Chapters Twilight was in her castle's library reading one of the many book that lined its shelves as her number one assistant Spike was napping in a chair next to the fire place. Both were enjoying the peace and quiet of the day relaxing for the first time in a month since Tirek's attack and they thought nothing could ruin this calming silence up until Pinkie Pie wearing a pink shirt with her cutie mark on it and skinny jeans burst through the door like a cannonball with a look that said she got no sleep last night.
"Well so much for peace and quiet. Good morning Pinkie what can I do for- whoa umm Pinkie are you ok? You look tired and that doesn't usually happen to you." Twilight said walking up to Pinkie tightening the light purple robe she was wearing.
"Morning Twi. Do you have spells for magic detection and uncloaking?" Asked Pinkie as she took a seat on the floor.
"I know three variations of each spell but why do you need them?"
"A new pony entered Ponyville yesterday afternoon but I can't find him or her and I search the whole town all night and I couldn't find them."
"Wait somepony entered the town and you couldn't find them? Well, that's a first. Okay why not give me a minute to change into some good clothes." Twilight walked to her room, leaving Pinkie with the still napping Spike. After seven minutes, she walked back in with a note and wearing a dark purple shirt and black jeans that had her cutie mark on them. "Ok lets go."
Both mares walked outside. Twilight cast a magic detection spell which caused everything covered in a strong magic to light up in their eyes. They walked away from the shining tree-castle and walked around the town, trying to find the mysterious pony that entered Ponyville undetected, after an hour of searching, they met up with Rarity and Fluttershy who were buying a couple of apples from Applejack.
"Hey Twi, hey Pinks what's- Whoa, up all night partying again Pinkie?" Asked Applejack
"Really Darling, you need to slow down." Said Rarity
"Or at least take a nap." Fluttershy half whispered
"For once Pinkie Wasn't partying. Somepony slipped into Ponyville under Pinkie's radar and we are trying to find the mare or stallion using magic. want to join us?"
"I can't right now, Twilight but if you're still looking come find me." Said Applejack as she placed more apples on the table
"I think we'll join you it might be fun." Said Rarity as they both grabbed their apples
"Okay, then let's go." Pinkie said, prompting Twilight to cast the spell again before they moved out searching for their target again..
Applejack and even Rainbow Dash joined them after everything was explained to them. After another hour of searching, the group found themselves in front of the new oak tree that replaced Twilight's old library.
"We've searched everywhere Pinkie. I don't know if the pony is here anymore. Whoever he is, I think it's time for us to give up.”
"No, the pony is still here. I can feel it."
"Well, unless you can point us in the right direction there is nothing more we can do." said Rarity.
As Rainbow sat down to lean against the tree she jumped back up. "What the-”
The air shifted around the ground she was sitting, on which revealed a black cat with red stripes. It also had two tails that had small flames on the ends, flames coming out of its ears, and large fiery blue eyes that glowed. It hissed before jumping on Dash's face, claws extended, and began to scratch up her face.
"AHHHHHH GET THIS CAT OFF ME!"
Twilight grabbed the cat with her magic while Fluttershy tried to calm the cat down and Rarity helped Rainbow Dash.
"It's okay, it was just an accident. She didn't mean it."
The cat growled at Fluttershy.
"There is no need for that kind of language!"
the cat stuck its tongue out at her before taking in a deep breath and shooting a fireball at Rarity. It turned and shot another one at Twilight. Both fireballs exploded, surprising both mares and covering their faces in soot. Twilight dropped the cat, who jumped to Applejack and gave her the same treatment as Rainbow Dash before jumping off her face and landing next to the tree. She started to paw at the air next to where the tree was before, only for it to start shifting.
"Oni what's wrong? You hungry? Oh hello." said another creature yawning as he was revealed.
He was covered in dark red fur and black scales were on his forearms, hands, lower legs, and feet. He had scarlet dragon eyes a dragon's tail with a sharp spade on its end. His black dragon wings were folded behind his back, sticking out of his thin purple vest. He was also wearing baggy black sweatpants that had a sword sticking through an anvil on them. His head was covered in short purple-red hair that had black curved horns sticking out of it. Everyone was speechless except for Pinkie.
"Ha, I knew he hadn't left. My name Pinkie Pie and these are my friends Rarity, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and one who just flew into the tree is Fluttershy. What's your name, and if I may ask what are you?"
"Oh yes, of course. My name is Dramize and I'm a Kirin. You already met Oni, my little demon." Dramize said as he picked up Oni and put her on his shoulder, which Oni curled around, his neck resting on Dramize's shoulders, before taunting the group again.
"Hey Dramize. Since you just arrived, I'm going to invite you to a party so you can meet everypony in Ponyville."
"I don't know. I still need to build my place, but if I have time I will go. See you later, Pinkie and friends." Dramize snapped his fingers and four spots around the tree shifted, revealing two small bags which he took. He hooked one to his right hip and hooked the other bag to Oni's back. The other two things were a sheathed claymore which he belted to his back, and a sheathed katana, which he belted to his left hip before he extended his wings and flew away.
"Well, he seems nice. Anyway I will see you girls later. I have a party to plan!"
"Um, girls, I think we should get ready for Pinkies party. Ummm girls?" Fluttershy said.
"Yeah, let's get ready." said Twilight, planning on writing a letter to her mentor about the new arrival as the mares separated to go to their own homes.
On Fluttershy's way home she saw Dramize at a large clearing near her house which caused her to stop flying.
"Wait, there wasn't a clearing here before. And what's Dramize doing here? Maybe I should take a look."
"Okay, Oni are all the animals gone?"
Oni nodded at Dramize.
"Okay, good. Now it's time."
Dramize raised his hands while his horn started to glow bright orange and the ground began to tremble. Then, thick walls of lava started to shoot up from the ground, all connected, and at two different heights before hardening into black walls that looked like the shell of a two story house. Then a geyser of lava burst forth, which he warped into a large funnel that became his roof.
"Okay, now to fill it." Dramize walked to a wall and drew his claymore which shrunk into a long sword.
It glowed blue before he cut a doorway. He walked inside, then turned back.
"You know, Fluttershy, this not the place for a delicate mare such as yourself. You should head home."
"But I'm on my way home now. I'm just a short walk away."
"Oni, would you please escort Fluttershy to her home. I would do it myself but I need to get us set up now, if I want to make Pinkie's party."
Oni moved to Fluttershy and sniffed her before leaping up on to her head.
"It appears Oni likes your scent. Ummm, okay Fluttershy, if you run into trouble just say Onigiri. That's her activation code."
"Activation code to for what?"
"I hope you don't need to see. Just be safe okay."
"Okay."
With that, Fluttershy walked to her cottage to enjoy the sounds of nature around her. The two walked calmly through the forest, making it to her cottage. "Thank you for the escort, Oni, you can go back to Dramize now."
Oni shook her head.
"Oh, you want to stay with me? Don't you think Dramize will get worried?"
Oni fell on the floor laughing before telling Fluttershy to get ready. A few hours later Fluttershy was wearing a soft green sweater with three pink butterflies on it and red shorts. She walked into the middle of a fight between Angel and Oni as she came back down.
"Whoa, whoa, you two break it up. Angel be nice, Oni is a guest."
Oni jumped back, then stuck her tongue out at Angel after jumping back onto Fluttershy's head, to Angel's surprise. They both left for Dramize to take them to the party, only to meet him in the air.
"Ready to go?"
"Yep, I just finished setting my anvil a few minutes ago, so I'm all set and ready to go the party. Then I realized Pinkie Pie never told me where it was going to be."
"Well, luckily we came back to check on you."
"I know right."
"Anyway you can follow me to the party if that's ok with you."
"That sounds great Fluttershy, thank you. Now, shall we go?" Dramize held out his hand.
"Let's."
Taking Dramize's hand, Fluttershy blushed a deep red as they flew to Sugarcube Corner for the welcome party.
When they got there, Dramize introduced himself and told everyone he was a blacksmith before talking the night away with Big Mac, Spike, and Soarin', while Fluttershy told her friends what she saw Dramize do.
"You're kidding me. He created a house out of lava?" asked Rainbow after doing a spit take with her punch.
"I don't even think there are even spells to do things like that." said Rarity.
"Their aren't. If there were, I would have at least read about it somewhere. But the power need to pull lava up from the earth, harden it, and seal it while keeping it in the shape of a house is even beyond me." said Twilight looking at Dramize with intrigue.
"Oh my gosh! Maybe he can destroy world with just a thought." said Pinkie jokingly.
"Pinkie never say things like that, please. I have enough things keeping me awake at night already." Fluttershy plead, shivering.
"Come on girls, it's a party. Let's put these thoughts behind us now. Let's have fun!" Pinkie said, bouncing away.
"Yeah, Pinkie's right. We can decide this another day. Let's party!"
Everyone who heard Twilight started to party the night away.
The Knights of Duality(Edited)
It had been a week since Dramize's party, and the Elements had finally found time to come together at Fluttershy's cottage to talk about him.
In that time, Fluttershy had to deal with a virus outbreak that was spreading between all of her animals. Rainbow Dash had been all over Ponyville helping Derpy, who called in a favor when she sprained her wing and couldn't deliver the mail. Rarity had a big client that came in and needed five different dresses that left her working the entire time. Applejack had gotten hurt when a branch fell on shoulder, dislocating it so she was on a bed resting for the week. Pinkie was watching the cake twins and running the café while the Cakes were at a week-long bakers convention in Manehattan, and Twilight was busy looking up information on kirins with very little success. So now they were deciding what to do.
“Okay, how are we going to spy on Dramize?" asked Applejack.
“Hey, don't call it spying. Call it researching." said Twilight.
“Ha ha. Yeah, no, I'm not going to lie about it. We're spying."
“Well, we could sneak up to the trees and watch from there." said Rainbow.
"It’s not the best idea, but right now its the only one I can think of, so let's go. Fluttershy would you show us the way?”
"Okay." squeaked Fluttershy.
The team left for Dramize's home through the forest. The six traveled, coming to the home from the back where they saw Dramize. He was standing on a black circle that was surrounded by a ring of lava with what looked like a suit of animated black pony body armor with two swords at it's sides. Crystals rose up from the ground and music started to play as swords were drawn.
Both rushed at each other at a high speed. The animated armor swung down first with both swords, only for Dramize to side-step the blades and go in with a swing of his katana, which the armor ducked. Then, it kicked up its legs and spun on its front hoof, aiming a kick to Dramize's face, while trying to slice his leg at the same time. Dramize shifted his hand and blocked the sword to the leg with his katana, and bent backward to avoid the kick using his tail to knock the armor away, that flipped upright mid-air. Then, lunging forward with sword extended, Dramize charged as well with his katana extended. The armor knocked the katana away with a well timed parry, only for Dramize to use the momentum to swing his claymore around to cleave its neck.
But the armor brought up his other sword, cutting off Dramize's arm, and then taking his head. Before the mane six could react, the body crumbled away and another Dramize appeared behind the armor in the air, swinging his claymore at its neck. The armor ducked and leaped forward, flipped, and turned to Dramize, who also landed, took a deep breath, and shot out a huge blast of fire out of his mouth. The armor rushed forward, spinning his sword to defend against the flames. Then, two Dramize appeared on both sides of it, spinning as both claymores cleaved the armor’s helmet off while the flame blast got more intense, swallowing the armor and leaving it glowing red from the heat. the mane six were speechless as they tried to comprehend what they just watched. As the two other Dramize's faded away like dust, the real Dramize sheathed his swords.
"You girls can come out now." Dramize said, grabbing the shirt that he had to shed when the first clone was destroyed. “Great, now I need a new shirt. What brings you here?"
"Nothing much, we were just passing by." Twilight said with a nervous laugh.
"Through the forest? That's random."
“Okay, that’s not true. We were spying. But how did you know we were there?"
"Oni gave you away. She walked to Fluttershy in the middle of the fight."
"Wait a minute. Why does it seem like you don't care?" Rainbow asked, trying to sound cool and calm after the fight she saw.
"Because I don't."
"I you don't mind me asking, why don't you care? I mean, spying is not something ponies usually take lightly." Rarity asked, slightly
"Because you haven't given me a reason to care if you spy or not."
"Because you don’t see us as a threat. Right?" Fluttershy said with an unnaturally calm tone while picking up Oni and stroking her.
"Exactly right. Now is there anything else you-“ Dramize shifted to the right dodging an unexpected lighting bolt that turned into an
"That it has, Salamander, and you’re still as sharp as ever." said a tall kirin with gray fur and yellow scales on his neck and back in the
“Yeah, right. Ummm, girls this is Tempest Tempo. Tempest this is Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, and Rainbow Dash"
“Wait, if his name is Tempest why call him Harlequin? And why did he call you Salamander?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"That's a long story, but the short version is that those are our nicknames. We are part of a order of knights called Duality, and in the order my group was called Chaos. I am the leader, and Harlequin was on my team. By the way, what happened to the other four and why are you here?"
"We left Haven after they kicked us out. I went looking for you and they came with me, but I lost them in the town. They’re around somewhere." Tempest said twisting on his cloud to look down at everyone. "Oh yeah, your little sister came here too."
"Oh Discord, please tell me you didn't lose Acid."
“Well…" Tempest said in a higher pitch.
"Son of a Celestia dang pig! We’re going have to get them now."
“Fine, but I'm not going try very hard. Zerker, come. It’s tracking time." Tempest said turning back to his cloud as a ferret with a lighting bolt tail jumped down from a higher cloud and wrapped itself around Tempest’s neck before changing its mind and jumping off on to Pinkie's head and curling around her neck.
“Awwww, he's so cute. And what lovely white fur." Rarity said trying to pet Zerker, only to get shocked by a small bolt of lighting while Zerker laughed at her.
"Let's go. I'm worried." Dramize said kneeling down.
"About your friends?" Asked Pinkie Pie while she played with Zerker.
“No, the town." Dramize said taking off for Ponyville with everyone close behind him.
The Cold Brawler (edited)
After arriving in the center of Ponyville, the group of eight decided to split up into four teams. Dramize took Fluttershy, and Tempest took Pinkie Pie leaving Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Twilight to figure out their teams. They eventually decided on Rainbow Dash and Twilight on one, team and Applejack and Rarity on another team. Dramize and Fluttershy flew to sweet apple acres slowly so they wouldn't miss anyone, Tempest and Pinkie moved toward Sugar cube corner to eat some cake and look around a little bit, Rainbow and Twilight went towards the castle to check that area, and Applejack and Rarity went towards the school to look around and check on their sisters. On their way, they saw Bulk Biceps in boxing gear get thrown through the wall of a gym.
"Come on weaklings, who's next? I want to have more fun! I thought you all could fight, but none of you are impressive." Said an unfamiliar voice.
Both mares ran in to see all the ponies in the gym thrown all over the place. All were either unconscious or nursing broken bones, and a Kirin with white fur and light blue scales that ran down the sides of her body, Her white feathered dragon wings were pulled in and her long light blue hair was braided down her silver horns were goat-like but very long her tail wasn't very long but had a axe like shape to it. she was wearing silver gloves with her short dark green top and long sweatpants. stood in the middle of the boxing ring.
"Hey! what you think you're doing?"
"Enforcing natural law by picking on the weak, and damn are these so-called stallions weak! They weren't even the least bit fun. But since your here, are you calling me out? Oh please tell me you are. I want a good fight to keep me entertained for a bit." Said the Kirin as she cracked her knuckles.
"Yeah, I'm calling you out. You think you can just beat ponies up?"
"What no. What I think, you weak little pony, is that you like every other weak pony here; just another punching bag to test my moves on. Now, get up here you country hick."
"What did you just call me?"
"C-O-U-N-T-R-Y H-I-C-K."
Applejack charged at the Kirin, only for her to sidestep it and smack Applejack in the back of her head with her tail causing A.J. to fall over, but catching herself with her hands A.J. twists her body and kicks the kirin in the stomach, forcing her back while she clutched her stomach.
"Well you might provide some fun after all. What's your name? I like to know the name of ponies who might give me a good fight."
"Her name's Applejack and yours is." Rarity answered when she noticed the Kirin's smile
"Not important to the one not fighting but since you gave me hers I've give you mine. The name's Frozell." Frozell said as she dodged or blocked Applejack's kicks with little effort. "Come on, is this the best you can do? At least give me a challenge."
"What are you talking about? I have you on the defensive." Applejack replied with a smile as she kept up her assault. She wouldn't admit but she was having fun.
"Oh it appears you do. I should change that." Frozell jumped up and over Applejacks kick and axial kicked her in the head.
Applejack slammed into the floor, but so got back up and got back into her fighting stance.
"Wow point one to trained earth pony durability most ponies would have knocked out by that kick at least. you're a blast. let's keep going."
"Yes let's."
Applejack and Frozell went back at it hard, but this time Applejack seemed faster. She was even landing a few hits on Frozell, but not as much as Frozell was landing on her. Rarity and anyone conscious were watching in awe as both mares fought to knock out the other. Both fighters backed up from each other looking like feral wolves but then Frozell took a deep breath calming down and changing her stance.
"It's time I end this so I can find the boss." Frozell's gloves started to glow blue.
Applejack jumped up and did her own axil kick but Frozell turned and palm struck her in the jaw, launching Applejack high into the air. Frozell jumped meeting her and slamming her palms on A.J's stomach forcing her back down, causing her to bounce on the mat below but before she could bounce, Frozell was there again ready with a palm out.
"Black wolf stance. First string harmonic."
Time seemed to slow down as Frozell's hands got into their positions. One where Applejack's side would be, and the other at her side. As Applejack bounced up into the perfect placement, Frozell pushed with the hand that touched her side and everyone heard Frozell two words.
"Howling Cannon. "The sound of a wolf howling as heard as Applejack got launched at Rarity at high speed. Both mares went flying through the front door. Applejack as knocked out but Rarity was still conscious and saw that Frozell was walking toward them with a Ice blue wolf pup with six eyes.
"Hey you."
"Me?" Asked Rarity, a little frightened
"Yea you do you know a kirin named Dramize?"
"Yes I do, and if you come with us we can take you to him."
"That sounds great. Lead the way, and if we find Harlequin remind me to shove his cloud down his throat for ditching us."
"By the way, I was just wondering something. What's is your nickname, and who the puppy?"
"Windigo and he's Fenrir." Frozell said grabbing Applejack and throwing her over her shoulder, while prompting Rarity to take the lead as both Frozell and Fenrir followed.
Sky Tallons and Drain Fang
While Applejack and Rarity were meeting Frozell. Twilight and Rainbow found two kirin's sitting down at a café playing some sort of card game with a single deck for a pile of gems and bits in the center of the table.
Both kirin's were female one was covered in jet black fur and had blood red scales that lined her under belly and axe like horns that were also the sanguine shade of red that rose out the sides of her curly dark blue mane she was wearing a black dress that looked like a maids uniform but with a long black cloak her extremely long tail was shifting the blades on it like fingers. She had three of the cards in her hand and was grinning from ear which revealed sharp fangs as a hooded pony in a was walking moving out of ally. while the other kirin with beige scales and heavy neon green fur that a appeared around her neck, wrists and ankles her wings were dragon like but were long and thin like a pegasus wings and her horns were sword like and pointed in front of her. she was wearing weird armor that had a metal and cloth skirt even her long whip tail had armor and next to her was a giant star shaped glaive and long sword. She also had cards in her hand and was staring the kirin across from her with a calm expression.
Rainbow and Twilight went up to meet them when the pony in the hoody ran in grabbing a hand full from the pile of gems and bits and bolted down the street as fast as possible. Twilight and Rainbow were tensing to give chase but before they could even breath they heard a sonicboom both mare turned to see the beige kirin standing thirty feet in the air.
"What the -?" Rainbow said looking at the kirin that was now crouching in the air before launching herself towards the thief at supersonic speed catching up to the thief in seconds. She knocked the thief down and use her momentum to use the pony like a skateboard for a little bit. Then she picked up the pony and through him to their table where he was caught as he was passing the table by the tail claw of the cloaked kirin who wrap her tail around him pulling him in right in front of her face.
"Oh your a cute little morsel I wonder how you will taste." The cloaked kirin stuck out her long forked tongue and took a long slow lick from the base of the ponies neck all the way to the top of the ponies head even taking of his hood with her tongue revealing the ponies spiky red main and mud brown fur and horn. "A unicorn I've never sampled a unicorn before I must have a taste." she said taking another lick of the same length.
"LET ME GO YOU FREAK!" yelled the thief as he struggled in the kirins grip.
"Shut up thief you don't get to talk, continue midnight." Said the armored Kirin as she watched Twilight and Rainbow
"Thank you Veria. Now where was I?" Midnight asked
"Getting your drink." Varia answered.
"Oh right. Time to feed."
Midnight moved in with her grin which seemed to get bigger as she got closer showing more and more sharp needle like teeth. Taking one last lick midnight bites down on the poor pony's neck lapping and draining the him of his blood. Midnight's cape rustled before extending out and separating revealing that the cape was her wings which flapped as she gave a pleasure fill moan as her victim's sea foam green eyes glaze over and his body struggle less and less becoming slowly limp.
Rainbow dashed forward as fast as she could attempting to tackle Midnight to free the captured pony she got pretty close before a glaive blade appeared in front of her causing her to stop.
"What the hell do you think your doing?!!" Rainbow yelled as Twilight charged her horn
"letting my friend fill up before we find our other friends." Veria said as her glaive returned to her while a beam or purple magic shot past her hitting Midnight head as she came up for air knocking her head back.
"Well well you got some power morsel it must be that sweet alicorn blood I've yet to sample." Midnight said smiling with her blood stained teeth as her blood red aura appeared around her horns revealing a thin red shield with a hole where Twilight's beam shot through. Twilight was stunned because she knew two things. One was that her beam should have sent Midnight flying since her shield was so thin and that midnight was playing with her some how the beam was weakened much that it didn't even effect Midnight, she through her own head back. These facts made Twilight furious she was charging up another blast. Then they heard a loud screech as vampire bat with a long flat tail with pincers which flew to Midnight landing on her shoulder staring at Twilight and a humming bird with small dragon wing instead of bird wings which flew to Varia chattering something in her ear before flying off at high speed.
"Midnight. Sentry has found Tempest at a building that's looks like a cupcake lets go." Veria said as she jumped up into the air landing on a cloud
"Aww you know I hate to fly after it eat it makes me nauseous." Complained Midnight
"Yea I know and I don't care I want to see if he knows where Dramize is. So lets go."
"Fine just let me finish up here." Midnight's shadow expanded out creating a large black circle under her she let go if the mysterious unicorn in her grasp and he sank into the circle as a thick book rose from the circle along with rapier. Grabbing the rapier with her left hand her right hand hovered over the book which opened flipping through pages. "Grimoire demonic release blood string variable." Midnight's rapier started glowing red before she slashed her right wrist then she slammed the hilt of her saber to her cut before vanishing and reappearing behind both mares holding a red string which appeared to be floating around them for a second before tightening binding them together. "Bind. Ok now we can go."
"Took you long enough. shouldn't you put your grimoire away?"
"I should but I won't. I'm going to hate this but lets fly." Both kirin's took off leaving Rainbow and Twilight tied up in Midnight's blood thread.
"You Girls look like you could use some help." Said a familiar voice.
Rarity, Frozell and Applejack who woke up during the trip had arrived at the school house which had a creepy vibe to. The door of the place was locked and screaming could be heard from the inside of the building Applejack and Rarity were about try to break down the door when Frozell stopped them.
"Wait." Frozell said holding out her arm to block the mares behind her.
"Frozell why are you stopping us our sisters are in there we need to save them." Said Applejack throwing a punch at Frozell thinking it would force her to move only for Frozell to grab her arm with both hands and shift her weight judo throwing Applejack on to the ground.
"You won't be able to because he's here, I can sense him." Said Frozell looking annoyed.
"Sense who Frozell?" Rarity said shaking next to Applejack who was petting Fenrir who was growing next to her.
"Come out Wraith stop studying these poor ponies, your scaring them." a black vortex appeared on the wall of the school house and a Kirin with black fur and ghost green scales that lined his arms and legs his neon green main was in dreads and his tail poked out of the long black coat so his tail claw was shown. On his back was a deadly looking scythe and in his hands was a closed notebook which vanished in pale green fire.
"Well Windigo did you enjoy the beating you gave all those ponies at the gym." Said the new kirin.
"Not going to lie. I completely enjoyed it but that not the point these mares say they know where Dramize is in this town." Frozell said shrugging and shaking her head before turning to the quiet mares behind her. "Girls this is Logic Reverse. Logic this is Applejack and I just realized in never got your name."
"Rarity, Rarity belle."
"Oh really a belle is still alive now that's interesting. I thought that family line had been wiped out after those spells were outlawed. Hmmm I will join you and besides I get to study this mare." Logic said as he moved closer to Rarity inspecting her.
"Hey nothing to invasive or I will pummel you into the ground." said Frozell who started to stretching her arms.
"What do you mean wiped out?"
"But then it won't be a study. Oh their you are Mugen." Logic said as a black phoenix rose from Rarity's shadow making her jump and landing on Logic's shoulder.
"To bad now lets go."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WIPED OUT?!" Rarity yelled following the kirins and Applejack.
Meanwhile at Sugercube corner Tempest and Pinkie were trying to catch a young kirin that looked like Dramize but she had dark green scales, light red fur a long purple mane with thousands of small green needles lying in her mane and a stinger like tail which came out of her green shorts, her small dark green wings were folded popping out of her purple top. On her back was a basket with a very large egg in it and on her hip was a serrated dagger a five coils of chain around her waist. She was jumping and dodging Pinkies attempts to catch her and Tempest's knifes and cloud while taking some of the pies and eating slices
"To slow to slow Harlequin is to slow." Said the Young kirin who was who was waging her finger at Tempest who started to laugh. "What's so funny Tempest."
"The fact you think I'm slow Acellex. I guess it's time I kick up my tempo." Tempest vanished reappearing behind Acellex grabbing her from behind.
"Let me go Tempest." Acellex said thrashing in tempest's grip which tightened.
"No way Acellex I've got you."
"Do you really?" Acellex said as she turned into a green liquid which started to burn Tempest.
"What?" Tempest said as he was holding the burns on his chest and arms while Acellex appeared behind and pushed pinke away from her. "Dam her heat haze is on point."
"Heat what?" Pinkie asked picking her self up.
"Heat haze it's a skill that Dramize created to deal with faster opponents." said a voice.
"I always thought it was a bit showy." Said another voice.
"Valkyrie, Succubus when did you get here?" Tempest asked as he cast a healing spell on himself.
"When Acellex hazed you Harlequin." Said Midnight as she found a seat.
"Anyway that doesn't matter where's the boss?" Asked Veria as she leaned against a wall.
"Right behind you." Said a Familiar voice everyone turn around to see Dramize with very angry mares behind him.
"Hey Dramize."
"Big brother." Acellex Said jumping at Dramize.
"Salamander when did you get here." Midnight said with out even noticing the death glares she was getting from Rainbow and Twilight.
"When Tempest got hazed. Nice job little sister." Dramize said high fiving Acellex.
"I'm never going to live this down am I?"
"Nope." All the kirin said at the same time
"Fine anyway now all we need is Windgio and Wraith to-."
"Someone say our titles." Logic said Phasing in to the café through a wall as Frozell opened the front door walking in with Applejack who was holding Fenrir and Rarity who was I such deep thought she didn't even notice that Mugen was standing on her head.
"Sup Salamander. Oh and Harlequin I'm gonna kill you for ditching me." Said Frozell
"Hey you know me I won't stop you to tired to care anyway."
"Hey Dramize why are you here and where's Fluttershy?" Asked Rarity
"I left her with Oni when I saw vain and sentry flying around. Well she should be fine if Oni's with her."
"I hope she's ok."
Meanwhile Fluttershy was at the edge of sweet apple acres about to take off with Oni to Sugar cube Corner when she heard a harsh rustling causing her to take off quickly where she saw a giant black timberwolf with dark red eyes which was rushing toward the toward Ponyville knock over everything in its path. Fluttershy flew as fast as she could to Sugar Cube Corner beating the timberwolf to the town with minutes to spare. She burst into the bakery getting every attention causing her to freeze for a second.
"Girls we have a problem." Fluttershy said panting slightly,
Author's Note
I wonder why the name belle is so interesting?
The Consuming Flame and Dark Storm
Meanwhile in Canterlot castle as the morning court was about to break for lunch when a pegasus in a weather factory lab coat burst through one of the stained glass window to everyone surprise but the truly surprising thing was the state she was in. Her legs were gone and the stubs were tied of to slow the bleeding. Her soft tan fur was matted, stained with blood and covered with burns. Her arms broken in several places and in such away that her bones were poking out of her skin causing her pain if she tried to move them. The Ponies in the room were shaking at the sight of this mare as she crawled to get closer to her princesses leaving a trail of her own blood slowly inching closer to the thrones. Celestia charged her horn casting a healing spell.
"NO WAIT STOP." screamed the mare as Celestia's healing aura washed over. Celestia and Luna was confused when the mare screamed for her to stop but when the golden aura completely enveloped the mare they got their answer. The burns on the mare's body started to glow purple before absorbing Celestia's spell and covering her in purple flames causing to let out a ear piercing cry of pain.
"What's going on here? What spell could do this?" Ask Luna as her sister released her spell on burning mare which caused the flame to extinguish almost instantly but it left her with bigger burns on her body, no feathers and in tears.
"I Don't know Luna but I will fine out." Celestia said with a hint of rage in voice which only got stronger as she looked at the broken mare in front of her.
"Please kill me. My Family's gone, my home is gone, everything I hold dear was taken from me." Said the mare between her sobs. "So please just kill me I can't take anymore pain." The royal sisters were holding back the tears that welled up in their eyes as they considered what to do. They knew of only one who could heal the suffering mare in front of them.
"DISCORD GET IN HERE! NOW!" Screamed Celestia in her Royal Canterlot voice
"You know some creatures enjoy afternoon naps. So lets see what was so important that you woke me from- WHOA WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!" Said Discord as he teleported in rubbing the sleep from his eyes only to have them pop out of their sockets the most cartoony way possible when he got a good look at the room.
"Don't know and right now don't care just heal her already"
"What do I look like a doctor." Discord said as a pair of fresh scrubs appeared on him.
"DISCORD!"
"All right, All right." Discord snapped his talons but after a minute nothing happened. "That's weird."
"What are you waiting for heal her" Said Luna not even hiding the rage in her voice.
"I can't." Discord said as he keep snapping his talons but his magic wouldn't gather around the target.
"What do you mean can't?"
"Is this one of your jokes because I'm not laughing." Celestia said no longer holding back the rage in her voice.
"This is no joke and that worries me. Theirs only one thing that could this." Discord said with a distant and worried tone as two headless guards were thrown through entry door by the kirin that just walked in. His sword, his dragon tail spikes and his ashen scales were slightly coated in blood. While his spiky silver mane, black horns, ashen wings, sapphire fur and leather pants were untouched.
"Do we disgust you that much that you don't even call us beings. but then again the ancient texts said you abandoned those you created. Lord Discord." Said the kirin swinging his sword launching droplets of blood at everyone.
"So the kirin did survive without me. That's good to know." Discord summoned is own sword before teleporting to the kirin causing them to clash swords as a orange pegasus mare white a neon yellow mane and tail in an open bloody straitjacket and torn jeans with a bear trap and knife symbol and a belt with eight daggers on them flew in through another window landing hard on the injured mare's spine crushing it under her heel causing the mare to cough up blood.
"OOOOh I found you little toy. Toy. Toy. Awww Ash I broke my toy. Can I get a new one?" The mare said as she stepped up onto head of the mare below her applying pressure slowly until she crushed her skull under her foot.
"Take you pick Shy." The kirin said without looking at her.
"Goodie, goodie then I want him he looks so cute I just want to tear him apart piece by piece." Shy said pointing at Blueblood who was cowering behind the thrones as she smiled and pulled out her curved sword. The guards in the room charge the two intruders weapons ready to strike as a few more guards with blood tinted shoes ran in.
"Huntshy end this quickly I would like to take what I came for and head out.
"Ok Ashenvail. Huntshy said before turning to the guards."Karrion come Ash this done quickly." A small hydra rose out of Hunt's shadow. "Orochi" hunt whispered to Karrion causing her to glow purple before turning into a large purple ball that engulfed her only to shatter revealing a kirin mare with black scales, dark orange fur, small black horns, light-blue glowing white mane, dragon wings and tail. "OK now I'm bored, can you keep me entertained." Two guards charged forward spears out but Hunt threw her sword at them causing both guards to side step the blade but as soon as the sword pasted them Hunt vanished out of their sight reappearing behind them surrounded by lighting and sword in hand turning around with a wide swing cleaving the necks of both guards creating two geysers of blood their heads hit the floor. Then she grabbed three of her daggers and through them at the groups of guards as who side stepped the knifes as they tried to rush down Hunt but as the knifes pasted the guards. Hunt through two more daggers into the air before vanishing and reappearing behind the group three times catching each dagger before moving to her daggers in the air. "The trap is set. Demonic Chaos.'' Grabbing all of her daggers she threw them down at the guards creating a circle around the group. "Snake saber requiem."
It was over in a minute Hunt vanished like before reappearing for only a second at each dagger before appearing on the dagger across from it finally ending as Hunt slid out of the circle with all her daggers on her belt and holding out her sword. The guards that were in the circle looked fine until Hunt gave one more swing. The guards fell apart into a pile of bloody limbs and armor the royal sisters were silent as they got ready to fight hunt who was walking towards them until purple smoke started to come off her body covering her before draining into her shadow revealing Hunt back in her normal form but the her fur was still dark.
"That... toy... is mine. All minnnnnnnnnnnnnnne" She said as her eyes haze over and she hit the floor.
Ash was dodging all of discords attacks after he took a surprise slash when discord made his sword intangible but when Hunt fell Ash jumped back to Hunt. "Good job Shy the bond lasted a bit longer this time and you even figured out demonic chaos you deserve your rest."
"But my toy."
"We'll get it later. Now lets get out of here." Ash picked out Hunt and took a deep breath facing the royal sisters who raised their shields just as Ash let out a torrent of purple fire at them.
"Damn it." Discord teleported over to the sisters and grabbed them teleporting away just before the torrent could even hit the shields.
"Where did they go?" Luna asked.
" They fled under the cover of the flame."
"What the Hell Discord we were fine." Said Celestia as she gave Discord the evil eye.
"Hell is right. That was hellfire that would have eaten away at your shields then at you and if you burned by it nothing can heal you as it burns away at your soul." Discord said looking away pointing at the dead mare on the floor "Anyway right now your biggest priority is to find out what happened to her."
"He's right Luna take the night guard and go check the weather factories. I need to do damage control here."
"Discord where are you going?"
"I have something to check on. See yea." Discord said teleporting away with a snap of his talons.
"DISCORD!!!!!!!!!!" Yelled both royal sisters yelled as two cakes fell on their heads.
"Man I needed that. Now think it's time I pay my old charges a visit."
Everyone ran out of S,C,C and toward Sweet apple acres meeting the giant timberwolf just as it was entering the edge of town after Fluttershy told them what was heading their way.
"Shy you weren't kidding this timberwolf is huge." Said Pinkie with a nervous edge.
"So that's a timberwolf." Said Acellex as she pull out a small notebook and piece of charcoal writing down the wolf's description.
"Ummm Twilight I think this one fall to you." Said Applejack
"Ok I think I've got this." Twilight said as she used her magic to try and pick up the Timberwolf but as her aura cloaked the wooden wolf several symbols appeared and started to glow as I absorbed spell making the wolf even bigger . "Well it appears I don't have this"
"What are those symbols?" Asked Twilight as she jumped back dodging a claw swipe
"Conversion runes that's not good for you." answered Logic as he and the other kirin jumped up on to a house.
"Conversion runes?"
"They change the function and element of some spells from one thing to another. so it changed your levitation spell to a- "
"Growth spell."
"Of the nature element to make it more effective."
"Nature element?"
"I will tell you after the fight." Said Dramize as he sat down on the roof
"Well have fun we need to get settled in." Said Midnight as all the kirin except Dramize got ready to fly.
"Your not going to help us?" Asked Rarity as she raised a shield to block an incoming paw swipe only to get knocked away.
"Honestly fighting that thing is beneath us." Said Varia as she started to walk on air with Tempest who was lazing on his cloud.
"We've killed bigger and stronger so this is just a waste of time for us. So we'll use it as a test for you ." Tempest said getting more comfortable on his cloud
"Test." Pinkie said while ducking behind a create.
"To see how powerful you six are."
"Don't worry I'm staying to watch since I'm all ready settled." Said Dramize as Logic whispered in his ear.
"Besides we will be back after we get settled to check on you girls." Tempest said as Vain and Sentry flew to the other pets which were watching
"Vain, Sentry you two are going to stay that's fine. Well see yea later." Midnight said took off following Tempest to Dramizes's house.
"Who needs them anyway we can handle this beast right girls." Said Rainbow dash with the up most confidence
"Right." Said the other five with new found confidence
"Then lets go." Rainbow and Applejack charged in while Pinkie pulled out her party cannon firing a few shots distracting the wolf while Fluttershy and Rarity tried to get into a good supporting positions but the wolf wasn't distracted for long and charged in Fluttershy's directions.
"FLUTTERSHY WATCH OUT!" Rarity yelled turning, dashing and then tackling Fluttershy out of the way of the charging timbers wolfs maw which caught her instead of Butter Pegasus that hit the floor watching
"RARITY!" Screamed Fluttershy as the wolves jaws shut like a vice cutting her almost in half causing the blood to spray on her.
"No." Everyone gasped stunned at the sight of Rarities lifeless body getting rag dolled in the jaws of wolf before being thrown from the beast maw. Pinkies hair straitened instantly, Rainbow was in tears along with Twilight. Applejack was pounding her fist in to the ground. But Fluttershy just snapped as her sadness was over taken by her rage awakening something in her.
"You will pay." Fluttershy half whispered as she activated her stare causing the wolf to back up a step. "YOU WILL PAY!" She screamed as she charged the wolf but the it just swatted her away like a fly making her crash into wall before turning it's attention to her the other.
"that's interesting" Dramize said to himself as he saw her stare and actions. "Fluttershy say Onigiri and take your vengeance."
"ONIGIRI." As soon as Fluttershy said the word Oni started to glow a blazing red before turning into fire that moved to Fluttershy covering her in flames that grew bigger and bigger until she was just a ball of red flames. The rest of the still living mane six were watching silent as the as the fireball burst revealing Fluttershy in a kirin form her mane was bright red with orange highlights that match her new red demon like horns. She had scales on the sides of her legs, around her neck and forearms . Her wings became dragon like and her dragon tail was covered in red orange hairs. The wolf was about to swipe the transformed Fluttershy but them it's eyes met her now dragon like eyes it stopped and shivered backing away slowly and it wasn't the only one all the normal animal close enough to feel Fluttershy's presents fled even her own friends were on the back peddle but they couldn't say why the only one who wasn't running away in any form was Dramize who was just sitting their smiling at the scene before him because he knew why everyone was back peddling what the timberwolf had just lock eyes with was nothing close to prey it saw before but it was a predator so far past it in the food chain that it's very soul was shaken. "Kill, kill, kill." Was all Fluttershy repeated before charging at the now fleeing timberwolf grabbing it's tail before it could even get it's head in the forest a threw it at a building before jumping on it is chest. She grabbed the wolf's leg snapping it in half before tearing it off and using it as a club to bash the head of the poor wolf until the leg shattered on the deformed sap bleeding lump that was the beasts head, but she wasn't done she saw the wolf repairing the damage she did to it, her palms started to glow orange as she claw at the wolf's chest tearing deeper and deeper as anything that touched her glowing hand burned away the wolf howled in pain so loud that the ponies could feel it forcing the four to close their eyes and then silence. the girl opened their eyes to see the crushed burning lungs of the wolf in her right hand and the burning still beating heart of the wolf in her left hand which she just crushed without a second thought which splattered it's sappy blood all over her. Fluttershy continued to tear the corpse apart until a light purple aura surrounded her lifting her up.
"Stop Fluttershy it's dead." Twilight said as Fluttershy thrashed about in her spell
"You killed it." Rainbow said shaking in disbelieve at the brutality.
"Please just stop." Applejack who was also shaking.
"Please stop this isn't you." Pinkie pleaded with tears in her eyes.
"She a lot stronger than I thought I don't think I can hold her." Twilight said as Fluttershy thrashed harder breaking out of the restraining spell dropping down and lunging toward Twilight who closed her eyes getting ready to take the strike but it never came even thou she heard the strike connect. She opened her eyes to see Dramize standing in front of her holding Fluttershy's wrists.
"Fluttershy are you really going to let your inner dragon run wild." Dramize said as he fended off Fluttershy's attacks with some difficulty until she just stopped. "Finally." Dramize walked forward as Fluttershy fell forward into his arms she started to glow catching fire. The flames danced on her body for a second before gathering on her back and jumping off condensing into a cat shape before turning back into Oni and revealing an unconscious Fluttershy who was mostly back to normal except her mane and tail had two strips of red in them. Dramize relaxed only to be surprised by a double sucker punch delivered by Rainbow Dash and Applejack. "HEY WAHT WAS THAT FOR!?"
"What was that for. WHAT WAS THAT FOR! That was for letting our friend die." Twilight said as her rage started to take her over.
"So what she's a Belle they always die." Dramize said waving off the rage directed at him as he set Fluttershy down. Twilight and the others snapped after he said that they started to attack Dramize as the other kirin came back sitting down watching the show before them. Dramize just sat their dodging or redirecting attacks as one point he even yawned showing who little he was trying which only angered his attackers who Dramize had repelled with magic pulse causing them to charge again.
"What are you girls doing." Said a familiar voice. Dramize smiled and waved while his attackers turned to the sound of the voice.
"RARITY" The girls screams running at their friend with hugging force who seemed to have come back from the grave but slightly different her main and tail had black highlights and her eyes seemed to have a spectral glow to them and Twilight could have sworn she a picture of a skull in then. She was also wearing a new long shimmering black dress with a skeleton pattern rising along it's hem.
"So how was death?" Asked Dramize as he sat down
"Painful at first but strangely calming."
"Your alive but how?" Twilight asked
"It's an interesting story." Rarity said looking up thinking about to explain the meeting with death in which he told her that she and her sister are his descendants when she a dark blue shadows with a silver offsets heading towards them. "Wait is that Princess Luna and guards."
"Princess what are you doing here? Is something wrong in Canterlot?" Asked Twilight as she quickly teleported the timberwolf carcass away.
"Good afternoon Twilight and company, we had a bit of a problem but Celestia can handle it. So what happened here and why is Fluttershy passed out this time?" Luna asked as she watch the kirin around her.
"Timberwolf attack." said Dramize as picked Fluttershy back up and tossing her to Tempest who set her down on his cloud which turned black.
"She has lightning affinity." Tempest said staring at his cloud.
"Really, that's weird." Said Dramize as the other kirin jumped down from the roof they were standing on much to the lunar guards dismay which caused them to raise their weapons to protect their princess.
"And all you are?" Ask Luna on edge thinking about what happened a few moments ago.
"Oh where are his manners." Said Midnight in a calm but enticing voice which caused some of the guards to relax for a second. "I am Midnight Symphony. The big Red one is Dramize our leader while the smaller red one is his little sister Acellex, Tempest Tempo is the only watching over Fluttershy, Frozell is the white one talking to Veria, and The one standing behind you is my twin brother Logic Reverse." Luna and the guards turned around to see Logic drawing in a notebook they jumped back from surprise and the guards swung their swords but they phased through him as he put his notebook away and jumped up flipping over Luna and her guards landing next to his sister.
"Back to the earlier topic, if Celestia could handle what ever the problem was, why are you here and why do you look so worried?" Asked Applejack a little worried herself.
"For two reasons the castle was attacked by a pegasus and a creature like your new friends but it's over now Discord helped us repel them, also a weather factory was attacked so i'm on my to check out Cloudsdale while other groups of my guards are checking out the other factories." Answered Luna as she relaxed noticing that the kirin weren't hostile, the wind changed carrying a weak metallic scent which only Midnight picked up.
"Wait do you smell that?" Asked Midnight as she licked her lips.
"Smell what?" Asked Luna and Twilight at the same time.
"The literal gallons of blood about 300 miles west from here if my nose is right." Answered Midnight with a smile before turning to Dramize with a pleading look only for him to nod at her causing her to fly off towards the smell.
"Wait isn't Cloudsdale 300 miles west from here." Said Pinkie gasping at the thought that just hit her.
"I need to go now." Luna said taking to the sky with even more worry on her face then in her voice.
"We're coming with you." Said Rainbow worried about her old home.
"Ok but how are you three going to get there?"
"We can help with that." Dramize said pointing at Veria. "I'm going to need your help with this one your better at geo-shifting than me."
"Ok lets go." Veria said as a pale tan light surround her horns followed by a soft orange light from Dramize's horns. The ground around Pinkie Pie and Rarity started to glow tan while the ground around Applejack glowed orange before changing the ground under Rarity and Pinkie turned to sand before rising then the ground under Applejack turned black and rose up as well. "Your still to slow at this Dramize."
"Yea yea any way let's go." they all took off after Midnight.
"Since this will take some time I guess I could explain elemental affinity on the way so listen up." Logic said as he started to air run in stead of flying to everyone surprise.
"How are you doing that?" Asked Rainbow.
"What the sky step that's nothing special."
"Yes it is because we don't have wind affinity." Said Dramize before going into a clime then diving after Midnight.
"Still waiting for that expiation of affinity." Twilight said keeping pace with Logic to hear more as she pull out a piece of graphite and notebook to write down everything he was about to say.
"Oh right. Ok let me start the way we learn it. Girl as you now learned spells have elemental natures to them but like dragons who have elemental affiliations, ponies are also have an element affiliation at birth and like dragons they can fit into one of these elements earth, nature, fire, wind, water, shadow, ice, lightning, and poison. You each have one of these affinities and that can effect how strong certain spells you use are.
"So if a unicorn with a fire affinity used a spell with fire element."
"Yes the spell would be stronger and easier for that pony to cast."
"You mean unicorn."
"No I mean pony, any pony can cast spells if they unlock their affinity."
"Wait so your saying we can do magic." Said Pinkie eager to find out how
"You can if your elemental affinity is unlocked."
"Ok so how do you unlock it."
"Well theirs two ways to do it. One you can train for at least ten years with a teacher who hold the same element as you or you can bond with a kirin which forces your affinity out along with giving you another affinity."
"What do you mean by bond?" Asked Twilight
"Well Fluttershy bonded with me during that fight against the timberwolf which unlocked her lightning affinity but also changed her body so she could have fire affinity which will grow stronger the more she bonds with me but it will turn her into a kirin permanently. So yea side effects." Said Dramize as he started to pick up speed.
"Wait you all have two affinities?"
"Yep. One from being part dragon and the other from being part pony." Tempest answered as moved up with Flutterrshy in tow.
"Bonding aside affinities also give you special abilities take the sky step for example that's a wind affinity ability theirs also....... Dam"
"Logic what else.... Logic..Logic what....what the hell." Twilight look up from her writing and she with the other ponies were at a loss for words they had arrived at the cloud city to see the entire city red with the blood of it's citizens the body of pegasi were everywhere not a single one had its head attached. The kirin were all un-phased by the seen except Midnight who was drooling at the sight causing all the ponies to back up from her.
"WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!" Luna shouted waking the sleeping Fluttershy.
"Uhh were am I? What happened?" Asked a groggy Fluttershy.
"Ashenvail happened here." Dramize said answering Luna with no emotion in his voice.
Author's Note
any ideas on what Pinkie's affinity should be if you do tell me why because I'm drawing a blank here.
Blood Moon
"Ashenvail he was the one who attacked the castle how do you know him?" Asked Luna
"He is the leader of the restoration team their job is to bring kirin back from the brink of extinction. But knowing him he goes nowhere without a reason I wonder what was at the castle." Answered Dramize as he sent into deep thought.
"What going on where are we?" Asked Fluttershy as she got off Tempest's cloud rubbing the sleep from her eyes and stepped on to the bloody clouds with a audible squish which made the ponies in the group flinch. "Eww what is this blood or something?"
"Welllllll." Rarity answered trying not to freak out Fluttershy.
"Oh you are kidding me right now I'm really standing on a cloud filled with blood. Where exactly are we?" Said Fluttershy with an annoyed tone.
"OK not the reaction I was expecting but were in Cloudsdale." Answered Rarity who wore a confused expression along with everyone else.
"Ok then. well I have to go check on something then I need to know who I'm gonna kill for this." Fluttershy flew off to a large storm slightly dark red storm clouds.
"Was that the Fluttershy we know?" Asked Twilight as she watched her friend fly away.
"I think so but what's with her new personality?" Asked Rainbow as she looked around fully taking in the scene before her.
"That might be my fault but I'm not sure. Ponies react differently to the addition of an affinity." Answered Dramize
"Is she going to stay like that?" Asked Pinkie in a worried tone.
"No it's temporary she should go back to normal tomorrow maybe a week tops. Anyway Midnight are you going to deal with all this blood?"
"This is a lot even for her and you remember the blood binge three years ago." Said Logic as he reclined in the air.
"I thought we agreed to never speak of that again. But Logic's right the bottom line is I'm going to need some help." Said Midnight while she slapped Logic with her tail. "So we're going to another kirin with water and shadow affinities."
"And then we to hope that the mixed affinities lead to blood and not oil."
"Wait you can have oil as a power?" Asked Twilight
"Yes affinity combinations can create different powers then you'd expect, take Frozell and Tempest for example both their affinity combinations can lead to cloud but thanks to their personalities Tempest got cloud and Frozell got mist." Logic looked at his sister with a glare as she landed and moved up
"Anyway you all should get back I'm gonna try this alone, grimoire." Midnight's shadow expanded out before her grimoire and rapier floated up to her from it. Grabbing her rapier Midnight took a deep breath and pointed the blade forward at the bloodied city. "Blood of the many come together for the need of the one. Let your power echo in true brilliance. Show your power to erase in your final hours blood moon embrace." The ponies stood their speechless watching Midnight as she moved her rapier behind her and held out her palm as the blood in the clouds around them started to rise into the air coming together in to a ball which got bigger and bigger until it shown bright in the cloudless sky. Midnight started to close her palm into a fist causing the giant ball of blood to condence smaller and small until it was the size of a pellet which she moved closer to Dramize who created a black covering for it out of some to the earth from the three earth platforms and crushing it between his palms. "I did it." Midnight said breathlessly before falling to the ground.
"Varia grab Midnight were heading back. I need to put this down."
"OK I'm back what I miss?" Asked Fluttershy as she landed on the now clean clouds.
"Midnight pulling an impressive clean up." Answer Varia as she walked over and picked up Midnight bridal style.
"I see so she must be drained."
"Anyway what did you go to check?" Asked Dramize.
"To see if my cousin was still at the asylum here and before you ask everypony in their was dead the same way as everypony out here except my cousin."
"Ashenvail doesn't like leaving survivors so he must have found his bond good for him. Anyway we're headed back Shy want to head back with us. I want to get started with your weapon."
"Fine let's go." Fluttershy said moving past her friends taking off with the kirin as they went back to Ponyville.
I'm gonna stay they need away back. Hey Logic she your sister you take her. Said Varia as she tossed Midnight at Logic who cough her with ease before moving back to the others.
"Fine, fine I'll take her just don't do that again I hate having thing thrown at me." Logic said as he flew away.
"I've got to go to Tia will want to know what happened here." Said Luna taking off for Cantorlot castle with her guards in tow.
"So Twi what should we do now?" Asked Applejack making the last three look at Twilight for some guidance.
"I guess head back home. Theirs nothing left for us to do here so we might as well head back." Twilight looked up a Varia who nodded at her before taking control of the black platform Dramize created causing it to turn into black sand. Twilight and Rainbow flew up followed by the three sand platforms that held their friends, they moved to Vaira before making the trip to Ponyville To the view of the setting sun and rising moon.
Author's Note
Short little Discord chapter.
It just hit me anyone got any weapon ideas for the main six?
Discord's day
While the last four chapters were happening Discord was wondering through one of the deepest part of the Everfree forest close the dragon lands.
"Why did I have to make this place so chaotic even with my power I can't pin point where the village is any more." Discord said to himself as he walked through the forest. "I have to wonder what happened to my kirin for them to be out and about like that. He moved quickly but calmly as he put some serious thought into what could fire no flood no earthquake not likely all he could think about was what could have caused his kirin to leave their home. After a few minutes he got his answer as he entered a large clearing and he was furious at the scene he beheld the area was blackened with dark ash. Slag reduced or burning homes and the charred, crushed, or sliced opened bodies of his children and some of his worshipers were all over he keep questioning him self trying to think about what happened then he saw a small kirin filly with golden scales and brown fur carrying a large egg in a basket she had bandages covering half of her face including her eyes, her tail and her right arm she was limping and a dark green earth pony colt was with her, his main was brown and burnt he was also missing a most of his left leg which was bandaged, they were running towards the forest as they could using each other as support as they slowly moved closer to the forest but as they reached the halfway point a roar was heard scaring the two causing them to trip so they started to crawl to the forest together Inching slower to the forest.
"Ore we're almost safe just keep holding on to me." Said the colt as they kept inching forward
"Feral I'm scared we don't know what's out there." Said Ore as she kept up to his pace.
"I know but I rather take the chance out there than take the absolute of death here." The colt twisted to look to the sky and what he saw made him try to crawl faster reopening the wound on his leg. "Ore keep going he's almost here." Discord look where the colt was looking and saw the gigantic silver and gold dragon with six wings that was now over the village and what made it worse he knew who that was.
"The last of the abominations will finally be cleansed for this world." The Dragon said opening his maw which was a light with a white flame he shot out a blast ahead of the two cut off their escape the Drake landed with a powerful thud the Ore started to shake and pray while the Feral stood up with the help of a long stick he found summoning his aura he beckoned long Roots that tangled around the dragons legs and mouth but the drake snapped them like old string. The dragon smiled at Feral. "You little pony have the soul of a dragon, now let me release that soul from that unworthy body." The drake took a breath and unleashed a torrent of white flames at the two Feral stared at the wave of fire before them as he saw his end in the flame as he shield Ore who didn't know what was happening but as the flames touched him he heard a snap and just as the flames touched them it turned into teddy bear stuffing confusing everyone. "My perfect flame who dares."
"I dares, having fun pick on children Bahamut." Said Discord as he walked out in the open.
"No Discord I'm having fun keeping my children from your abominations." Said Bahamut with a smug grin on his face which angered Discord to no end but he didn't show it.
"Well then theirs only one thing I can do about that. Bye." Discord grabbed both children and teleported away leaving Bahamut with an cartoony bomb with a very short fuse.
"Discord you son of a-" Said Bahamut just before the explosion cut him off knocking him out from the pressure wave and when he woke up he was chained up in a mountain cave. "Bitch."
Back at Dramize's house which had gotten three times bigger the kirin and Fluttershy were waiting for Varia and the others to come back. Midnight was resting upsidedown like a bat on one of the rafters using her tail claw as a hook, Frozell was working on a practice dummy slamming palm strike after palm strike before the armor could even react, Logic was reading a book on pony biology listing down any differences from kirin biology, Tempest was still chilling on his cloud but was snacking on some pearls, Acellex was curled up around her egg letting poison seep out of her skin and into the egg as she watched the door, and Dramize was heating up his forge as he had his tools in hand. They waited in silence with only the sound crackling fire to fill the air.
"Varia can you tell us why we have to be there?" Asked Twilight after Varia told them that they needed to go to Dramize's place as moon finished rising.
"Yes please explain because after what we just saw and the day I had all I want to do is take a shower and sleep." Said Rarity as she sat on her platform.
"It's kirin tradition for all the friends of the bonded to watch as their weapons are forged and Dramize is about to forge Fluttershy's weapon so that's why we to go." Answered Varia.
"Ok this could be fun besides how long could this take anyway?" Pinkie asked bouncing on her platform.
"Rest of the night to all of tomorrow depending on what the weapon is and in that time Fluttershy is not allow to leave Dramize's side.
"Your kidding me right. Said Applejack and Rainbow at the same time.
"Nope and that's why your staying the night.
"WHAT!" They yelled causing Varia to cover her ears.
"Fluttershy can't leave Dramize so its our job to watch over them and bring them anything they need its all apart of tradition but I can let you all go and get anything you might need and bring them over. Just meet me back here when your done ok."
"Ok." The five said together before splitting up to go finish up any thing they need to do today but as they headed back they hit road blocks called Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle as they walked from Fluttershy's after feeding the animals for her.
"Did anypony else just remember the crusader sleepover that was supposed to happen at Fluttershy's to day." Said Rarity after a sudden facepalm.
"Eh'yep." The others said in sync
"So a quick trip to the castle." Said Twilight thinking about Spike
"Eh'yep." The they said again as they started for friendship castle reaching there after a few minutes.
"SPIKE, SPIKE WHERE ARE YOU!?"
"Hey Twi a note." Rainbow said picking up the note from a table in the kitchen before reading it. "Twilight went with Big Mac and Soarin the pie festival in Manehatten I was telling you about two days ago be back tomorrow . When did he start hanging with Soarin?"
"No idea. Hey AJ you think Granny Smith world-."
"Hell no I'm not leaving my grandmother alone with hurricane crusader." Interrupted Applejack.
"Ok fine I guess we just have to bring them with us." After a few more detours, explanations, and some packing the group of eight made their way to Varia.
"You three are new what's your names?" Asked Varia as she saw the crusaders.
"Hello names Applebloom nice to meet ya."
"I'm Sweetie Belle hello."
"And I'm Scootaloo s'up."
"Evening, are they friends?"
"Yes." Answered Twilight
"Then their welcome, now if you all will follow me." After a minute of rushed walking trying to keep pace with Varia they made to Dramize's modified house.
"When did this place get so big." Said pinkie in awe
"I expanded it to accommodate all the kirin." Opening the front door with a punch Varia and the others walked in.
"Nice place y'all got here." Applejack said with a whistle as she looked around the dimly lit gray mane foyer with polished purple obsidian floor to see nine different hallways seven up stairs and two down stairs. The seven up stairs each had a different creature emblem above the entrance and different suits of armor lining their sides. While the two down stairs had different frames one silver and the other jet black.
"Thank you now if you will please follow me and do not lag behind you will get lost."
"It y'all long enough I thought you would never get here." Logic said not even looking away from his book.
"They had things they need to take care of."
"Ok then let's get started." Said Dramize as he put down his tools and grabbed a knife and a slab of black metal. Placing the slab on a table Dramize flipped the knife and handed it Fluttershy. "Shy I need ten drops of blood from you one from each finger on this slab of form steel then before you stop bleeding tap that crystal over there."
"Ok." Fluttershy took the knife and made ten small cuts in her fingers and held them out over the slab letting all ten drops hit it before turning to the crystal Dramize pointed at and tapping it. The slab absorbed the blood and started to glow red while the crystal started to shake before glowing a pale yellow.
"So what's going to happen now?" Asked Rainbow.
"The crystal will play a song before the slab changes into the mold for her weapon but until then we must do nothing." Answered Varia
"Well that's boring is there something else we could do while we wa-."
"Shh it's starting." Varia and the other kirin closed their eyes as the crystal started spinning and then music filled the air."
"Nice beat." Said Dramize as the slab changed into the mold for Fluttershy weapon. "That's interesting weapon so this is going to all of to night and tomorrow." Dramize pulled out five golden poles and got to work.
Author's Note
I wonder what the weapon will be?
"Now that he has started we are free to roam but as soon as we are called we must come running. Now if anyone needs me I will be in my lab working on dissecting things." Logic said before phasing through the wall he was closest to much to Twilight's disappointment.
"Wait I want see." Said Twilight.
"look for the hallway with a wraith above it that's his room, now I'm gonna go take a shower so don't need me." Midnight said flipping down from her spot and walking out after Twilight almost dashed out summoning a quill, ink, and notepad.
"Wait for me." Rarity said running after midnight.
"Yo Acid me and Varia are going to go spar you want to join." Said Tempest as he got off his cloud.
"Hell yea just give a moment to get my skates and then I meet you in the training hall." Acellex said before running out of the room.
"Your welcome to join us well Frozell." Said Varia
"I all ready had my workout to day I'm going to join Midnight in the shower but have fun." Frozell said before taking her leave.
"Before we go anyone want to watch this go down? It will awesome." Asked Tempest.
"Ok I'm game." Said Rainbow with interest
"We wanna go to." Said Scootaloo after a little bit whispering among the crusaders.
"If they say you can you can." Varia said pointing at the mares still in the room
"Can we?"
"Well we need to keep an eye on you fillies soooooo.... OK.
"YAY!!" The crusaders screeched causing all the kirin in the room to cover their ears in pain.
"Never do that again around us, please." Tempest said as the kirin uncovered their ears. "Now if you follow us." the group followed Tempest and Varia out the room and in to the foyer they walked down stairs and Tempest stomped on the last step. a click was heard as the whole stairway turned into a slide and the floor opened up causing them all to fall into a dark cavern.
"Owww that hurt." wined Pinkie as she bounced off the hard ground.
"You two ok?" Varia asked as she, Rainbow and floated down each with a crusader in hand.
"Yea were good, we've been hit by worse." Said Applejack as she got up,
"Great then welcome to the Training hall." Tempest said snapping his fingers. Torches around the cavern light up revealing the armor suits that lined the walls and the large smooth black crystal pillars that held up purple crystals arranged in a large circle marking the battle arena. The pillars started to glow and then change color alternating from a sky blue to a sandy tan and back. The two leading kirin walked forward Varia unsheathed her sword and readied her shield as Tempest held out his hand his cloud started to condense into a spear and floated in the air.
"Wait when did you get your weapons Varia." Asked Rainbow.
"I never put them down I had them hidden by an illusion spell."
"Hmmm I wonder where Acellex is?" Tempest said as his spear started to spin then a chain shot across the room attaching to a pillar which turned a swampy green. "Oh she's here." A grinding sound was heard from a tunnel behind everybody as the chain was vibrating.
"Let's go go go." Acellex said as she grinded down the chain with her skates leaving sparks in their wake until she got closer to the pillar. leaning to the left side Acellex held out her right hand and accelerated hooking the pillar with her arm just as she was about to fall off the chain. Acellex shifted her legs and set her skates on the pillar and then leaned into the tower accelerating again winding up the pillar and touching the crystal at the top before leaping off as all the crystals turns a bright green before starting to play. "Music set time to start."
Acellex jumped off the pillar and tried to kick Tempest who sidestepped grabbed her leg and threw her at Varia who raised her shield which Acellex jumped off of after adjusting herself. Pulling out her Dagger she went for Tempest's throat but his spear smacked her to the side before he dashed at Varia jumping over her shield and trying to strike her with his tail but Varia rushed forward before spinning around and going back in with her sword drawn. Tempest and Varia started to speed up their clashes were becoming faster and more brutal feeling left out Acellex started to skate towards them slowly but as she moved copies of her were left behind which started to move on their own but as they got close to the fight Acellex would get blown back and her clones would vanish before she would get up and try again. After the tenth time she gave up on the clones and just charged in wildly slashing with her dagger in rage trying to catch ether of the high speed opponents only for her dagger to hit Varia's shield and shatter. Acellex stopped and looked her broken weapon her wing extended and a neon green ring appeared around her. Both Varia and Tempest stopped turning to Acellex with looks of pride on their faces. Acellex look at the kirin in front of her with blank cold eyes. "Welcome to my parlor said the spider to the flies. neutral chaos." The ring around Acellex sank into the ground then everyone heard a grinding and shifting before chains burst from the ground, walls and ceiling. Terrifying the spectators as they were stuck the weave of chains that were covered in acid while the kirin were stuck as the chains bound them as each acid coated link sank deeper into their scale and skin. "Burning chain forest." The chains started to glow white as they heated up but before they could a do any damage Acellex got struck by lighting from a cloud above her then knocked out by a rock from the ceiling the hit her square on the head. The chains loosened and then started to fade away. Varia walked over to Acellex and picked her up and walk out the room through the the tunnel Acellex used.
"You did very well little Spider congrats." Tempest said before following Varia. "If your wondering the exit is where Acellex entered but you all can explore the house to your hearts content. Have fun." Tempest left leaving the six stunned ponies alone to gather their thoughts.
Author's Note
Man this took a while but I had to break a writers block.
Meanwhile back at Canterlot Celestia and Luna were sitting down on their thrones with crestfallen looks. After talking about everything that happened and the out come of Luna investigation they just couldn't muster the will to put on a calm collective face for the subjects they loved so much as they thought how many died and those they couldn't protect. Celestia was deep in thought trying to think of what they could do to prepare their ponies for what could be a threat.
"Sister are we weak?" Luna asked snapping Celestia out of her thoughts.
"What?" Celestia answered out of surprise. "Sorry wasn't listening what did you ask?"
"Are we weak? I mean look at us we are revered by our subjects as goddesses we hold sun and moon in our collative power and yet we couldn't protect those below us so I ask again are we weak?
"Luna I-."
"I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK DID YOU MISS ME!" Discord said with a joking tone as he appeared from a puff of pink smoke but his eyes said other wise.
"DISCORD WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!!" Celestia Yelled.
"I had something I needed to check on. So why the long faces did a town get wiped out or something." Discord said jokingly but then looked at saddened sisters. "Really? Wow ummm sorry."
"What do you want Discord? We are not in the mood for you pity." Luna said with a little bit anger in her voice.
"Don't you dare think I hold any form of pity for you or your sister. because I unlike your subjects know that you're not gods. your mother is a god, I am a god, even the fool Bahamut is a god. You two are immortals given power through your mother who let her tether to this world be destroyed and a matter of fact it is respect for your mother that saved you two every time we fought before your found my sisters sanctuary and she gave you the one thing that could stop me. So me even asking to do anything in your realm is a kindness but right now I am not very happy and would prefer if you remembered your place shade spawn." Celestia was shocked at the serious look Discord gave her sister while Luna just looked down away from discords eyes before he created a chair and sat down. "But to level with you I do have something to ask you."
"And what would that be?" Celestia asked eyebrow raised.
"That would be -
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Blueblood screamed as he ran into the throne room slamming the door locking it behind him. "Auntie their are more of those freaks."
"What?" Said Celestia as she got up and walked pass Blueblood to open the door he just locked until she heard a banging and some voices on the other side mixed with clashing metal
"BREAK DOWN THAT DOOR FELLS AND GET THE LITTLE ONES IN SIDE I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE ARMY HEADING AT US!" Said a mysterious voice.
"OK ONE DOOR GOING DOWN!" Said another voice. Celestia backed away from the door while reinforcing it with her magic then a crash was heard and the whole door shook but it held. "They reinforced the door.... good." After a few seconds the strikes on the door started up again going faster and faster until their was no time between strikes after a good minute the strike stopped again Celestia was panting she had use a lot of magic to soften the all the hits on the door so she let her spell drop but as soon as she did the doors shattered much to everyone except Discords surprise. "Well hello." Said the cream colored kirin with brown scales, mane and pony tail was wearing a torn robe and red gauntlets that walk through door way followed by a rush of young kirin who were holding large eggs and ponies all in tattered and torn clothes they were running toward Discord who kneeled with his arms out as the adult kirin and ponies entered all with weapons drawn creating a circle around the children and Discord with a look of fear and uncertainty on their faces. Luna was about to move up horn a light when Celestia stopped her.
"Wait a second Luna." Celestia walked past Luna and stared at the group in front of her noting the looks on their faces. "I am Celestia Solaris co-ruler of Equestria and I mean you all no harm." She said with a soft and calm tone.
" Mean us no harm that's a laugh the way these solders are you couldn't harm us their more like roached that need to be squashed but considering that why should we trust you? The weak all ways try to destroy the strong." Said a male silver scaled kirin with orange fur and an x shaped scar over his left eye, wearing baggy torn jeans which allowed his bandaged tail to move freely and a jester cap which his grays horn poked through. He walked through the doorway and around the group dragging a bloody guard like a ragdoll before throwing the guard at Celestia's hoofs causing the kirin and ponies behind him to relax while Celestia's face hardened and Luna looked ready to rush the him which brought a smile to the kirin's face. "Well don't you look pissed your guards looked the same way when they attacked so I broke all their bones as punishment." Luna materialized sickle sword and charged at the kirin who just raised his hand in response. "Get crushed." The kirin dropped his hand and Luna hit the floor so hard that the marble cracked, Luna cried out in pain as she could feel every bone in her body ether crack or completely break.
"LUNA." Celestia screamed as she rushed to her sisters aid but before she could get close a ring of smoke surrounded her before quickly becoming a dome."
"You know it's impolite to barge in on another's battle." Said a new voice. Celestia looked around the dome until she found yellow glowing eyes. Materializing a long sword Celestia shot a beam of solar energy at the eyes only for them to disappear and reappear on the other side of the dome. "That wasn't nice you know you could have hurt somekirin or pony."
"If you don't want to get hurt then get out of my way."
"But i'm not in your way, all you have to do is walk out the dome. I was just saying it would be rude to interrupt." Celestia was questioning whether it was a good idea to just run out the dome but Luna cried out again.
"HOLD ON LUNA." Celesta ran into the smoke wall with a shield raised but when she saw the smoke clear she was back in the dome. "How the-."
"It seems you lost your way."
"LET ME GO!"
"But I'm not keeping you all I did was setup the dome it's not my fault you can't find your way out."
"ENOUGH!! FELL BEAST, SIREN LET THEM GO!" Said the new kirin that just walked into the room in a full suit of weird armor covered in runes that glowed seven different pale colors his wings were bound by the armor and chains and his tail was fully covered in armor but you could see glowing red eyes through the eye holes.
"Yes king Absolute." The kirin said quickly. Luna felt her body lighten and the dome around Celestia vanished letting her see her captor was a short female kirin with a light green coat, emerald green scales and large wings her horns looked like pipes and she was wearing a short revealing dress that showed off her tail was pony like and sky blue like her short mane she was holding a long brass smoking pipe in the shape of a oriental dragon that had a thin smoke coming out of it.
"Dulahan get out here and heal her."
"Yes my king." Said a kirin female with a dark violet coat and horns, black mane and shovel like dragon tail that appeared out of Absolute's shadow. long thin spikes extended from her elbows and smaller spikes lined the sides of her tail she wore a soft gold dress with red crosses on it. She walked toward luna and tapped the alicorn's back causing her to whimper. "Ah broken skeleton easy fix. Essence of shadow bring forth unholy regeneration." Luna fell a dark force creep over her but the force turned warn and inviting numbing her body as it worked setting and repairing all of her bones.
"Do you have you say that every time?" Said the kirin that broke the door earlier.
"Does it annoy you?"
"YES!"
"Then yes I do."
"I hate you."
"I know and I love it."
"Enough you two." Said Absolute with a clearly irritated tone.
"Yes sir." Said the two arguing kirin at the same time.
"You ok?" Said Absolute holding out his hand to help
"Yes thank you." Replied Luna taking his hand letting him help her up.
"I do believe we ponies and kirin got off on the wrong hoof because of these dumbasses." Absolute said point at the group behind him earning a collective "HEY!" but not caring. "All me to introduce myself my name is Absolute Abyss I am the kirin king and we are looking for a new home."
Breaking Tradition
Back At the kirin manor all the mares with the exception of Fluttershy who was still with Dramize working on her weapon, were sitting down in a small black room around a crystal relaxing as the guys went and took their bath and Acellex was showing the CMC her room. Rarity's face was a deep shade of pink while Midnight was giggling like a five year old looking at her as she nursed a glass of what Rainbow hoped was red wine while Twilight was nose deep in a book on kirin anatomy that Logic gave her before he went to bathe.
"So what did you guys do while we took the most awkward bath of my life." Said Frozell as she reclined back in her chair. Rainbow told her the details of the fight which made Frozell smile. "Good for Acellex getting her chaos attack. I wonder if her bond pet has hatched?"
"Anyway what made this shower so awkward?" Asked Pinkie eyes full of curiosity.
"Rarity here just found out about the enchantment we have on our clothes. lets just say being part dragon has it's up sides and its down sides in battle." Said Midnight as pointed at her chest. "But then again who wouldn't be embarrassed getting caught ogling perfection." Rarity's blush some how managed to deepen turning her face as red as a cherry which caused midnight to lean in until she was right next to Rarity's face then she licked her cheek nice and slow which made Rarity freeze up and Midnight fall on the floor laughing spilling her drink.
"Ummmm Rarity?" Rainbow poked Rarity only to have her give no response and fall over in her frozen position. "Ok what the actual buck why she frozen?"
"Aww great she had a blow out." Said Frozell throwing hand up in the I give pose.
"A blow out?"
"To many thoughts at once plus a sensory overload she will be stuck like that for a while until she calms down."
"Aww man I need a new drink." Midnight said pouting as she realized she spilled her drink so she left to get more.
"Anyway hey girl's you want to hear your inner songs?" Asked Frozell pointing at the crystal in middle of room.
"Yea why not." Said Rainbow laying back in her chair. "I bet my song is cooler than all of yours."
"It would be interesting to see how it's done again." Said Twilight looking up from her book.
"Don't we need to be bonded or a kirin to do that?" Asked Applejack with a slightly skeptical look.
"Nope, the ponies back home didn't need to be bonded so why should you need to."
"Good point."
"Ok who wants to do first?"
"Me me me." Pinkie held out Varia's sword and poked her finger and dropped her blood on the crystal causing it to glow hot pink before it started to play.
"When did she?"
"She took my sword when Applejack asked her question. you didn't notice her?" Varia said taking her sword back from Pinkie who was just swaying to the beat of her song.
"No I didn't."
"Then I think I know what her affinity is. Unless someone else noticed her?" Everyone else shook their heads giving Varia the answer she hoped for.
"Wait you think she's-?"
"Yep."
"I'm what?" Asked Pinkie with her usual enthusiasm."
"We'll tell you later after everyone else's song is played ok pinkie." Answered Varia with a sly smile on his face.
"Oooook." Pinkie said with a saddened expression before turning back to swaying to the music but then they heard the front door get blasted open.
"TWILIGHT THE PRINCESSES!!" Yelled a Familiar voice Causing the group to run into the main hall to see spike who just caught his breath.
"SPIKE WHATS GOING ON?! HOW DID YOU GET HERE?!" Screamed a worried Twilight.
"Letter and Soarin in that order. The Princesses are calling all of you something big is going down in Canterlot." Twilight grabbed the letter looking it over before turn to the other behind her.
"We need to get to Cantorlot now." Twilight said with Rarity in her magic and worry on her face.
"But what about fluttershy?" Asked Rainbow causing everyone to look toward Dramize's room.
"Go your princesses need you we'll pass on the message to her when Dramize finishes then we'll get her their." Varia answered after a few seconds of thought. "Even though it's breaking tradition."
"What?" Said all the ponies.
"Nothing."
"Ok then thanks Varia." Twilight said as the ponies in the room and Spike started to hold hands with her.
"No problem Twilight, now get out of here."
"Hold on tight." Twilight charged her horn letting her magic fill the room before teleporting everyone except the kirin in a flash of light purple but when the light faded Twilight and friends found themselves Surrounded by ponies and kirin each holding a weapon ready to strike.
"WAIT!" yelled Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and Shining Armor voices filled with worry.
"Stand down we have new guest to hear us out." The group turn to the voice to see Absolute starring at them with his glowing red eyes. "Would you be the final ruler of this land?" Asked Absolute watching unblinking as Twilight nodded yes. "Good then we have some things to discuss. My name is Absolute Abyss it's nice to meet you."
Family Reunion
After Absolute calmed things down he, the mares, and Shining armor were sitting in a seprate meeting room with stained glass windows depicting the event of Equestria from Nightmare Moon's defeat to Tirek's. After a few minutes of silence Celestia and Luna excused themselves to lower the moon and raise the sun before rejoining the ponies who were siting Quietly while Absolute stood looking down on them getting on Shining Armors nerves.
"So King Absolute wo-." Luna was saying when Absolute interrupted him.
"Please we are all higher ups here Absolute is just fine."
"Ok then Absolute won't you take off your armor? Your among friends here."
"No I cannot well not fully anyway ."
"And why is that?" Asked Cadence nodding to her husband as they stared at the unreadable king.
"When I was born my power was so great that the world around me was effected so I had his this dampening armor made by one of my nobles and seven keys are need to unlock it."
"Ok so where are those keys?"
"Five of them are here but the last two ar-."
"AUNTIE THE TWO FROM YESTERDAY ARE BACK AND THOSE THINGS IN THE MAIN HALL ARE GATHERED AROUND THEM." Screamed Blueblood as he burst into the room interrupting Absolute.
"Two from Yesterday?"
"A kirin and a pony attacked Yesterday afternoon." Celestia explained as they ran back to the main hall.
"I see. Well then your moving to slow." Absolute sped up pulling a head of the entire group with ease forcing the others to sprint just to keep up.
"How is he so fast in that armor." Wondered Shining as he sped up to keep up with Absolute along with Rainbow Dash and Applejack but then Absolute pulled ahead again leaving the ponies in the dust but he made a wrong turn and got lost before anypony could stop him so the ponies got to the main hall first to see Ashenvail surrounded by the kirin and ponies Discord brought while Huntshy was staring at Blueblood who was the last to enter.
"There you are little toy." Hunt said as drew two of her knifes and threw one of her knifes through the group to the wall and the other at the wall behind her. Celestia Remembered the last time she did this and turned just to see Hunt and Blueblood disappear from behind her and reappear on the other side of the room with Hunt holding a sword to his neck. "Now we can play little toy. let's see the first game we'll play should be... Ah I've got it dismember."
"H-How do you play dismember." Asked Blueblood with a nervous laugh before relaxing slightly as Hunt moved her sword from his neck.
"Like this." Hunt raised her sword and swung at Bluebloods arm with enough speed to chop it off. Blueblood watch the sword get closer and closer to his arm as everypony else rushed to stop her knowing they wouldn't get their in time to stop her but then a yellow blur passed them stopping right next to hunt grabbing her arm and revealing a familiar pony mare in red sweats and light green top with a large rectangular wooden box strapped to her back.
"Fluttershy?" Asked Rainbow causing her to get looks from the Alicorn's except for Twilight, and Shining Armor.
"Why don't you not and say you did Hunt." Fluttershy said letting go of Hunt's arm.
"Cousin it been a while." Hunt raised her sword and kicked Blueblood away before locking eyes with Fluttershy.
"That it has." Fluttershy looked back into Hunt's eyes with her signature stare.
"I believe the last time I hear your voice was when you let the storm cloud asylum take me." Hunt blinked and then to the other's surprise Hunt did her own stare with a sinister smile. "I see you haven't forgotten our time together."
"You needed the help in fact you still do and of course not your the one who taught me the stare."
"That doesn't matter now we have some catching up to do before I take your head." Hunt dashed at Fluttershy aiming a swing at Flutter's neck only for her jump back out of the way.
"Trying to kill me so soon I thought you wanted to catch up."
"You know I did but then I realizes I love when a traitors blood stains my blade." Hunt Charged Fluttershy again with a barrage of slashes and thrusts only for Fluttershy to dodge them all with little trouble.
"Is this all you've got Hunt I thought you wanted me dead."
"Oh believe this really isn't all I've got. KARRION!" The little hydra rose out of Hunt's shadow standing next to her hissing at Fluttershy. "You will fall, Orochi." Hunt changed into her kirin form and slammed Fluttershy with a hard punch to gut sending her back into a wall and forcing her to cough up blood. "You done all ready I just got to flex my muscles."
"Wow I didn't think your punches would be so weak."
"Rainbow are you sure that's Fluttershy?" Asked Cadence with the same worried face as the group around her.
"I know it's hard to believe that's Fluttershy." As soon as Rainbow finish talking six new kirin shadows crashed in creating a dust cloud.
"Dramize it took you long enough. You think it's tuned?" Fluttershy turned to the lead shadow who smiled at her.
"Well we fly slower than you and yea go nuts." Said Dramize blowing the way the dust cloud with his wings.
"Finally, ONI!" Flutter took off the box and kicked it up into the air as Oni jumped of Dramize's back and dashed to Fluttershy. "This is where you lose Hunt, Onigiri." Fluttershy changed into her kirin form before catching and opening the box she kick up pulling out two pale yellow scimitars and a belt with pink rings on them. "Now lets see what you've got."
Author's Note
Anyone got a good idea on how to nerf the kirin? their kind of too OP.
Hunt and Fluttershy's swords clashed over and over neither were giving an inch to the other as everyone watched in aw they blocked and countered each others attacks while their two bonds walked to each other.
"Salamander how have you been?" Asked Ashenvail as both kirin high fived as the guard surround them and the other new arrivals pointing their spear at them which caused both kirin to chuckle as the let their power lose a little causing the weapons near them to melt.
"Pretty good and you Hellhound tracking a new soul to drag to our king?" Dramize answer and asked back as he used his magic to create marble chairs from the floor much to the guard's surprise as both kirin sat down ignoring the guards around them and turn to watch their bond fight out. Hunt was driving Fluttershy back with her knifes as she was setting up for her demonic chaos but Fluttershy threw one of her scimitars at Hunt's left forcing her to dodge right where Fluttershy was waiting sword and ring ready she slash at Hunt who slid to dodge allowing Fluttershy to get the ring around her neck before backing off to grab her other sword and attaching a ring to her left wrist.
"I wish he sent me out to look for you after haven was destroyed by that dragon."
"What Chaos Haven was destroyed I should have been there to help, How many survived?"
"By our kings count everyone made it luckily, but."
"But?"
"All those who worked on project WHISPER escaped during the chaos so their somewhere and they are testing it."
"How do you know?"
"Because I cornered on of them in a cloud city just as he unleashed it I had to kill almost everypony their just to contain it."
"I know was the aftermath of your work." Both kirin relax even more as Ashenvail's shadow moved out on it's own as Dramize continued talking. "The last set of nobles told the last king that project WHISPER was a bad idea but did he listen no now we have this to deal with."
"At least one good thing came out it I found my bond." Ashenvail said a his shadow came back carrying a bottle of red wine and two glasses which Dramize created a table for allowing both kirin to pour themselves a glass and take a sip as the watched their bonds going at it. Fluttershy was using her ring to follow Hunt's movements before trying to match her speed. Hunt dipped into the floor so Fluttershy couldn't counter attack her when she would strike but Fluttershy jerked her left arm and forced her back up by the neck and to Fluttershy before taking a hard punch to the jaw knocking her away and into a wall only to get up and charge again but this time hunt changed her grip and her sword split up with black lighting connecting them. Fluttershy as now on the defensive as she blocked the whip swords strikes and watched for hunts movements searching for her own opening as she got closer.
"If I had to guest she's the one fighting my bond."
"So you found your bond to."
"Yep. Say should we stop them before they kill each other."
"Naw they'll collapse before that could happen." Fluttershy finally found her chance when Hunt jumped back for a forward lunge with her knife. Fluttershy was ready to cut her down bring her scimitar right to Hunt's neck as Hunt's knife was about to hit her own but before ether one could deliver the fatal blow their eye glazed over and they fell asleep. "Right on time." Fluttershy's friends ran to help her while a shadow just dragged Hunt back.
"You were right."
"Aren't I always."
"Well the influx wave incident."
"I thought we agreed to never speak of that again."
"You said aren't I always."
"Hold up do you feel that chill?"
"Yea it feels familiar almost like a suppressed all powerful force that's presence chokes life it's self.
"No no it's more a force of pure darkness almost like my big brother, wait a second."
"Absolute is here isn't he, well it save me from having to look for him." Absolute rose up out of the shadows glass in his hand as he poured him self a glass as well.
"Hello Hellhound, SSSSSSSalamander how niccccccce of you to ssshow up."
"So why are you mad big bro?"
"What makesssssss you think I'm mad I'm perfectly calm."
"Well you lisp only comes out when your angry and your kind of flaring up." Ashenvail pointed at the wisps of shadow coming out of Absolutes helmet.
"I got lost in this place and heard some of the ponies talking about the goddess that ruled them so kept going around and discovered these rulers are suppose to be super strong which isn't a bad thing I must say but this peace is killing me these ponies are to calm to happy with their standing they feel because they have their goddess to protect them they don't need to get stronger and that pisses me off."
"I see so what do you plan to do Absolute this is not Chaos Haven they live be a different set of rules they don't do the things we do."
"I know but they've ceased evolve and break their limits their is no need for such a weak race." Absolute looked at Celestia staring at him and stared back watch as she walk up to the kirin "Salamander where did you set up?"
"A small friendly town close by."
"Good then that's where we are going live collect your bonds you two we are headed to our new home."
"Oh no you don't. I cannot allow you to do as you please." Celestia said as she got to the trio
"Listen princess. I only asked to be nice but to level with you, you can't stop me from doing whatever I want and your ponies can't stop my charges from doing whatever they want unless you all think you can take me at my full power." The alicorns glared at Absolute who just glared back.
"We won't fight you." Said Cadence with serenity.
"Then I don't have to listen to you. Come on everyone lets head to our new home." All the kirin started to move for the windows as soon as Absolute finished his sentence.
"WAIT! fine I will fight you."
"Did I say just you princess all four of you will fight me."
"Why would you put yourself at an disadvantage like that?"
"Because I can and I want to see what all four of you can do."
"Cadence, Luna, Twilight are you ok with this?"
"I shall enjoy putting this foal in his place." Said Luna as she crossed her arms.
"Oh I like to see you try."
"I will if we have no other choice." Cadence said sighing.
"If Cadence is in than I'm in." Twilight said wondering what she might learn from this.
"Perfect then spread the word because I'm giving you four two weeks to get ready while we build the arena, feel free to prepare in anyway you want but first you should meet my nobles they will be helping us both get ready." Absolute stomped his hoof and seven kirin rushed to his side.
"Hello I am the first kirin noble Permafrost the sentinel." Said a female kirin with sea green pony eyes covered emerald green fur and dark blue scales that covered her back, sholders her red mane was in a pony tail she had a crown of dark blue horns and her dragon tail and an axe like shape at the end she was wearing a silver bra that barely contained her bust and tight leg hugging jeans on her hips rested two white battle axes.
"Sup I'm the second kirin noble Ascended Storm the Leviathan." Said another female kirin with sky blue dragon eyes covered a dull silver scales with patches of rust colored fur on her wrists, ankles, and down her neck her black and yellow mane was wild and very long. she had two tails coming out of her baggy black pants and on her blue top was the picture of a skull being struck by lighting and on her back was an electric guitar with the same design.
"Ugh I hate weak ponies I am you superior the third kirin noble Havoc Jester the Fell Beast." Havoc said floating off the ground with his arm crossed.
"Rude Havoc very rude anyway I'm the fourth kirin noble Hazy Smoker the Siren." Hazy smiled a Celestia before popping her pipe back in her mouth.
"Well he's a jerk I'm the fifth kirin noble Dramize the Salamander as one of you already know." Dramize said nodding a Twilight.
"I'm the sixth noble Fatal Stitching the Dullahan."
"And finally I am the final noble and the little brother of the king Ashenvail Abyss the Hellhound."
"Now that introduction's are over let's remove my armor so you can reformed into a weapon Salamander."
"Got ya."
"Ok my nobles say the key phrases and unlock this armor."
"Release the darkness that rules the eternal winter-." Permafrost started hearing a click when she finished.
"And let it subjugate the greatest of the storms-." Ascended continued hearing another click after her part was done.
"As it quashes the world under it's weight." Havoc kept it going showing a satisfied smirk when he heard the click.
"Let it's seductive song be heard through out the world." Hazy started to spin during her part blowing out six smoke rings as she heard the click.
"Twisting the world's life blood to it exterminate the weak." Dramize said his part with sorrow in his voice not reacting when he heard antoher click.
"Tearing them apart to ripping away weakness so they may grow." Fatal her click and started to play with some thread.
"But none can escape as they are dragged to the fire." Ashenvail bared his fangs saying his part but he jumped back as soon as he heard his click. A minute of silence passed before a pulse of black energy was let loose from the armor everything felt a chill and the alicorns had to resist the urge to step back while other ponies and kirin except the kirin nobles took the back step. Absolute took of his helmet revealing the neon green short horns that ran along the sides of his head and ruby colored mane that really needed cutting which gave a brilliant offset with the black fur that covered his face and the purple scales on his cheeks then the rest of his armor just fell of showing his skinny body type and the purple scales that ran down his arms in a coiled pattern and the neon green spot in the middle of his chest. he streached out his black bat wings and dragon like tail which had neon green spots running the sides get sharp cracking sounds from them. his pants were dark blue with a picture of a book bound in chains on the sides.
"Salamander show us to this town." Absolute turned to the window where all the other kirin and their pony cargo had just left from following Dramize who jumped through the window first to ponyville. "See you in a week princess." Absolute followed the others leaving the ponies left in the room with a only one thought. what do they need to do to prepare?
"Hey Everypony I'm back with some cookies. Whoa why do you all look frightened?" Discord said holding a box of steel cookies.
"Discord you left? When?" Asked a still stunned Celestia.
"In between chapters why?" Discord said in a nonchalant manner getting more confused stares.
Author's Note
I thought I reinforced the fourth wall against Discord I guess I have to make it thicker.
Well I think it's time for another bonding so who's next?
Ponyville was having a nice calm day nothing was going on everything was peaceful and calm but the ponies couldn't shake this feeling of unease no matter how hard they tried and it didn't help when the four princesses showed up in town unexpectedly with the rest of the main 6 as they carried the still sleeping Fluttershy each with worry on their faces and a ton of book and the royal guard with shinning armor leading them in toe as they entered friendship castle.
"So what's our game plan?" Asked Rainbow as she sat on the floor.
"First things first we need to find the kirin." Celestia said as Spike walked in with two pots one with lemon tea and the other with hot coffee.
"We need to pick up our little sisters we let them spend the night." Rarity said pouring her self a cup of tea and taking a sip as Applejack's and Rainbow Dash's eyes went wide.
"Oh that's right we just left them well we might as well all go since that would be the first place they would go." Twilight said getting up.
"And that place would be?" Asked Luna.
"Dramize's house." Then the whole castle shook causing everypony in castle to jump.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Asked Applejack as she adjusted her Stetson.
"An earthquake?" Rarity said looking spike who was catching falling books.
"In ponyville not possible sillies, we live on an tectonic plate." Pinkie answered giggling getting a surprised look from everypony around her. "What you work on a rock farm long enough you learn how sense these things."
"Then what could that have been?" Cadence wondered out loud as the castle shook again.
"Pinkie what's going on?" Twilight asked catching a few more books with her magic.
"Hold on." Pinkie ran out side as another tremor it forcing the other ponies to follow. Stopped at the center of town where a bunch of ponies were running for cover from falling objects. Pinkie closed her eyes and did something nopony thought they would ever see in their lifetime she stood absolutely still for five minutes before taking a deep breath and punching the ground as hard as she could leaving the imprint of her fist in the now cracked stone.
"PINKIE WHY WOULD YOU?!" Cadence said as she healed pinkies bleeding hand.
"Shhh. three miles down something is creating a large chamber under ponyville."
"How large?" Asked Celestia.
"The entire town large and what ever they are there're a lot of them."
"Changelings? I mean they had an underground hive right?" Rainbow said psyching her self up for a fight.
"They do but It can't be them." Said Twilight
"How do you know?"
"After the invasion I did some digging and found out they can secrete an acid like substance that allows them to cut through hard rocks and earth like they were made of butter."
"But this is different almost like drilling. Maybe its the kirin? Dramize do you know?" Said Pinkie.
"No it's not us I just finished a meeting on how to expand ponyville for all of us." Dramize said from behind the group causing them except for Pinkie to jump.
"Dramize when did you get here?" Twilight said turning to face him.
"When pinkie used her fist to read the vibrations so you got the number."
"No I didn't I'm a bit rusty at it."
"Well then let me give it a try." Dramize got into Pinkies spot before her punched the ground so hard that the others felt the impact and his fist made a small crater. "Wow they followed us here I guess they really couldn't live without us. Sorry girls I got to tell the king we been invaded." Dramize jumped up flew away as fast as he could with a smile on his face.
Celestia flew up to catch Dramize. "What do you mean invaded?" She asked worried out of her mind.
"Don't worry about it just relax you'll leave your self in a daze." At that exact moment Dramize used his heat haze to vanish diving into the trees and leaving Celestia to chase an illusion.
Meanwhile Twilight had teleported the others to the now kirin base where they saw Tempest leaning against the wall next to the door.
"Sup all what goes on?" Tempest said biting into a large ruby like it was an apple.
"We need to talk to Dramize their is a question we need to ask him." Answered Rarity as she hungrily eyed the ruby
"Well he's flying in right now." The Group turned around and at that moment they learned how good Dramize was at flying as he got closer coming in under the tree line without so much as disturbing a single leaf on any of the trees. "Showing off double d." Tempest said with smirk on his face.
Dramize landed giving tempest a death glare "You know I hate my last name."
"That I do, and."
"I hate you so much."
"I love you to." Tempest ran inside dodging a fire ball Dramize threw at him.
"So girls you finally remembered your charges."
"Yes but that's not the only reason were here, we have some questions to ask you. Like where is princess Celestia? Twilight said stepping up to Dramize.
"Princess Celestia? Oh you mean the white alicorn she's chasing a illusion of me I wonder when she'll figure that out."
"Ok then now what did you mean by invaded?"
"Well if what's under Ponyville is what I think it is then its out of you league. So don't worry about it. Now let me ask a question where is Pinkie Pie?"
"She's right.... right... where did Pinkie go? Dramize did you see where she went?" Twilight asked as the group looked around them.
"Hey Dramize have you seen Zerker it's time to brush his fur and I can't find him anywhere." Tempest said bursting out the front doors of the kirin base.
"It's not my problem what happens to your bond beast or Pinkie Pie but I did see them both exiting the base as I approached and from the direction they were going and what I saw on my way here I know where they are going. But whole heartedly I don't care what they do so I'm going have you guys figure out what happened good luck. Dramize activated heat haze again making copies of himself that scattered into the Everfree. "So what are you going to do, figure out were Pinkie went. or case me for a sure answer It's your choice."
Meanwhile Pinkie was following her trademark sense to the Pony that was spying on them she was running deep into a dense patch of the Everfree with Zerker on her sholders they found a large tunnel where eerie clicking were coming from. Pinkie could feel that the spy was in there but she could also feel something else a large amount of uncertainty so much so that for the first time ever Pinkie wasn't sure she could trust her own sense.
"What do think I should do Zerker?" Pinkie asked petting the ferret on her shoulders. Zerker nuzzled her cheek telling her to trust herself. "You know I think I understood that hmm... Maybe Fluttershy is rubbing off on me. anyway lets go." Pinkie pulled out a flashlight out of her mane and started down the tunnel following her Pinkie Sense where ever it would take her and after a few minutes of walking and to occasional running form a scary roar Pinkie came across a small gold orb which she put in her hair before continuing on her way until she heard hoofsteps and hid behind a corner before turning to see a yellow glow coming from a weird weird creature, it looked like a changeling but it had moth wings, long white fur around it's neck, segmented antenna with large hooks at the ends on its head as well as a small horn a wasp tail complete with stinger. Their yellow stripes glow softly as pinkie saw something else a familiar looking changeling being escorted by them. "Chrysalis what is she doing here." Pinkie whispered to her self as she followed the group when they passed her.
"Hurry up I want to meet with your queen you worthless drones." Chrysalis said as she used her connection to her hive to call her guards and check their positions. After a bit They found them selves in the large chamber filled with orbs and honeycombs where they saw the queen sitting in the middle but unlike her drone who were wearing butler suits she was wearing a Victorian era like yellow dress with black stripes which complimented her hour glass figure and behind her black crown was long flowing blonde mane which seem to glow in the soft light. Chrysalis walked away from her escorts all eyes on her as she walked up to the throne.
"Ah dull simple tones echo in shadow hues you have entered the hive of the Vespin queen of hearts so what brings you to the realm of the queen of spades." Said the queen as looked at Chrysalis who was completely confused.
"Ummm... yes what brings me here is to create a bridge between our two races so we may conquer this land and take what we want."
"The queen of hearts calls for pouring of the vital wine and to reap from the fields of the many to have for the fields of the one. This an enjoyable prospect for those who dig."
Author's Note
Anyone who can decipher the queen of vespin sentences gets to name her.
Pinkie was Watching the two queens talk from the tunnel entrance but couldn't hear anything so she moved closer hiding in the shadows but as she got close two of Chrysalis's guard came up behind her grabbing her and bring her into the soft light in everything's line of sight much to Chrysalis's surprise.
"What is one of the elements doing here." Chrysalis said looking at her guards. "Search the tunnels make sure she is alone."
"A jester element with a soul of stone and blood of chaos welcome to my court." Said the vespin queen as she leaned on her arm rest giving Pinkie a dead stare.
Pinkies main and tail deflated and she returned the queens stare "And your blood of iron is welcome to my soul of stone queen of spades." The queen's dead look changed to one of a full snake pure satisfaction which pinkie mirrored unnerving the changelings in the room.
"Such a fine tongue one that knows true madness in it's purest form but what for do you take?"
"I take the form of the path that protects it's travelers."
"A beautiful form you take and a lovely simple soul rich with understanding. Convince me are other of your kind like you stone jester."
"Most don't hold the flames of madness in the candles of the mind and those you do allow that flame to become a wildfire until it consumes all they are."
"Then the flames are their fate for an infested mind." A bell rung from out of no where causing the changelings to jump from the sound. "Yay tea time." Three vespin brought in a large table and two chairs while two smaller vespin flew in one carrying two tea pots and the other carrying three tea cups. "Come friends drink form tea of mind." Two vespin picked up the queen's throne and moved it to the head of the table Pinkie shook free and took a seat then Chrysalis sat down cups were placed in front of them then a bubbling silver liquid was poured in a soft gold liquid the vespin queen took her cup blew on it and drank deeply Pinkie did the same while Chrysalis took a small sip of the unfamiliar liquid but then golden aura surrounded the cup forcing her to drink deeper until the cup was empty.
"What did you... hahahaha.. give me...AHAHAHAH!" Chrysalis said in between out bursts of laugher then the Changelings started laughing as if they were told the funniest joke ever.
"A little toxin to release the madness within now you may talk on our level queen of hearts."
"Fang of darkness do hold back tokens of the mind and in madness the fangs are broken." Pinkie commented casually getting a nod of agreement from the vespin queen.
"Now back to aged thoughts the conquest of the jesters race."
"Hahaha yes conquest the sweet word that brings a requiem of silence." Chrysalis said as calming down.
"A requiem I will not allow queen of hearts lest you don't want your head."
"My head stays but your ponies jester are my fruit ready to be plucked from the old tree."
"The fruit may be ripe but the gates to it's garden are closed to you."
"Then we will force the gates open and take from the tree at our leisure ." Chrysalis used her magic blasted Pinkie against a wall and held her their. "And there's nothing you can or your ponies do about it jester."
"I may be a jester but I will protect my friends I will be their guardian." Zerker turned into a lighting bolt that dashed around the room before returning to strike Pinkie before she glow a bright pink.
"A bond beast so they are aligned with my lovely king of black diamonds I will not go against my king sorry queen of hearts your on your own."
"A bond beast?" Chrysalis questioned still shielding her eyes form the light before claw grabbed her face and threw her the opposite wall. The light faded revealing the now kirin Pinkie. Her mane turn a copper color and grown down to her new flat copper colored beaver like tail new curled ram horns rested just out of her main the copper scales on her forearms and legs shined in the light as electricity dance around her body.
"Leave now Chrysalis while you can you get only one chance." Pinkie said staring directly in Chrysalis's eyes.
"I WON'T RUN FROM A WEAK LITTLE PONY!" Chrysalis screamed full of rage send a ping through her hivemind calling all her guards to her side. "KILL THAT PONY!" The twenty changelings pulled out lances, sword and axes. and charged at Pinkie who just growled and did an low dash at them but was stopped by Chrysalis levitating her making her an easy target but then Pinkie leaned forward and curled into an ball rotating forward like a wheel and revealing spikes that went down her back to her tail that's when the changeling felt the pull their weapon and everything else metal was being pulled to Pinkie and the faster Pinkie spun the stronger the pull became and as more metal collected on Pinkie the heavy she became until Chrysalis had to drop her letting the metal ball that was pinkie bowl over her guards to roll right at her. Chrysalis dived out of the way at the perfect time letting Pinkie hit the wall but just before Pinkie hit the wall she dropped her metal shell and started to roll up the wall and around the room."
"Impressive control." The vespin queen said to her self sipping more tea and levitating the table just before Pinkie could hit it as she watch Chrysalis dodge an blast Pinkie to try to stop her but failing. But then she had an idea, Chrysalis ran for the vespin queen as fast as she could grabbing her to use as a shield and it worked Pinkie stop rolling towards her. But the queen looked at her with a unamused look. "Really, queen of hearts really?"
"Yes really now shut up and don't move we will negotiate how I will take over your hive once we make it back to my hive." Chrysalis started to move to the exit.
"Sad." The queen blinked and a vespin drone appeared behind Chrysalis grabbing her shoulders and slammed it hooks in her head before making a clicking sound. Chrysalis let go of the queen and just stood their. "Escort her and her flies back to her hive then release them not a second earlier nor later." The vespin drones grabbed the changelings and took them out of the hive leaving Pinkie and the queen alone. "Now jester your race is different from the ponies I know. Tell me why the twin flowers have a different flavor?"
"One was grown under harmonious light while the other under chaotic day."
"I see well I must see this harmonious light one day but until then watch over my little larva for only time will tell what it will be."
"Yes queen of spades may your iron blood flow."
"And you solid soul be steady."
Pinkie left without another word think to herself what to tell the others about the hive under their hoofs and as she was thinking she changed back into her normal state but now she had two small horns behind her ears and a copper tinge to her longer main and tail. just as she heard rustling ahead of her. She was tired and a bit weak from change so she jumped up in the tree and hid in the shadows until she saw it was Celestia from the tree tops. "Princess what are you doing here I thought you were chasing Dramize in the skies?"
"Look for you, after in figured out I was chasing a mirage a caste a tracking spell and caught up with Twilight who told me you went missing. So where have you been?"
"Well you see... You know what everypony is going to want to hear this." Celestia sent up a beacon gathering all the ponies back at the kirin base. "Ok let's get inside their something I have to tell you." The group entered the base and walked to the training arena to see Dramize sitting on a crate reading a notebook with the words weapon updates on it and Fluttershy was fighting a suit of living armor that was copying her movements.
"Hey you found Pinkie good job." Dramize said without looking from his book.
"Yeah no thanks to you and when did Fluttershy get here?" Rainbow said venom in her voice.
"I woke up a few minutes ago and flew here to burn some energy, I hope that was all right."
"Oooh ok anyway Pinkie what did you want to tell us?"
"Right but first I've got to show you something." Pinkie step into the arena punch away the armor and standing in front of Fluttershy. "Fluttershy get Oni we are gonna spar." This shocked everyone leaving them speechless then Fluttershy started to laugh.
"Your joking right, now my power eclipses your but in kirin form I will destroy you like crushing a grape." Fluttershy kept laughing until Pinkie punched the ground and caused a rock wave to move towards Fluttershy who jumped up and out of the way. "Ok then fine lets go. ONI!" Oni jumped from a pillar landing next to Fluttershy who sheathed her swords and got into a fighting stance. Pinkie charged in first with a flurry of punches which Fluttershy dodged with ease. "Come on Pinkie I thought you wanted to spar not do tai chi."
"You know your right maybe I should get faster. Zerker let's go wild." Electricity started to flow around Pinkie before she dashed with incredible speed at Fluttershy giving her a punch she couldn't dodge sending her strait into the wall behind her raising a big dust cloud. "Awww did that hurt."
"Onigiri." Fluttershy vanished from the wall appearing next to Pinkie in her kirin form spinning before knocking Pinkie away with her tail lunch her into a wall as well. "Awww did that hurt."
"Guardian." A copper ball came of the wall slamming into Fluttershy which uncurled revealing Pinkies kirin form which shocked everyone in the room for a bit before both kirin started to charge at each other but before they could hit each other a wave of magma rose up between them forcing them to stop.
"Ok your done here now tell us what happened that you bonded with Tempest after lunch come on lets go." The group was about to object but then they heard Pinkie's and Fluttershy's stomachs growl as soon as they reverted to normal so the followed Dramize deeper into the tunnels to a new cavern with lava lining the sides and a large table in the middle filled with all different kinds of food. "Well what are you waiting for?" everyone ran forward to grab food filling plates they found and avoiding the meat and gem dishes like the plague except for Dramize almost exclusive filled his plate with them. "Yo Flutters, Pinks you should try the meat and gems or else your lives will be miserable trust me."
Both bonded ponies looked at each other before turning to Dramize "We'll take our chances now tell us what happened Pinkie." Fluttershy said starting five layer veggie lasagna on a roasted black rose bed covered in a modest sweet lemon and garlic sauce. Then is when Pinkie recounted what happened.
The next day everyone was busy Dramize had just finished Pinkie's new war hammer which he somehow managed to fit a cannon in and was now working on Absolute's weapon. Pinkie was testing out her new hammer on some living armors and Fluttershy was practicing. Ashenvail was looking over old Chaos Haven records to help in his tracking of the escape kirin convicts. Absolute was fighting any noble that was not busy all at once so he could shake the rust off himself. Rarity was working on some new dresses to keep her mind off things. Applejack was busy at farm with what else chores. Rainbow was trying to find ways to catch up to kirin's speed. and everyone else was just doing their own thing Leaving Celestia, Cadence, Luna, Twilight, and shining armor alone in friendship castle as they reviewed combat spells trying to level the playing field they would be on in twelve days but they were hitting a wall they realized from what Twilight told them that they need to know what their elemental affinities are but from what they know which was very little they couldn't figure out away to unlock them but that's when they all except for Twilight felt a chill run down their spines and started to look around to see it had started to rain.
"That's weird I checked the weather report this morning it's not supposed to rain to day." Shining Armor said watching the rain pick up incredibly fast.
"Lady Storm must be playing a sad song." Said a mysterious yet familiar voice.
"Hello Logic, when did you come in?" Twilight greeted and asked with little interest as she was reading the weapon construct spell.
"Well I was walking with my sister when I decided to get a good book so we came here."
"We?'
"I did say sister didn't I?"
"You talking about me." Midnight walked in stretch out her wings before flying up on to a rafter to hang from. "Good morning royalty."
"Good morning Midnight."
"So Twilight who are they." Asked Cadence.
"Oh that's right we haven't been formal introduced to my name is Logic Reverse and this is my twin sister Midnight Symphony.
"Nice to meet you all." Midnight let go of her rafter and landed right in front of Shining Armor. "Especially you what's your name cutie."
"His name is Shining Armor and I'm his wife Cadence."
"Aww aren't you the selfish one taking this one from the mares of the world." Cadence was speechless at Midnights word but when Shining was about to say something Midnight continued "But then again it's also his fault for settling on a mare from a lower bar." Everyone's jaws just dropped and Logic just turned to his sister who just turned away from the group.
"You did not just say that. Those sentences did not just leave your maw."
"So what if they d-." Cadence tapped Midnights shoulder and as soon as Midnight turned Cadence sucker punched her so hard she flew across the room and hit the wall on the other side. Midnight got up dusted and adjusted her dress and looked at the still angry Cadence with a board look. "So was that supposed hurt." Midnight creaked her knuckles and neck. "Now let me show you what a real punch feels li-." Before she could even finish Logic brought down the blunt end of his scythe on her head hard enough to knock her out.
"My sister is an idiot but she did reveal something you alicorns are stronger than I would give you credit for but your still not strong enough to bet the king. Anyway I should jet her home and erase her memory."
"Wait Logic I have a few questions before you go."
"Shoot."
"How do we unlock our affinity?
"Ok, try meditating if you focus on yourselves and your need to grow stronger you will probably fine what your looking for and grow accordingly."
"Got it, now next question what's going on with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy used to be one to back away from a fight and support us but now it seems like if a fight gonna happen Fluttershy will be the first to throw a punch and the same goes with Pinkie. So what's going on?"
"That might be a bit more difficult to explain since I was born kirin but from what one for my friends told me told me that it was like the smallest parts of his personality his ambition, aggression, greed and pride they seemed to grow more dominate and creating a dragon class with in him that fight that rise.
"Dragon class?"
"Ok now it's time for me to ask a question how much do you know about dragons?"
"Not much, anything I've learn are from the few book here, Zecora, or Spike."
"Zecora?"
"Shes a zebra that lives in the everfree."
"Good to know now back to dragon types as you know dragons are powerful creatures with connections to the planet but what you don't know like ponies their are four different types of dragons classes elder which would be like you alicorns they are dragons so in tune with nature their presence can change the environment around them, Wyverns which would be your pegasi large winged dragons know for their aggression and speed, Wyrm's their unicorns wingless snake like dragons with a high capacity for magic, and finally and the most common in this region the Drake the earth pony equivalent strong bodies very versatile can be wingless."
"So your saying Fluttershy and Pinkie have one of those four classes in them.
"Well one of the three no one has gotten the elder class since the king was born. but from what I know both would share the small class as their bond so Wyvern for Fluttershy and drake for Pinkie Pie. Anymore questions Twilight?
"No I think I'm good for now."
"Because I need to get her home and oh before I forget if you see Rarity tell her Mugen's activator is subjugate." Logic grabbed Midnight with his tail claw and sank into his shadow with her leaving the five ponies with things to think about and much more to study.
Meanwhile a shadow was hanging out at the edge of ponyville with a caravan look over the town.
"I hope your ready two meet your match Twilight Sparkle."
Night fell over ponyville and everyone pony or kirin was winding down for the night when they heard music coming from town square.
"COME ONE COME ALL AND SEE MAGICS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, ILLUSIONS SO GREAT IT MAKES WHAT CHANGELINGS DO LOOK LIKE CHEEP PARLOR TRICKS, COME ONE COME ALL TO SEE THE MASTER ILLUSIONIST, THE GRAND SPELL BINDER, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE!" Yelled a powerful voice causing a group of ponies to gather and try to figure out what to do.
"Ugh Trixie again."
"Great what she gonna do this time."
"let's get the six just incase she tries something." Said a random pony causing the group to split up to gather the main six.
Meanwhile near the kirin base a group of kirin and ponies were trying to figure out what to do themselves
"What's an illusionist?"
"I don't know but I want to."
"So do I lets check it out." They for the first time ever almost all the ponies and kirin from Chaos Haven walked into ponyville to watch Trixie's show getting their just as ponies got back with the princesses four of the main six and Shining Armor. That's when the caravan turned into the stage and the light came on focusing on a top hat in the center and a raven that looked like it had leaf wings that was perched on the brim then music fill the air.
The top hat started to shake scaring the raven off it before it a black twister came out of it which turned into two giant snakes that flew over the crowd before they coiled above the hat they came from turning into a black ball that exploded revealing Trixie who fell behind the top hat which she picked it up and put on completing the tuxedo she was wearing instead of her usual dress, cape and hat.
"Good evening ponyville I hoped you enjoyed that little spectacle for their are many more to come." Trixie melted into her own shadow vanishing for a second before a murder of crows burst out from the spot Trixie melted into. The crows flew into crowd scaring the ponyvile ponies while the others simply laughed or tried to catch the crows which dodged their hands with ease before they flew up coming together and reforming into Trixie with black dragon wings.
"How is she doing this did she somehow get the alicorn amulet back?"
"I don't think so she wouldn't need to hide it if that was true this has to be something else."
"Wait she's the one who enslaved Ponyville for a while?
"Yea that's her but she's was under the influence of the amulet so we don't have to worry about her doing that again. I still thought she wouldn't return her most if not all ponies here hate her for one reason or another."
"Well it looks like the newcomers like her." Luna commented watching the kirin and ponies that were with them watching the show Trixie was putting on with wonder and excitement.
"Now for my next trick I need a volunteer." Hands and claws shot up almost the instant Trixie asked but she had someone special in mind for this trick so Trixie took off her top hat setting it down watching it sink into the stage before she flexed her wings and flew up to look over the crowd and that's when she saw who she was looking for one purple alicorn. "How about you."
"Me?"
"Yes you." Trixie gestured to Twilight wanting her to fly up to her but Twilight hesitated.
"Don't do it Twi."
"Yea I wouldn't trust that mare as far as I could bucker."
"Why I haven't don't anything to antagonize you since I've arrived."
"Well we remember the last time you were here."
"Well I've moved past that so should you, anyway shouldn't their be two more of you one really annoying and the other painfully shy."
"Girls she's right. Ok lets see this trick." Twilight flew up to Trixie and followed her to the stage and summoned her top hat again pulling a black sheet which she held over Twilight before dropping it but it had no resistance to fall so it hit the ground flat leaving everyone to wonder where Twilight was.
Back at friendship castle Twilight opened her eyes to find herself back in her library. "Well I should get back to the show before they kill Trixie." Twilight said to herself before walking back to the town square but what she saw when she got their surprised her. Fluttershy and Trixie were glaring at each other Fluttershy had both her scimitars out and Trixie was pointing two unfamiliar things at Fluttershy with the kirin were cheering for them to fight. "WHOA STOP, STOP RIGHT NOW!"
"Hey Twilight." Said Pinkie who was balancing on her hammer.
"Where did you go?" Asked Cadence and Celestia at the same time.
"She some teleported me back to the castle so when did Fluttershy get here?"
"We got here just as two got to the stage." Dramize said appearing behind the four alicorns.
"Dramize you haze headache." Said a new voice.
"Wait their's only one kirin who calls me a haze headache." Dramize turned around to see a lanky gray kirin with white scales in a jet-black sweats and vest with silver stripes his pipe like horns were producing smoke steadily through his silver fedora. "Jinx Thirteen it's been ages soot of brains how have you been?"
"You know me killing things, searching for new spell that sort of thing. But two things did happen I created a new weapon."
"Cool do you have the print's."
"Of course." Jinx pulled out small notebook giving it to Dramize who cracked to open instantly "Oh I also found my bond.Dramize this is my bond Trixie Lunamoon." Jinx gestured to Trixie who land next to him and bowed to Dramize who bowed back.
"And this is my bond Fluttershy." Fluttershy appeared next to Dramize and bowed as well causing Jinx to bow.
"Anyway Dramize what happened to your claymore?" Dramize sighed and pulled out his claymores hilt and some blade.
"Their a lot you need to catch up on but the short version the village was destroyed the king is free of his armor and has challenged the rulers of this land to a fight so he can continue to be him and we just finished a sparing match with his new sword lets just say I out did myself on that one."
"I see well then good job, but now one question where is king Absolute?
"He just left for the Dragon kingdoms savage archipelago to train and break in his new sword he will probably be back the day before the fight. Which brings up the question shouldn't you four be training?" Dramize said turning to the alicorn that weren't their anymore. "When did they?"
"When you said Absolute was training."
Author's Note
The big fight will be a few chapters from now but first, can anyone guess what Trixie's weapons were?
The four Princesses had studied all night learn all the spells the they could before Celesta and Luna changed day to night and they all except for Twilight crashed. Thinking were quiet until Twilight slammed the book she was reading closed and screamed in rage waking everyone in the castle up.
"UGH WE COULD PREPARE FOR EVERYTHING BUT THAT WON'T MATTER IF WE DON'T WHAT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING HOW STRONG HE IS!"
"Twilight calm down we'll get through this?" Cadence said as she and Luna went to comfort the youngest alicorn.
"HOW ALL WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS STUDYING COMBAT SPELLS BUT FROM HOW THE KIRIN ACT IT'S LIKE NO ONE CAN TOUCH ABSOLUTE EXCEPT FOR... IDEA!" Twilight jumped up from her seat knocking Cadence and Luna back. "We can spar with Dramize and that might give us a read on Absolute's strength." Twilight grabbed a cup of coffee next to her that was so black that everyone could have sworn that she was drinking oil and downed the rest of it in one swift gulp.
"What's your plan Twilight?" Asked Celestia who wisely stayed back.
"We're going to go fight Dramize."
"What, why?" Asked Luna as she got up rubbing her face.
"Because he's a noble and if the king is so powerful I'm hopping that the nobles well at least come close."
"And what would lead you to believe that?"
"From how the other kirin react towards them they act like they are kings in their own right."
"Ok I see you point, but maybe you should take a nap." said Cadence who sat back in her chair."
"Why I feel fine wide awake?"
"Because you just pulled an all nighter and I don't think you want to crash mid fight."
"Good point."
A few house later the four princesses were at the kirin base where they saw twenty vespin standing like statues at entrance. Cadence charged her horn thinking they were going to attack but they didn't even look in her direction confusing her.
"What are these things? are they some type of changlings?" Cadence said creating a pole axe construct.
"I think these the creatures Pinkie was telling us about." Celestia said causing Cadence to relax a little.
"You mean the vespin?"
"Yeah." Twilight said walking up to one of the vespin and started to mess with it trying to get a reaction and failing. "I think they are in some sort of trance its ether that of they more stoic than the solar guards."
"Well let's go inside. I don't think they will stop us." Luna said walking up to the door pushing it open with her magic. Then two battle axes flashed in front of her blocking her path. Luna jumped back on reflex landing next to her sister. The vespin just watch the four not making any more movements that's when they heard clapping.
"Uninvited guests how fun." The vespin queen walked out to see the four alicorns surrounded by her guard. "So let's see who new on the guest list." The queen vanished reappearing behind the four princesses. "Queen of harmonious day, Queen of dual sleep, Queen of eternal set and rise, and final another Queen of hearts but that makes me wonder who's deserves that title more."
"Who are you to give titles Larverida."
"Salamander don't throw my mane out so casually I am a queen and will be treated as one."
"Remember Larverida you rule only the vespin, ruling the kirin is Absolutes job so you have no power over me."
"Aww my sweet king of black diamonds when will he be back their is a matter I must discuss with him."
"He well be back the day before the end of next week but he wont be free until the week after."
"Fine then." Larverida snapped her fingers and the vespin drones moved letting the princesses through.
"So the four princesses of equestria grace us with their presence. So I must ask why are you here?"
"To fight you Dramize." Twilight said with authority bring a small smile to Dramize's face.
"Are you sure? because I will not go easy on you."
Twilight looked at the three around her to see their answers but they just nodded. "Yea Dramize's we're sure."
"Great I was getting board and I just finished my new weapon, follow me." Dramize took the four to the training arena while Larverida followed. "So Larverida why are you following us?"
"If these ponies are going challenge my king of black diamonds I want to see their power."
The group arrived at the training arena and Dramize ran into the middle and jumped up starting the music.
"Let's begin." Dramize summoned two katana pulled them out while the alicorns created their own weapons Celestia formed a long sword while Luna summoned her sickle sword both sisters charge Dramize who didn't even put up a guard he just back stepped, dodged, and shield when ever Cadence and Twilight fired spells at him. "You know those weapon constructs are just a waste of energy." Dramize said blocking a double attack from the celestial sisters he then swung his tail catching Celestia in the side knocking her away before turn and doing the same to Luna. Both sisters were holding their sides before realizing something terrible.
"Sister."
"Yeah I realized it to we can't afford to get close."
"I hope your ready because I'm gonna attack now." Dramize rushed at Luna not even giving her time teleport away forcing her into close combat the other three tried to help Luna back out but Dramize wouldn't let them so all Luna could do was block but when she would she'd have to make a new construct because the force of Dramize's strikes would shatter them. Luna was steadily losing power she knew she couldn't keep this defense up but that's when a light blue pole axe and a purple scythe blade came out of no where forcing Dramize to block allowing Luna to escape under golden cover fire. "So you switched up on me smart. now lets see how good you two are at melee Twilight stepped up attacking constantly to keep Dramize on defense switching with Cadence when ever she need a rest but leaving opening for Celestia provide some ranged support while Luna rested. This plan was working they until they got a hit in Dramize's eyes changed both Cadence and Twilight teleported back on reflex with such speed that they didn't even realize until they reappeared next to Celestia. that's when Dramize looked at them. "So you finally got a hit in on me I guess that means I can stop playing with you." Dramize rushed forward taking a deep breath and shooting a large flame stream forcing the four to shield. Dramize vanished into the flames only to reappear in front of Cadence he stomped his hoof and placed his pointer and pinky fingers on her diaphragm. "Eruption shock." Cadence coughed up some blood before falling to her knees and then on her face knock out. Twilight charged in next after Cadence fell scythe construct swinging but Dramize just grabbed it and crush it like it was made of weak glass surprising Twilight who tried to cast another spell but he grabbed her face and slammed her into the ground so hard she bounced so she was done. Luna was next to charge but Dramize turned a bright orange light in his mouth Luna was ready for a flame torrent but what she got was a burst of lava which blasted her back into a wall but her shield held and the lava harden but as soon as she blasted her way out she was struck hard with the blunt edge of Dramize's katana before he roundhouse kick her in the face and back into the arena knocked out. Celestia was the last one and she was two things angry and terrified as she looked down Dramize's blade which he held in front of her. "Good fight you lose."
Author's Note
And this is why is said the kirin need a nerf.
Oh for those wondering what the Eruption Shock is Dramize channels the force of a violently erupting volcano into his opponent's body yeah it hurts.
"UGH what happened, where am I, and why do I have a massive headache?" Twilight asked waking up in a white bed in peach colored room.
"Your in the hospital princesses Twilight with the other princesses let me just tell you friends your awake."
"Thank you Doctor." Twilight watched the dark brown pony in a lab coat left the room to be replaced by her friends and brother rushing in a few seconds later followed by Dramize rubbing the back of his head and Larverida giggling into her hand.
"Hey Twilight how are you felling?" Asked Applejack for everyone
"Like I beat Rainbow in a hard cider drinking contest, what happened?"
"Well you four thought you could get read on the king's power through his nobles so you challenged Dramize." Logic said phasing into the room. "At least that's what I was told."
"Let me guess we lost." Cadence said sitting up
"Lost is to light of a word you got destroyed and lost a day because of it." Larverida said watching everypony in the room.
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked rubbing her head to dull the pain.
"Dullahan had to come in and repair most of Your Queen of heart's organs and bones then fix your and the night queen's skulls while fixing her and the day queen's cracked ribs and after that three of you were still out so your sun set on your exploits for that past."
"Yeah sorry about that I got a little carried away." Dramize said getting the evil eye from Shining Armor.
"Ok so what now?" Luna asked holding her head.
"Now you three can leave after a few more test." The Doctor from earlier said poking his head in for a second.
"And after that you might want to consider you next move because I tell you three what I told Celestia all seven nobles are about on the same level but it takes all seven of us to have a chance to beat Absolute so think of your next moves carefully." Dramize said completely strait crossing his arms.
"Your kidding us." Cadence said hoping he was kidding.
"I wish I was." Dramize started to walk toward the window opening it and perching followed be Fluttershy. "Well if you need me I'm going to be helping Fluttershy with her animals see yea." Dramize leapt spreading his wing with Fluttershy behind him both heading to her cottage.
"Well I'm gone to I caught one of the manticores here and I'm going to cut it open and see how it works see yea." Logic phase out of the room leaving just as Celestia enter the room with a depressed look on her face.
"Princess is everything ok?" Shining asked touching Celestia's shoulder.
"I just don't know what to do. How can we possibly beat Absolute no one is a match for him."
"I'm a match for him." everyone turned to Larverida who had a vespin next to pouring her black tea from a oriental style jade teapot. "We fight to a stand still all the time." Larverida was taking sips of her tea completely unfazed by the stares of shock she was getting.
"How?"
"Well as you probably figured we vespin were changelings at some point but living in chaos lands and the chaos magic forced us to adapt and each new generation made drastic changes to our biology. "
"So you evolved how does that answer our question?"
"Fine I will show you." Larverida got up and held out her left arm which turn into a blade which she used to cut a hole in the wall. "We lost the ability to disguise our selves but we gained the ability turn shape shift our limbs and we can absorb matter though our feet to regenerate up to a certain point. Also I know all of his moves."
"Then can you help us?"
"No."
"WHY?!"
"I want to see you lose. Your defeat by Dramize's hands was entertaining and besides what's in it for me? but then again theirs nothing you could offer me in anyway."
"How about love?" Cadence offered trying at the inner changeling.
"Please vespin don't need love to survive the chaos magic overrode that curse after the third generation along with our ability to disguise."
"Please we can't just allow Absolute to do what he want." Twilight said.
"Again you fortune doesn't align with mine. More tea." Another vespin drone walked in carrying a teapot carved from diamond before pouring Larverida another cup and taking the jade teapot from the first vespin drone. Larverida was about to take a sip of her tea when another vespin drone stepped in carrying a letter and a sandwich filled with a red jelly on a emerald platter. Larverida took her sip then open the letter. "Well would you look at that. Get up we have a lot of work to do."
"What?" The ponies in the room said at once.
"That was Absolute he want a challenging fight so he asked me to help now come along we don't have time to waste." Larverida snapped her fingers and four vespin walked in grabbed the four alicorns and left followed Larverida. "This is going to be fun."
Meanwhile in the savage archipelago.
"I hope Larverida got my message I don't want a boring fight." Absolute said to him self as he sat on the corpses of eight giant dragons cleaning his glittering black katana before a wingless drake appeared out to the forest and charged at Absolute who just held out his blade to the left and swung a wave of darkness came from tip and pasted through the drake. The drake slowed before falling over dead. "Well I'm bored of this island time to move to the next."
Author's Note
I some how got impatient with myself so the fight is next. Maybe.
A week and three days of training later and one day of rest the big day came. Ponies from all over Equestria came to cheer on their princesses in the new underground battle arena created by the vespin in the everfree seats filled quickly and after a few hours the arena was full except for one section which was reserved for those from the chaos lands the crowd was chatting as ponies, kirin, and Larverida filled the last section that's when the kirin nobles got up and walked to the seven pillars that round the center area each sitting on their own pillar watching the four tired looking lightly armored alicorns that were standing in the middle each holding shiny new weapons. Celestia had a great cleaver with her cutie make on her back, Luna's new sickle sword was serrated and had no guard, Twilight was twirling a double bladed scythe like it was a baton and Cadence was holding a battle axe that was chained to right arm which she played with. Then they heard a door open and the watched as Absolute walked out and into the light.
"Well four look like you've been through tartarus and back." Absolute said cracking his knuckles.
"Shut up Absolute and lets get this over with." Luna said shifting her weapon.
"Ok ok no need to be so hostile yet but you are right their's no need to drag this out. Raise the."
"HOLD IT!" Discord said appearing out of no where. "Ok I made it you may continue." Discord floated to the stands and summons a chair for himself and a tub of popcorn getting ready to enjoy the battle.
"Right... raise the shield." The nobles raised their hands and closed their eyes as their horns started to glow before a white dome was created to contain the fight and then a large crystal was lowered into the dome which Absolute flew up to tap before it was raised again letting the music play
"And lets begin." Absolute took off his sheath and slammed his sword in to the ground and charge at the four. Celestia charged to meet him swinging her cleaver which forced him to break his charge and jump back to a waiting Luna who teleported to where he was going to land ready to strike but then a dark purple barrier appeared in front of her which he use as a spring board to kickoff of and re-engage Celestia from the air but Twilight flew towards him throwing her scythe forcing it to spin like a buzz saw which Absolute had to do a mid dive hard spin to dodge which through him off target and causing him to almost crash but he shifted his weight to land in a roll. Absolute was trying to pick a target but Celestia charged again but he couldn't focus on her because he had to dodge the battle axe that was flying at him that he had to jump over but if he did then Celestia would get a free shot. Absolute smiled and held out his hand catching Cadence's axe stopping it's swing and using it to parry Celestia's attacks before grabing the chain pulling Cadence into his range. Celestia and Luna tried to attack only to have little success getting a few small slashes on him before he roundhouse kicked Cadence into the celestial sisters forcing them back then using the axe to parry a attacks from Twilight who snuck up behind him. "You four are good but now it's about time I show my sharper skill set." Absolute teleported away from Twilight and appeared next his sword grabbing it only to be hit full power blast of magic from Twilight kicking up a cloud of smoke. Meanwhile the Equestrian ponies cheered for their princesses while others just laughed at the premature cheering which was silenced by the glow of red eyes coming from the cloud. "Level two let's go." Absolute vanished appearing in front of Celestia with a ready sword swing.
"What the." Celestia said having to throw up her guard almost instantly to have it shatter from of the force sword swing nearly losing her grip on her cleaver leaving her open to the hard strait kick she got to the stomach launching her to the arenas back wall before throwing up her breakfast and some blood.
"SISTER! Twilight back me up, Cadence cover our advance." Luna change in with Twilight right behind her as Cadence used her chain to spin her axe over her head then flicking her wrist the axe dipped slamming the ground creating a dust cloud that covered the two charging alicorns but absolute wasn't phased as he blocked Luna's attacks and blasted Twilight away with a blast of dark energy. Cadence then charged in followed by Twilight and finally Celestia who recovered a little by casting a few healing spell on herself. All four Alicorns were striking at Absolute who was dodging with such ease that he started to yawn.
"If that's the best you can do no wonder your ponies are so weak." Absolute said using a grand swing to knock his four attackers away at once then looking at his arm and sighing before taking another swing. The four got up again and charged again but before they reached Absolute Twilight and Cadence teleported behind Absolute forcing him to take off where he met an axle kick from Luna right at the top of his head landing him back on the floor where Luna came down with a stomp right on his back before he could roll out of the way. Absolute sunk into the ground to dodge the rest to the attacks popping out on the other side of the arena slightly dizzy. "Ok I will give you that one that was a good shot. I guess that means I can go wild." Absolute's eyes changed the same way Dramize's eyes change but everyone in the arena felt it and tried to fight the urge to runaway but those in the ring were shaking. The celestial sisters tried to shake off the feeling of fear that was gripping at their very souls with little success. Celestia looked at Twilight to find she was frozen not a single part of her body was moving it was almost like she stopped breathing and it was the same with Cadence. Celestia was quickly losing the will to fight but Luna exhaled and stared back at Absolute before dashing in to attack. Their swords clashed by surprisingly Absolute was pressing the attack and Luna was parry and countering like she could see his movement before he could make them. "Good good keep matching my movements." Luna's was movements getting sharper but Absolute was still faster beating her by a few milliseconds. Then it happened Celestia broke free and charged in attacking with her sister Changing Absolute attack time causing him to parry Luna while focused of Celestia then silence and a spray of blood. "Oh no."
"Sister." Luna said weakly reaching to Celestia as she fell over.
"LUNA!" Celestia said Catching her falling sister. "I WILL DESTORY YOU!"
Author's Note
What just happened?
"FATAL!" Absolute screamed as he was fending off Celestia's onslaught dancing her with dodges and parries.
"Ascended?" Fatal said looking at Ascended
"I've got the dome go." Ascended answered pulling out her guitar and starting to play. Fatal jumped thought the right at Luna.
"MIDNIGHT HELP FATAL." Dramize yelled from his point on the barrier. Midnight jumped up from her seat and flew through the dome landing next to Fatal who's eyes were glowing looking at the slash wound across Luna's chest.
"What's the damage?" Midnight asked kneeling next to Fatal.
"Right lung needs to be sown back together as well as two major arteries and wound on the heart and not counting the cut bones that need to be repaired. She Lucky Absolute caught himself when he did or he would have cut her heart in half but she's fading she more than her fair share of blood Midnight you know what to do."
"Right." Midnight stuck her finger in Luna's wound causing Luna to wince before tasting her blood then she started to sniff around and pointing at a night guard in the stands then flying to him. "You guard. What's your name?"
"Shadow Sun." The Thestreal in dark blue armor answered.
"Are you ready to give up your life for your Princess?"
"Always." Shadow answer without hesitation. Midnight grabbed him and flew back to Fatal.
"Good now I can begin Midnight his blood." Fatal pulled out a box full of green glowing string and a small needle which she threaded before starting. Her hands started moving so fast that it looked like she had six extra while Midnight pull out a knife and cut both Luna and Shadow's wrists beginning to transfer shadow's blood to Luna syncing the flow with Luna heart beats.
Meanwhile Absolute was having a hard time holding back and keeping Celestia from killing him and the noble knew it they were ready to drop the barrier and save ether one if the time came. Celestia just kept attack in her rage losing all form of restraint letting her power run wild then it happened she in with a rising swing and as her clever left the ground a line of fire erupted surprising her and Absolute who dodged before looking back to see where the line was going to see Twilight in its path. "Dam I can't break my momentum."
"Twilight move." Celestia said trying to use magic to only see the flame grow stronger. Twilight tried to move but she still couldn't her body was still frozen so she shielded with her magic but the flame burned through her shield Twilight prepared for the worst that when she heard it the sound of rushing water.
"Good job Succubus." Absolute said looking over to Midnight who was breathing a stream of water from her mouth that Twilights direction blocking the fire line. Then Discord finally decided to do something he snapped his fingers and everything just stopped Twilight and Cadence fell over from their own sudden movements the fire and water disappeared as well as the kirin dome the only thing that was still going was the efforts to save Luna.
"Ok I'm tired of this fight. Absolute you were playing with them like they were dogs which wouldn't have happened if you four hadn't accepted his challenge without tell me which if you had told me instead of preparing for a fight you couldn't win I would have been able to make some changes so it wouldn't be so unfair. Now Absolute I want to ask you something."
"Yes lord Discord?"
"You are five times stronger then the last king I know, was. What happened when I was imprisoned to drive the kirin to this point?"
"When you vanished the chaos magic of our home grew more unstable creating stronger creatures that could kill us off so we were forced to get stronger at least that's what the history books tell us."
"I see well your here now and I can't let that monstrous power you all have stay with you so the new question is what should I do about it?"
"I might have an idea."
"Shoot."
"Well back at the old home their was three ponies for one kirin and not enough bonds were being made to raise the amount of kirin so how about you take half of our power and use it to turn all our ponies into kirin.
"Not a bad idea but only if your ponies agree to it."
"Um Lord Discord their all ready lined up." Dramize said looking at the line of ponies that formed.
"Well that's a thing ok then I need complete quiet." Discord snapped his fingers and two different colored orbs rose out of every kirin some even appeared and started to fly around growing bigger before finding a pony and enveloping them in a blinding light which faded turning them in to a kirin from foal to full grown Pony everypony born in the chaos lands was becoming a kirin.
"DONE!" Fatal yelled suddenly making Everyone jump just as Discord finished.
"That took longer than normal." Absolute said swinging his sword trying to get a new.
"Well that would happen when you have your power cut in half during major surgery." Fatal said glaring at Discord who just surged. "Oh by the way your sister is fine she needs to rest for a few days but you need a new guard." Celestia was about to jump for joy when Absolute cleared his throat.
"Speaking of guard I want to know do you three quit so I can finally make my changes to Ponyville?"
"Really?"
"Yes really I have new limits and I want to test them and that's ether going to be on you three or on my training armor after I get out of here so what's your choice."
"You know what I'm to tired to think about this Twilight it's your choice you live their whatever decision you make I won't question it."
"I With you all the way no matter what little sister."
"Ok then you win Absolute, what are your terms?"
"Oh, I was kind of hoping for the fight honestly but my terms are one we are physically allowed to change the town but you get to keep the name. Two our foals will go to your school but I will add a kirin teacher and classes your normal curriculum and finally some new rules are in order and here they are. First weapons can be branded and used in public, but the punishment for a thief, robber, or murderer is in the hand of the one who defeated them be it a light slap on the wrist or death I don't care. Next if the one who committed any crime and is not caught and defeated with in a week will be hunted no matter where they are by my little brother Ashenvail and is hellhounds and dragged back to me where I will decide their fate. Finally fighting in all form are allow as long as both parties consent to it and a few witnesses are their to confirm the consent. That's all the changes I can think of now if there any more I will let you know." Absolute turned and jumped into the stands before turning to look at the princesses. "Oh before I forget any laws you have in place that would contradict any of my terms are now abolished and if you want to make a change to any of my terms come to me ok." Absolute jumped into the shadows and vanished before Twilight or anypony could voice their objections. Ponies in the crowd were shocked looking each other with nervous suspension as the other kirin left. Twilight was shocked and started wondering if she made the right choice.
Author's Note
Now only question left is. Is Ponyville screwed?
First Day of School or Hell
It had been a month since the kirin officially became residence of Ponyville and a lot had changed the smallish town wasn't so smallish any more it had expanded into the everfree without fear and a second castle was raised with a extremely gothic feel to it. kirin were still getting a wide berth from most ponies. But that didn't matter to Acellex because today was the first day the new school and she was going to meet the crusaders before going. Using her stakes and her new hook swords and chains to negate the city's new pipes aqueducts and ramp like roofs making great time reaching Sweet Apple Acres first. Meeting Applebloom and Scootaloo at the gate both ready to go.
"Sup Scoots, sup Bloom what goes on?" Acellex asked landing in front of the two.
"I'm still a little sore from training with Frozell but other than that I'm good." Said Applebloom adjusting the chain gloves Dramize made for her.
"I'm still trying to figure out these pistol things jinx gave me oh hey remind me later to thank Jinx for the upgrade on my scooter." Said Scootaloo with a smile tapping her pistol's holsters.
"Ok, lets get Sweetie and get to school." Acellex skated off followed by Scootaloo pulling a wagon with her scooter trying to keep pace with Acellex as they got closer to the Carousel Boutique where Sweetie was waiting with her two spirts holding her things.
"What took you three so long I thought I was going die again this time of boredom. Sweetie said jumping into the wagon so they could continue on their way and after a few minutes they saw the new school house the large dark red building looked like a buddhist temple. Cherilee was standing in front of the building with a nervous smile.
"Good morning you four are you ready for school?"
"Yes miss Cherilee." The Crusaders answered before going inside leaving Acellex with the teacher.
"So your our pony teacher I will enjoy seeing what you can do." Acellex walked in side to see the crusaders sitting on the floor the other ponies huddled in a corner away from the kirin who were watching a fight between a kirin covered in a slime holding a barbed chain whip covered in blue flames and a smirking fat kirin with bubbles coming out of his horns. Acellex snapped her finger drawing all attention from the kirin to her. "Morning all."
"Morning one." Said the other kirin at the same time.
"Ok everykirin these are my friends the cutie mark crusaders. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo their pretty cool for a bunch of ponies from here. Anyway I see you started the lead battles without me."
"What does that matter Acellex your all ready a leader of your own team." Said a kirin with sapphire fur and onyx scales holding a twin blade wearing a white shorts and black vest.
"Punctual I thought you would under mind the council rules."
"What me no no I just wanted to put on a show for these ponies, they deserve to know their place in the pecking order. The pecking order we created." Punctual said glaring at Acellex.
"No the pecking order you created I had no part of that order I just rose above it." Puntcual rushed Acellex with his twin blade only to get caught on Acellex's hook swords.
"I've always hated your attitude."
"Then make me change it." Both kirin were in each others face glaring at each other when they were suddenly forced to the ground.
"Ok that's enough you two you can settle your feud after examination week. Said a familiar voice. Everyone turned to see Havoc walk in like he owned the place with Cherilee looking even more nervous behind him as the two got up and brushed them selves off. "Ok now it's time for the week to start everyone ready.
"YEAH!" Screamed the kirin full of excitement while the ponies murmured in confusion.
"Good now follow me." Everyone followed Havoc to the back of the school where he pushed open a door to walled giant forest. "This my students is the proving grounds they are fulled some of the most dangerous creatures in the chaos lands as well as a few traps designed to bring one to their lowest point so they can grow now all winged kirin and pegasi come here and put on these jackets."
"What are these for?" asked Scootaloo after everyone had put on a jacket."
"They are flight inhibiters they disrupt the magic and muscles that allow for sustained flight."
"What, why?"
"Because your going to survive in that forest for a week in their and don't worry miss Belle you can't die in their none of you can but you all can still be severely injured." Havoc raised his hand and the ground picked everyone up. For those without weapons Dramize has set your weapons in the forest now good luck and have fun." Havoc threw them into the forest before raising a high wall locking them in for a week.
Author's Note
Theirs a reference here I just can't see it.
Acellex watched as everyone fell in different spots in the forest before she fell into a mud pit. Acellex looked around trying to get a sense of her surroundings.
"Ugh the proving grounds are bigger this year I didn't expect to land in a swamp. Well I better start trying to find the others." Acellex was saying to herself before she heard a roar from behind her. She turned to see a twenty headed hydra with wings roaring at her. "After I kill this hydra." The hydra slammed three of it head at Acellex kicking up a bunch of dust before it roared in pain as it pulled back only the necks of its three heads. The smoke cleared and Acellex was sitting on one of its head spinning one her hook swords with her chain with the other two head next to her new seat. "Lets go big boy." Acellex threw one of her swords at one of the beasts heads then grabbing her chain lunching herself at the hydra.
Meanwhile the CMC had gotten back together quickly thanks to Sweetie Belle's quick thinking tagging her friends with her spirits as they were lunched so they were trying to find Acellex the only one Sweetie couldn't tag in time before she landed so they were wondering around with the strange feeling they were being watched from the trees.
"It's quiet too quiet." Applebloom said picking up her pace from a hurried walk to a careful run.
"Yeah it's creeping me out." Sweetie Belle said matching Applebloom's pace with Scootaloo.
"Lets just find Acellex she might know what we need to do."
"Umm girls we have company." Scootaloo said pulling out her pistols and shooting into the last tree they pasted. A shadow fell from the tree and into the brush then they heard laughing all around them as the shadow Scoot shot walked out of the brush and into the light it had a hyena's head a panther's legs a cheetah's body, owl like wings and a pit viper for a tail. It was staring at the three fillies like they were its next meal making a weird noise that sounded like mix between hissing and laughing.
"What is that?" Sweetie Belle asked backing away slowly.
"Something we should be running from. like now."
"I don't think we can." Applebloom said as she backed into Sweetie Belle away from her own creatures.
"Surrounded?"
"Completely."
"Ok so we fight Sweetie get between us we've got this." Scootaloo said with all the confidence could muster while she raised her pistols and Applebloom raised her fists. "I hope." The beasts circled them but didn't make any other moves. "What are they waiting for?" That's when they heard it a laugh that made the other creatures fall silent. Two glowing gold eyes started to move closer until it finally stepped in to the light it was the same creature but twice the size and covered in black armor and in its mouth was a terrifying looking halberd with a dark green metal serrated blade encrusted with emeralds, rubies, and jets.
Applebloom and Scootaloo were starting to shake as it started to approach the circle but Sweetie Belle's eyes were locked at the weapon in it's mouth. "Mine." Was all she said before moving toward the beast almost in a trance but as soon as she got close she was swatted away into a tree hitting her head on the hard wood. Sweetie's eyes closed as she laid against the tree and touched the back of her head and felt the warm liquid in between her fingers then she started to laugh opening her eyes and everything moved back as she stared at her own blood. "Cloak, Dagger get me my halberd." She said her horn glowing a darker shade of green than normal as two pale green flames appeared next to her.
"Yes mistress Belle." said two voices at the same time as the flame got bigger then forming a large earth pony covered in scars and guard armor bound in chains with a tower shield on his back and a small pegasus with a collar around her neck she wore a feathered cap that looked to match the tattered scarf and fencer garb she wore as she pulled out a rapier. Both pony specters charged the beast and it charged back but when it got close the larger specter snapped his chains punched the beast in the face knocking it off balance and knocking the weapon out of it's mouth which the other specter picked up only to get absorbed into it. Sweetie saw this and ran to her weapon only to be cut off by one of the other creature that lunged at her.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Said both Applebloom and Scootaloo at the same time. Scootaloo firing a bullet which turned into a fire ball knocking the beast away and Applebloom raised her hand and a shell of air surrounded Sweetie moving with her as she grabbed her weapon and losing control of her other specter watching it vanish then running behind a tree breaking line of sight before running back in shell still active watching as the creatures were blown away from her she giggles as she got closer to leader. She jump up to bring her blade down the beasts head but it was ready it leapt up exposing it's neck ready to counter Sweeite Belle but that's when it happened a large root from a tree shot up from the ground a stabbed the beast letting Sweetie cleave the corpse in half leaving her covered in blood and still laughing but with tears in her eyes as the other creatures fled.
A few hours later the three had finally calmed down and were looking for some water bath in before the moon rose. The moon rose and they were tired, hungry, and jumpy after an encounter with some giant wasps that shot webbing from their stingers they we going to give up and stop for the night until they saw an orange glow and heard a familiar voice.
"I wonder how everyone is doing." They ran to see Acellex sitting on a stump covered in bruises next to a small pool of red water and her campfire about to take a bite out of something they couldn't identify but it smell good the three ran in surprising the kirin making her drop her food and fall into her pool before coming back up holding both her weapons read to kill only to calm down as she realized she had guests. "Oh hey girls having fun."
Day Two
The next morning Applebloom woke up hoping yesterday was just a bad dream only to see she was still stranded in the proving ground with her friends but Acellex was missing and a note was burned into a tree.
Went to explore watch the camp and practice using you weapons and calling on your affinities at will. Be back later.
PS their is leftover hydra if you want it this time. If not you will need to find your own food.
Applebloom's stomach growled loudly since Acellex was the only one to eat last night after they asked what she was eating and they were to scared to go out in the darkness to find something they could eat so they slept but now the hydra was starting to tempt.
"No you are a equestrian pony you don't eat meat no matter how hungry you are." She whispered to herself hardening her resolve before looking over at her friends who were now stirring. "Morning."
"Morning." Scootaloo said yawning. "so it wasn't just a bad dream."
"Afraid so."
"Good morning Rari- it wasn't a bad dream was it?" Said Sweetie opening her eyes to her reality.
"Yep." The other two crusaders said in unison.
"Well then good morning you two."
"Morning."
"Anyway AB where's Acellex?" Asked Sweetie Belle stretching out her spine. Applebloom pointed at the note Acellex left before taking a seat on a stump trying to ignore her stomach which started to growl and was soon echoed with her friend's stomachs as they read the last line.
"Well let's not waste any more time we need to find some food before we starve." Said Scootaloo stretching out her wings.
"That's a good plan but do you want to go out their?"
"In the words of Big Mac, nope. Wait Sweetie why don't you use you spirits to gather food for us."
"I could but."
"But?"
"I can't seem to call them right now."
"So were on our own that's just great." Applebloom said with a sigh before laying back on the grass for a few hours thinking about their situation then she hear a soft howling. "Wait did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" the other two asked closing their eyes to focus more on their ears this time hearing the faint howling which was getting louder and more frequent. Scootaloo pull out her guns and Sweetie grabbed her halberd both getting into a fighting stance.
"Well at least we don't have time to think about food right now."
"Lucky us." Sweetie said as sarcastically as possible adjusting her fighting stance from an offensive one to defensive one. The howling was getting louder and louder and a rustling could be heard from the trees then silence.
After a minute Scootaloo dropped her guard a little. "Hey maybe we did get lucky." She said before getting launched across the camp by an unseen force.
"What was that?" Asked Applebloom turning as she felt something pass her.
"Scoot are you ok?" Sweetie asked swinging wildly as felt something pass her as well.
"Did somepony get the number on that transport coach?" Scoot answered struggling to get up from the tree she slammed into.
"She's alive at least that good to know."
"Yeah that's great but it won't help us unless we can find out what hit her." Applebloom said looking around only to see nothing before she got launched as well landing right on top Scootaloo just as she got up. Sweetie was looking for some sort of clue of where their attacker was before she was picked up and that when she saw the outline the snake shaped body that managed to support the strong gorilla like arms that was squeezing the life out of her. The howling was back as black birds gathered around the scene. Scootaloo and Applebloom both rushed for their friend trying to save her moving even faster when she saw that she was coughing up blood only for Applebloom to get grabbed and Scootaloo getting render useless since both her friend were being used as shields to protect it's self so all she could do was run trying to get a clear shot as she listened to her friends dying scream but then a hook sword flew through the air and a red gash was left in it wake as it was pulled back by the chain at was attached to it.
"I leave for a few hours and you three almost get you selves killed." Acellex said catching her blade in right hand while dropping the two filly bodies she held with her magic a pink one that was missing her left fore arm clutching a great sword with her right and a silver one holding a spear. Acellex dashed eyes closed opening then when she got close revealing a soft green glow coming from them as she did a rising slash and cut Sweetie Belle free then kicking off the falling limb, moving in for Applebloom. The creature tried to move away but Acellex was ready for that and her horns glowed neon green as she raised several hooked chains from under ground which hooked into the beast and pull it in towards her. Using her wings and tail Acellex turned in the air before vanishing and reappearing behind the creature both blades covered in blood as she slowly glided to the ground taking out an rag and wiping off her blades not even turning around as the creature turn visible showing it's shining jade scales that were slowly being covered in blood as it fell apart in to a pile of limbs. "Yo Bloom you ok?"
"Never better." Applebloom said clawing her way out from under the limb pile.
"Good because when these three wake up I'm going to teach you how to channel your affinity's because the safe net almost activated to save you and that's not good for your standing." Acellex said pointing at a living that was standing in the shadows. "But for now eat something you need your strength."
Author's Note
Who should I bond next Rarity, Twilight, or Applejack because the next chapter will be some where else.
While the colts and Fillies were we're in the proving ground a mob of pony parents were in friendship castle asking their hero's the main six to help them get their foals home safe. Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow looked at Twilight who was going to agree when spike ran in with a letter from the princess which she picked up with her magic and looked over before looking at the other castle the towns ponies had started to call castle violence with worry.
"What's wrong Twilight?" Applejack asked as everypony started looking at the kirin's castle with their princess.
"The leaders of world are coming together and Celestia want the meeting place to be here."
"Well that makes sense but what's got you so worried about them."
"She asked me to convince Absolute and Larverida to join in."
"They said no to her."
"From what's on the letter Larverida said something about their titles and only seeing queens of power as her equal and those are the only being she considers and Absolute just flat out said no.
"I see well then lets go." Pinkie said with a new look in her eyes.
"Really Pinkie so soon?" Rarity asked a little shock in her voice.
"Well it's the obvious conclusion and do you really want to try to taking the foal back without his permission considering he said we would take the kirin curriculum this is probably part of it and Absolute seems like one to bring punishment down quickly." Pinkie got up from her throne and leapt over the crowd and was about to run out the door but the everypony heard a horn blast so loud they could have sworn the floor was going to crack.
"WHAT IN TARTARUS WAS THAT!" Rainbow yelled removing her hand from her ears.
"It sounded like a warning siren from the kirin castle." Twilight flew up to look out one of the windows that pointed towards town. "What the?" Twilight said in confusion as she saw kirin in teams of three uprooting trees from around town and carrying them off at an blinding speed. Twilight teleported outside. "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!" Twilight yelled magically enhancing her voice getting every kirin's attention for a second before they went back to work as if she wasn't there she was about to yell again but Frozell stopped her.
"Yo Twilight where's Applejack?"
"In side." Twilight answered Frozell was about to fly in but Twilight grabbed her shoulder. "But first what was that horn, where are you taking the trees and why do you need Applejack?"
"We really don't have time but I will tell you this we are trying to save every plant that would matter in the town.
"From what?" Twilight asked only for defeat to suddenly appear on Frozell's face as she looked at sweet apple acres twilight turn to the farm to see the orchard turning gray. "Frozell what is going on?"
"She here were to late." Frozell whispered to himself.
"WHO? WHO IS DOING THIS?"
"Nagative Demonic the famine."
"Twilight what's going on?" Applejack said leading all the other ponies outside.
"Applejack I am so sorry we couldn't find you in time."
"What are you talking about Frozell?"
"Well theirs no reason to hide it from you, come with me." Frozell held out her hand which Applejack took with out hesitation.
"Show me I'm the element of honesty I can't be afraid of the truth." Frozell pulled Applejack in and took off for Sweet Apple Acres and after a few minutes Applejack her new worst nightmare every tree in her orchard turned to stone. "Who did this Frozell?" she ask seething.
"Nagative Demonic the famine."
"Frozell are you talking about me behind my back I thought you were better than that." Frozell stiffened before turning around and jumping back to dodge a katana welded by a kirin with black scales around her forearms light red fur, she had black folded dragon wings sticking of the green jacket she wore and a light green and purple mane match her lose pants. She had long curved black horns and two tails with dagger on their ends.
Frozell gave a sharp whistle and Fenrir came running leaving small patches of frost in his wake stopping next to his master. "Fenrir take Applejack and get out of here." Fenrir whimpered at Frozell shaking his head. "Don't worry boy I will meet you as soon as I'm done here. Now go." Frozell rushed at Nagative mist pouring from her mouth as she said. "Angelic Chaos." Two giant wolf heads made of ice appear next to her with open mouths. " heat and cold in one to rain judgement. Divine howling devastator." Both wolf head fired a sonic blast so powerful that some of the stone trees shattered and Nagative was sent flying into a stone tree where she was buried under more stone. Frozell was panting as she looked over at the pony and dog that was still their. "Why are you still here? RUN I CAN'T BEAT HER!" Applejack looked at Fenrir who looked back at her before both of them walked next to Frozell.
"Maybe not alone but I'm here to help." Applejack said getting into a fighting stance. "And beside she has got to pay for doing all of this."
"Your both fools you realize that." Frozell said with a smile. "Fine then but I need you at my level so say this nidhogg."
"Oook nidhogg." Fenrir ran into Applejack turning into a bright blue ball as he hit her square in the chest sinking in then ice rose up from the ground entombing her only to shatter a second later revealing her kirin form. Blonde mane turned stark white and light blue scales now ran across her now blonde golden fur along with thicker silver ones the ran down her legs. Silver blue horns curved back from her head and long mace like dragon tail replace her old pony one. "This feel amazing." She said closing her fist before looking at the shifting rubble which exploded at them revealing an uninjured unamused Nagative.
"Oh I looks do get to have some fun." Nagative said reading her blade.
Author's Note
Ok now who thinks they can guess Applejack's affinity combination
Applejack and Frozell were both rushing Nagative trying keep her from attacking with her katana but when Applejack threw a miss timed punch Nagative made her move grabbing Applejack's wrist and judo throwing her into Frozell who caught her bond only to have to dodge Nagative's blade rush.
"Your good." Nagative said mid rush alternating from slashes to thrusts forcing both kirin back faster. Frozell and Applejack both escaped the rush small cuts on their arms the bonds looked at each other before Applejack went back in with a high knee into an elbow strike following into a roundhouse kick which caught Nagative off guard sending her into a stone tree while Frozell summoned the wolf heads again.
"Angelic Chaos." Frozell said switching with Applejack freezing Nagative with her ice breath moving the Wolf heads on each side of Nagative. "Divine howling devastator." Both heads released their blasts at the same time pulverizing the frozen Nagative leaving nothing but ice and dust. "We did it."
"Almost but I'm behind you. Demonic Chaos." Frozell raised a silver shield while Applejack ran in to back Frozell up. "Gorgon Zone." A wave of dark green energy pulsed out from Nagative passing through Frozell shield spell and washing over both of them than all was quite as Frozell's shield dropped. "Now I take this slow." Nagative walked to Applejack who was trying to move in any way. "Stop trying. I've paralyzed your less important muscles and dampened your magic so just sit back and enjoy the pain." Nagative stabbed her blade into Applejacks shoulder slowly pushing until the blade a exited out the other side before twisting it a pulling it out. Inside was scream because she couldn't do that on the out side. "That's a good hole now let's get you to match on the other side." Nagative was just pressing the tip of her katana on Applejacks shoulder when a orange arrows came out of no where forcing her to move back. "What the. Plasma arrows?" Nagative looked up to see Fluttershy in kirin form holding a weird bow with an draw string made of lighting.
"Nice job shy you've gotten used to the upgrades rather quickly." Said a new voice from the shadows as the rest of the main six ,Huntshy, Ashenvail and most of team duality came out from the shadows each ready to attack if Nagative made any move.
"Wait I know that voice anywhere, is that you my lovely little colt?"
"Hello mother." Dramize said stepping into the light. "It's been a while."
"Nagative Demonic you have been found guilty of taking part in the creation of the whisper virus and the death Blaze Demonic the pestilence as the main hellhound it is my job to take you in to the king for interrogation and execution." Ashenvail said pulling out his straight sword and a shot gun. "Do you plan on resisting?"
"So how is my little filly?"
"She's fine mom she's doing the proving week now."
"DON'T JUST IGNORE ME!" Ashenvail yelled only to be silenced by the look both mother and son gave him. "Sorry." He said putting away his weapons.
"Sigh, I guess theirs no chance of you letting me go."
"No not this time I'm going to take you down here and now." Dramize drew both his katanas stepping in the ring his friends had created.
"Very well then let's see you try little colt." Nagative and Dramize circled each other eyes locked complete silence blanketed the battlefield. The spectators were getting restless waiting for ether to make a move. Fluttershy had changed back into pony form and separated her bow into her scimitars which she sheathed before sitting on a stone branch. Then it happened Dramize stepped on a stone leaf breaking his concentration for a split second and Nagative caught it dash in with a thrust aim at Dramize's shoulder only to jump back when Dramize parried the attack and was about to counter with a slash that would have cut her in half but Nagative didn't even flinch and went right back in with a slash at twice the speed so her sword was blurred only for Dramize to block that with ease and counter with a stab to Nagative's chest only for her to shift her position dodging by a few millimeters. Using her wing Nagative smacked Dramize with enough force to shift his balance enough to get away without taking damage only to have to put up a defense because Dramize started to give chase keeping the duel going. The ponies watched in aw at the sword play preformed the only sounds that could be heard were the clashing of metals and the shifting of hoofs as the two kirin, mother and son dance around each other not giving the other even the smallest of openings even as both fighters took to the air with out even a pause in their deadly dance.
"This is beautiful." Rarity whispered to herself wipe a small tear from her eye.
"But like all beautiful things it must come to an end." Logic said watching for the mistake that would end the duel and after a few minutes it happened Dramize dropped his guard at the wrong time letting Nagative get a few quick slashes in before she backed off.
"Demonic Chaos." Nagative said letting lose a pulse of dark green energy right at Dramize which he didn't even attempt to dodge. But as soon as the pulse got near him it dissipated almost like it was burned away.
"Erase the world so it may be rebuild from the hardened ashes. Demonic Chaos." Dramize said crossing his swords which started to glow bright red before he charged at Nagatvie who tried to shield only to have her spell vanish then block to only to have her knocked away as it snapped from on contact from trying to block Dramize just before she vanish and reappeared behind her sheathing his katana. "Origin Destroyer." Nagative just fell her wing burned away fully with in seconds but Dramize caught her.
"You've gotten so strong and you avenged your father death I'm so proud of you my little demon." Nagative said weakly but with a smile
"Mom please you embarrassing me." Dramize said with a smile but with tears flowing free from his eyes.
"I know I'm am like I know you will only get stronger now here pass this on to my little filly so she can make me proud to." Nagative said as she summoned gave Dramize a scroll with her flickering magic
"Ok mom we'll miss you."
"I know baby I know." Nagative raised her disintegrating arm showing her fist to her son. "A Demon's flame."
"Burns the longest." Dramize fist bumped his mother just as she fully disintegrated and was blown away by the wind. Drying his eyes Dramize landed and took his mother Katana pieces before turning to the speechless group. "let's go."
Author's Note
Well this chapter happened.
Three days later pony families were gathered at the school house waiting for Havoc or Cheerilee let their foals go and finally as the sun had passed it zenith the doors opened with Havoc and Cheerilee standing on the other side gesturing for them to follow. Both lead the group of ponies to the wall that sealed the proving grounds. Havoc and Cheerilee stepped up to the wall.
"Cheerilee if you would please." Havoc said with his usual better than you tone.
"Right." Cheeilee said before snapping her fingers, The dust around her rose up before forming a sphere above her head which three purple glowing eyes shined from inside. "Suppress." The sphere expanded enveloping Cheerilee and with in seconds dark pink hands shot out followed by giant dragon claws which tore the dust sphere a part revealing the new Cheerilee. Giant arm rose from her back like wings her pink tail was lined with deadly looking red spikes her new red horn were axe like with a crystalline texture along with the scale that covered her body leaving fur only on her chest. The kirin Cheerilee moved to the wall tearing into it with her giant claws destroying it piece by piece until their was nothing left of it.
"Nice job but still unimpressive you ponies are hopeless." The noble said as Cheerilee changed back to her normal form sporting to slightly noticeable red horns.
"I don't know we might just surprise you." Cheerilee jumped to the left quickly dodging a bullet aimed at Havoc's head which Havoc caught with his magic a second before it would have hit him.
"Nice try."
"Who said we've even begun to try." Applebloom said coming out of no where running on air at havoc before lunging and spinning creating a small cyclone that was slicing the air it's self only on be slammed down by Havoc's magic before a axe and great sword blades appeared crossed at his neck.
"So she was cloaking you."
"Don't move." Diamond Tiara said gripping her great sword one handed moving even closer to Havoc's neck.
"Now let my friend go." Sweetie Belle said moving her blade closer as well. The pony children started coming out of the forest now each holding a weapon as they were cover in bruises, cuts, and burn. Their families were about to run to them but then they saw the look in their eyes. Eyes that stared at Havoc with a rage as they chanted kill him with smiles on their faces. Havoc tried to float back but felt something poke him in the back.
"Their is no escape for you." Silver spoon said her spear ready to impale Havoc from behind. Havoc was about to float up but a bullet passed over his head.
"Like she said their is no escape for you." Scootaloo said walking out of the forest cradling a sniper rifle along with the kirin children who agreed to sit back and watch to see what would happen. Havoc realize his situation as Scootaloo aimed at his head again and he released Applebloom only to start laughing
"YES, YES THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR THEIR MIGHT BE HOPE FOR YOU PONIES YET!" Havoc screamed with joy before snapping his fingers forcing all the pony foal on their knees with his power. "But now it's time for punishment." Havoc raise his hand gathering power as the force on all the ponies got heaver. "Angelic Cha-." Then he knocked out by a swift chop form Ashenvail who appeared out of now where.
"Everypony ok?" Permafrost asked just arriving with the rest of the nobles.
"Did he try to punish again?" Ascended asked playing somber notes from her guitar.
"Yep." Ashenvail answered picking up Havoc placing him on his shoulder.
"I swear Absolute made a mistake when he made him a noble." Hazy said shoot out rings of white smoke from her horns.
"Well he made the choice it's not our place to question my brother all we can do is honor it and stop Havoc from killing who ever he wants."
"True so very true." Dramize said shrugging before his face hardened turning to his sister. "Acellex we need to talk."
"What's wrong big bro?" Acellex asked as Dramize reached behind him and pulled out a wooden weapons case opening it up and showing her the contents causing her eye to go wide before they started to water. "Is that?" She choaked tears building up only for Dramize to nod yes. "Then you?" Dramize nodded again then Acellex turned away. "Good she was a traitor, she killed dad, she endangered our home, she... she." Acellex felt her brother puller her into a hug.
"She will be missed and will always be proud of us." Dramize felt his little sister sobbing into his shoulder before he started to cry himself.
"Why why couldn't we be a family again? She asked between sobs. "Why?"
"We both know why and its the same reason her end needed to be the way it was. By my chaos." Ashenvail placed a hand on Dramize's back along with the other awake nobles each holding friendly smile before Permafrost turned away look at every pony parent.
"Good Evening everypony I'm am Permafrost you foals next teacher." Permafrost said getting confused looks. "Ok Let me explain. You see when the first nobles were chosen they were all teachers so it became tradition for every set of nobles to teach the next generation so they would become stronger than the last so we are continuing the tradition her each of the nobles will teach for a week I will be battle strategy and history.
"Yo I'm Ascended Storm I will be teaching battle magic, energy control, and dance."
"Hello my name is Hazy Smoker I will be teaching misdirection, trickery and acrobatics.
"Hey name Ashenvail Abyss and I well teach tracking, hunting, plant identification, and cooking. While Dramize here will be weapons training and stealth tactics."
"And finally I will be healing spells, and how to reattach limbs and a few other things now for the real reason why we're here armor." Fatal snapped her fingers and a living armor ran in carrying a stack of paper. "Ah the class ranking thank you." The armor bowed and left as fast as it came. letting Fatal look over the papers before she smiled. Look's like an interesting year.
Twilight was in front of kirin castle taking a deep breath before she stepped inside weapon in hand then lighting up her horn to see in the dark corridors and after a minute Twilight started to relax only for a giant axe to swing in front of her almost slicing her in half if she hadn't jumped back on reflex. Twilight turned up her light to see the gauntlet she would traverse. Pendulum axes swinging at random rising and falling Guillotines moving at blinding speed along with flamethrowers, spikes, and poison spiting dart plants lined the walls as well. Twilight gulped about to take a step but then realizing something vital to her survival.
"Wait what the hell am I about to do I can teleport." Twilight said to herself face palming before she charged up and teleported across the hall to a door which she forced open with her magic when she heard the sound of clashing metal to see in the dim room Princess Luna fighting a living armor that was using a claymore with Absolute and Larverida watching from the side lines as the princess losing to the suit getting knocked down by a flat edge swing.
"Come on Luna faster you need to ether out speed or over power it's guard before it can counter attack so get the lead out." Absolute Said unmoving as Luna went in for another round of attacks.
"The Princess of twin nights you hide the terror you control under the sweet you are divided in soul." Larverida said watching Luna's movements. "Do you fear the you under you or do you fear your counter balance's judgement?"
"Um Hello." Twilight finally said from the door
"Princess of the between time what calls you to the realm of shadows?" Larverida asked snapping her fingers only for a vespin to appear out of nowhere to with a serving tray full of small sandwiches.
"Yes Twilight what brings you to my humble castle?" Absolute said taking a sandwich and studying it.
"I've come to ask something."
"If its about the leader summit thing then my answer is still no." The kirin said before eating the sandwich in one bite.
"Why? You would get to meet the other leaders of the world."
"Don't care."
"You could trade battle tactics with the other leader."
"Leader aren't known to fight so what is the point of them learn good battle tactics. Look Twilight their is no real reason for me to go. Unless."
"Unless?"
"Luna besides helping you get stronger their is another reason I called you here."
"And that reason would be?" Luna asked as Absolute used magic the deactivate her opponent.
"Remember our fight?"
"I don't think it's something I could forget." Luna moved her hand over her chest and gave a slight wince.
"Well during our duel I felt something heck I think my nobles felt it when you started match my movements so it go me thinking." Absolute raised his hand and a fully grown black tiger with neon green eyes, silver stripes and a long bladed tail rose up from his shadow. "This is my bond beast Infinity." Infinity roared before walking to Luna who was shaking slightly at the dark aura the beast gave off until it nuzzled her like a kitten. "Well it appears I was right."
"You were right about what?" Twilight and Luna asked at the same time as Luna started to play with the tiger.
"The gears of fate favor the night." Larvarida said in an annoyed tone as she took a bite of another sandwich.
"It appears your my bond Luna. So I guess I will go to this summit meeting thing."
"Really why?"
"I have my reasons and besides now Larvarida has to come. Right Larvarida?"
"Of course I will follow the diamond that shines darkness for as long as I breath but I do have a request." Larvarida said before turning to the two princess in the room with a serious look. "Send me an extra blank invitation."
"Why what are you planning Larvarida?" Absolute asked with an accusing look.
"Diamond can't read the back of the book they need to read the whole story."
"Fine then Larvarida do as you wish I won't question." Absolute shrugged before turning to walk out. "Luna my activator is Requiem say that when ever your in trouble and need some extra power but for now you can go it's time for my training session unless you want to spar." Absolute said with his eyes closed only to hear two magical burst and a smashing window opening his eyes to see he was the only one in the room. "I was kidding."
Author's Note
Short chapter is short well at least Luna is almost bonded.
Three week's later and it was three days until the summit and Twilight was freaking out worrying about her preparations she had spent two weeks with her friends help getting everything perfect. Native foods for each ruler was prepared with the upmost care, banners with the color and symbol for each nation were hung around the meeting room each bordered with gold trimming and Twilight spent a week learning a translation spell to cast over everyone.
"Every looks perfect I just hope nothing goes wrong." Rarity said straitening the topaz colored Vespin banner with her magic.
"What are you talking about we have egghead here and were going to have the other princess here as well. What could possibly go wrong." Rainbow said with the upmost confidence calming Twilight a little.
"You may be right rainbow but anything can happen. Remember when we thought Celestia as second only to Discord in power."
"Good point we should be ready for anything." Twilight said still freaking out slightly.
"Like the mysterious guest Larvarida is bringing." Rainbow thought out loud. "Hey Rarity, you did the banners, do you know who she's bringing?"
"Not at all darling and it's killing me she created a loop and left us all out of it."
"Well all she told me was to just leave a empty spot for them, I think. Her speaking pattern is kind of confusing."
"Ok I got the last of the food done finally." Applejack said walking in carrying to trays of food."
"Hey AJ your wearing your weapons." Pinkie said with her usual enthusiasm as she looked at the metal boots Applejack was wearing and the two pistols at her sides.
"Yeah and so are you what of it?"
"Nothing they just seem to fit so well."
"Well they were made just for me like your hammer was."
"Hey has anypony seen Fluttershy around?" Rainbow asked shifting the griffin banner to the right.
"Yeah I think she still by the new fountain you had installed."
Meanwhile Fluttershy was standing in the giant almost pool sized fountain that Twilight asked the kirin to make her eyes closed she felt the water move calmly around her hoofs. She took a deep breath and took in the silence around her as she slammed her palms together.
"Remember what Dramize said you have your own fire now I burn deep in she you its apart of you reach out to it and it will come to you then mold it you powers only limit is your imagination and that's how create a chaos." Fluttershy whispered to herself as she remembered what Dramize showed her yesterday just as her friend came to see what she was doing. The water started to shift as bubbles started to come up around her hoofs slowly picking up speed with each passing second until the water around her was boiling and steam started to rise.
"What do you think she's doing?" Rainbow whispered from the corner they were hiding behind
"I have no idea it almost seems like she's meditating." Twilight whispered back.
"Maybe we should just ask her." Rarity whispered.
"Hold up something's happening." Twilight whispered lookin closer. Fluttershy jumped up pulling out both of her swords slamming their grips together causing the scimitars to combine into her bow as she landed on the water in the fountain drawing back her bow creating a shinning orange arrow. Her eyes sharpened becoming more dragon like as the rings on her belt rose up in the arrows flight path.
"Pierce and destroy Demonic chaos." Fluttershy said about to fire only to have to jump back as an ice pillar nearly encased her.
"Hey shy what's up?" Applejack said walking from behind the pillar. "You looked like you were working to hard so I thought you should take a break and cool off. Don't you agree Pinkie?"
"That's right why don't you rest for a while." Pinkie said resting her hammer on her shoulder as Fluttershy growled in response separating her bow before vanishing appearing behind Applejack scimitars ready to cut her in half when Pinkie came down with her hammer on Flutter's back imbedding her into the ground.
"Owww why does my everything hurt?" Fluttershy asked prying herself from the ground her back to normal.
"Don't worry about it I'll just take you to Fatal and you'll be right as rain." Applejack said giving Fluttershy a hand as they went to the hospital while Pinkie just walked to her hiding friends who were to say the least were surprised.
"Pinkie what was that?" Twilight asked recovering from shock the fastest.
"Just a little hiccup nothing to worry about."
"A LITTLE HICCUP! SHE ALMOST KILLED APPLEJACK!"
"Yea but she didn't just leave it at that."
"No Pinkie I refuse to be left in the dark."
"Then I guess you should find another light." Pinkie said smiling before reaching into her hair and pulling out a smoke bomb and throwing it on the ground to cover her escape leaving only the confused faces of her friends as the smoke wonder where she got a smoke bomb.
Meanwhile at ponyville hospital Fatal had just finished healing Fluttershy and was talking with her and Applejack."
"Ok Fluttershy it's time you took a day and talked with your inner dragon because we can't have you black out and go on a rampage every time you use your flames. what if no one is their to stop you next time." Fatal said hitting Fluttershy on the head with her clip board.
"She's right Shy you need to do this." Applejack as she leaned against the wall next to the door.
"But I'm-."
"No buts your doing this doctors orders." Fatal said interrupting Fluttershy then leaving the room only to stop at the door to turn with a terrifying look on her face. "Oh yeah if I see you back here for the same reason I'm going to rearrange every muscle in you body for a month got it." Fluttershy nodded quickly which caused Fatal's face to soften. "Good mare."
Author's Note
Next is the meeting I wonder how that will go.
And let me ask this now before I forget. If I was to kill of a kirin noble who should I kill.
It was finally the day the other princesses and Shining Armor had arrived first to help Twilight with the welcome and keep her calm as the leader's walked in announced by the blast of horns. First was the Naga queen and princess who slithered like they owned the place both mother and daughter were covered in bright gold chains and carrying scepters adorned with rubies and sapphires which off set the mothers sea foam green fur, scales and long flowing blue mane and the daughters white fur, scales and equally flowing red mane. Both lamia mares slithered up to the princesses greeting them before moving under the tan banner with a river on it. Next in full body armor walked in the griffin King and Gilda who held lofty gazes as they accepted their welcome and took their seat under their bronze banner that had a helmet in front of two crossed spears before they relaxed. Just before the rest to the mane six walked in a little late.
"Sorry were late I couldn't fine a thing to where." Rarity said entering wearing a jet black dress with doves swirling it.
"Dash it's been a while." Gilda said adjusting her chainmail skirt.
"Gilda what are you doing here?" Rainbow said hugging her friend.
"Show some respect your talking to the griffin high battle maiden." Gilda broke the hug with a smug look on her face only for Rainbow to dig her in the arm.
"High battle maiden good for you." Rainbow mock bowed with smile before walking back to her friends. Just as beautiful diamond dog bitch with a silver coat walked in blue eyes full of wonder. She wore a tight black tee shirt and overalls at worked well with her diamond spiked collar and wrist bands. She look around the crystal castle with a judging glare ignoring her welcome and taking a seat under her white banner with a pickaxe on it just as roars were heard from you side. Four dragons entered one wyvern, two drakes, and one wyrm in their condensed forms each held a look of extreme rage which they managed to suppress just before their greeting taking seats under their gold banner that had the symbol of the world In a claw on it. Then the rest seemed to come in at once the grand shaman of the zebra who took a seat under the purple banner with a beaker on it after his greeting, The minotaur king and queen both walked in taking their greeting then taking their seats under their copper banner with a shield on it leaving five areas empty the yaks, the deer, the kirin, the vespin and the mysterious guest which they were wait for now which got the other leader talking.
"So Celestia we know the other banners but what about the to two new ones are we going to meet their heads." Said the Naga queen pointing at the kirin's black banner with the white vortex on it and the vespin's yellow banner with a drill on it.
"Don't worry Nile you will meet them soon they just haven't arrived yet. but since you brought up new additions who is the little one beside you.
"Oh this little on is my own pride and joy my oldest daughter River Venom." Nile said placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder.
"I see so you brought your progeny along this time, want to familiarize her with the hierarchy of rulers." Luna said with smothered giggle.
"LUNA!" Celestia yelled in shock staring at her sister only for the other rulers to start laughing.
"So the princess of the night has humor after all." Said the griffin as he laughed
"All is said in much good fun, but who knew the dim one was of the sun." The grand shaman said laughing at the look on Celestia's face.
"Bertrand, Zephyr that is not funny."
"Your right Celestia that's not funny it's hilarious." Absolute said laughing as he walked out from behind a pillar in the room only to have to jump back to dodge a lighting bolt, ice blast, wind burst and a sand stream. "Ha you four again I wouldn't peg you for leaders so did your boss finally give in to his fate." Absolute sank into his shadow and reappeared at his corner of the room waging his finger at the four drakes at the surprise of the others in the room.
"No he will always fight you abomination." The wyvern said sand dripping from it's mouth like drool ready for another blast only for a purple wall to pop up.
"If he could keep fighting he would be here, So answer me this how much of his body has succumbed?" Absolute smiled pulling out his sword as the ice and wind drakes grew starting to run at the dividing wall along with Absolute only for ten black knifes to fall from the sky in front of their paths stopping them.
"Black king, lord dragons the time for battle has passed lay your wars to rest isn't that right queen of hearts." Larvarida said landing on the wall with three vespin drones one missing its fingers and the other two holding a emerald green banner which they quickly put up in the one free spot revealing a cloak and dagger symbol.
"Of course Queen Larvarida. Where would we be without civilized discussion." Said Chrysalis with an acidic tone landing next to Larvarida. The ponies all got up to attack when a wall of shadows rose up to block them.
"Hey if I can't put these dragons in their place you don't get to have a rise ether, now sit down." Absolute said with a glare that silenced everyone else in the room
"Fine well stay civil." Cadence said with a sigh anger in her eyes as everypony sat down.
"As shall we." Said the lighting wyrm coiling up as his dragon brethren sat down.
"Any way we are the new guys here so introductions?"
"Right Absolute this is The Minotaur king and queen, king Obsidian Horn and Queen Brass Ring." Celestia said starting the introduction for everyone.
The Club
The summit was moving forward smoothly even with the tension that was still in the room until Celestia and Luna had to move the sun and moon signaling the end of the first day of the summit. Chrysalis and Larvarida both got up and started to walk out but when Chrysalis was about to walk out following Larvarida through the door when two spears crossed in front of her path.
"Where do you think your going Chrysalis we're not done here." Celestia said staring at Chrysalis hatred in her eyes
"Theirs still the matter of your invasion." Twilight said staring with hatred at first but then with curiosity as she noticed Chrysalis' eyes glaze over for a second.
"You won right why does it matter." Absolute said creating a small ball of dark energy on his finger tip.
"King leave matters behind, for princess cry over cleaned milk as the queens take the darkness." Larvarida said turning her fingers into claw cutting through the blocking guards spears.
"Your right Larvarida so are you going to join me for drinks in the storm."
"Always are you coming Queen of hearts."
"Why refuse darkness Larvarida." Chrysalis said in her usual tone but she was drooling a little walking out the door with Absolute falling behind.
"Abomination we will hunt you until you remove your curse from our king." The sand wyvern said with a glare.
"Lessen here lesser drakes I will let you king go when you swallow your pride and apologize for trying to hunt my brethren but until then your king will suffer for as long as I see fit or until he gives in which ever happens first which reminds me you never told me how much of his body is under."
"Eighty-five percent of is body is under your corruption." Said the Lighting wyrm claw gripping into the table
"He is resilient I will give him that but he wont last much longer so think about what matters more your pride or your king." Absolute was smiling a dark smile that scared the others in the room as the lights seemed to dim a little as he left.
Later at a nightclub Absolute, Larvarida, Chrysalis and the kirin nobles were kicking back taking drink the night away in a large booth as kirin danced to the music.
But then Pinkie walked in lead her friends to join the party.
"SUP ALL!" Pinkie yelled getting the partiers to turn to her.
"PINKIE'S HERE NOW IT'S A PARTY." Said a random kirin on the dance floor.
"YOU KNOW I NOW TURN THAT MUSIC UP I CAN STILL HEAR OUTSIDE!"
"YEAH!" The crowd yelled as Pinkie and Luna joined them.
"Absolute we need to talk in private." Celestia said walking through to the crowd to King black table.
"What bring the princess of alabaster light to one of the dens of darkness?" Asked Larvarida with a dizzy smile.
"She has come to steal our darkness away." Chrysalis said also dizzy before both insectoid ponies leaned on Absolute keeping him from moving as they took another drink from their glasses.
"You can't have our darkness right hearts."
"Right spades she can't have our darkness."
"The queens have spoken Celestia." Absolute said grabbing a bottle from the bar with his magic only to have to catch a knife thrown at him by the bar tender. "I WILL PAY FOR THE BOTTLE KEEP YOUR HEAD ON!" The bartender looked at Absolute for a second before tossing him eight extra glasses which he caught with his magic. "Sit have a drink with us."
"No Absolute we need to take about the dragons." Celestia said in an almost commanding tone getting Absolute to give her se rious look.
"No drink no talk."
"But."
"The king doesn't care for butts only breasts." Permafrost said laughing her own joke along with the two queens causing Celestia to blush while the other kirin looked at Permafrost.
"Permafrost go home your drunk." Dramize said taking a sip of his drink.
"I'm not drunk your drunk."
"Frost go home."
"Fine then screw you guys but I'm taking this stallion with me." Permafrost grabbed a random kirin from the crowd who started to panic when Permafrost grabbed his arm.
"SOMEKIRIN SAVE ME!" He yelled as trying to pull free as he was being dragged away
"LOSE THE ARM YOU CAN GET IT REATTACHED LATER!" Dramize yelled back chasing after Permafrost.
"What the buck was?" Rainbow asked pointing in the direction
"Permafrost is a dangerous drunk that's all you need to know. So about that drink." Absolute said with a smile.
"Do I have to?" Celestia ask almost in a wine.
"Yes you do in fact all of you are going to take a drink."
"Why us?"
"Because the mood just struck me." Absolute each of them an drink which they grabbed and held to their mouths. "Now drink up."
The early the next morning Celestia woke up to a stack of shot glasses in front of her and the sound of giggling as her vison cleared to the scene in front of her Twilight and Rarity were passed out on top of the clubs speakers Rainbow saw hanging off a chandler and Fluttershy was sleeping on a throne made of kirin bodies Applejack asleep while she was hooked up to a spinning pinwheel.
"What happened?" Celestia said as she heard more giggling as she felt a something tickling her back she turn to her sides to see Larvarida and Chrysalis giggling in their sleep their antennae tide together behind her back. "Oh ok it's just their antenna..... SENCE WHENE DOES CHRYSALIS HAVE ANTENNA!"
Author's Note
Random chapter is random
Whispering Corruption
Celestia was not happy. She had the worst hangover of her life, had to sit through the most boring part of the summit the trade route talks while trying to figure what was happening to Chrysalis whos web mane was turning blonde slowly and she looked weaker almost sicker than a hangover should have made her.
"Oh my Discord this is boring I wish something interesting happen." Absolute said looking like he didn't even party last night. Then their was a loud crash and Dramize crashed on to the table his eyes blood shot and coughing up a dark blue slime which splashed Absolute. Absolute jumped back almost instantly looking completely terrified. "That's not possible." he whispered to himself as the slime vanished into his scales. "EVERYONE OUT NOW!"
"Absolute what's going on?" Cadence asked.
"NO TIME JUST RUN!"
"Their is nowhere to run my king." Said a black construct of a kirin rose from the slime laughing.
"GEMINI I'M GOING TO DESSSTROY YOU!"
"I would to see you try but alas I cannot busy working on perfecting everything you worked so hard to stop. But don't feel to bad I left you a present for killing Nagative meet subject #135 have fun." The construct dissolved as the rest of team duality and the kirin nobles got thrown in to the meeting room looking just like Dramize before a dark figure with bright smoky eye walked into the light covered in tattered robes and drooling blue slime.
"Sombra, he's still alive." Shining said stepping up to protect his wife.
"Not for long." The guards said charging in spears extended only for Sombra to vanish appearing behind the two guards grabbing their heads crushing them with his bare hands before charging at the ponies in the room only for Pinkie and Applejack in kirin form to intercept while Fluttershy changed and went in to help.
"No one else transform or touch him to many are already infected." Absolute said before kneeling and barfing up slime.
"Infected with what?" Celestia asked reaching out to the kneeling king.
"The one thing I tried to stop." Absolute stood back up and pushed her back with his magic. "Don't touch me all I need you to do is buy me time to end this." Absolute started puking up slime again making Celestia worry even more which turned to fear when she saw Sombra closing in on her and Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie puking up slime on the floor. She charged up her horn firing rapid fire the dark king who kept dodging speeding his advance only to be blocked a four layer shield. Celestia looked over and smiled at Cadence, Twilight, Luna, and Shining as they were working at full power keeping her safe but her smile soon turned into a look of shock as some of Sombra's fur started to fall off reveling smooth black scales as he started slamming punch after punch into the shield and it started to crack."
"How the hell is he this strong." Shining said as Cadence's layer of the shield shattered knocking her out. leaving Twilight's Layer new which was all ready starting to crack from the fierce strikes.
"INFINITY, REQUIEM." Luna screamed causing her shadow to pool around her before erupting covering her.
"MUGEN, SUBJUGATE." Rarity screamed charging in only to sink into her shadow which kept moving toward Sombra who's had two wings burst out of his back shooting blood and slime behind him just as her shadow reached him and a bone claw burst out from it grabbing Sombra and pulling him in to the darkness which started to bubble before moving to Luna's shadow geyser which he got shot out from. The geyser started subsiding revealing the kirin Rarity. Rarity was couched down stretching out her bone wings and long white tail, she was covered in bone armor which looked like dragon skeleton made to fit Rarity who opened her mouth taking a breath before anchoring herself with her bones then a firing a blast of dark energy a at Sombra who was about to dodge when the kirin Luna poped out of his shadow surprising everyone her four new folded dragon wings opened her Black scales off setting her crown of light blue horns her ice covered claws grabbed Sombra and freezing him before she batted him at Rarity's darkness blast with her axe ended navy blue dragon tail before she launched her own blast sandwiching Sombra between both blast as he managed to break free and shield at the last second taking minimal damage before both newly bonded kirin had to stop as they could feel the slime forcing it's way up out of their bodies. Sombra took his time as he moved toward the few that weren't infected only to have a yellow flash pass his left causing to look down to see his arm was missing.
"Another dark king tragic is the soul the pure are free and the cage is set." Larvarida said holding Sombra's arm for a second before tossing it a side like garbage looking a Absolute who was starting to glow. "Play time."
"You have five minutes." Absolute said closing his eyes.
"Ode to joy, play time." Larvarida charged in at the confused Sombra who grabbed his arm off the floor and tried to reattach it only to give up and start using it as a club to fend off Larvarida who's fingers turned into claws which she used to dice the arm as it was swung at her before vanishing from his line of sight before tearing off one of his wings and backing out as Sombra turned with incredible speed almost catching her with right. "Oh this king is false to give a whispered beasts guise." Larvarida crouched down eye's sharpening and extending her tail as her wings got smaller and lined against her back as Sombra's wounds exploded producing new limbs where the old ones were lost along with a new dragon tail. "Now dance with me beast."
Author's Note
It took 34 chapters but we finally might have a villain.
Larvarida and Sombra started trading blows at blinding speeds regenerating any lost of broken limbs in the heat of battle but Larvarida was getting tired and her regenerations were slowing down she still had a minute and a half to go the Sombra had started targeting her head which was getting harder to defend due to her slowing movements.
"This beast is limitless his fang must be dulled." Larvarida said transforming again. Her claws turned into scythe like blades and her antenna got shorter as her head chitin got thicker locking her mouth shut before sealing it her legs and arms widened as her tail shrunk changing her balance as two new eyes open up on her head. Larvarida tilted towards Sombra and vanished leaving her imbedded hoof prints in the crystal floor. Not even a second later a large gash appeared on Sombra's side before closing quickly before another two gashes appeared before the first could close.
"Wow he must have pushed her to the edge for her to be in slayer mode." Dramize said get off the table before puking up more slime.
"Dramize your up." Twilight said happily
"I was having a nice dream when my instincts started screaming at me to wake up and run."
"I wonder why." Absolute said with a sarcastic air.
"Buck your noise. Anyway how long before we advance to the next stage?"
"I think we have an hour at most so those five need to get out of here before Larvarida Activates the gate and locks us in."
"Locks us in?" Shining ask still trying to wake up Cadence.
"You think we're getting out we can't let this spread that was Gemini's plan he know's our protocol and targeted the nobles and me for this so we seal our selves until we beat the virus or die trying."
"Is that necessary locking your selves in?" Twilight asked with a worried tone.
"When their's a virus that we crated with no cure yeah it is necessary."
"And why is their no cure."
"The last king said their was no need for once since it was created to change ponies into kirin when our numbers got to low but when he died and I was crowned they used my powers in the original elixir turning it into a virus which I had shut down when I found out."
"So what exactly it this virus?"
"A genetic rewriting steroid, the slime were puking up starts the changes by removing the bodies natural limiter then adds dragon genes to your essence. But the virus has been modified so I don't know what it's going to do now." Dramize said cracking his knuckles.
"And now you see why you need to go and speaking of go. LARVARIDA TIMES UP!" Absolute got up and pulled out his sword and snapped his fingers and a wave of shadow washed over the room turning everything black and white as he spoke. "Rebel under the force of pure darkness only to be swallowed, never to return." Everyone's magical aura started to surround them glowing brighter the more powerful they are adding color to the room. Absolute raised his sword and Sombra's crimson aura left him turning black and collecting in the blade. "Angelic Chaos." Larvarida jumped back and over Absolute giving him a clear shot. "Rebellion Revelation." Absolute brought down his sword and a wave of darkness crashed down on Sombra before condensing and exploding, and when the darkness cleared Sombra was just a stain on the floor. Absolute fell with a smile on his face but Dramize caught him with a sigh.
"Yeah it time for you to go."
"R-right." Celestia said shaking her head then gathering her power and teleporting the uninfected ponies out of the building follow by a yellow flash which reveal a tiny Larvarida covered in yellow fizz. "What?"
"Side effects, now shut the gate." Larvarida said as hundreds of vespin got to work spitting out a silver webbing around Friendship castle until the entire castle was covered in a thick silver shell then the vespin started drilling small holes in the shell before finally each borrowed underground extending the shell. "Gate sealed. On another morrow princess of alabaster light." Larvarida hover in the air for a second with her tiny wings before a vespin poped out of the ground under her and took her leaving Celestia confused and Twilight with one question where was she going to stay.
Author's Note
Rebellion Revelation: Absolute forces his opponent's power to their limit then takes that power and adds it to his own while removing their ability to defend then with a mighty sword swing Absolute releases all the power he gathered and destroys his target.
Forgot to ask last time I did this should do the info on the kirin's special moves chaos'?
It had been a month since Twilight and spike had moved into kirin castle with Absolute and the others being detained in her own. She was in library reading a book on a theorize way to find one affinities and a log for a new weapon type idea. While spike as looking over books on dragons trying to figure out what dragon type he was. When they heard a massive explosion from her castle then a ear piercing roar from the opposite side of town. Twilight and Spike dropped what they were doing and ran outside scythe in hand to see several kirin flying past her launch by the massive hydra that Rainbow and a few kirin were trying to take down with little success.
"RAINBOW WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Twilight yelled distracting Rainbow causing her to get hit by a swinging neck at getting her launched ground but Twilight caught her with her magic."
"Thanks." Rainbow said looking at the Katana Dramize gave her the day before the summit then at Twilight. "This Hydra just stomped into town with a blue vespin with a backpack riding on his head and started attacking things we've been trying to fend this thing off since it got here. Don't know here the vespin went." Their was a loud crash and explosion coming from twilight's castle.
"I have a good guess." Spike said point in the explosions direction. The three dashed to the vespin shell to see the blue vespin shooting exploding darts from it's stinger into the shell surrounded by smoldering changeling and vespin corpses. The shell was cracking from the barrage the vespin didn't look like it was slowing down at all completely absorbed in taking apart the shell. "So what's the plan?"
"We charge in." Rainbow said running in sword drawn causing the vespin to turn around.
"No Rainbow wait." Twilight said freaking out then creating a shield for the rash pegasus as the vespin fired at them dart effortlessly passing through Twilight's shield forcing both ponies and dragon back behind a rapidly disappearing house as cover. "You know I remember a time when this would be much more terrifying." Twilight took Spike with her magic and teleported him out of the firing range just before the explosion started to sound farther away.
"Twilight I think it went back to the shell so what's the plan?"
"Now you want a plan."
"Ok by bad now do you have an idea of how we can stop it?"
"You draw it's attention then I'll get behind it and restrain it."
"That's all you got."
"Most of the best laid plans don't actually work out in real combat so I'm going flexible now let's do this." Twilight peeked out from her cover her hand raised as she checked on the vespin who went back to blasting away at the shell. "On my mark......Go." Twilight and Rainbow ran in opposite directions Rainbow yelling at the vespin drawing it's fire flying as fast as she could to dodge the darts while Twilight kept moving as quickly as possible getting closer to the vespin when she notice a piece of the shell around her castle had fallen off and a dragon eye was staring out of it right at her then at the vespin narrowing as if focused on prey. Twilight instinctively move back before gathering her nerves and moving forward again with caution until she was behind the vespin. She raised her scythe moving the blade into position to swipe at it neck and keep it their. She went in for the swing that's when the vespin ducked dropping its stinger and jumped into twilight to throw off her balance then grabbed her arm and flipped her adjusting it's movement perfectly slamming Twilight in front her aiming her stinger at her head looking her with no emotion.
"Don't move or I will kill you." The vespin said without the slightest bit of emotion moving her stinger ever closer until the tip was touching Twilight's neck before it started to spin like a drill. Rainbow was all ready moving in but the vespin's eyes shifted to her as the stinger got pressed even closer to Twilight's neck causing it to start bleeding. "Don't you move ether until I say so." The vespin looked at Twilight waiting for her to do something. Time seemed to stand still as the only sounds that filled the air was a heavy thumping and cracking coming from the shell behind them which made the vespin smile she reached into he back pack and pulled out an gold and silver amulet before making a few clicking noises causing the amulet to glow.
Twilight was trying to figure out how to get out of her predicament alive she couldn't move and she was sure this vespin was immune to magic so she need a new plan. She let her horn glow for a second only to free pressure on it in a second braking her concentration as she realize her capture had her hoof on her horn and was pressing down. Twilight was now panicking tears streaming down her eyes and Rainbow wasn't far off from panic as she kept telling herself she should have been faster only to be snapped out of it by a water droplet hitting her in the back of the neck the cooling shock bring her back to focus as it started to rain. Rainbow took a deep breath closed her eyes and thought remembering something Dramize told her when she got the katana. "Katana are weapons of focus, your body and mind must act as one no hesitation no mistakes."
Twilight's attention snapped to Rainbow had just stopped unflinching to the cold rain unresponsive to anything which scared her especially since the rain seem to focus on Rainbow who grabbed the hilt of her Katana and got into a draw stance. Twilight looked up to see the vespin staring at her friend emotion less as always but was shaking like a leaf that's when Rainbow drew with a speed Twilight didn't think was possible and the vespin stopped her stinger moved away from Twilight's neck just as water splashed on the shell of the castle Twilight teleported away next to her friend putting up a shell to keep her out of the rain which lessened. Rainbow sheathed her blade and as soon as it was hilted the vespin and the building behind her their top half's started to slide to the left.
Reunion
"Rainbow that was amazing how did you do that?" Twilight said astonished at Rainbow's feat looking at the damage she caused.
"I...." Rainbow started saying before nearly falling over.
"Whoa Rainbow are you ok?" Twilight asked catch her falling friend.
"I'm.. fine.. just.. exhausted."
"Just rest then, the you did great. I will handle our Hydra problem."
"No.. you'll need help."
"And she's got some." Said a familiar voice Twilight and Rainbow looked up to see Celestia and Cadence
"Princess Celestia, Cadence how did you... Spike."
"Now I believe we have a hydra problem." Cadence said pulling out her axe and flying to the hydra followed by Celestia and Twilight while Rainbow stayed behind catching her breath only to start to worry when she heard cracking behind her.
"Well I'm dead."
Meanwhile the princesses were seeing why the kirin were having such a hard time with this hydra they were just attacking over and over but they couldn't a lasting scratch that wouldn't just heal just a quickly and it was getting worse with the hydra shooting out blast of fire and ice from it's mouth freezing and blasting away it's attackers with ease. Cadence was first to attack throwing out her axe which struck one of the heads dead center before Celestia and Twilight went in Celestia's cleaver a blaze as she dodged the Hydra's ice blasts and Twilight shielded herself from the flames shot at her. Celestia broke her advance suddenly climbing high into the sky then closing her wings and diving down cleaver ready and covered in intense white flames which grew as she descended, Twilight was in aww as her mentor flew in covered in dancing white flames poised to bisect the Hydra when the Hydra jumped back and concentrated a full icy assault on Celestia reducing her speed and leaving her soaking wet and shielding so she wouldn't freeze while Cadence was busy trying to knock the beast of balance hacking at it's while Twilight went to help Celestia when they saw a red and yellow ball slam into the hydra with enough force to push it back followed a ice spikes rising up and impaling the beast's feet the ball uncurled surprising twilight with it's true form.
"Applebloom." Twilight said was shocked looking at Applebloom who was levitating on all fours for a second before jumping up to dodge a large flaming cone that came from behind them which pierce through one of the hydra heads that was attacking Celestia while bladed chains and thorny vines bust from under the hydra entangling it before getting shocked by a strong Electrical current.
"Nice job team." Sweetie resting her halberd on her shoulders as she walked up
"It wasn't so hard to beat." Diamond Tiara said playing with her metal arm.
"Speaking to soon it's still alive." Applebloom said backing out of range of a fire and ice blast.
"Not form much longer condense and crush. Demon chaos, hell chain restriction. Acellex said focusing her power. The chains that entangled the hydra started to smoke their heat burning the beast and the other plants as more chain rose up from the ground wrapping around the hydra even tighter cutting deeper and deeper in to the beast forcing it let out a ear piercing roar but then one of the heads opened it's mouth and a small white ball came out of it's throat started to rise over it before exploding into bright sparks that rained down and erased the chains that held it and causing Acellex to fall to her knees as the other kirin gasped they stopped moving forward and started backing away. "It can erase chaos magic." Acellex was trembling in fear as she watch the hydra walk closer to her smug look on it's face as it's wounds and burns healed quickly leaving scars as Diamond, Applebloom, Sweetie, and silvered Spoon ran to help Acellex who was frozen with fear only to be knocked away by the hydra's fire and ice blast's forcing Celestia and Cadence to shield them. Twilight kept Attacking the hydra trying to get it's attention only to get swept into a house by a quick tail swipe. The hydra raised it foot above Acellex and lowered it slowly forcing Acellex to hold it back with all her strength. "HELP ME!" She screamed as she felt the hydra's crushing weight coming down on her. The kirin started to move to help but the hydra start to fire at them forcing them back. "HELP ME PLEASE ANY ONE! Big brother help." Acellex started to cry as her strength started to give out she closed her eyes, only to feel an absence of pressure and hear the hydra roar of pain as well as the hushed gasps of surprise as the hydra reared back missing the leg. She opened her eyes again to see the unfamiliar shadow she was standing behind.
"I'm go for a month and my little sister almost gets herself killed." Dramize said facing the hydra his four new wings extended his hook dagger like tail squirmed with excitement his horns and mane seemed to shine a dim purple and his body was leaner.
"Big brother is that you?"
"Who else would save your flank little spider."
"It is you I missed you so much."
Author's Note
Hey I guys remembered I wrote a story and on another note I wonder what my kirin would look like in the EG universe.
"So What's up with this hydra that you all haven't killed it yet?" Dramize said glaring at the beast before him that he wounded.
"it can breath fire and ice, has extreme regenerative properties, and can erase chaos magic." Acellex answered without delay.
"Erase chaos magic? interesting Dramize leave this specimen intact I want to dissect it alive see how it's organs work." Reverse said rising out of the ground in his spectral form his new tendril like wings trailing behind him slightly as he stood up.
"YOU KNOW I WON'T ALLOW THAT REVERSE!" Yelled Fluttershy as she appeared on the scene causing every one to look up and most of the male's jaws to drop at her new angelic form. Her wings were feathered again but were larger, her horns were white and holding a lighting charge between them which attracted attention to her draconic eyes which caused the hydra to back up even more. "Dramize ether kill it in one shot or drive it away."
"That's up to the one who's going to fight so enough both of you." Rarity said rising out of Fluttershy's shadow.
"Yea and besides who said I was fighting." Dramize said checking his blades.
"Your not going to fight?" The four asked in surprise looking at Dramize.
"I'm feeling a bit dormant right now, so no."
"So the prey is unmarked then." Fluttershy said startling Twilight who stared at her.
"Do with it as you will, Come along Acellex were headed home. I have some upgrading to do." Dramize opened his wings and jumped up then hovering in front of Fluttershy giving her an expecting glare before taking off for his manor.
Acellex stared at Dramize confused before finally speaking. "Uh-h-h ummm yes big brother." Then taking off following her brother.
"Then I will take the mark." Reverse said spinning his scythe before running in only for a white arrow to pierce the back of his left leg and pin him to the ground. Roaring in pain he looked up to see Fluttershy holding her bow aiming for his other leg.
"Sorry Reverse but this mark is mine." Fluttershy said staring down at him a superior look in her eyes. "If that's ok with you."
"FINE THEN TAKE IT!" Reverse screamed voice loaded with pain as he felt the arrow cooking his leg from the inside out.
"Thank you." Fluttershy turned to the hydra lowering her bow before taking a deep breath her mouth glowing a bright white as she bent back then released a thin beam of light in front of the hydra burning a line in front of it which she landed behind. "If you cross that line I will kill you." Twilight was slowly back peddling a feeling of fear slowly choking her will to be anywhere close to the line Fluttershy just made and she wasn't the only one Cadence, Celestia and even most of the other kirin were backing away while the hydra stood their frozen as half of the heads wanted to attack and half wanted to run.
"Scary isn't she?" Said a cheery voice behind Twilight causing her to jump before she turned the pink and copper kirin that was staring at Fluttershy with a soft warm fanged smile.
"Pinkie?" Twilight said with surprise.
"Hey Twi long time no see." Pinkie said while watching the hydra's next move as one of the heads inched closer to the line and Fluttershy readied her swords just as the line was crossed.
"I warned you." Fluttershy unsheathed her swords bringing them out in one swift motion lighting dance along the blades as she brought them together forming her bow. "At least I get to try this out, I'm so sorry. Pierce the heavens and bring them down to earth. Demonic order." Fluttershy raised her bow to the sky above the hydra's head as her rings flew up into the sky lining up with her arrows flight path she loosed her white plasma arrow which started to glow brighter as it flew through each ring before it vanished above the clouds it's glow still strong enough to see only to get brighter and brighter to the point everyone have to shield their eyes leaving them blind to the column of light that fell from the sky and enveloped the hydra crashing with incredible force so none heard Fluttershy say. "Crushing Heaven."
Everyone opened their eyes to see the roasted crushed carcass of the hydra imprinted in the path and a heavily panting Fluttershy in pony form being held up by Rarity who sank into the shadows with Fluttershy. While Pinkie ran in front of the dead Hydra and a light blue aura appeared around her horns and the carcass which started to float with Pinkie as she walked away leaving only a dry blood stain on the path. The kirin looked at the leaving carcass in silence their heads in a slight bow before leaving them selves all of them looking depressed as they flew or walked to their respective homes. leaving The princesses and the other ponies wondering what was going on Until a familiar voice stopped everyone in their tracks.
"HALT!!" Everyone stopped and look to the sky where the loud commanding voice came from to see Luna in her kirin form her arms crossed eyes narrowed into a glare as she looked down at the scene below her before floating down with a divine grace. Luna's eyes shifted from her glare to a soft disappointment which deepened as she looked at her sister. Then she crouched and stuck her hand into her shadow pulling out a old gold and silver shield with the kirin symbol on it and held it up for all to see which caused all the kirin to bow.
"Luna what's going on?" Celestia asked a little frightened at the darkness that was dancing around her little sister.
"Well dear sister you are looking at the new queen of kirin." Luna answered not even looking at Celestia who was now starting get a little worried and angry at her sisters lack of acknowledgement of her.
"WAIT WHAT?! WHY ARE YOU QUEEN?! WHAT HAPPENED TO ABSOLUTE?!" Said another familiar voice causing every to turn to see Larverida steaming with rage. "WHERE IS MY KING OF BLACK DIAMONDS?!"
"My bond made me queen by giving me this shield so he could focus on other pursuits."
"LIKE WHAT?!"
Meanwhile else where Discord had made him self some tea and had watched the fight through a set of binoculars when Absolute teleported in behind him.
"The former king of kirin graces my with his presence so what can I do for you."
"Lord Discord is it possible for me to become a god?"
Author's Note
You know originally I was going to have Nightmare Moon Be Absolutes bond.
The Queens Road
Discord looked at Absolute with a neutral mask which turned in to a twisted smile. "Aren't we greedy asking for a deal with the devil to reach a higher plane."
"What I-." Absolute said caught off by Discords phasing.
"Calm down black king I can see it in you eyes you fear for your kind and I will help you."
"Why?
"Because your reason has given me a reason by teaming up with my sister to do the same and they are poisoning the chaos and I can't have that."
"No my lord your a god why do you call yourself a devil?"
"Here's your first lesson no lesser god is truly Benevolent they are only paragons with a want or need that drove them to power. you and I are no different."
"But then I must ask what drove you my lord?"
"That's for me to know and you to figure out but we must move you need to become stronger."
"Where are we going?"
"To your name sake." Discord grabbed Absolute who looked terrified as the two vanished.
Meanwhile Luna, Celestia and the kirin nobles were in cantorlot castles throne room along with the cantorlot advisers some servants and a few guards deciding on what to do next. The air was in flux as elemental energy poured off the kirin nobles in suffocating waves scaring the ponies in the room, they weren't happy and Celestia could see it in their eyes. "This room is a ticking time bomb I just hope nopony sets it off." she thought to herself struggling to keep her neutral mask under the tension of the room while Luna seem almost amused by it a slight smile on her face as she watch her kirin nobles pout like little foals due to her being named queen until she saw her sisters face seeing the fear in her eyes going over the scenario if even one of the nobles exploded.
"ENOUGH!" Luna shouted her voice full of command causing everyone in the room to look at her. "Note your place you are among those weaker than you stifle your power and calm down others can't take it." The room started to darken and grow cold as Luna let her energy crush what was coming of the nobles and completely terrifying everyone else in the room as they started shivering.
Permafrost started laughing. "Well what do you guys think?"
"She could use a little work but she's salvageable." Havoc said picking at his fangs as he floated around the room.
"She's a little to smooth around the edges for my taste but I'm not opposed." Hazy said taking a hit of her pipe.
"I like the sound of her soul it knows darkness." Ascended said pulling out a bottle of pink nail polish.
"But it's split her ambitious shadow is suppressed." Fatal said pulling out a small glass of blood which she drank slowly savoring the iron flavor.
"I can hear it's howl as well and It's in pain." Ashenvail said sharpening his Sword.
Dramize nodded in agreement looking almost half asleep. "And a wounded beast is the most dangerous kind."
"So the table is divided a rare occurrence." Permafrost looked around at the other nobles looking at their eyes who just nodded at her. The shift in mood as present even Luna felt unnerved by it.
Celestia had final had enough with the way the nobles were talking. "What are you seven talking about."
Permafrost gave a full fang smile. "Princess do you know how the Kirin nobility and the leaders are chosen."
"No I do not."
"Well the first kirin king Star Nova was the most powerful kirin of his time but when it was his time to step down he found his son and daughter to be lacking in power, he knew if he let ether of them take the throne his people wouldn't last long so he held a tournament for every kirin the same age as his offspring they would fight to see who was the strongest and after all was said and done the second king Grand Obelisk was as taken from the rest of us to the castle where he was trained by the king until he die. So then Obelisk was named king but he wasn't very bright and couldn't do it alone so he got his seven foalhood friends to help naming them the nobles."
"And it been that way every since." Celestia said not noticing Dramize, Ashenvail, and Fatal had moved slightly.
"You catch on quick." Permafrost said her smile becoming sinister. "But not quick enough." She snapped her fingers then Dramize and Ashenvail appeared in front of Luna and roundhouse kicked her through the wall. Every pony was surprised while the kirin gave chase.
"LUNA!" Celestia screamed about to get up to help her sister when she felt breathing on the left side of her neck. Fatal appeared behind her smiling before taking a lick of Celestia's neck.
"You need to relax this is for you sisters own good." Fatal whispered in the Celestia ear before sinking her fangs in the solar princesses neck before a response could be given. The ponies in the room watched in horror as the Celestia's eye glazed over and she slumped in her throne a second before Fatal released her. "You are tasty I will give you that." Fatal liked the blood of her lips before walking to the hole all the other nobles went through. "In my medical bag there is a medium sized round black fruit cut it orange style and give her one piece when she wakes up." Fatal jumped through the hole giving chase after Luna.
Luna had just pried herself off Cantorlot mountain flying in the air to get a better vantage point so the nobles wouldn't surprise her again only to be struck by several lighting bolts.
"Sorry love we can't make this easy." Ascended said as lighting struck Luna for every cord she played on her guitar.
"Yeah we need to see what you can do." Havoc said floating next to Ascended. "May I?"
"I would be insulted if you didn't." Ascended answered as she started to play faster after pausing for a second giving Luna enough time to shield from the storm above her only for her to fall as Havoc tripled her weight causing her to fall crashing into Permafrost who was holding a giant icicle like a bat. Luna Fell right into the smiling Permafrost's range.
"Grit your teeth this is going to hurt." Permafrost said swinging the force of impact shattering Luna's shield, the icicle, and some of Luna's ribs as she as launched back through the castle and in to the city landing with medium sized impact crater. "Fatal it's your turn now."
"Yeah yeah she's all ready blacked out." Fatal said landing next to Luna who was barely breathing before she started to heal her. "So how long are we doing this for?"
"Until she can hold her own against us." Hazy said empting the soot out of her pipe.
"Well we're in for a long day then." Fatal said as she grabbed the healed Luna's and threw her into the air where Dramize and Ashenvail were waiting sadistic smiles on their faces.