head in slight confusion, " What do you mean by that ? surely you wouldn't just die with him it's not as if your lives are linked or anything, right?"

   Raven nods before responding, " You would be correct nothing is linking us to him, however for us life would be over we wouldn't want to be without him, he is the one who brought our family together and kept us together, for me I would make sure he didn't have to make the journey to the spirit realm alone I would be there with him just as he is here for me in life I would be there for him in death, regardless of what you say Ryuu I wont let you make that journey alone."

   Ryuu looks to Raven before shaking his head, " You know I will never allow you to do that right, I would cross every line that I had to so that you would stay alive, there are going to be many who will come to relie on you in the coming years, and the needs of the many will always out weigh the needs of the few, if I was to die you have to protect the family and our friends, besides I wont make the journey alone all the friends I've made with the spirits will make sure I get to the spirit realm safely and besides I'm not gonna die any time soon first someone has to get the better of me in battle and thats not gonna happen for a very long time especially with my family watching my back."

      Ebony then speaks from her spot on the opposite side of the door, " There is something you're both forgetting, it is the job of the familiar to guide your spirit to the spirit realm, so no matter what you wont be alone on your journey, but we wont need to die in order to guide you to your rest we will then return to our bodies and stay here to watch over Raven for you, but we should not talk of this stuff it may bring bad luck."

       Onyx then points out, " I think we are scaring the ponies just a little bit with how easily we talk about death and dying."

       Ryuu then looks to the ponies seeing their shocked faces he then sighs, " I must apologize for what me and my family have said we didn't mean to let any of you see that, but when we get going we tend to forget where we are and who is around, so let us put all of this behind us and try again, will you allow me and my family to stay in this town or should we keep looking ? "

      It takes a few minutes but eventually the ponies decide to form a huddle to talk about what should be done.

      Twilight decides to start things off by saying, " there seems to be a lot that we can learn from them, I think we should let them stay."

     Rainbow scoffs at that, " They're criminals Twilight, we can't let them stay here who knows what they would do, we should turn them over to the royal guards and be done with it.

      Rarity speaks up next, " I agree with Rainbow dash on this one of them is a killer Twilight we shouldn't let him wander around freely he should face judgement for his crimes."

       Applejack snorts, " He killed his trainer accidentally, he shouldn't be punished for it accidents happen, he even said that the only reason he is being chased is for his magic being the wrong kind, it sounds ta me like he wouldn't even have been punish that badly for the death but as soon as they found out about his magic they were gonna kill him for it and that just aint right, its like somepony wanting to kill one of ya'll for having the wrong type of magic its just wrong, we should either let 'em stay or we should help 'em get to someplace that they could be safe.

      Pinkie is next in the circle, she thinks on it for a few moments before getting a grin on her face, " We should let them stay they seem like nice ponies to me and besides I get to throw them a few parties if they get to stay, oh oh oh and my pinkie sense isn't going off so they should be alright."

      Fluttershy smiles gently at Pinkies silliness before looking at Twilight, " From what we have heard from them they seem to have been caught up in a lot of misfortune, we should give them a chance to prove if they mean well, they said that they go around healing and helping others, so why don't we let them do that for about a week and then let the town decide if they should stay or go." Fluttershy suggested

      Twilight thinks about it for a moment before nodding, " That's a good idea Fluttershy but we should keep why they are on the run hidden for now so that the town can be unbiased about their decision."

      The other girls all nod in agreement Rainbow and Rarity with much lest enthusiasm than the others, Twilight then turns to face Ryuu and says with a smile, " You and your family can stay here in Ponyville you will go around town and help any who need it and help out at the hospital then after one week we will have the town vote on if you can stay permanently or if you will have to find a different town, just to be fair the townsponies wont know why your on the run only that it was a misunderstanding with your magic, what you choose to tell them is up to you, your week long probation starts in the morning, so  just for tonight you all can sleep on here but I don't have any extra beds so you will have to sleep on the floor."

    Ryuu gives her a smile, " We don't mind sleeping on the floor, thank you for your hospitality and for at least giving us a chance." Raven, Onyx, and Ebony all share a smile before walking up to the group of ponies with Ryuu they then all drop to a knee and give Twilight a brief group hug before giving the other ponies hugs as well, much to Pinkies enjoyment when its her turn.

    Twilight gives the group a smile before letting loose a yawn and looking to the clock on the wall and seeing that it read one in the morning decided it was time to get some sleep, turned back to her friend as well as her guests, " Well everypony it's time for us to all get some sleep we all have a busy day ahead of us tomorrow." everyone nods to her before saying their good nights with her friends heading for the door and two of her guests going through their packs while Ebony and Onyx just curl up on the floor near Ryuu, Twilight then levitates out some spare blankets and pillows from a hall closet and passes them to her guests before heading up to her room barely hearing the "thank yous" from them before heading for bed.

  Ryuu and Raven pull out their sleeping rolls and lay them out before climbing in for some much needed sleep, so with quick good nights they all drift off to sleep quickly hoping that by the end of the week they will have a new home.