My Little Pony: Birth Before Time

The Warmth of Light

Firarra's flying through the Orbit's Between when a Light appears in front of him "This light...it's so warm."

Canterlot

Firarra's standing at the city of Canterlot, staring at the sunset. He looks down and looks at his good luck Crystal Charm and had a thought about this place and reminded what Nightcrest had said earlier when the time that she gave one good luck charm to her friends.

"Somewhere out there, there's this place represents a bond of friendship..."

Firarra looks around the place. He walks to the grassy area and proceeds through it "Nightcrest...Wayward...I wonder if we'll ever be a team again. Looks like all the things that once held us together just push us further away. And now the light has lead me here. What am I supposed to do?" he thought.

Then he saw two fillies running around in front of him.

"Hey, slow down!" said Twilight Sparkle.

"Giving up already? Come on, Twilight" said Shining Armor.

The two fillies stopped running and sit watching the Celestia sun going down. Firarra turns to head back towards the streets but stops because he notices something. He looks at the white filly "Light...was I guided here in order to meet that white filly?" He turns and heads towards the streets again.

Then suddenly Twilight got up and then she pat her brother on the back and said "come on Shining Armor, race ya to the castle first one there is the lucky winner!" Twilight begins running, Shining Armor got up and began to walk behind her "c'mon! You call that running?"

Shining Armor then stops and looks at Firarra "Hey. Are you new around here?" he asked.

Firarra then realized when he heard that and then he answered "err, no. Why would you say that?"

"Because you look suspicious, and I know you're not from here."

"Smart filly. So how about you? What are you doing here in this type of evening?" Firarra asked.

"Sometimes me and my sister like to play around here and this is the only area that we go and nowhere else"

"Must be hard for you, stuck in one place" said Firarra as Shining Armor looked at the sunset.

"Someday when I wanna be strong one day. I don't know when it will happen, but it's my destiny that the strength that I need." said Shining Armor still looking at the sunset.

"Strength for what?" Firarra asked.

"To protect the things that matter. You know, like the castle and also my sister."

"Really" Firarra walks over to him and summons his Keyblade. He holds the handle towards Shining Armor "In your hoof, take this key. So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking...its wielder you shall one day be." Shining Armor stretches out his arm and grabs the handle of Firarra's Keyblade and then suddenly...

"Shining Armor!" Twilight called to her brother as he let's go of Firarra's Keyblade and turns to look towards Twilight and she begins to be inpatient "come on, hurry up!" Firarra releases his Keyblade. Shining Armor waves at Twilight "You've gotta keep this a secret, okay? Otherwise, all the magic will wear off. Promise?"

Shining Armor shakes his head in acceptance and said "I promise" Firarra pats him on the head and they both laugh. Shining Armor runs to Twilight meets her halfway.

"Hey, what was all that about?" asked Twilight.

"Well, you know."

"Know what? Why won't you tell me? Who was that guy...somepony you know?"

"Maybe." said Shining Armor as they they walk together.

"Come on, you can tell me." Twilight begged.

"I really can't. I've gotta keep it a secret."

"Not with me you don't! I'm like the best secret-keeper in the world!"

"Nice try."

"Aww, come on" she begging even more to her brother and he cannot tell a thing from what Firarra had said.

Firarra saw those two fillies leaving and said "Protect the things that matter...right. My friends matter to me, too. So, I still have things that I have to protect."

Xora's Ambitions

Meanwhile Firarra is flying through the Orbit's Between again when he looks up and sees a light flying through the sky "That light...Is that Wayward?" then he heard Master Xora's voice again.

"Master Firarra. Find me. We must speak at once."

"Master Xora!" he cried as he turns and takes a different route. Firarra enters the Desert lands again and finds Master Xora on one of the rock pillars. He hovers in front of Master Xora on his Keyblade Glider and said "Master Xora, you wished to see me?"

"There is no time to lose! I've terrible news. Wayward Wind has stumbled upon the secrets of her origins."

"Wayward? I just saw her, she passed right in front of me. What's going on?"

"Wayward Wind is on her way home. If you could have seen the fury in her eyes...I'm certain she's capable of anything. I fear the girl may attempt to force the truth out of Zyra. Master Firarra, you must hurry back and see to your friend's safety."

"Understood" Firarra flies off into the portal again and entered the Orbit's between heading back home trying to get to Wayward and then suddenly he came out and he flies down down to the Land of Exodus. He sees Wayward standing with Master Zyra, whose Keyblade is drawn. Firarra speeds up. Wayward Wind is backing up slowly.

"...But you must exist no more." Zyra focuses energy around the tip of her Keyblade and swings it forward towards Wayward releasing the energy in strands that look like chains. Firarra swoops in and, quickly changing his Keyblade back to normal, blocks Zyra's attack.

"Wayward!" Firarra shouted.

"What?"

"Master, have you gone mad?"

"Firarra! I command you to step aside!" Zyra ordered.

"No!"

"You will not heed your master."

"I won't let you!"

"Why do all my attempts to reach you fail? If you don't have it in your heart to obey...then you will have to share Wayward Wind's fate." Zyra sheds a tear on her eye and then attacks Firarra. Wayward tried to stop him from battling against each other.

"Stop it, Firarra! She's right..." Wayward shouted.

"Quiet!" Firarra refused to Wayward and made her very upset.

"Firarra...why?"

Then Zyra performs an attack that throws Firarra and Wayward backwards. Firarra lands on his feet but Wayward doesn't. Firarra picks up Wayward while Zyra focuses another attack. Firarra focuses and begins to be surrounded in a flaming aura "You may be my Master. But I will not...let you hurt my friend!" Firarra's eyes has turned to flaming red.

"Has the flames taken you, Firarra?" Zyra asked as Firarra opens a portal and throws Wayward to it. Wayward got up and it was too late.

"Wait, Firarra!" The portal closes and Zyra and Firarra face each other.

Meanwhile Firarra defeats Zyra, who is worn out. He began to fee extremely guilty fo what he had done. He had persuaded Master Zyra "What have I done...Master...I just...wanted to keep Wayward safe."

"No, you were right. I failed you, Firarra. Perhaps I've no one to blame but myself for the darkness inside you. And now I've done worse...raised my Keyblade against you and Wayward Wind. My own heart is darkness!" suddenly Zyra is struck from behind. She drops her Keyblade and falls towards Firarra, fading into shimmers of light. Firarra falls to his knees and starts crying leadng tear drops down to the ground and said in sorrow to her name "Master Zyra!"

Then somepony walks towards him "What a pity sight. Why do you trouble yourself with remorse, Master Firarra? The mare was bent on doing harm to your friend, her own pupil!"

"Master Xora! Why?" Firarra looks up to him with tears.

"You know, at times I find your progress quite striking. But you still fall short. Let all that anger out, my boy. Give your heart over to darkness!"

"What do you mean?"Firarra summons his keyblade.

"Still so blind...Then I will make you see. Come to the place where all Keyblade wielders leave their mark on fate...the Keyblade Graveyard!" Xora summons his Keyblade. "There you will watch your dear Wayward Wind and Nightcrest meet their ends, and the last light within you will die!" Xora raises his Keyblade toward the sky and fires a beam of darkness into it. After Master Xora fires the beam of darkness into the sky, the sky grows dark and a large sphere of darkness floats above the castle "You won't need a home anymore where you're going!"

Firarra looked arund and the whol area was destroyed and with that he looked at Xora as he started to escape "Xora! Stop!"

Master Xora has opened a dark portal and passes through it, disappearing before Firarra can reach him. The sphere of darkness left behind by Xora begins destroying the castle and surrounding area. Firarra looks around at what's happening for a moment then takes out his Crystal Charm "Wayward, Nightcrest...I won't let him hurt you." Firarra flies away on his Keyblade Glider.

The Keyblade Graveyard

Firarra enters the Keyblade Graveyard and looks around at the scars that have been left in the landscape. He summons his Keyblade, holding it out in front of him "what I do, I do for friendship." He releases his Keyblade and walks through the area. A moment later after minutes of hiking through the canyons Firarra enters an area where a crossroad is made by many Keyblades that stick lifelessly out of the ground. He looks and sees Nightcrest walking towards him. Nightcrest stops when she gets near him and after a silence...

"I was told...the Master was struck down" said Nightcrest and Firarra was shcked to here that and he look down in shame.

"Yes...that's right. I was stupid and helped Xora do it. Master Zyra...she tried to hurt Wayward. I only fought because I wanted to protect her. But I was tricked. Xora set the whole thing up...all so he could awaken the darkness inside me. You were right, Nightcrest...and so was the Master. I did need to be watched. I went astray...but no more."

Nightcrest began to sigh and said "What else is darkness but hate and rage? Xora is feeding the dark fires within you--making you fight. You'll go astray again. Tell me...how does that honor our Master's memory, Firarra?"

Firarra looks away from her and sees Wayward walking towards them. When she reaches them...

"Xora wants me and Vorion to fight, and make some kind of 'χ-blade.' But the Master said we can't let that happen...and she tried to destroy me for it."

"χ-blade?" Nightcrest wondered.

"I still don't know exactly what it is. But...it really scares me. Even just the thought of it." Wayward touched her heart and Firarra come closer to her and place a hoof on the back of her neck and he tries to calm her down.

"Relax, Wayward. We're here and we're gonna take care of you" said Firarra.

"I may have to fight Vorion after all. If I do, guys...I want you to..."

"The three of us can never be torn apart, all right? I'll always find a way" then there were silence and Wayward closed her eyes in sadness and Nighcrest hold her hoof to Wayward.

"I'm asking you, as a friend...Just...put an end to me."

Nightcrest and Firarra both gasp and then a wind picks up. All three look in the same direction and see Master Xora walking towards them. Vorion comes out from behind Master Xora, walking right along with him. They both stop and then Xora said "Behold... These powerless keys used to be full of power...united with the hearts of their masters. On this barren soil, Keyblades with light and darkness were locked in combat...as a great Keyblade Battle raged. Countless Keyblade wielders gave up their lives, all in search of one, ultimate key. And it will soon belong to me..." Master Xora points at Wayward.

"χ-blade."

Firarra, Nightcrest and Wayward all don their armor. Wayward starts to rush, but Firarra stops her and rushes at them himself. He prepares to attack but is hit when Xora lifts the ground beneath himself as well, creating a cliff much higher than the surrounding terrain. While Vorion strikes Firarra with Purple Thunder, and is immediately pursued by Nightcrest and Wayward Wind, Firarra chases after Xora, who creates a Keyblade infused cyclone to aid Vorion against Nightcrest and Wayward.

Vorion chases and battles Nightcrest and Wayward Wind on the cyclone and neither are able to overcome her. But Nightcrest took off with her wings. Noticing that Firarra is getting closer to Xora, Vorion directs the cyclone towards Firarra, knocking him off the cliff. Nightcrest and Wayward Wind watch in horror, and Nightcrest gets hit by the cyclone, falling down from the air and crashing to the ground, obliterating her helmet completely. Wayward Wind comes to her aid as she casts Reflect magic on Firarra to protect him from the cyclone. The spell protects him from the cyclone until the he is pushed up to where Xora is, at which point it explodes, blasting the cyclone to pieces. Firarra is dropped to where Xora is. Firarra briefly duels Xora until the old pony freezes his left arm. Wayward Wind attempts to attack Xora from behind, but Xora teleports himself behind Wayward and grabs her by the helmet, beginning to crush it. Firarra stumbles forward, probably in an attempt to help Wayward, until Vorion and the Keyblade infused cyclone inexplicably reappear below Firarra's feet, hurling him off the cliff as countless keyblades batter his body. Xora and Vorion stand at the top of the cliff, still holding Wayward, presumably so Nightcrest could see her. When she does, the visor of Wayward’s helmet began to break into pieces and part of her face was shown and the reflection of Nightcrest’s shock was seen in front of Wayward’s eye. Xora first burns and then freezes Wayward Wind. Xora throws Wayward off the cliff, and her armor shatters on a few rocks. Nightcrest catches her. Wayward moves her eyes to indicate that she is still alive.

"Wayward, are you okay?" Nightcrest looked at her.

Thn suddenly Xora's Keyblade is changed into a purple and blue ball of flame-like energy, which he shoots upwards to part the gathering dark clouds, revealing Kingdom Hearts. Nightcrest looks up in amazement. A little distance away we see Arctic approach. Firarra, was on the ground where he landed, takes off his helmet. He stands up and forms his Keyblade Glider, riding up the cliffside. He lands near Xora and releases his armor.

"Admirably done. I knew this was a journey you could make--over the unseen wall that divides darkness and light. And I was not wrong, Firarra!"

"My friend Wayward..." Firarra starts to summon his Keyblade "you tell me, Xora--what did you do to her?"

"Why, I did her a favor and freed the darkness inside her. Alas, poor Wayward Wind never had the fortitude for such strenuous trials."

"Xora!" Firarra shouted in anger as he starts to attacks Xora, but it takes Xora little effort to block his attack. Xora looks at Vorion.

"Go take what Wayward Wind owes you. And take Nightcrest's life." Firarra looks over his shoulder. After Vorion starts to run to the cliff, Firarra breaks his attack on Xora and follows after her. Vorion jumps off the cliff, but before Firarra can follow. Xora teleports in front of him, blocking his path. Firarra jumps back "You see how powerless you are to save them? Savor that rage and despair. Let it empower you!"

"You will pay, Xora! Was my Master no, my mother, Zyra not enough for you? Leave my friends alone!" Firarra's flames are manifesting. His eyes turn red.

"Yes, that's it! More! Let your whole heart scream out with hatred!"

Firarra screams, releasing his flames with eruption and fights Xora.

Then suddenly when Firarra's flames came to an halt while battling he beats Xora who falls to to the ground exhausted. Firarra walks over to him and the ground begins to shake.

"There, you see?" Xora points behind Firarra who is reluctant to look behind him. But, he turns around and sees a light rising from the ground at the bottom of the cliff "The χ-blade has been forged!"

"Wayward! No!"

"And now, Firarra, it is time for the final union!" Xora turns his Keyblade on himself and points it at his heart. He uses it to unlock his heart "At last, the time has come." Xora's Keyblade dissolves and his heart moves out of his body "out with the old and brittle vessel, and in with a younger, stronger new one!" Xora raises his hooves, lifting his heart up toward the sky. Firarra looks up in amazement "I swore I would survive...and be there to see what awaited beyond the Keyblade War! And now it is your darkness that shall be the ark that sustains me!" Xora fires his heart at Firarra who quickly summons his armor to try and protect himself. Firarra is unable to move and Xora’s body disappears into shimmers of light. All of Firarra's armor falls off, and his Keyblade falls to the ground. His hair has turned white, and his voice is deeper it appears Xora has succeeded "This heart belongs again to darkness. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it...it grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came." His eyes open and we see Xora truly has taken over Firarra's body. Xora summons his Keyblade and walks away from Firarra's armor and Keyblade. Suddenly the area is surrounded by orange chains of energy.

"What?"

"Xora turns around to see Firarra's armor has formed together in its pony shape, kneeling with its hoofs on the hilt of the Keyblade that is sticking out of the ground.

"Your body submits, your heart succumbs...so why does your mind resist?"

The armor stands, pulls the Keyblade from the ground, and fights Xora.

After that when the terror of the possession was over by dark magic that Xora has summon to attack Firarra's armor. Firarra's armor defeats Xora, who lays on the ground unconscious. The armor places the Keyblade back into the ground and gets back on its knees. The ground begins to shake and an explosion from side of the cliff slowly consumes the area. It first hits Xora in Firarra's body and continues to toward the armor. Before it takes the armor as well, we see flashbacks of Wayward Wind and Nightcrest. After the explosion dissipates, Firarra's armor sits alone underneath Kingdom Hearts. The clouds begin to close in around Kingdom Hearts until it and its light disappears, leaving the area in darkness.

"Nightcrest, Wayward...One day I will set this right."

~Firarra