Chapter 8
Meeting Celestia
Shadow put on his old clothes and walked to Twilight's house. He entered the library and called out.
"Hey Twilight! Are you there?"
"I'll be down in a second." Twilight called.
Shadow opened up the book he borrowed and started to review the spells leaning against a wall. A few minutes later Twilight came down.
"Hey Shadow where are you?" She asked.
"I'm over here." Shadow said as he shut the book and walked over to Twilight.
"What happened to you? Did you use a transformation spell? There was no transformation spell in that book I lent to you." Twilight said as she examined Shadow.
Shadow shook his head, "Nope, this is what I truly am."
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.
Shadow sighed, "I'm a Kirin."
"A what?" Twilight asked.
"A Kirin, it means I'm a dragon and a pony. My father was a dragon and my mother was a unicorn." Shadow explained.
"So, you're a Kirin." Twilight said, "I've never heard of a Kirin before."
"They are a very rare race, because we are seen differently." Shadow explained.
"Hang on a second." Twilight said. She then called out, "SPIKE! GET DOWN HERE, I N EED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING!"
A small purple dragon came down the stairs.
"What is it Twilight?" the dragon asked.
"Spike, have you ever heard of a Kirin?" She asked the dragon.
"No, not really, why?" Spike asked.
"Well it turns out Shadow is a Kirin. Half dragon half Pony." Said Twilight.
"In my case I'm half dragon half unicorn." Shadow answered.
"Do you know which parent was what?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, my father was a dragon and my mother was a unicorn." Shadow answered. He then seemed to look towards the shadows. "Sorry, I have to go now. Bye!"
Shadow then left and walked toward Rarity's house
"Hello?' Shadow called, "Anypony here?"
"Hang on Shadow; I got your clothes ready. But I am curious on why you wanted it made to fit a dragon." Rarity said from upstairs.
She then came down stairs and saw Shadow.
"Well, because I'm a Kirin. Half dragon half unicorn. I made the design according to my Kirin size." Shadow explained.
"I've never heard of a Kirin before." Rarity said as she gave shadow his clothes.
Shadow paid for the clothes and left toward his house but stopped by an apple stand on the way.
"Hey Apple Jack." Shadow said as he approached her.
"Shadow? What in tarnations happened to you?" She asked.
Shadow shrugged, "Nothing happened to me, I'm a Kirin, half dragon half unicorn. It's just that on the first day of every month I turn into a unicorn. It a curse really. I'm the only Kirin that does this."
"Well, that's a pretty good look for you. Would you like to buy some apples?" Apple Jack asked.
"Sure!" Shadow exclaimed.
He bought some apples and started to head home when once again Rainbow Dash fell out of the sky.
"Are you alright?" Shadow asked.
"Yeah I'm okay, Shadow?" She asked.
"Yeah I may have forgotten to tell you that I'm a Kirin." Shadow said sheepishly.
"And what is a Kirin exactly?" She asked.
"In my case it would be half dragon half unicorn. And remember what I said? I can fly really fast in this form." Shadow said with a grin.
He then put all his stuff in his satchel and then flew in the air so fast that Rainbow Dash almost didn't see him move until he was high in the air. He then dived down and almost immediately he shot downward and landed in front of RD.
"How did you do that?" She asked
"I have no idea." Shadow said smiling.
Shadow reached his home and put his things away. He then put on his armor and pulled out his sword. As he did that the whole house became shrouded in shadows.
"Perfect, now I have to wait for Celestia to arrive." Shadow said as he smiled.
At Celestia's castleā¦
Luna walked into her sister's room.
"What is it sister?" Luna asked Celestia.
"I am curious on who sent me this message and why." Celestia explained examining the parchment.
"Even with the help of those memories I was given by the false me, I don't recognize the writing." Luna said shaking her head.
"I'm also curious on this 'come alone' part." Celestia said as she looked at a clock, "well I guess I should go see who our visitor is."
Celestia then took a royal carriage down to Shadow's house.
Celestia walked up to Shadow's home.
'Hmm, the door is open and it is pitch black inside. Not a really good sign.' Celestia thought to herself.
As she entered the home the shadows seem to retreat around her. Then the door slammed shut. Celestia turned around and tried to use her magic to open the door.
"That won't work, all magic in this house is controlled by Me." a voice from the darkness spoke.
A teapot and 2 teacups floated toward Celestia.
"Would you like some tea?" the figure asked.
"No thank you." Celestia said sternly.
"Suit yourself." the figure said as the teapot pored tea into one of the cups and it floated toward him.
"Why did you bring me here?" Celestia asked not taking her eyes off of the figures general location.
The shadows around her started to shift back a little bit she saw this and tried using her magic to push out the darkness. But the shadows encased her completely and then returned to just surrounding her.
"I'm sorry, but as I said, I control the magic in this house. Now why did I bring you here? Well, do you remember a Kirin by the name of Black Shadow?" the figure said as he took another sip of tea.
"Yes, although it seems strange that you would know about it, are you the specter that attacked him? Are you the one they call Black Miasma?" Celestia asked.
"Black Miasma? Is that his name? Shadow was never told of this." The figure said as he set down his cup of tea.
"At the time I didn't know about his name then. Shadow was also given a job to be one of my guards." Celestia said still looking at the figure.
"Well if you ask me he would be better at interrogating." the figure said with a smile.
"How would you know?" Celestia asked.
The shadows then disappeared and were absorbed into the black sword.
"Because I think I do a pretty good job, even if I am good at being a guard." Shadow said as he took off his helmet.
"Sh-Sh-Shadow? You're out of the shadow barrier." Celesta asked.
"All I can tell you is that I woke up, and walked toward town." Shadow said as he took off the rest of his armor.
"And nopony recognized you as a Kirin?" Celestia asked.
"That's the thing, I'm cursed." Shadow said as he gave Celestia a cup tea.
"What do you mean cursed Shadow?" Celestia asked as she took the cup of tea.
"In other words, on the first day of every month, I turn into a unicorn. Although I still keep my shadow magic." Shadow explained.
"Do you know if you can lift the curse?" Celestia asked.
Shadow shook his head, "Nope, not that I know of."
Shadow thought for a moment.
"Life shall fall. Deserts shall rise. This is the sign that the two worlds will be rejoined once again." Shadow said randomly.
Celestia put down her cup of tea, "How do you know that prophecy?" she asked.
"A dragon by the name of Gramzon Dragon told me in some weird dream dimensional field." Shadow explained.
Celestia gasped looking at Shadow
"What?" he asked.
"Would you please come to the castle with me?" Celestia asked.
"Sure thing your highness." Shadow said as he put his satchel over his shoulder.
