The Unique Ones. The Beginning Saga.

The party of six entered the castle.The three shadowy figures emerged from the bush. They were three diamond dogs, all with features that were similar to any other diamond dog. Gray fur and floppy ears. The one on the left was male. He was the tallest of the three. Tall and slender. More slender then any normal diamond dog. He was wearing a collar with a sapphire in the center. The one on the left was the smallest. He was also male. He had a ruby in his collar. And the one in the middle was a female. She was shorter then the tall one, but taller then the small one. She had a diamond in her collar. She also wore cloths unlike the others who were naked. She wore a slim, purple shirt that hugged her upper torso. "Look boys." She said. Her voice scratchy but clearly feminine. "Six strangers just went into that tower."

"Are we gonna follow them inside, Diamond?" asked the taller one.

"Yes Max." She answered him. "Hopefully they'll disable the traps for us."

"Can I come to?" asked the small one. "Or should I stay here?"

"You can come in with us Luke." said Diamond. She picked him up and hugged him. "Can't leave my little brother out." She kissed his cheek, causing him to giggle.

"What about me?" asked Max.

"You can take care of yourself."

"Yeah, but strength in numbers."

"Yeah, Three against six. We're not gonna fight them. We're just gonna go in there, get gems, and go. You know how dangerous ponies are."

"They also have a griffin." said Luke. "Outnumbered and outmatched."

"I can take 'em!" yelled Max.

Diamond kicked his leg. "Not so loud." she ordered. "They'll hear us. Now let's go." They got out of the forest and shadowed the six.

Inside the tower; Abyss led the rest inside the narrow halls. "Be careful." She said. "My dad was big in security."

"Where's the dagger?" asked Burn.

"In the basement. Where all of our most valuable items were stored."

"Like what kind?"

"Me and my father were paid to aid the sick with our magic. Most used bits, but some paid with treasure. Gold grails, swords, canes, toilets. many things."

"Toilets?" Talon asked.

"Yes. They were from a toilet maker. He ran out of room in his house."

"That's even more confusing."

Abyss used her magic to scan the area for her family's traps. "That's weird. Someone already tripped every single trap. They didn't even try the avoid or disarm them. They just set off all of them."

"That means someone was trying to get in here." said Bronze.

"Not so bright if they never even tried to disable them." said Z.

"Maybe some animals or something." said Drop.

"I dough that." said Abyss. "If it were animals; we'd find their corpses all around. It would have been someone that was dumb enough to trip the traps, but smart enough to dodge them." They reached the door to the basement. the door had a lock on it. "This is an enchanted lock. Only my family can unlock it." She used her magic to unlock the lock, opening the door with a loud creek. Abyss used her magic to light every torch. The torches led down a flight of stairs to a room. The six walked down the stairs and entered the room. It was filled with golden items. But inthe middle of the room, inside a glass case, was a golden dagger with a small crystal at the end of the handle. "Here it is." She pulled it out of the case.

"Pretty." said Bronze.

"So are we gonna stab your dad with it?" asked Z.

"It won't kill him," said Abyss. "It'll rip out any entity inside of the host. Freeing the host from the entity."

"Then let's get back to Canterlot." said Talon. "But how? The bridge is gone, and we can't carry each other all the way back."

Luke appeared behind them. "We can help you out!" He yelled joyfully. Diamond covered his mouth and pulled him back.

The six gasped and glanced at the three diamond dogs who snuck into the room. "Shit!" yelled Burn.

"Language!" yelled Diamond, still holding her little brother. "There's a pup here!"

"What are you three doing here." asked Talon. "Are you gonna rob us? Eat us? Do other thing so horrible that I can't say in front of the kid."

"No! We have an old flight ship that'll get you all to wherever you all wanna go."

"The catch?" asked Z.

"Everything in this room. Except that dagger, since you just told us why you need it."

"You heard all of that?" asked Bronze.

"We tailed you all of the way here." said Max.

"If I give you all of these items, will you get us to Canterlot?" asked Abyss.

"Yes." said Diamond. "But there's one tinny, tiny, little problem: the engine's busted.

"I can fix it." said Bronze. "I love fixing things."

"Deal!" said Z. "And you must abide by it. I'm a future business owner. And I know all about trading and deals. If you cross us in any way, we'll take back our payment."

"Dog's honor." said diamond.

"Well then," said Talon. "Will you lead us to your ship?"

"Yes." Diamond led them out of the tower and to an old air ship in the forest. It was like a sail boat. It was in a round shape like a boat. It was made from a vary light type of wood, painted white, had a large sail on the top of it, and two wings on the sides of it. "Here you go."

"It's a rust bucket." said Bronze as she cracked her neck. "But I'm used to fixing rust buckets." She climbed up the left side of it and entered through a trap door in the bridge.

Abyss turned to Diamond. "So why didn't you harm us?" she asked. "I thought diamond dogs were known to be robbers and scavengers."

"We used to be." said diamond. "But like 1000 years ago, our ancestors decided to not be on the bad side and not rob anyone. But we still have the 'finders keepers' rule. You guys found the stuff first."

"Well what are you gonna do with the stuff after we leave?"

"We're gonna keep some but sell the rest. We need bits in order to survive. You can't even get a peace of toilet paper without bits."

Max leaned next to Diamond. "And period pats!" Diamond slammed him to the ground with her fist to his head. "GAHK!!!"

"Quiet you!" Diamond whipped her hand off of her outfit. "As long as we get out cut, we don't care what you do with the ship."

"That's okay. Thank you."

"Don't mention it."

Bronze popped her head out of the ship's window. "It's done!"

"That was quick."

"She dose machines!" said Z.

Bronze giggles. "Thanks Z." She whipped the oil from her face. She then pulled ou a small remote and pressed a button on it. The engine roared as the ships thrusters flared and the wings lifted upwards. The ship levitated into the air and rotated to the east. A latter extended from the underside. "All aboard the S.S. Rusty!" She climbed up the latter into the ship.

"Yes Mam!" Z followed her. The rest except Abyss and the diamond dogs followed.

"Thanks again." said Abyss.

"Yeah yeah." said Diamond.

"Maybe after this is over, we can be friends."

"I'd like that."

Abyss hugged the dogs and climbed up the latter and entered the shipping cargo of the ship. She walked through the cargo and walked into the main control room. It was the size of a small house. Filled with ten chairs, a table, and two pilot seats with a control board. Bronze sat at the pilot seat and the other four sat at four of the back seats. "Have a seat Abyss." said Bronze. Abyss sat next to Talon. Bronze pulled a lever. "And we're off." The ship blasts it's thrusters and zoomed through the air. Birds flew out of the trees around the ship and flew off out of fear. The ship flew past the Everfree Forset, past Ponyvile, and towards the large black orb that used to be Canterlot.

The ship landed 50 feet away from the orb. Its thrusters hissing as they shut off. The wings on its sides folded back. A door on the right side of the ship opened as a metal walkway extended from the bottom of it. The walkway rested on the ground. The six exited their seats and walked down the walkway onto the pavement. They walked down the pathment and stopped in front of the orb. "Alright everyone!" said Talon. "You all ready to go in there, free everypony including Abyss' dad, and save Canterlot!"

"Yeah!" Everypony else but Burn yelled.

"Then let's-"

"Wait!" yelled Abyss. "Everypony gather around me!" They ll did as she ordered. Her horn flashed and zapped everyone with bolts of purple electricity. "There! Now we can move and use magic inside of the dimensional distortion feild!"

"Alright! Charge!" They all ran into the orb. Inside the orb: the sky was purple and waving like the surface of a pool. Peaces of Canterlot floated around in this strange space. From shops to houses along with peaces of the pavement. Ponies also floated helplessly among the broken city. The six stood on a large chunk of pavement.

"This place is giving me the creeps." said Drop.

"Don't worry." said Abyss. "The spell will make it so we can move and use magic."

"Can't we use it to help everypony else?" asked Talon.

"The spell only works outside of the feild. But as soon as we free my father, we'll return Canterlot back to normal. Okay. The flyers will help the ponies onto solid ground."

"Alright." said Talon and Drop.

"Z, Bronze, and Burn will find Bronze's workshop and see if there's anything is still woking in there that we can use. I will use the dagger to free my father."

"Uh-uh." said Burn. "I'm going with you."

"Why?"

"Someone's gotta have your back. And I wanna get my round 2."

"Priorities. Okay. We've got a plan." Talon picked up Bronze and Z and flew off with Drop. Abyss grabbed a small chunk of pavement and brought it towards them. She stepped onto it. Burn stepped onto it and next to her. Abyss used her magic to move the chunk through the purple void. They moved past the drifting shops and houses towards Canterlot Castle. Burn and Abyss jumped onto the front stares and ran into the main throne room. Celestia and Luna were encased inside a large brid cage made from obsidian hanging on the sealing.

Celestia looked down and saw the two ponies. "Luna." she whispered. "Look. Ponies."

"Huh?" Luna stood up and looked down. "Ah. Yes. They can save us."

"We're here to rescue you!" yelled Abyss.

"Shh. Not so loud. He might-"

Void appeared in front of the two ponies. "Hear you?" he joked. "You again. I should have just stopped boasting and killed you." He lifted Celestia's and Luna's thrones with his magic. "Easily remedied." He threw the thrones. Burn grabbed Abyss and jumped away before the thrones crashed into the floor. He landed and lets go of Abyss. He then ran towards Void. Void shoot a red beam towards Burn, but Burn stepped quickly to the left and dodged it. Void blasted more, but Burn kept dodging his blasts. Burn leap into the air, stuck his back right leg forward, and flipped his body around. His hoof ignited, turning his body into a wheel of flames. Void blocked his assault with his arms. Burn crashed his hoof into Void's arms, causing Void to stumble back. Void grabbed Burn's leg and through him into a stone pillar. Burn grunted as his back slammed into the pillar. He landed on the floor, a little shaken from the impact, but still able to fight. Void leaped forward and pulled back his left claw. He slashed towards Burn, but Burn dodged, causing the claw to slice through the surface of the pillar. Burn punched Void in the face, to which Void recoiled and smacked Burn's face with his tail. Burn whipped the fresh blood off of a new cut on his cheek and punched Void in the chest, sending him upwards into the air. Burn jumped and used his front hooves to slam Void back into the floor. Burn landed on the floor. Void was dazed from his landing. Burn picked him up and pulled his front right hoof back. His elbow shot out flames like a rocket, sending his hoof flying into Void's face in a blinding speed. The impact sent Void flying into a nearby wall, slamming his back into it with a wall-cracking crash. Void fell to the floor and lifted himself back up. "Your abilities, your strength, your reflexes. How is this possible!? You're an earth pony! You're only ment to do labor! To farm! To shovel cow dung! You can't kill me!" He lifted his claw, red electricity surrounding it. "You won't kill me." He shot a ball of red and black energy.

Burn ran towards it, but before it hit him, all four of his hooves ignited, sending him flying 20 feet into the air. The ball slammed into a wall. Burn landed behind Void and wrapped his front hooves around his arms, holding him in a choke hold. "I wasn't going to kill you." he said to Void's ear. "I was stalling." Abyss ran towards Void, holding the dagger. She thrusts it into Void's chest. "I wasn't the only one you had to worry about." Burn held Void into place as a strange red energy shot out of his chest and into the air like water shooting out of a hose. Void's body quickly transformed from his mutated form into a unicorn with a curved horn with a red pointed tip, a shaggy white mane, black fur, and a black hole cutie mark. The dagger fell from Void's chest onto the floor with a loud cling. Burn lets go of Void.

Void fell to all fours as he collected his breath. Abyss helped him up. "Father?" she asked. "Is that you?"

Void coughed a little. "Yes Abyss." He hugged her. "I'm sorry for not listening to you. I'm sorry for being so foolish."

"Its okay father." She brushed his head with her hoof. "Its over now."

Void used his magic to free the princesses from their prison and gentilly place them on the floor. He bowed before them. "I will accept any punishment you will have for me."

Celestia raised her hoof in an accepting manor. "No punishment needed." she said. "You weren't yourself."

Abyss smiled, but looked towards Burn, who was staring out of the window. "Arent you going to celebrate?"

"Not yet." he answered. "What happens after the dagger separates the entity from the host?"

"I haven't got to that part. Why?" She looked towards the direction he was staring at.

"It's not over yet." The energy that exited Void floated above the castle. It moved and compressed until it formed a long shape. It then hardened into a new form. This form had a long reptilian body, two large bird like wings on its back, a long tail, two equine hind legs, two reptilian front legs with claws, and a horse-like head with sharp teeth and two horns sticking out of the back corners of its head.

"Kirin."

The creature roared, shaking the entire space around them. The roar sounded like a mixture of a dragon roaring and a horse's winny. It opened its mouth, blasting a large beam of red and black energy. The beam destroyed the castle, sending peaces flying all around. Thankfully the ponies inside were unharmed. "De... stroy..." The creature moaned. "De... stroy... EVERYTHING!!!" It blasted through building all around.

Abyss shot a beam at it, but the beam bounced off of its hide. It growled and blasted towards them. She created a purple shield to protect them, but it shattered, sending them scitting across the floor.

Burn stood up and saw everypony laying in pain. Rage through his body. A ring of flames formed around him and shot up into the sky. After they dissipated, Burn's body was charged with a red ora. His entire body ignited with flames and sent him zooming towards Kirin. He punched it int he face, stopping it attacks.

The ponies in the castle's ruins came out of their daze and looked up. They watched as Burn flew through the strange space, dodging blasts from the monster and slamming himself into parts of its body with extreme speeds. Burn flew to its chest, delivering a mirage of punches to it. It roared and tried to grab him with its claws, but he zipped past its hand and back into its face. He pointed his front hooves and blasted a stream of flames into his face. It roared in pain. It flew back and charged its next beam attack. Burn flew upwards so it aimed away from the others and up at him in a 45 degree angle. It fired it's beam towards Burn. Burn pulled his front hooves in so they held his chest. A large orb of fire formed around him. The beam crashed into the orb. The orb pushed away the beam, scattering it like water hitting a rock. As the end of the beam separated from it's source, the parts of it dissipated into nothing. Burn exited the back of the orb and bucked it, sending it flying towards the Kirin. It hits his head, canceling his beam. Burn then blasted towards it. It blasted another beam at Burn. A flaming arua covered Burn, acting as a schell blocking the beam. Burn slammed into the Kirirn's chest. The Kirin roared as Burn pushed into it. With a loud crack, Burn smashed through it's chest and out it's back. Black smoke poured out of it's chest. It roared as more of it's body cracked like shattered rock. It exploded in a large red explosion. Burn still rocketed through the space. He closed his eyes, passed out, and slammed into a chunk of pavement. His body stopped with a skid.

The purple sky cracked like ice. A white light shined from the cracks. The sky shattered, flooding the void with the blinding light. Everyone shielded their eyes. When the light cleared; everyone was back in Neo Canterlot. The streats were back in one peace, the buildings were unharmed, and the castle stood, as though nothing happened at all. Everypony cheered in rejoice. The roar of the crowd echoed throughout the city.

Celestia, Luna, Void, and Abyss stood up. They were inside of the throne room. Everything was intact. The thrones, the stain glass windows, the floor, and the pillars. All four ponies walked outside. The sky was blue, the city was secure, the ponies were saved. Abyss hugged Void. "Thank goodness!"

Void brushed her mane with his hoof. "I should have listened to you sooner, my daughter. I was a fool. A foolish fool."

"I don't blame you for what happened. You were trying to help Equestria. It was that thing that took control of you and ruined everything."

"Everything is alright now." said Celestia. "And I'm willing to let you two stay in Neo Canterlot if you want. It will take some time to get used to the modern technology we've created, but I'm sure you two will do fine."

"And I to forgive you Void." said Luna. "I to was under the control of an evil force. Celestia used the same dagger that freed you to free me. I regretted what I did while I was Nightmare Moon, but that was Nightmare Moon, not me. You are forgiven."

"Now where is Burn?" asked Celestia.

Talon and Drop flew in and hovered in front of the four ponies. "Princesses!" yelled Talon. "We need your assistance!" They flew towards the middle of the city while the princesses followed them. They arrived in a street in the center of the city. Burn was laying face down on the pavement. He was covered in scratches and bruises all over his body.

Celestia placed her hoof on his neck, feeling a pulse. "He's alive, just knocked out."

"That's good at least." said Drop.

Celestia picked him up and they flew back towards the castle.

4 weeks later.

Burn awoke on a hospital bed. The room was clean, with white walls and tile floor. Blue curtains hung over windows which led to a balcony. He got out of the bed. All of his scratches were completely healed. He opened the window walked to the balcony. He saw some vegetation growing up the wall to the left. He grabbed the vines.

"Awake, are we?" Burn turned around and saw Celestia standing behind him.

"How long?" asked Burn.

"Four weeks. What you did in that dimensional rift was outstanding. That aura surrounding you. How did that happen?"

"I don't know. Something... clicked?... I have no idea."

"As you can see: you saved the city. The entire planet even. For that; I have the greatest gratitude for you."

"Thanks. I'm glad you're safe." He climbed onto the vines.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Anywhere but here."

"Why is that?"

"Everypony watched me, didn't they. Watched me fly around like some sorta freak. Pegasi are suppose to fly. Unicorns are suppose to use magic, even fire magic. Earth ponies can't fly. Earth ponies can't shoot fire like a Celestia dammed dragon!" Celestia raised a brow. "Sorry. Even if I saved them from Sombra or Terak; they'll fear me. And they'll execute me if I stay here for too long. Or worse. That's why I can't stay. I don't want to scare everyone with me being here."

"Execute you? I'm the only one who orders executions, and you havent done anything wrong. You saved everyone. You and those other five who accompanied you in your quest." She pulled him towards him with her magic and hugged him, making him blush. "You're not a danger to everyone around you. You're not a freak. You're... Unique. And I'll make sure everyone sees that. And if you want to, you can live in my castle with Luna and me. No more running. No more hiding. You can stay and never have to worry about anyone prosecuting you for who you are. Do you think me and Luna had a 'normal' childhood. Sure we were royalty, but we were still different then the other ponies. You are not alone. Also: I've had a big party planned to celebrate the courageous acts you and your new friends did. We we're waiting until you've fully recovered to awake before setting it up. I insist you join. Then you can do as you please. You can leave and spend the rest of your life in isolation. Or you can stay. It's your choice."

He sighed. "Alright. I'll stay for the celebration." Celestia picked him up and kissed his cheek. Steam shot from his ears.

Celestia giggled. "Let's go then." They walked out of the room. Abyss was sitting on a chair n the waiting room. "Abyss. He's awake now."

Abyss jumped out of the bench and hugged him. "Thank you for saving me and my father!" she cheered.

"Y-you're welcome." Burn said as she crushed him with her hug. "You're crushing me."

"Oh. Sorry." She lets go of him.

"Damn girl. You hug hard." He cracked his back. "How's your dad?"

"Getting better every day thanks to you."

He rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah... I try..."

"So is he staying?"

"Yes." said Celestia.

"Joy!"

Burn giggled. The three walked to the castle. They opened the main doors and saw a large crowd of ponies cheering as they walked in. Talon, Bronze, Drop, Z, and Zoid stood in front of the crowd. Celestia raised her hoof and the crowd became silent. The three walked through the crowd to the stage. Talon, Bronze, Drop, and Z joined them. Luna also stood at the stage. The six stood in a line as the princesses stood in front of them. "Today we honor these brave souls!" said Celestia. "They have gone through the Everfree to retrieve the Dagger Of Separation to free Void and save Equestria from the demonic Kirin." Luna brought six golden metals with a sun carved into one side and a moon carved into the other. She hung the metals around the six's necks. "We give you these metals to prove your deeds and name you The Unique Ones. Six unique individuals with many differences from each other, but similar in their love for Equestria. May they honor us all." The crowd cheered again.

"I think I'll stay here for a while." said Burn as he waved to the crowd.