Realm

Zero opens his eyes as he looks around. Seeing that he was in the same place where he met Kiryu as he heads towards the building in the distant. He was actually thrilled to see the metal dragon again as he saw him sitting down and just drinking his tea while reading a newspaper. Zero stands beside, looking out into the void. “Good to see you again Kiryu…”

Kiryu looks at the human beside him out of the corner of his eye as he sips his tea, “Good to see you too Zero. Now, what is it that you want?”

“I don’t have control over this. You’re the one who keeps bringing me here because I know you have to tell me something so say it…” Kiryu just chuckles as he stands up at full height and puts his newspaper in his chair as he turns to face Zero.

“I brought you here to tell you the castle you’re in... the door isn’t there.” Zero was about to say something until he cuts him off. “It’s in the old castle in the Everfree Forest. Go there when you get a chance to set me free... because I’m exhausted of just being in this realm. Plus I want to smell the fresh air again.” Zero nods as he saw Kiryu walking into his house as he follows.

Kiryu opens the door and lets Zero follow him as they walk past two different mechanical bodies, “What are these?”

“Oh those old things? They’re my old bodies.” Kiryu smiles at them but then frowns as he sighs. “Tell me Zero, do you enjoy hunting for sport?”

Zero was confused as to why he asked that but shrugs it off, “Well yea, sometimes. But I mostly hunted deer and that was it. Why?”

Kiryu’s eyes flash yellow as the whole room lit up. Zero’s eyes widen as he looks up and saw many different heads of dragons. Each head differed from the other, but some looked the same as he looks back at his soon to be master. “What is this?”

“These creatures are dragons. But to put it more simply, they’re Elemental Dragons. Dragons that had controlled the elements to their will as no other regular dragon couldn’t. Before the ponies or any other creature came into existence. There were the Drakes and the Elemental Dragons…” They both sat down as Zero was quite interested in learning more about Kiryu’s past as he continues. “The Elementals ruled the planet with an iron fist. They took what they wanted, they killed what they want, rape even. So something had to change and the Gods thought that the Elementals were overstepping. So I became their champion....”

Kiryu told Zero how he was just a normal Drake as they have awoken his abilities as a Psyker. “Once they gave me my power... I went to do what I was told. I went around the world, took me thousands of years, but I killed every known Elemental that ever existed.” Kiryu look at his first mechanical body and sighs. “Once I got back home after I completed my mission, I was attacked by a cult of Drakes who believes the Elementals were the true Gods... so, they beat me to a bloody pulp, killed my children... and raped then killed my mate…” Kiryu balls up his fists as he can still hear their screams as he shook those thoughts away.

“The Gods saw this and helped me... they built a robotic suit around me and sent me on another mission. To kill the cultists.” Kiryu scoffs as he cracks his knuckles and tells Zero as throughout that year, he made each cult member suffer as he states that he then decided to upgrade his body just to have some new improvements just in case.

“How come you’re now in your what? Mark 3 suit?” Zero saw how Kiryu’s eyes flashed red as he growls, throwing a knife at a missing trophy head as Zero got up and looks at the name that was supposed to be there. “Kasai... who the hell is Kasai?”

“In all my years of hunting Elementals... I have never found nor killed a Fire Elemental Dragon. I asked the Gods why there weren’t any and they told me that Fire Elements were too powerful to be birthed on this world.” Kiryu got up to look at his Mark two suit which was heavily damaged and had burn marks on it. “I got a team together and I asked the Gods to put me in a world where a Fire Element lived... so they did. And once we got there... once I found him, all hell broke loose. His brothers and sisters slaughtered my team, but me and him... our battle shook the surrounding lands. I almost had him, but since I never faced a Fire Element I wasn’t prepared…”

“He... he made a fool out of me. I almost died that day, but the Gods intervene and saved my life. So that day, I promised. Once I got stronger and have more time to prep myself, I will go back. That Kasai... will be my final hunt, and then I can finally relax once I have his head on my wall!”

An electrical field of energy completely surrounded Kiryu’s body as he calms himself down and sighs, “Well once I find the door to release you, you’ll get back to your normal self once you train me alright Kiryu?” He nods, calming down a bit as he smiles at Zero.

“Well then, I guess our time is up Zero. I’ll see you the next time. And don’t forget…” Before Zero could say anything, Kiryu opened a portal underneath as he falls through.

Kiryu then shuts the portal as he looks back at his mark two suit and scoffs, heading back to his chair outside and sits back down read his newspaper and sips his tea.

Canterlot

Zero slowly opens his eyes, the beams of sunlight shining on his face as he stretches out his body and gets up. Heading to the bathroom to take a piss as he flushes the toilet and turns on the shower, taking off his clothes and hops in, thinking about the conversation he had with Kiryu. He tried not to think about too much as he finishes, getting out and drying himself off. Putting back on his clothes and makes sure he had everything before leaving the room.

He stretches out his body and sighs, waving at the guards he passed as some of them wave back. On his way to the dining area, he passes by a room full of relics as he looks around, seeing no one around as he goes in to have a look. He whistles as he saw many pictures of Celestia and the others from what they did before he got there as he continues to look around. He comes up on ancient weapons and two suits of armor, one for Luna and one for Celestia as he comes across a key. It was medium-sized and had a gem in it. It looked like it was made in a sci-fi movie as it just looked so bizarre to him.

He thought that this had to be the key that Kiryu was talking about as he checks again for no witnesses as he carefully takes it from its pedestal as he hurries back to his room, hiding it so no one could find it. Once he was finished with that, he quickly makes his way to the dining area to not draw suspicion as he opens them up as he sees everyone but Rainbow at the table, eating and talking.

“Morning everyone.” He greeted as he sat beside Spike who gave him a fist bump.

They all looked up at me and smiled, “Morning Zero.” Celestia greeted, “Sleep well?”

He nods as he Iooks around, “Where’s Rainbow?”

“Probably still sleeping. That girl can sleep longer than a brown bear in hibernation.” Applejack said as Zero chuckles a bit to what she said. He heard the doors opens as he turns to see Rainbow walking in. Her hair messy, droopy eyes and yawning every ten seconds.

“Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.” Zero joked, making all of them giggle.

“Ha ha. Hilarious.” Rainbow sarcastically said, but she let out a small chuckle as she sat down next to Twilight and Fluttershy and started eating.

As they ate, Zero’s mind wandered as he thought of where might the castle be in the Everfree Forest as he ate. But what bugged him was the huge chained up door that the guards were standing by as he wonders what was behind the door. What secrets do Celestia and Luna have as he notices Luna staring at him. “You know if you take a picture, it’ll last way longer.”

Luna blushes slightly at his statement as she wonders if he caught her looking in his head as she has a conversation with Celestia telepathically, “Tia, he has the key to the door. He’s going to try to set Kiryu free.”

Celestia continues to eat as she hadn’t heard that name in a very long time. “Hmm, fine then... we’ll give him a little push to help him find Kiryu. But if he steps out of line…”

“I know... I know…” Luna sighs softly as she didn’t want to go through with the plan since she was imprisoned on the moon. But Zero was a different breed than Nightmare Moon or any threat that they had faced before. He was calculated, secretive, and from what she saw from his memories, a good strategist. She balled her fists up underneath the table as she continues to collect information from him through his memories.

Zero didn’t know what Luna was up to as he heard the doors open again as he thought it was Blueblood, but it wasn’t. There stood two ponies, a stallion unicorn, and a mare pony with wings and a horn.

The stallion had a light and dark blue mane and tail, wore a red guard uniform, cyan eyes and had a blue shield on his arm as a cutie mark. While the mare was light pink, she had a mixture of pink, yellow and dark purple in her mane and tail. She wore a light pink dress, with a yellow trimming on the bottom, violet eyes, and had a crystal heart cutie mark on her arm.

“Shining!” Twilight said, getting up and running to them.

“Twily!” Shining said embracing her.

Zero looked confused as he looks to Celestia, “Who are they Celestia?”

“Their names are Shining Armor and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. They rule over the Crystal Empire.” Celestia said to him as he looked back at the three and saw Twilight doing something with the other Princess.

“Sunshine, Sunshine, Ladybugs awake. Clap your hands and do a little shake.” They chanted and then giggled afterwards and hugged each other.

“What are you two doing here?” Twilight asked, letting go of the mare.

“Well we were on our way to visit you guys. But that’s when we got the letter from Princess Celestia that there was a human.” Shining said to his little sister as he gave her head pats.

Zero finishes his food as he got up from his chair and walked over to them. “Well, here I am in all my glory.”

They both looked at him and smiled, “So, you’re the human that Celestia told us about?” Shining said as Zero just grins.

“Well yea, I mean... you don’t see any others like me do you?” They both have a laugh as they both shook hands. “But yeah, I’m the human. Name’s Zero Blade, but call me Zero.”

“Nice to meet you Zero. My name is Shining Armor, Twilight’s older brother.” He greeted while giving him a firm handshake.

He looked at Twilight with surprise, “You never told me you had an older brother.” Well he had to say that it was fair since he hadn’t told them about Vector yet.

Twilight smiled sheepishly, “Oops.”

“Twily has the tendency of forgetting that part, but it doesn’t bother me that much.” Shining explained.

Zero nods as he took his hand back as the pink mare greeted him, “It’s a pleasure to meet you Zero. My name is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, but please, call me Cadence. Also, I’m Shining’s wife.” She greeted as Zero held out his hand to her.

“Very nice to meet you as well Cadence.” She giggled and shook his hand.

“I also heard you fought three diamond dogs. Very impressive.” Shining said to him, “But not quite since they are predictable when you fight them.” He told Zero as he just nods, really wanting to say something back but decided not to.

“Well, I learned from the best in my opinion. My father and the group of people I used to hang around on my world had trained me and my brother.” Zero said as he sees everyone looking at him when he said brother, except for Celestia and Luna which he thought was strange.

“You have a brother as well?” Twilight asked as Zero nods.

“Yeah, his name is Vector and he’s my twin brother.” He smiles as he thinks about Vector as he tries to hide his sadness by laughing with them, but deep down he was hurting.

“So Zero, are you any good with a sword?” Shining asked, smirking.

Cadence giggled, “Oh Shining, you and your obsession with sword fighting and combat.”

Zero chuckles slightly as he smirks at Shining, “Well I’m more of a gun, knife kind of guy. But I’ll see what I can do.” Shining smiles at this.

“Well then, how about a little match?” He offered as Zero grins at this as the others looked at him in surprised by him asking Zero to a challenge.

“Challenge accepted.” The girls looked at Zero in shock as Twilight walks up to him.

“Zero, are you sure you want to do this?” Twilight asked.

Zero shrugs it off and smiles at her, “I am positive. Plus I want to see how good he is.”

“AW YEAH! Finally, get to see some more action!” Rainbow said enthusiastically while pumping her fists in the air.

“Excellent. please follow me.” Shining said as Zero and the rest of them follow as took him to a large, arena-like room for their sparring match. Twilight and the others went up to the balcony to witness the action.

Before the match began, a guard came up to Zero and told him to choose any sword he wanted out of the armory. Zero nods and followed him into the armory as he saw countless of different swords and the wall. The guard told him that none of these weapons were ever used since they were just prototypes.

Zero nods as he began his search for a sword. He saw one blade that looked like a giant key he passes on that. The next one was called Rebellion as he liked the design on it but kept looking. The third one he saw was a broad sword called Buster as he passes by it as well as the fourth one was a blade with a purple handle and three triangles at the base as he shook his head and continues his search.

All the swords he passed by were pretty lame to him as he sees the final sword. The sword wasn’t made from metal, but it was some kind of crystal compound with a black stone edge. It also looked like a katana as Zero scoffs at the blade, wishing he could break it in two but decided not to since the guard was right behind as he glares at the sword one last time before pulling out his twelve inch, black steel bowie knife as he looks at it and smirks.

“I’m going to be using this bad boy. Thanks for the selection though.” The guard nods as he takes Zero back to the arena as Zero practices his swings first before coming face to face with Shining.

“The match between Zero Blade and Prince Shining Armor will now begin. The rules are simple, each of you is allowed to use your personal weapons and skills in combat. There will be no magic used, no cheating and whoever yields will lose. Are there any objections!?” Celestia announced.

“None here...” Zero loosens up as he gets in a battle position and grips his bowie knife tight.

“Same with me!” Shining called out as he pulls out his blade and gets in position as well.

“Very well, let the match begin!” Celestia shouted.

“Go Zero!” Spike shouted at hoping Zero wins.

“Show Shining what you can do, Zero!” Pinkie cheered.

“Time to see what you’re capable of Zero...” Celestia said to her as Luna had heard her and nods.

Zero circles around Shining, keeping eye contact as he gets ready for anything. Shining saw that look in his eyes as that sent a shiver down his spine as he readies himself, “May the best pony or man win.” Shining said, lifting up his blade and points it at Zero as he just nods and grins.

Shining charged at Zero with his sword in a tight grip as Zero kept his composure and kept his eye on his opponent as he tightens his grip. Once Shining had got close enough, he swung his sword in a horizontal slash, but to his shock and the others, Zero blocked the oncoming attack with his massive knife as he grins and knees Shining in the stomach and kicks him back. Making Shining grunt in pain as Zero throws his bowie knife in the air playfully and catches it by the handle and readies himself for another attack.

“Woah… that was so cool!” Spike’s eyes sparkle as he was so mesmerized by Zero’s block as he continues to watch him.

Pinkie whistles as she smiles happily and watches the fight, “Wowie. I never thought his mind could be so calculated and fast. Kind of like my Pinkie Sense!”

“Not to mention how fast he was able to block the attack.” Applejack added, admiring his quick reflexes.

“So awesome!” Rainbow beamed, loving every minute of it.

Shining got back up and charged again for another attack as Zero stood in place, not flinching or even moving. Shining raised his sword again and did a downward slash, but Zero reacted by sidestepping out of the way and putting his blade next to Shining’s neck, inches away from his throat.

Soon, Shining went all out and slashed his sword in many different directions while Zero continued blocking every attack and landing his own attacks. The sounds of their blades clashing against each other filled the room as Zero’s skills amazed Twilight and her friends, and the princesses.

“My word. He’s amazing!” Luna said in awe as Cadence agrees with her aunt.

“He’s so calm and collected, yet calculated. And he’s not showing any fear.” Cadence commented.

“Go Zero...” Fluttershy tried to shout but just couldn’t as she claps her hands together.

Twilight thought what Zero’s plan might be to win the fight as she continues to see that they were still clashing.

The two of them just kept going at it, none of them letting up as Zero gave Shining a cocky smile. Shining backs up as he once again did a downward slash, leaving a cut mark on Zero’s shoulder as Zero hisses in pain. He saw an opening as he gives Shining a solid punch to the jaw before slashing his shoulder right back as he reels his fist back and lands a solid haymaker. Making Shining fall to the ground and groan in pain.

Shining groans as he tried to get up, only to feel Zero’s foot on his back, trying to keep him down as he felt the pressure of Zero using his weight to keep him down as Shining managed to push Zero off of him.

“You’re good…” Shining stands back up, dropping his sword and putting his fists up. Zero smirked at this as he went into a boxing stance, his eyes piercing through Shining.

“You’re not so bad yourself…” Zero then taunts him by using his fingers to tell him to bring it as Shining came at him.

Shining swung a right and left hook as Zero barely dodge it, noting that he can swing pretty fast as he starts punching his sides, hitting right first then left as he finishes it with a gut punch, making Shining cough up spit as Zero continues his assault, not letting Shining get a chance to attack as all of his hits land.

Shining tried to block each of his attacks but couldn’t since he tried to protect his face, Zero would attack his sides and stomach. He thought to himself, thinking of how much Zero was a deadly fighter even if they were just sparring. When Zero fights, he fights thinking it’ll be his last as he throws fast jabs all over Shining’s body.

Zero then backs off of him, giving him a bit of space as Shining pants heavily. He had a busted lip and a bruise near his ribcage as he grins. Zero came in for the attack as Shining dodged the attack from Zero as he threw a punch at him, connecting with his face.

Zero stumbled back a little, holding his face in pain. He rubbed off the pain and looked back at Shining and smiled. The two charged at each other again and started throwing punches and a few kicks, while they blocked each other’s attacks. Zero threw an uppercut, but Shining threw his head back, dodging the attack. Shining then threw a right hook, but Zero caught the punch and smirked as he twists his arm back, making Shining yell in pain.

Zero grins at this and held him in that position as Shining threw his head back, making Zero stumble back a bit as he catches himself. Shining stepped back, holding his arm that was twisted as he looks at Zero as no one except for Blueblood had got him to the point where he wanted to give up as Zero cracks his knuckles and grins at him, waiting to see what he’ll do.

Celestia and the others continued watching the battle with amazement as Zero and Shining continued the duel. “Why isn’t Shining fighting back?” Luna asked.

“It looks like Zero got him good since Shining is holding his arm.” Twilight answered they all agree as they go back to watching the fight as Zero didn’t move a muscle as he was waiting to see what Shining might do.

On cue, Shining felt his arm again, something he had been waiting for as he was about to swing until Zero came up to him in a flash. Shining just stood there, shocked as he looks into Zero’s eyes and saw them flash purple. He then looked down to see Zero’s knife inches away from his throat as he smirks at him. “I’m surprised you were able to give me a busted lip and a few bruises... but I yield…”

Zero smiled as he takes his knife away from Shining’s throat and puts it back in its sheath. He then backs up a bit and offers his hand to Shining who gladly took it and shook it. “You did good Shining. Glad I had this match with you.” Zero felt weird as he felt a jolt go up his spine as he tries to hide his pain and he sighs softly.

“Right back at cha Zero.” Shining smiled as the both of them heads out of the arena where they were greeted by the others.

“That was awesome, Zero! Well, not really as awesome as me, but still!” Rainbow said, getting a small chuckle from him.

“That was a marvelous match, Zero! You certainly know how to handle yourself out there.” Rarity said fluttering her eyelashes.

He grins as stretches out and cracks his back, “Thanks Rarity. Felt good to fight someone as skilled as me.”

“THAT WAS SUPER DUPERLY AMAZING! YOU WERE ALL LIKE SWISH SWISH GRR AND SHINING WAS ALL POW, YA! BEST MATCH EVER!” Pinkie cheered while bouncing.

They all laugh at Pinkie’s quirkiness as Cadence went over to heal Shining as Luna comes over to the same to Zero but notices something. “Hmmm? I could’ve sworn there was a slash mark on your shoulder…” Zero looked at his shoulder and notices that the mark was gone as he wonders why.

“Eh, maybe you saw wrong…” He didn’t know what was happening to him as he first felt that jolt, and now he had completely healed himself as he saw out of the corner of his eye Applejack looking at him as he tries to just laugh it off.

“Zero…” He turned and saw Celestia coming up to him as he looks up at her.

“Yea what’s up?”

“Follow me to the throne room... we need to talk…” Celestia said in a soft, yet serious tone as Zero nods and follows her. The rest of the gang following them as well. They get to the throne room as she closed the door behind us, then activated some kind of spell that gave the room a soft, but quick glow and made it vanish. Zero looked around and saw that they were in some kind of special void as he saw past events.

“There’s something that has been bothering me. There’s just something about you that’s so familiar... you’re almost like the human that was here before you. Mysterious, kept to himself most of the time... dangerous..” She said that last part to herself as Zero looks at her. She then sees a mirror image of the human beside Zero.

“What do you mean?” Zero tilts his head a bit, confused as he saw her horn glow again.

“Maybe it’s best if I show you…” Luna’s horn glowed as well as bright as hers as it swallowed everyone up. The princesses nodded and their horns glowed brightly and swallowed us up.

Zero opens his eyes as soon as the light faded as he looked around and saw that he and the others were in a hallway. He also looks outside to see in the distance that they were in a dense forest so concluded that they were possibly in the Everfree. He then hears the sound of two little girls as they all turn to see them running through the halls, heading towards a giant metal door.

Zero looks at the two little girls and sees that they were Celestia and Luna as they were kids. He could tell since one had a little white dress with a colorful mane, along with another filly, who had rich light blue hair, and a light blue dress.

The metal door opens as he notices the gem that Kiryu gave him as he sees a tall dark figure walk out of it. He wore a mask so Zero couldn’t see what he looked like. He had two massive hand cannons in his holsters as he also had a complex, but highly advanced armor. It was all black as he also wore a hood and cape. Zero had to say that the human looked like death himself walking through the gates of hell.

The man looked at the kid versions of Celestia and Luna as they both smiled up at him as he gives them head pats. “It’s been a while since I last saw you two. Look how big you got.” They both giggle and nuzzled into his hand as they smile.

“Are you busy Mr. Slade? Cause we want to play tag?” Little Celestia said as she gave him the puppy dog eyes as he gives a hearty chuckle.

“Please Mr. Slade.” Little Luna does the same as he just boops their noses as they pout.

“I would love to you two... but duty calls. Maybe next time okay…” They pout and nod, understanding as he gives them more head pats before standing back up and heading off to the throne room.

“Is that him?” Zero points to the Slade as he makes his way to the throne room, the guards looking at him, scared.

“Yes... we really didn’t know his real name. He just told us to call him Slade... just like you Zero…” Celestia looks at him as he scoffs at her to himself as they follow Slade into the throne room.

“Celestia, I’ve been meaning to ask you but... kind of pony are you, Luna and Cadence?” He asked as he looks at them.

“We are Alicorns, the rarest kind of ponies around. Whoever becomes an Alicorn, symbolizes that pony as royalty.” Celestia explained as we got into the throne room and saw two large Alicorns that were sitting on the thrones.

The first Alicorn was a mare. She had a flowing burning gold mane and tail that blended with a hint of purple at the end while sparkling a little like the stars. Her eyes were also burning gold as well. She wore a golden dress with light purple streaks, had sparkling purple shoes, a large golden crown, and had some kind of swirling blazing sun cutie mark with sparkles on it.

The other Alicorn was a stallion. He was completely dark but sparkled like the night sky with amazing stars. His mane and tail looked pretty messy while it moved like it was on fire, but was a deep, rich purple. He wore a black suit that had a dark grey armor chest plate, with a purple opal in the center. He wore a dark grey crown completed with small purple opals on each side and the center. His cutie mark was a large star with a full moon on the side of it.

“Who are they?” Zero asked.

“That’s the King and Queen... our mother and father. Our mother’s name is SunBurn and our father’s name is Black Knight.” Luna finished.

Zero nods as he sees Slade nod at the two royals as the queen smiled at him, “It’s so good to see you again Slade... how was your training with Kiryu?”

“It was good. He says I’m getting stronger and better at my Psyker abilities,” He shows them both as he manifests dark ball of black electricity as he dissipates it.

Black Knight nods at him, “That’s very good Slade. But we need you to go on a mission for us... this will put your skills to the test…” Slade cracks his knuckles and neck, possibly smirking underneath his mask.

“We need you to go to the badlands and find this being named Grogar. From what we heard, he’s called the Father of Monster. We want you to go this Grogar and see what he is up to... because the last team we sent there hasn’t come back…” Black Knight said as Slade nods, understanding his mission.

“Don’t you worry you two... I’ll make sure I’ll come back.” Slade then disappears as a black lightning bolt came down on him.

“I don’t get it Celestia... what happened to him? Why do you keep comparing me to him?” Zero looks at her as she sighs looks at with a serious look on her face.

She then uses her magic again as they were now in a ruined castle. Dead guards everywhere as everyone covers their mouths in shock and horror, “What happened here?” Celestia and Luna had tears in their eyes as they glare right behind Zero.

“He happened…” Luna growled as Zero turns around to see Slade going around, killing as many guards as possible as blood covered his pants as he continues to shoot, blasting the guards head off, breaking their necks, or just completely curve stomping their faces in as Fluttershy and Rarity threw up at what they saw. “He was gone for three months... our parents thought he died so they tried to ask Kiryu for help. Sadly, the key was removed to open the door and he was the only one who can actually make it work… Slade betrayed Kiryu. Slade betrayed our parents!!”

Zero then sees Slade choke slamming SunBurn as she gasps for air, struggling as her horn was broken. “Why... why are you doing this? I thought we were friends…” She had tears in her eyes as Slade was about to shoot her until Black Knight came to push him off of SunBurn, telling her to keep the kids safe as little Celestia and Luna were hiding in the throne room, scared and crying as they see their mother run in, holding them close to her and covering them up with her massive wings.

Little Celestia then looks to see Slade and her father fighting. It looked like he was winning but Slade got the upper hand and managed to not just break his horn off, but pull out the full thing. Her father screamed in pain and agony as Slade shot him several times before creating a black lightning spear with his horn and stabbed it right into his eye. Shocking his entire body, frying everything inside of him as he falls flat on the floor, blood coming out of his ears, eyes, and mouth as Slade looks over to the throne and destroys the seats.

SunBurn cowers as little Luna nuzzles into her mother while little Celestia looks up at Slade. Since she couldn’t see his face, all she saw was the grim reaper staring down at her as he points his gun at them. “Why... why did you do this?” Tears streamed down her face.

Slade grunts slightly and scoffs as he puts his gun away, disappearing into his lightning bolt. They all head over to Black Knight as SunBurn was a complete mess as was Luna. Celestia was crying, but glared down at her father’s body, looking towards the mountains as she could see a silhouette of Slade, roaring in victory as black lighting emerges from the ground and sky.

This shocked zero as he wondered why Slade would do something like this as he looked all around to see everyone crying and holding each other. The only one who wasn’t crying was Celestia as she glared at Slade. A glare that showed pure anger and hatred as Zero looks back at him. He then disappears in a flash as Celestia returns them back to the present time as he thought of how much power it took to beat Celestia and Luna’s parents.

“What happened to your mother?” Zero looks to Celestia and Luna.

“She died three years later... the death of our father took a toll on her. She was depressed and only happy when we were around. But we knew deep down that she was sad…” Luna said, wiping her tears away.

“We also know you’re going to try to set Kiryu for your own personal gain…” Celestia said as he looks at her confused as she sighs. “We went into your head to see who you really are, only to find out Kiryu has been talking to you. And stealing from royalty is a crime.” She saw Zero’s face changed from confused to a mild cold glare.

“I don’t care who you are... or any of you royals. I don’t care if you can do magic. The one thing I hate about people, are the ones that like to get know everything about you. There are some things I like to keep hidden from you, but if you continue… The things you saw in my could become a reality for you.” Celestia got closer to him, glaring down at him.

“Is that a threat Zero?” The surrounding air slightly became a bit hot as her wings twitches slightly in frustration.

“I don’t make threats Celestia… I make promises.” Zero scoffs as he sweats a bit from the heat as he turns his back on her, “Tell Blueblood I said I’ll see him. Puta de mierda…”

“What was that?!” Celestia said, glaring at him.

“That’s for me to know... stay out of my head Celestia…” Zero walks past everyone as his eyes flash purple again. “You’ve been warned…”

After he left, Celestia looks to Twilight, “Twilight... I want you and the girls to monitor him for me.” Twilight asks why as Celestia sighs, “I don’t trust him just yet. You saw what Slade did to me and Luna’s parents... I just don’t want that happening again. If he has any sort of problems or steps out of line, tell me and I’ll handle it. Okay?”

“Okay Celestia…” Twilight nods to the others as they nod back. Once they say their goodbyes, they head out to see Zero at the gates smoking as he glares into space. “Zero, you know it’s disrespectful to say that to Celestia…”

“I don’t give a damn to be honest... she went into my head with your strange magic and saw things she wasn’t supposed to see.” He finishes his cigarette and puts it out, throwing it in the trash. “I’m tired and I don’t want to talk… let’s just head back to PonyVille,” Zero growls as they make their way back to the train station. His body heated up as he grunts in pain, his eyes flashing purple as he kept to himself and didn’t talk the whole way back.

After a few minutes on the train ride back to PonyVille, Zero looks around to see if they were looking at him, which they weren’t. He then looks at his hand, hearing Kiryu’s voice in his head telling him to focus that rage into one area as he does so. The lights on the train flicker a bit as Zero opens his eyes and saw tiny bolts of lightning forming around his hand. It surprised him as he looks back again to check as he looks back at his hand.

He tested something out as he snaps. A lightning bolt coming down on the train, turning out the lights as everyone looks around wondering what happened as Zero gets his hand back to normal as he smiles. Zero had finally found his spark as he couldn’t wait to release Kiryu to get better at it as he taps his jacket pocket, making sure he had the key.

He then looks to the stars, thinking about how he just didn’t want to be a CEO at a company anymore. He wanted to reign supreme over those who think they could hold him back as he gets a quick flash of Celestia and him glaring at each other as he balls his fists and smirks. “Let the games begin…”

Author's Note

Kiryu Type-1, Type-2, Type-3

Primal Kiryu Type-1
Primal Kiryu Type-2
Primal Kiryu Type-3
Kiryu Humanoid