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Hebrews 4:12~

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edge sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart

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Earth…

Fire…

Air…

Water…

Long ago, the world of the Four Nations and Equestria were once connected by a magical portal. It opened only once during Harmonic Convergence, at the same time the two spirit portals of the north and south poles converged, and where Raava, the light spirit, battled her brother Vaatu, the spirit of darkness, over the fate of the world.

One day, Vaatu tricked a young human named Wan into freeing him from Raava's grasp. Vaatu roamed the world of humans and spirits spreading his darkness into the hearts of many who were foolish enough to listen to his words.

But Wan, guilt ridden by his mistake, swore to defeat Vaatu by the next Harmonic Convergence. Accompanied by Raava and two ponies.

White, a pony stallion who had long left Equestria and formed a strong friendship with Wan.

And Leilani. A beautiful unicorn who was raised by spirits in the wilds. She had the gift to make prophesies that foretold the future, though even she did not always understand the interpretation of said prophesies.

On the day of Harmonic Convergence, the four friends defeated Vaatu, guided only by the power of their friendship. The spirit portals felt their bond, and it fused Wan and Raava together, as well as transform Leilani and White into the first alicorns in history.

Once Vaatu was imprisoned within the Tree of Time, the friends believed it best to keep their world separate until they could restore them to their rightful glory.

By closing the portal by force, any small connection their worlds once had had been severed. All Equestrian magic had disappeared from the land of humans, and all bending magic disappeared from Equestria causing ponies to loose their bending abilities.

But there was still one form of magic in both worlds. The Tree of Harmony was created by a speck of Raava's light, while the Elements of Harmony were physical manifestations of Wan's original human spirit.

In the human world, the Avatar still carried Equestrian magic within him, which was shared when both Wan and the ponies touched the portals, transforming them forever.

This magic was passed down from Avatar to Avatar over the centuries. But, as time went on, humans would eventually forget the magical origins of their abilities, or even their own history, just as ponies forgot of their once human brethren.

Leilani foretold of the day where a very special Avatar would be born and reunite with her Elements of Harmony, each one wielded by a pony who reflected her own spirit, defeat Vaatu forever and restore the connection between the worlds like never before.

She, along with the Mane Six, merged the two worlds magics together, becoming the very first human alicorn, and a Princess of Friendship alongside my Aunt Twilight Sparkle. Together, they had many adventures and made so many friends over the years.

Now, humans, ponies, spirits, creatures of all shapes and sizes could thrive together in peace and, well, harmony. Korra and her friends accomplished many remarkable things in their lives, and still do even now.

However, as a result of Korra being that one special Avatar who would change the world….it also meant, she was the last. After her, there will be no other Avatar. The cycle was finally over.

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MaggiesHeartLove present

Based on the characters from Lauren Faust, Bryan Kinietzko and Michael DiMartino

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The Little Pony Legend:

A New Beginning

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Staring:

Lucy Hale as Iris

Jessica DiCicco as Akari

Cristina Vee as Chi, the wisp

Jeremy Shada as Hiro Sato

Paris Berelc as Mai Sato

Ryan Potter as Gallant Steed

Dove Cameron as Nori

Will Friedle as Nova Nightshade

Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset Shimmer

Jannet Varney as Queen Korra

Tara Strong as Queen Twilight Sparkle

Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash and Applejack

Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy

Tabitha St. Cermain as Rarity

Jake Short as Spike

David Fautisno as King Mako

P. J. Byrne as Bolin Sato

Seychelle Gabriel as Asami Sato

J.K. Simmons as Tenzin

Vincent Tong as King Flash Sentry

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Iris took in a deep breath, her hands pressed together. She opened her eyes, a look of pure determination edged on her face. Her eyes darted towards her mentor, who nodded silently.

Iris's eyebrows furrowed, a small grunt escaped her throat as she focused intensively. The purple star on her forehead glowed brightly and her entire body became engulfed in a dazzling light of purple. When she opened her eyes she saw that she was no longer standing at the edge of the cliff alongside Nova, but instead, she was now underneath the gazebo overlooking the city across Yue Bay.

The young princess jumped for joy until another flash appeared beside her, this time Nova. "Yes! I did it! I teleported!" the eight-year-old cheered with pride. "All the way from the other side of the island to the gazebo."

"Congratulations, kid." Nova said with a light clap. "And it only took you five tries."

"Now comes the tricky part. Teleportation, multiple locations around the island. See if you can keep up."

With a glow of his horn, Nova disappeared in a flash, prompting Iris to follow him. Iris managed to successfully teleport herself from the gazebo to the beach. She looked around for Nova, only to see him perched down on a rock near the shoreline. He winked and teleported away again. Iris followed with a brooding smile on her face.

Next, the two were teleported to one of the roofs of the temple, startling a few lemurs in the process, followed by near a tree, inside the eating room, surprising Rohan, who was eating his meal while reading a good book and accidentally spilling his drink. Thankfully, his book remained dry.

"Sorry, Rohan!" the princess apologized before teleporting away with Nova, leaving Rohan to roll his eyes, noticing his older sister Ikki walk in.

Iris and Nova laughed as they played chase while teleporting to various locations around the island before finally returning to the gazebo. Iris placed her hands on her knees, panting from exhaustion, but she couldn't wipe away the smile on her face.

Nova wiped the sweat from his bangs. "Okay, I think that's enough practice for today."

"Take it easy there, tiger shark. You've already got the teleportation, advanced levitation and that hair color changing spell pegged….for the most part."

Iris blushed when they saw Ryu walk by with orange hair. He seemed completely oblivious to the change and simply looked at the two in confusion.

"Nothing. Looking good, Ryu!" Nova said, trying to sound convincing. At least Ryu was never one to get easily angered and carelessly walked away. Once he was out of sight, the two laughed. "Besides, it's getting late. I should head home and make dinner. If I don't, Chi will try cooking by herself, and we wouldn't want that."

"Always." Nova said as he ruffled her hair. The princess waved farewell to the anthro male unicorn as he teleported himself away. "Bye, Nova!"

Once he was gone, Iris's smile faded away and she sighed, and flew towards a cliff, overlooking Aang Memorial Island, watching the sun set over the horizon. She sighed once more as she sat down, hugging her legs.

"If you had pony ears, right now they'd be drooping." a voice said. Iris turned around in alarm, only to relax once she saw it was Tenzin. Already sixty-three-years old, and walking with a cane. Though his posture wasn't bent, she could already see the tiredness in his eyes. He was still strong and sturdy, but no doubt he wasn't all too upset about growing older.

"Uncle Tenzin, hey." she greeted him. Even though he wasn't her biological uncle, she still refereed to him as such. The older airbender walked closer, standing beside her.

"No. It's just…never mind." Iris looked out at the sea before her, absentmindedly tracing her fingers across the mark on her left cheek.

Just like her mother, Iris was the only other human to have a cutie mark. That came with being part pony, along with the wings and magic. Her mark consisted of a winged heart. The wings were light purple, blue and white while the heart was yellow, pink and orange. Normally, a cutie mark appeared on a pony's flank once they have found their special talent/destiny. But, in Iris's case, she gained her by destroying Ronin's sword, and freeing all of the sorcerers who had been trapped within it. That was the biggest accomplishment Iris had ever done, and at only seven-years-old!

But, ever since then, she now had more questions than answers. It was clear her magic was necessary for break the sword and as a result it freed this ponies, but what exactly did it mean? She already accomplished it, it was over and done with. So, what next? And why did she receive her cutie mark when she did?

Tenzin smiled at the child at the corner of his eye. "Have I ever told you about the time Aang rode on a dragon?"

"He used to tell me stories about his past adventures." Tenzin continued, completely ignoring the confused princess. "I remember this one time where he went into the spirit world for the first time and met Avatar Roku, the Avatar before him, and rode on his pet dragon."

"Ah, yes, Avatar Aang. Did I ever tell you the time where he rode on Roku's dragon?" Tenzin said, still holding that smile on his face.

"Why are you acting so weird?" Iris said, unable to fight the smile forming across her face.

That was enough to get Iris to finally laugh. Tenzin was always a clever old man, even in his old age. While a few have already begun to wonder if his wisdom was wavering, on the contrary, it was increasing. He sat down beside the child.

"I know it's not easy having the Avatar for a parent. When I was your age, I often had a hard time trying to find my place too."

"Oh, yes." Tenzin smiled and ruffled her hair. "I see a lot of myself in you, Iris. And I can say from personal experience, that things will work themselves out in the end. Believe it or not, Aang's legacy is every bit yours as it is mine and Korra's. And just like them, you will achieve great things in your own way."

"There you two are." another voice appeared, revealing to be none other than Korra herself. "It's time for dinner, Iris."

Korra smiled, though Iris did not catch wind of her eyes slightly widening. "Oh, was he?"

"Yeah. Though, you never did finish that one story about the dragon." Iris said to Tenzin.

Iris gave Tenzin a kiss on the cheek and ran down the hill happily. Korra took one step forward but turned around to face Tenzin. Her smile had disappeared, her expression still soft, but uncertain.

Tenzin shared the same look as Korra, gently shaking his head. The Avatar looked down, almost in shame before walking back down behind her daughter before the two took off to the skies. Iris flew beside her mother, but briefly stopped to look once more at Aang's statue, thinking about what Tenzin said. She quickly dismissed more of those thoughts and followed her mother.

Tenzin took in a deep breath and looked back at Aang's statue once more, sensing his father's presence as he watched mother and daughter flying off towards their castle near the island.

The sweet smell of spicy noodles filled the room just when his wife and daughter walked in. Naga, who had been sleeping peacefully, awoke and sprung upwards to greet her owner and her child. Mako smiled.

"Dad, guess what! I finally got the teleportation stuff down! Watch!" excited, Iris made the star on her forehead glow, and both parents beamed with pride as she manifested herself from the kitchen, to the living room, and finally to behind her own father, flying behind his head and playfully ruffling his hair.

Mako only laughed, "Ha, ha! That's my shinning rainbow!" he grabbed her by the waist and spun her around, catching her by surprise before wrapping his arms around her in a tight embrace.

Iris stuck out her tongue in disgust. "Dad, I'm getting too old for these spinning hugs."

"Hey, your mother's not too old for them, so neither are you." Mako said, kissing her cheek.

"Oh, telling his old man's tales again, huh?" he asked jokingly, still holding the eight-year-old in his arms. "Which story did he tell this time?"

"At first he started talking about a dragon, which I didn't get the point of, but then he started talking about his legacy and mom's." she paused before continuing, "Do you think I could get a statue one day?"

Mako and Korra looked at one another, sharing knowing smiles. "I think it's highly possible." Mako replied with confidence.

"Well, you kind of already are." Korra said, "You defeated Ronin by breaking his sword. It got you your cutie mark."

"I guess." Iris rubbed the cheek where her cutie mark was, "But, is it enough? Mom is already the Avatar, and the Princess of Friendship. What can I be? Just the kid who broke a sword and that's it?"

At times, it baffled both Korra and Mako just how smart this child was. Then again, she was the super human powered offspring of an Alicorn Avatar, and Alicorn children are often known to mentally mature a couple years faster than most. The same way an alicorn's pregnancy was faster than that of a normal human or pony's.

"You are your mother's daughter alright. So ambitious to know what she's capable of."

Korra kissed her daughter's forehead, right above her star. "You are going to do wondrous things, sunshine. When the time comes, you'll know it." she looked out the window and Iris followed, seeing the beautiful Harmony City. A dazzling metropolis that both physically and spiritually blended the best aspects of all three worlds.

"There is a whole world waiting for you. Don't pressure yourself too early. Never stop following your dreams, but don't forget to just enjoy being a kid while you can."

As the song carried on, Korra opened the window, causing several lemurs who were perched onto the base to fly off. Mako allowed Iris to sit on the base of the window, feeling the wind in her dark brown hair, which was a much, much darker shade in comparison to her mother, adorned with her signature blue, pink and orange red streaks.

A wide smile formed on Iris's lips as her parents words sunk in. The possibilities of what the future might hold for her ignited the burning fire within the young princess, as she sang a powerful ballad. Her voice was growing stronger and more soulful, equal to that of her mother's. And like her spirit, her voice would eventually grow louder and stronger as the years went by.

The purple and green dragon rested his hands on his knees, panting from exhaustion. He had chased the young alicorn all across the hallway. She was faster than Twilight ever was, and almost as fast as Rainbow Dash.

Akari looked down at her hooves, noticing that she had, unknowingly, left behind a trail of muddy hoof prints on the clean palace floor. "Oops, sorry, Spike. I was just running around the Everfree forest and found this amazing plant I just had to document!" Akari levitated a mop and rapidly cleaned the mess with her magic. "I'll catch you later!" she said before dashing out again.

Spike opened his mouth to say something else, but the pony was already out the door. All Spike could do was sigh in exasperation and lean against the wall.

Akari flew back to the Everfree forest and looked around for the flower she had found before. Her ears twitched back and forth when she heard growling a few feet away. From the shadows of the trees, a timberwolf emerged, its yellow eyes glowing and baring its sharp thorny teeth. Akari, however, showed no signs of fear and instead took a fighting stance. The Timberworlf charged at the princess and leaped into the air, landing on its back.

Akari rubbed the wooden surface of its stomach, and the timberwolf panted, wagging its leaf tail happily. "Good boy, Timber! Who's a good timberwolf? You are! Yes you are!" Akari giggled when the timberwolf licked her face and she spotted the flower she had found earlier. "Good job, boy." she said gratefully. Good thing timberwolves made for great bodyguards. Pulling her book out, as well as a magnifying glass, Akari wrote some words down on a page, while also making several sketches of the said flower. She took a few samples of the petals hoping to learn a bit more about its properties.

Akari and Timber walked out of the Everfree forest, only to see Iris flying above her head. "Hey, Akari!"

"Yo, Iris!" Akari galloped ahead, moving fast and swiftly across the grassy hills of Ponyville. She waved farewell to Timber, who waved back with his wooden paw. Akari galloped wildly, her unkept midnight blue mane, streaked with pink and light blue flapped in the wind. She loved nothing more than to run free and wild out in the open. The alicorn pony smiled once she took to the skies, now flying alongside her best friend.

The two princesses soared through the skies, laughing and singing as they did so, all the while waving hello to all of the pony inhabitants. By passing Sweet Apple Acres, where Applejack, Big Mac and Apple Bloom were working happily on the farm. Applejack smiled at the two young princesses soaring across the skies like the care free youth they were. How it brought back memories for her.

The princesses flew by Rainbow Dash, who winked and waved as she zipped on by, creating a rainbow arc for the two to fly underneath and come out from the other side.

From down bellow, Pinkie Pie waved at the girls, two cupcakes in both hooves and the two swooped down to take them, shouting their thanks as they did so. Rarity and Fluttershy, who were taking a stroll, happily observed the two royals.

Back at the castle, Twilight and Flash observed from the balcony of the castle, seeing Akari flying higher and higher before spiraling downwards, nose first towards the ground, nearly missing it once she zoomed back upwards with ease. A cocky grin edged on her face all throughout.

Flash smiled proudly while Twilight bit her hoof a bit nervously. The stallion wrapped his hoof around her in comfort. Akari may be a bit of a wild card, but she was a highly smart as a whip wild card.

Two years passed, and Iris had grown into a strong ten-year-old girl. Mai and Hiro, her cousins, kicked the ball for Iris to kick towards Akari, now in her anthro form. Chi, Nova's wisp soul sister, giggled as she kicked the ball back. Gallant Steed sat in silence, reading his spell book. One of the island lemurs came down from the tree, curiously sniffing him. Gallant smiled and picked an apple from his backpack, happily handing it to the furry creature to eat. In gratitude, the lemur crawled up into his lap.

Akari grabbed the ball in her hands and tossed it at the studious unicorn. "Gallant, catch!"

Just when it seemed the ball was about to hit him, Gallant was able to levitated the ball, stopping it in mid air, without so much as removing his eyes from the book.

"You guys know I'm not good at sports." he said, lowering the ball and taking it in his hand.

"Don't worry, we'll teach you." Mai said, taking the anthro male unicorn by the hand and led him to the others. The poor boy gulped nervously and reluctantly took a stance.

Akari noticed his poor posture and walked by to help him. "Your posture is all wrong." she said, adjusting his foot work and where his hands were, "There. You'll have a better chance at catching the ball."

"Um. Okay." Gallant gulped once more and Hiro kicked the ball right at the unicorn. Gallant whimpered and closed his eyes shut, only to successfully catch the ball in his hands. "Oh. What do you know."

Gallant smiled triumphantly and proceeded to play catch with the others. To his surprise, he realized he was enjoying sports almost as much as reading. From inside the Air Temple, Starlight Glimmer walked by, smiling proudly as she watched her son playing happily with his friends.

After many years, Leilani at long last decided it was time to give the throne to her two daughters, thus making Celestia and Luna official Queens of Equestria. As a result, all alicorn that came after Leilani now wore the official tittle of Queens as well.

After Raiko finally stepped down as President, the former General Iroh became the new President, his first act once he was elected was for the city to be renamed Harmony City, as a testament to all Korra and the Mane Six have done for the world, and with her new tittle as queen, Korra would be an equal participant in social and political affairs, while still having the freedom to spread the Magic of Friendship to all, alongside her fellow queen, Twilight Sparkle.

For everyone, it only made sense that Korra and Twilight would be entrusted to preserve that shinning beacon. Alongside their family.

Mai peeked from behind the wall, watching in awe at the many workers in the Future Industries factory. The nine-year-old was so incredibly fascinated by the shinny machines. She studied how the workers build them, memorized every small detail under the hood of the cars, which had become sleeker and more modern as time went on.

She spotted one of the workers fiddling with the engine of a car but briefly stopped when one of his co-workers called his name. Mai snuck over and looked at the hood, noticing that the third plug was badly burned. She saw the new one nearby, pulling a pair of too big for her hands gloves, Mai replaced the plug within minutes. She smiled triumphantly, only to notice that the worker from before had arrived. His jaw dropped. Asami and Bolin walked on by with Hiro, equally shocked by this.

"I just did what you always do when you replace the plug. It wasn't that hard." Mai said with a shrug, only to be lifted up by her dad and placed back down to the floor, a way from the vehicle. It was rather impressive how Mai was naturally able to be close to a vehicle without getting hurt at her age. But, none the less, her parents were still her parents.

"Okay. New rule, never do that without me or your mom around." Bolin said, "Actually, just don't do it even when we are around."

Asami placed a hand on his shoulder, "Actually, honey, I think we can find a compromise here."

Mai tilted her head in confusion…until latter on when Asami handed Mai some old--completely safe--training tools for Mai to play around with. It may not have been an actual satomobile, but it was something at least.

During their family visit to the Crystal Empire, Akari and Flurry Heart were racing across the snowy terrain, while their parents took a stroll in the snow. The two princesses laughed as they galloped fast. Akari loved the speed, the cool wind on her face and the sensation of the snow around your hooves.

Akari speeded up, bypassing her cousin downwards from the hill. Akari almost tripped had she not regained her balance and slid down the snowy slope. Flurry Heart stopped herself before she would slid down as well.

"Woo-hoo!" Akari shouted with glee as she slid down the hill…right where her parents, aunt and uncle were walking by. They tried calling at her to stop, but Akari was having far too much fun. She slid right by her family, creating a wave of snow to fall all around them. Once she came to a stop, Akari was galloping like wild.

"Yeah! That was awesome! Can I go again? Oh…" She reeled back, seeing her family completely coded in snow. Her parents narrowed their eyes, as did Flurry Heart's parents.

While visiting her grandparents, Iris was playing with the local children, and Naga, when she heard the sound of howling from not too far away. Curious, Iris followed the sound towards the fishing parts, where she saw a fishermen pull out a strange looking creature. A black and white creature with a long fish tail, a canine-like face, and paws.

Iris bravely approached the man, "Hey, stop it!" she exclaimed, "You're hurting that orca-wolf pup!"

The fisherman looked down at the creature, who whimpered. "I wouldn't go near it, little princess. These things are dangerous."

"Isn't that what people say about polar-bear dogs?" Iris said, placing a hand on her hips, and Naga growled defensively.

The man knew better than to argue with the daughter of the Avatar Queen. Besides, it wasn't like anyone would have payed for this kind of creature, and he really didn't need the money. He sighed and untangled the net, allowing for the orca-wolf to swim free. It poked its head out of the water, giving a happily sound. Iris waved farewell and bowed to the man.

"Thank you, sir." Iris went on her way, but as she returned to her grandparent's place, she heard something following her. It was the orca-wolf from before. Stinking out its tongue happily.

"Hey, are you following me? Whoa!" Iris was thrown backwards into the snow, and the orca-wolf pup started licking her face. "Ha, ha! Stop it that tickles!"

"Iris?" her grandmother Senna called out, followed by her husband, daughter and son-in-law. "Is everything…okay?" everyone stopped to see the young princess playing with a wild orca-wolf pup.

Iris giggled and hugged the creature, who continued to pant happily and wagging its long fish-like tail. "Can I keep him?" she asked.

Everyone else simply smiled and shrugged. Korra chuckled, "Well, Naga always did wanted a pup."

The years went by, and Nova continued training Iris in her magic. The young princess was already to the point where she could fly almost as fast as Rainbow Dash. Nova couldn't be prouder of his student. Every day, after training with Iris, Nova would retreat to his favorite cafe in the city, where he would meet Sunset Shimmer. The two had become incredibly close friends. Nova had never met anyone as brave, selfless and fearless as Sunset, and Sunset was more than happy to have met Nova. She saw nothing but good in him, regardless of his own insecurities.

They chatted, hung out, they were best friends. And, one day, while walking along the beaches of Air Temple Island, their friendship had transcended into something more. Nova never knew he could love anypony again, the same way he loved Midnight. But, standing before him, was a unicorn he knew that he couldn't imagine his life without. They didn't need to say any words that day. Everything they ever needed to say. Everything they ever wanted to expressed.

No more than a year and five months later, wedding bells were heard. Three times, actually.

First, was for Applejack and Double Diamond. The white earth pony had proposed to the country pony at sunset at her apple orchard. Applejack was so tongue tied she didn't know how to say "yes" fast enough. Thankfully, Double Diamond understood her words perfectly. They were married at Sweet Apple Acres, with Big Mac as the minister. He cried tears of pure joy, it was difficult for him to get the words out. Applejack and Double Diamond build their own little house near the farm, and the two lived happily plowing fields and bucking apples. Double Diamond was happy he could work every single day with the mare of his dreams.

The second wedding came not too long after A.J's. Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich had a grand, party-themed wedding at Pinkie's family rock farm. Maud was the minister this time and she gave the most heartfelt speech anyone had ever heard. Or at least, that's what Pinkie Pie said.

The third time, was for Nova and Sunset Shimmer. Their wedding was just as simple, but rather than be held in Equestria or Republic City, it was at Camp Everfree. Sunset wanted her human world friends to be there on her big day, so Gloriosa arranged a private ceremony at camp. The alumni of Canterlot High, Crystal Prep and of course everyone in Team Avatar was present. The Human Six cried tears of joy as Sunset and Nova were made husband and wife. Human Twilight and human Flash brought with them their son, who they named after their deceased friend….Timber Spruce.

As for Rainbow Dash, she wasn't in any rush to get married. She was perfectly happy with what she and Soarin had. But, one day, the speed-loving pegasus pony opened her locker at police headquarters, only to gasp at the sight before her…an engagement ring!

Rainbow Dash was left speechless when she turned around to see her boyfriend, Soarin, now down on one knee, his uniform ironed and held a single rose in his hand. "What'ya say?" he asked, "Want to be partners for life?"

Rainbow Dash was never one to go for these types of mushy romance stuff, but in all honestly, she loved it. Whenever Soarin did something sweet for her, like bring her flowers or even the latest Daring Do book, it make her realize just how lucky she was to have found him. Rainbow didn't even need to say her answer, because she replied with action, by wrapping her arms around him, crying tears of joy.

Their wedding was held at police headquarters, where Mako married the two off. Even he couldn't stop himself from crying!

In each of the weddings, Fluttershy would always encounter Thorax, the now king o the changelings. After having rebuild their home, which was now a lush beautiful forest with a large variety of animals, the changelings had scattered all across the world, spreading joy and sharing love. They especially cared for the animals. Thorax was especially found of the creatures, and vice versa. Fluttershy happily introduced him to her new animals friends, and they would find new homes for them to live and have families of their own.

It didn't take long for the two kind-hearted souls to eventually start dating. Korra was only waiting for when he would pop the question to send out the invitations.

Iris wasn't the only child of Korra and Mako who was growing up. The adopted spirit children, Ali, Mika and San were the most loyal and playful older siblings Iris could ask for. The winged lizards were now the size of a large cat while on all fours. But, most of the time, they walked upright, using their front claws as hands.

Ali, the oldest, had decided to follow in her father's footsteps and trained to become a police officer. She was the first spirit in known history to ever be appointed as a new officer at Harmony City Police department. Mako couldn't be prouder.

Mika, the middle one, grew into a beautiful and loving lizard who loved caring for children and animals. She worked at a pet store, and often catered to the plants around the city. She was well organized, sociable and down-to-earth. She charmed all who knew her.

San, the youngest, decided to follow his uncle's former career and became a coach at the pro-bending arena. He loved encouraging, and yelling, at the rookies. It was definitely his dream job.

Speaking of the arena, when Butakha decided to sell the arena after having fallen for an exotic fire nation woman and decided to leave the city for good, Bolin was able to buy the place, promising to treat it with the upmost respect and love as the pro-benders did. He allowed San to make the attic his new place to live, along with his sisters. Needless to say, they loved it!

Iris was now thirteen-years-old as was Hiro. Akari was twelve, as was Mai, while Gallant was the youngest by eleven. Chi, the wisp, had become a permanent member of their group, proving time and time again just how devoted she was to her friends.

The friends attended Harmony High, a school where humans, ponies and even spirits attended to study and learn. P'Li was one of the teachers there. Despite being much older than the others, at least biologically, Chi still resembled a fifteen-year-old girl, and had the mentality of one as well. Still, Nova insisted that she attended school in order to experience what it was like being like every other kid. Chi only cooperated because she would be with her friends, but she often sleept during most of her classes.

Mai had become a protege engineer, constructing extravagantly detailed race car tracks with her tools, models cars that actual worked, and even used her firebending to fix a few bugs in the mechatanks, which Asami allowed due to the child having full control of her bending powers.

Hiro trained in the pro-bending junior leagues, with Akari, as the firebender, and Gallant as the airbender, since they now allowed airbenders to play the game. However, they were still short a waterbender.

One hot summer day, the kids were at the docks of the city, where they ate some of the seashore food at the nearby shack. Hiro felt something hit his head.

"Something just hit my head!" Hiro looked down to see that what had hit him was an old shoe, which smelled like low tied. "What the heck?"

Mai winced in pain when something came flying at her and hit her shoulder. "Ouch! Okay, what gives?" she looked down to see that it was a paper plate, crumbled and wet. She picked it up with the tips of her fingers, making sure to keep it as far away from herself as possible. "Who throws plates in the ocean and then back?"

They looked over the railing to try and find whatever it was that was throwing these things. They witnesses bubbles on the surface and then something else was thrown upwards. Iris quickly dodged it and tried to see who was the culprit. She saw something that appeared to be a fish tail. A sea creature, maybe.

Iris saw the silhouette of the fishy culprit. "It's okay, we won't hurt you. We just want to talk."

The others approached the railing and saw something approaching the surface. Gallant instinctively hid behind Chi, who only rolled her eyes. The creature finally popped up from the surface, revealing herself to be an anthro earth pony girl with lilac skin, ears and aqua green colored hair with purple streaks and a seashell hair clip. Her eyes were a dark magenta, and a pale blue musical note with a pearl was on the left side of her cheek.

"Well…sort of." the girl lifted up her tail to showcase to the others…which was actually a fish tail!

The girl had the upper half of an anthro pony, and the lower half of a fish! Her scales were a dark lilac, with long fins that almost resembled a flowing dress, the fins were a paler lilac shade with the tips fading to a green color.

"Yeah. My name's Nori. My dad and I moved into an underwater cave here at Yue Bay. I'm sorry for throwing that garbage at you, I was just trying to clean the ocean. You wouldn't the believe the junk that gets tossed down here."

"We're sorry to hear that." Iris said, "I'll talk to my parents and I'm sure we can solve that problem for you."

"Really?" Nori then gasped, "Wait a minute! Are you…Princess Iris? Daughter of Queen Korra?!" she asked in awe. Iris blushed and nodded her head. "Oh, my Neptune! I'm such a huge fan of her and the Elements of Harmony! It's an honor to meet you. Oh, hang on a sec, I'll be right up."

The others looked at one another in confusion when Nori started swimming towards the wooden port and sat on it, raising her tail up. She wore a yellow green full body dress with a dark aquamarine undershirt, a blue belt with a pink seashell buckle, and two straps, styled into an X across her chest, the ends of the straps hung loosely at the front of her shirt. The others watched as her tail was magically turned into a pair of lilac legs, with fins attached to the back of them, and wearing flat shoes. She had the same fins on her arms, which faded from lilac to a darker shade, similar to her tail, same as her legs, which were darker lilac from the knees down.

She effortlessly walked up the stairs and approached the others, bowing in respect. "It's very nice to meet you all, and thank you for helping me out."

Mai's jaw was still dropped and pointed to the merpony's now legs. "How did you do that?!"

"Oh, we merponies have the ability to change our tails into pony legs at will. Or, human legs in my case. Or is it anthro legs? Never mind, You get the idea."

"Well, it's very nice to meet you, Nori." Iris said, "Welcome to Harmony City. I think you're really gonna like it here."

And Nori did enjoy her time in Harmony City. She enrolled at the same school as her new friends, and she immediately fell in love with Rarity's boutique. The merpony loved the fashion of the surface world, and Rarity was so thrilled to have another young pony who shared her passion. Nori practically begged to work there, and Rarity was more than happy to hire her. The merpony was such a friendly and bubbly soul. And her father…was quite the dashing stallion for one that lived under the sea.

Iris sat on the edge of the cliffside of the island, where her loyal pet orca-wolf, now the size of a leopard, nuzzled her cheek. She gazed at the statue of Avatar Aang. She snapped her fingers and made a single plant grow from the ground. She had grown strong with her magic, but had yet shown any signs of bending. She theorized she took after her grandmother Senna and just didn't bend. Not that it mattered much, she still had magic. Still, even with these powers, and the knowledge of what she did to Ronin in the past…she had yet to do anything else as extraordinary. She wondered if she would ever get the chance.

Her doubts were put on hold when she saw her best friend Akari flying towards her, encouraging Iris to come along. Iris smiled, petting the orca-wolf's head and took to the skies.

He smiled when he saw the rest of the kids; Chi, Mai, Hiro, Gallant Steed and Nori all greet their two princess friends and started chasing one another on the beach.

Iris, Akari, Chi, Mai, Hiro, Nori and Gallant Steed all danced in the Grand Galloping Gala, with their parents and friends, with spirits and ponies singing and dancing beside them. Iris and Akari wore the most stunning princess gowns, being twirled by their respected fathers, and doing a choreographed dance number for everyone present.

Applejack and Double Diamond happily danced with their twin children; a boy named Half Pipe and a girl named Sweet Gala, both five-years-old.

Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich also had a five-year-old child. A daughter named Cookie Cream Pie.

Rainbow Dash had given birth to a healthy gill, who she named Fire Fly. She was the spitting image of her mother, except her eyes were green like her father's, and her mane was mainly a dark blue with rainbow streaks.

Spike had recently become a police officer as well, and was already one of their top detectives. He shared a dance with Mika, while Ali danced with her brother San.

Iris sang and danced for everyone, alongside her friends. Even if she still didn't fully know what her destiny was, aside from being the daughter of the Avatar, which couldn't be where her story ended, there were times where she was just happy to be with her friends and family.

Once the song came to a close, Iris happily embraced her parents. Her crown became slightly crocked and she quickly rearranged it. Only for Akari to playfully crock it again, making Iris arc an eyebrow, and playfully ruffle the pony's hair, and was surrounded once again by her best friends.

The Little Pony Legend: A New Beginning

by MaggiesHeartLove

A New Beginning