"Princess what are you doing here? Is something wrong in Canterlot?" Asked Twilight as she quickly teleported the timberwolf carcass away.
"Good afternoon Twilight and company, we had a bit of a problem but Celestia can handle it. So what happened here and why is Fluttershy passed out this time?" Luna asked as she watch the kirin around her.
"Timberwolf attack." said Dramize as picked Fluttershy back up and tossing her to Tempest who set her down on his cloud which turned black.
"She has lightning affinity." Tempest said staring at his cloud.
"Really, that's weird." Said Dramize as the other kirin jumped down from the roof they were standing on much to the lunar guards dismay which caused them to raise their weapons to protect their princess.
"And all you are?" Ask Luna on edge thinking about what happened a few moments ago.
"Oh where are his manners." Said Midnight in a calm but enticing voice which caused some of the guards to relax for a second. "I am Midnight Symphony. The big Red one is Dramize our leader while the smaller red one is his little sister Acellex, Tempest Tempo is the only watching over Fluttershy, Frozell is the white one talking to Veria, and The one standing behind you is my twin brother Logic Reverse." Luna and the guards turned around to see Logic drawing in a notebook they jumped back from surprise and the guards swung their swords but they phased through him as he put his notebook away and jumped up flipping over Luna and her guards landing next to his sister.
"Back to the earlier topic, if Celestia could handle what ever the problem was, why are you here and why do you look so worried?" Asked Applejack a little worried herself.
"For two reasons the castle was attacked by a pegasus and a creature like your new friends but it's over now Discord helped us repel them, also a weather factory was attacked so i'm on my to check out Cloudsdale while other groups of my guards are checking out the other factories." Answered Luna as she relaxed noticing that the kirin weren't hostile, the wind changed carrying a weak metallic scent which only Midnight picked up.
"Wait do you smell that?" Asked Midnight as she licked her lips.
"Smell what?" Asked Luna and Twilight at the same time.
"The literal gallons of blood about 300 miles west from here if my nose is right." Answered Midnight with a smile before turning to Dramize with a pleading look only for him to nod at her causing her to fly off towards the smell.
"Wait isn't Cloudsdale 300 miles west from here." Said Pinkie gasping at the thought that just hit her.
"I need to go now." Luna said taking to the sky with even more worry on her face then in her voice.
"We're coming with you." Said Rainbow worried about her old home.
"Ok but how are you three going to get there?"
"We can help with that." Dramize said pointing at Veria. "I'm going to need your help with this one your better at geo-shifting than me."
"Ok lets go." Veria said as a pale tan light surround her horns followed by a soft orange light from Dramize's horns. The ground around Pinkie Pie and Rarity started to glow tan while the ground around Applejack glowed orange before changing the ground under Rarity and Pinkie turned to sand before rising then the ground under Applejack turned black and rose up as well. "Your still to slow at this Dramize."
"Yea yea any way let's go." they all took off after Midnight.
"Since this will take some time I guess I could explain elemental affinity on the way so listen up." Logic said as he started to air run in stead of flying to everyone surprise.
"How are you doing that?" Asked Rainbow.
"What the sky step that's nothing special."
"Yes it is because we don't have wind affinity." Said Dramize before going into a clime then diving after Midnight.
"Still waiting for that expiation of affinity." Twilight said keeping pace with Logic to hear more as she pull out a piece of graphite and notebook to write down everything he was about to say.
"Oh right. Ok let me start the way we learn it. Girl as you now learned spells have elemental natures to them but like dragons who have elemental affiliations, ponies are also have an element affiliation at birth and like dragons they can fit into one of these elements earth, nature, fire, wind, water, shadow, ice, lightning, and poison. You each have one of these affinities and that can effect how strong certain spells you use are.
"So if a unicorn with a fire affinity used a spell with fire element."
"Yes the spell would be stronger and easier for that pony to cast."
"You mean unicorn."
"No I mean pony, any pony can cast spells if they unlock their affinity."
"Wait so your saying we can do magic." Said Pinkie eager to find out how
"You can if your elemental affinity is unlocked."
"Ok so how do you unlock it."
"Well theirs two ways to do it. One you can train for at least ten years with a teacher who hold the same element as you or you can bond with a kirin which forces your affinity out along with giving you another affinity."
"What do you mean by bond?" Asked Twilight
"Well Fluttershy bonded with me during that fight against the timberwolf which unlocked her lightning affinity but also changed her body so she could have fire affinity which will grow stronger the more she bonds with me but it will turn her into a kirin permanently. So yea side effects." Said Dramize as he started to pick up speed.
"Wait you all have two affinities?"
"Yep. One from being part dragon and the other from being part pony." Tempest answered as moved up with Flutterrshy in tow.
"Bonding aside affinities also give you special abilities take the sky step for example that's a wind affinity ability theirs also....... Dam"
"Logic what else.... Logic..Logic what....what the hell." Twilight look up from her writing and she with the other ponies were at a loss for words they had arrived at the cloud city to see the entire city red with the blood of it's citizens the body of pegasi were everywhere not a single one had its head attached. The kirin were all un-phased by the seen except Midnight who was drooling at the sight causing all the ponies to back up from her.
"WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!" Luna shouted waking the sleeping Fluttershy.
"Uhh were am I? What happened?" Asked a groggy Fluttershy.
"Ashenvail happened here." Dramize said answering Luna with no emotion in his voice.