//------------------------------// // Princess of the Night -Kamen Rider Kiva- // Story: My little Riders: Kamen Riders for My little pony crossover // by Heart 97 //------------------------------// The fangires are beings made of stained glass and a dark soul that starves for life energy. Some of them are just suppressing their desire, thus live in peace with ponies. But some of them had formed a blood oath with a race named kivats, that provided them the powers to create extremely powerful armors whose users, the Queen, the King, as well as the prince of fangires, are named Kiva. Kiva exists from the time of Nightmare Moon and maybe even more, and is normally known as enemy of ponykind. But probably just depends on the user... ***   1000 years ago or sometime near The princess of the night, Nightmare Moon, was walking into Canterlot’s streets. Revered as a ruler, Nightmare Moon walked through the streets looking at the ponies that bowed in front of her closing their eyes, fearing the stare of their princess. The walk, though, was in a usual time for the black alicorn, who preferred the darkness of the night she crafted every day after the sunset. The amount of life that was active in day was amazing, yet disgusting... Her subjects were spitting on the night caringly crafted for them by sleeping during it, and making the world empty and cold. Nightmare Moon was sad because of this, because she loved her subjects as much as Carinae, her beloved sister and goddess of the sun. The ponies were joyfully working, and enjoying their lives only during the daytime. Apart from sex, or crimes, few things more could be heard or seen after the sunset.  She sighed at the sight of two foals enjoying their plays, that were saying things like ‘I love the day’ or ‘I hate to go to sleep during the night, I would love to play during the nighttime!’ “During the night time...” nodded the alicorn, slowly moving herself nearer to the foals. Both were blank flanks and had the same coat color, green, and the mane of the female one was blue, the male one was red. Both were earth ponies that looking that the princess was staring at them, bowed immediately. “Raise your heads, I would like to talk with you.” said the princess, with solemn, yet gentle voice. The foals obeyed and stared at the princess. She was black, she had beautiful wings and a pointed horn, her sclera was teal like her eyes, just a bit paler. The detail that hit them the most was the attire that the princess was wearing, a black duster made of a skin that seemed to be draconic, with a big drawing on the left sleeve. “Princess Moon, w-what do you w-want from us?” asked the filly. “I would like to talk with you about the nighttime. Why don’t you exit during the evening and night to play, I heard that you would like it.” “Mother says that during the night, fangires take away ponies and murder them, so is better for us to stay home...” whispered the colt with a shaking voice. The fangires attack other ponies... Partly it was true, but most of the ones killed ponies for life energy already felt guilty, yet Carinae executed them, and declared that the fangires must show their stained glass face to be distinguishable from the normal ponies. Moon felt a surge of rage tear through her body that revealed her fangire nature. Impressing markings appeared, white thorns with some red and teal spots between them. The signs were perfectly symmetrical seen from the front of Moon and parting from her cutie mark and extended all over her body, reaching the muzzle with two red points. Her eyes were exactly like before, a very uncommon trait even for fangires, and was a sign of so-called purity. “Thou hast any problem against the fangires?  They are beings exactly like thou, no less! Carinae declared her law against fangires even for thou, yet still you do not appreciate us by living the night as part of the day!” Moon was full of anger and the little foals were shaking from fear, hearing the Canterlot voice of the princess, as well as discovering that she was a fangire. A very enraged and all-powerful one. “Do not kill us....” whispered the colt, tightly hugging his sister, and crying with his eyes shut. “We hast heard enough!” boomed The alicorn before recovering control and flying away. “Why... why we fangires aren’t accepted? We aren’t bad...” thought the princess, shedding tears. She flew up enough to not see the ground anymore, and landed on a cloud, focusing less and less on what happened just some minutes before. She didn’t take it as insult to herself but thinking that her fangire brothers were considered criminals wasn’t good to hear as well as think. Moon looked at her left forehoof’s bottom and with her magic she removed the black paint that always put to cover the emblem she had. “What does this mean? And why do I have it?” *Present day* Luna was upset for the last pony that came in the throne room during the night, asking to purge the fangires. She had yelled at him with enough vehemence to wake up Celestia that was sleeping on the other side of the castle. She sighed and slowly trotted to Celestia’s bedroom. The castle at the night was not as living as the day, but Luna always found somepony to chat with, to relieve the anger and the bore of the night court. But what she always found relaxing was playing the violin into her room or near to her beloved sister. As most of the nights, Luna entered the room, slowly, savoring the change from an alien environment to a friendly and warm one. “Celestia!” exclaimed Luna, jumping on the bed where her sister was laying. Celestia’s purple, loving eyes stared directly into her sister’s cyan ones, blinking as she smiled. “Another one has asked for Canterlot to be purged from the fangires, isn’t it?” calmly asked the alabaster pony. “You heard everything, but I repeat it: another half-minded pony has come to ask me to purge them. I obviously sent him to fuck off without any mercy. Those guys send me into berserk!” “Ahaha, I know it, dear sister. It sent even mother Carinae to berserk. She loved every single pony like a son, until she disappeared... “Ehi Tia, want to know a thing? Screw him, I want to play for you, tonight, your smile has calmed me enough to deserve a majestic display of my violin talent!” Luna lit up her horn and opened a showcase in her sister’s bedroom, lifting a violin. On its top, instead of a common curl was sculpted a rampant alicorn. “My my, this violin always amazes me with its form and sound... it really is beautiful without any doubt.” said Luna, caressing it with her muzzle She then lifted its bow and posed it on the violin’s strings. It moved smoothly and created an incredibly peaceful melody that invaded both sister’s ears, and showing an amazing talent of the alicorn with the instrument. Celestia saw her sister on the bed, near to her and creating a so romantic atmosphere, that she didn’t resist her urge and draw herself closer to Luna. She had closed eyes to concentrate on the violin play and Celestia opened her mouth and for a moment she drooled in front of the masterpiece in front of her. Not the violin, nor the melody, but Luna. The alabaster goddess poured her tongue out and licked her sister’s horn, making her lose focus and produce a piercing screech instead of a complicated acute. “Tia! Not while I am performing!” “I’m sorry; I don’t know what took over me...” “Don’t be, this is... Well, a form of love too, so you can do it... provided that you advertise me before!” said Luna, smiling and shuffling a laugh at the sight of Celestia blushing. “I will...” Replied Celestia, recovering control and laughing elegantly, still blushing. *** Moon’s night was always a mix of meetings, writing letters and signing documents and many other excruciatingly boring duties. The only thing that could raise her mood was crafting the unappreciated night as well as playing the violin. That exercise to relieve the stress gave birth to an unbelievable talent that Nightmare Moon expressed through piercing notes of anger that resonated with her soul after the days of unappreciation and insults to her species. As always, the alicorn took a violin from the royal orchestra’s closet and started to perform. “Screw him, that racist, screw the day and every bucking prejudice...” thought the princess, pressing the bow onto the violin’s strings and starting to move it. The bow was a low quality one, Moon could know it from the slight harshness of its movements, but the violin was well made, and its color was black. The only violin that she liked from all the orchestra was this one, the Black Sky, property of Soul Key, a Pegasus that made many concerts and played as solo during orchestra performances. Suddenly, the bow broke during the performance, thus making her a little angry. In the complete silence of an enormous hall, Moon felt some hoofsteps and instinctively moved her head to the source of the slowly paced noise. An alicorn with an extremely pale sky blue coat, blue mane and a blue star cutie mark slowly reached her. The unknown pony stared into Moon’s teal eyes with her red ones and forced a little smile. “Broke another bow, Moon?” Nightmare gasped bored and calmly replied at her sister. “Eta Carinae, this isn’t a good moment for me, but if you want to listen...” “I can always be here for you. Oh and that notes were magnificent, but I could feel that you were angry. Why, be like that, dear sister?” “My subjects does not appreciate my night, they use it only for crime or to make love. And they hate the fangire race... They were safe when they weren’t forced to show their markings. My most loving subjects, even if I don’t know why, are hated!” “Oh... can I do something for you?” Moon wanted desperately to have sex with somepony or to reach at least the orgasm to release her nerves. Even trusting the violin into herself could do something for her, in that moment. But suddenly, a pony entered the hall. He saw that Moon and Carinae were very near, with their lips near to merge with each other’s. “Big trouble, your majesties!” “Calm down, and tell what has happened.” said the goddess of the Sun. “Fangires! They are attacking the-” “Castle? Uhh what a bore, this is the third time in a week.” sighed Moon. “Hear me, grey pony, follow us and see how we rulers do the things. “Yes, your majesty.” The two alicorns reached the gardens without losing their composure and coolness, despite the guard urging them to haste on the spot. The fangire was attacking ponies and those that were unfortunate were sucked of their life energy. “Beginning of a Dawn, Light through the Clouds, Eagle fangire, stop on the spot!” boomed Nightmare moon, telling the full name of the enemy instinctively, never hearing about it before. The fangire was a yellowish hybrid between a unicorn and an eagle that had glowing red eyes. "Queen... I finally found you..." he whispered with a consumed voice. He was visibly shaking and the princesses were struck by his behavior. "We are the princesses of Equestria! You will be punished for killing our subjects!” announced solemnly Carinae. “But, for your crime, death would be too sweet. We have an idea for those who defy the law...” added Nightmare Moon. Both princesses’ horns started to glow, Moon in blue light, and Carinae’s in teal light. Both of the Goddesses were touching each other’s horn with their own, thus making few sparks appear. “By royal decree...” “You will be sealed in a crystal for the next two hundred years!” From the princesses, a beam of white energy departed, hitting the Eagle fangire on the spot almost instantly. He slowly became a blue-ish little ball, with his control over his body and mind   inevitably diminishing, until all of his being was sealed and put into sleep. “We are sorry to carry punishment on you, but you deserved it. Rest enough to wake up with a different behavior, scum.” said the sky blue alicorn. The word scum... Hearing it from a so caring and loving pony that was Carinae, shocked more than a little Moon that fell on the ground and took the crystal sphere between her black hooves. “You aren’t scum; you just strayed from your path... You will be forgiven someday, when the pain you caused will not affect nopony anymore. And you will be able to choose again between good and evil.” whispered Moon, caressing the shining body. The insignia on her left hoof started to glow, stronger at every second’s passing. A voice echoed into the garden, the crystal being the source of it. “Queen... That’s the Queen insignia... free us fangires!” Moon became perplex at what the fangire said. True indeed, on her hoof was the writing ‘QUEEN’ but she couldn’t understand why she was called queen by the fangire. “It’s just some kind of decoy, I think. Leave it be and take the ball.” said Carinae, blinking and scratching her head with her shining sapphire horseshoes. “Why? And what are you going to do with it?” replied Moon. “Mmm... I got it! Right into the basement of the castle he wouldn’t harm other beings!” exclaimed the blue goddess of the sun. “It’s probably safe keeping the traitors there...” After a few hours, Nightmare Moon was resting herself in her bedroom. The sealing spell always put a bit strain on her magic capabilities, so she wasn’t able to cast magic for a few hours after. She could still fly and, looking at the sky from the highest tower of Canterlot’s royal castle gave her always a marvelous sight of the sunset. “The sun... It’s my sister’s, yet I would love to move it at least once. But my duty is to craft Night, and I will always do it, no matter what. But what that fangire said was interesting... This insignia on my hoof appeared from nowhere when I once... Killed another pony, giving up to my wish of life energy. Aaah, whatever, eventually I will understand what that thing means...” Suddenly, the alicorn heard a little whistle. It wasn’t a pony one, and seemed nearly alien. “Who is there?”  Yelled the princess a round little creature approached the princess. He flew thanks to little hovers, and it had red eyes and a strange high pitched voice. “Queen, and my mistress, I am named Sagark.” I am the fangire royal family’s armor of the Ruler, Saga.” “What? What are you?!” “I am here to protect you, and now that I accomplished to find you, I will grant you the power to slain traitors, as well as protecting your race. You see this little thing on my head? It is the Jacorder, the ‘key’ to activate my powers and a weapon as well.” “But whatever are you or for whatever reason are you here, you found the wrong pony!” “You are a fangire, my mistress. You are the Queen of them!” “No! I am not!” “You will soon discover that my words are true, Queen.” “Whatever!” *** A pony was walking in Canterlot’s streets during the night. He had a yellow coat, orange mane and green eyes, and its cutie mark was a little tree. He was aware that his race was menaced and for their sake they would need to hide the markings on the face, disobeying Celestia’s law. He even found a pony to slain, and slowly she approached him. He didn’t knew that her who inherited Kiva was going to kill the fangires who attacked ponies, and she would always knew if this happened. In fact, while Luna was resting herself in Celestia’s bedroom, the violin she loved, the ‘Moon’s Pray’, started to emit a sound from its thicker strings. “So it’s happening again. Why the violin tells me when to attack, where... but more than everything, why it seems to... to talk to me? No one hears that the violin plays on its own or that he says me to protect ponies... Anyway, I will protect ponies again, as I always have.” Luna lit up her horn and teleported away, into the main plaza of the city. Even if she was nearly a kilometer from the castle, into her head she could still ear the violin telling her to fight. Fight for what? Peace? Execution? Luna never knew why, but she just destroyed traitors of Equestrian rule. She quickly found that a Fangire was just killing another pony and she yelled in her royal Canterlot voice an unmistakable treat: “Thou shall not kill anypony! By royal decree of the princess of the Night, you shall stop immediately or you’ll face consequences of your actions!” The Eagle fangire completed his transformation and hit the pony with his Active Fangs, effectively killing him. “Thou had thine chance to survive and thou wasted it. Kivat, come to us!” “Yay, Kivert myself!” exclaimed a voice from nowhere. Suddenly, a little gold bat appeared. He had an emerald on its forehead, red eyes and he was very different from a common bat. “A kivat? That could mean that you are...” The bat-like creature opened its mouth, showing his sharp grey fangs, and when saying ‘Bite!’ he bit Luna’s neck. White markings shaped like thorns, with red and yellow stripes between them formed onto Luna’s whole body, parting from the bitten spot. Into her waist, chains of energy merged and reshaped as a blood red belt. “Henshin!” exclaimed Luna moving Kivat-Bat the 3rd with her telekinesis, onto the Power Roost to complete her transformation into Kiva, the royal princess’s armor. His body was covered in black mail onto was placed a red chestplate with grey bat wing-shaped shoulder pads that were chained. Her left hind leg, from the knee to the hoof was covered by two metallic bat wings tightly chained as well. Onto her muzzle and face formed a black helm with red plates, as well as enormous yellow eyes. “Exactly. Behold Us, Kiva!” boomed Luna. The eagle fangire tried to hit the princess with a buck, but she counter bucked and effectively pushed him back and broke his leg a little, making some glass shards flying from the monster. Luna attacked relentlessly, using swift hits from her red covered forehooves and little lightings from her horn. Luna was hit by a headbutt and cornered on a wall, but she managed to run unto in and hitting the fangire on the face with a knee. The Eagle flinched and moved dizzily backwards, and was hit again with a princess’s fist. The fight developed through Canterlot’s small routes and many walls were damaged by the fighter’s actions, until Luna and her yellow enemy reached an alley large enough to allow more movements for the princess. “Say your prayers if you have, monster.” Luna lit up her horn ant raised a little thing similar to a whistle from the right side of her belt. It was a ‘fuestle’, an item that provided some kind of boost to Kiva. The princess moved it into the perched Kivat’s mouth and he used it after saying ‘WAKE UP!’ The creature moved himself from Luna’s waist and hovered around her, whistling through the item a little melody. Luna was standing on her hind legs and she was ready to burst her enemy with the move that every fangire feared, a Moon Break, and Luna was named ‘Darkness Moon Break’. Her ‘sealed leg’ opened itself ‘breaking the chains’ and revealing a crimson armor and three green gems that were glowing. The bat wings were open, showing crimson ceiling as well. The sky covered itself in red clouds and the moon seemed to become red and waning, despite being full just some seconds ago, as Luna jumped in air lifting her over the ground for three meters. Her wings were sealed during the transformation, but it wasn’t a problem accelerating while going downwards, as Luna hit the fangire with her leg with an enormously powerful one-leg front kick. The ground shook for a second and an enormous bat insignia appeared on the ground where the hit was dealt, and then the fangire exploded, with his soul disappearing from reality. “Kivat, you can delete the transformation” said the princess, calmly. The creature moved from her belt and hovered around her, while the armor dissipated into glass shards. “That was awesome as always, Luna!” he said, happy. “I know, but I would rather avoid killing them... Some voices were making a vague noise in the night, sign that she kicked with enough strength to wake the neighbors. “Geez, I have to teleport. Thank you, kivat!” said the princess, teleporting somewhere far away from the fight field. The next day... Celestia was resting on her bed and found that Luna was sleeping on her bed, wearing a smile. The white alicorn moved slowly from her bed, leaving her sister sleeping peacefully. Celestia trotted happily from her bedroom to the throne room and a pony quickly approached her with a terrified expression. “What affects you, dear subject?” gently said Celestia, trying to calm the pony. He was a fangire guard of the castle, with grey coat and blue eyes. “Another was killed! Another of us was killed tonight. Again, she or he left only few traces.” explained the guard. “May you take me to the spot?” Yes, your majesty!” *some minutes later* Celestia examined the carving on the ground with her magic. No living being was big enough to create such an enormous footprint, neither a being with a foot like that ever existed, but...? The goddess of the sun moved to the crowd and said solemnly a fearsome message: “This carving and the fangire murder was done by a being that probably will kill you on the spot if you are enough unfortunate to find during the nighttime. In fact, he or she has done everything by him or herself thus is considered a criminal.” The Cutie Mark Crusaders were between the crowd, and Apple Bloom spoke to the princess about the clip she found. “Perhaps that she attacks fangires who break the law of truce between us ponies and the other beings that inhabit Equestria. Yet still, she is a murderer and if you find her, you MUST run. Avoid every contact possible.” “Princess!” “I want you to be safe, so please, not try to find-” “Kiva. She is Kiva, right?” “Yeah... avoid her until find her or proofs of her innocence.” “Kiva was always renowned as the title of the fangire royal family’s head, thus she is an enemy of ponykind. But this time, she presumably attacks fangires who try to kill ponies or already have. Who is she? Is she an enemy of an ally of ponies? Don’t tell me that Moon had a daughter who inherited her title, please...” Thought the princess, before shaking her head and spreading her wings, ready to depart. Before she left, the fangire guard that brought the princess to the spot took the word and said: “Your Majesty, there are two news for you, one is good, and the other... well, is plain bad. “Tell me. The good one first, anyway” said Celestia, putting a sarcastic smile on her muzzle. “The good one is that the Intercept for Attack project has been completed.” “So the IXA equipment is finally ready. The bad one?” “Down in Ponyville, a pony was found sliced in half by an extreme explosion, and we found a bat insignia identical to this. We believe that the murders are related. “So there are two of them... I wonder if we can end this series of murders...Shit!” “Princess! Don’t worry, we will find who is doing these atrocities and the city will not cry anymore!” boasted a white unicorn with a blue mane. “Who are you?” “Octavia & Scratch’s detective agency and music store. We are musicians and a single detective... as well as a single Kamen Pony! “Kamen pony?” asked the princess, surprised from the strange name. “Kamen Pony?! Awesome!” yelled in unison the Cutie mark Crusaders, realizing that they found one of their ‘teachers’. Scratch shook her body and pointed a hoof to the princess, and said her favorite catchphrase. “Whoever has done those bad things, and has made the cities cry, is going to count up her sins!” “If you can find her and bring her to me, I would be really happy.” “We will!” said Scratch. Next Rider: “I am your brightest hope, The Ringed magician, Wizard!”