Rainbow stood staring at the stallion standing before her. His coat was orange, and his mane was black and swept off to both sides. He wore a crimson red chest plate with a gold collar. His hooves were adorned by four golden bracelets, the fore hooves also wore red leg armor. The stallion's face was obscured by a gold crest with three pieces of metal coming off the top, giving it a crown like appearance; a small, red, circular gem was encrusted in the center of the crown. His eyes were ruby red, and his cutie mark was like four trapezoids that came together, two below and two above, to form an arcane shape.
"You said that if I accepted this power, I would have to kill ponies, and that it would destroy me. Well Twilight has the exact same set of powers, and she's doing fine!"
The stallion sighed, "Everything that I told you is true, to a degree. The creatures you would fight are sentient, they aren't just mindless beasts. As for the part about you being destroyed, if you had gotten superhero like powers, and didn't know that you had to keep them secret, what would you have done?"
Rainbow's thoughts strayed back to an incident where she had almost been a superhero, "Probably gone showing them off around town, telling people that I was awsome-er." she said with a hint of embarrassment in her voice.
The armored stallion nodded, "Pride, it's a very dangerous trait. It can either give you courage, or it can destroy you."
Rainbow groaned, "You could have just said, 'Don't have an ego.' and skipped the criptics."
"Maybe."
Rainbow Dash just rolled her eyes. She faced the dream ocean behind her, the stallion came up and gazed out as well. A breeze moved the two ponies manes, "So," asked the blue furred pegasus, "Do you think I'm too proud to have the power?"
"No." Rainbow turned, confused, towards the stallion, "you've got an ego to rival Bravo's, but I can tell you you've also got a heart that doesn't want to see anyone hurt."
The mysterious pony reached for his waist and removed a large, silver belt with a large red glass like circle in the center. As he did, his armor disappeared. The pony's cutie mark changed into four balloons tied together; one red, one blue, one green, and the other purple. The stallion held the belt out to Rainbow.
"With this, you'll be able to assume the mantle, and the title, of Kuuga."
The blue pegasus could barely contain her excitement. "OhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygosh!" Eventually she was able to regain her composer, "I gladly accept this honor." she said before grabbing the belt out of Kuuga's hooves. She immediately prepared to put it on.
"Oh wait! I forgot about the-"
His warning fell short as Rainbow wrapped the belt around her waist, immediately she felt a burning sensation come from the belt.
Waking world, Two miles outside Ponyville
Whitetail Woods, unlike it's neighbor, the Everfree Forest, it did not possess any extreme conditions or deadly beasts. At most it had a few foxes and a bear or two. At this time, however, it also contained three dark figures, who by name were definitely monsters. Two of the figures turned suddenly in the direction of Ponyville.
"What's wrong?" asked the third figure.
"I felt something, like a great power being awakened." said the first.
"I don't feel anything. Why would you two feel something and not me?"
The two figures looked at each other in the dark, they both knew what that power was, and what it meant.
"The legacy of the Linto tribe." said the second figure, "One of the ponies has the belt of Kuuga."
Realization dawned on the third. "What are we going to do?"
The second figure stood up, "You two stay here, and wait for orders. I'm going to go hunting." The figure then spread two large leathery limbs that resembled bat wings, and took off into the night.
Carousel Boutique, same time
Rarity was not one to have odd dreams normally. Her dreams usually consisted of dress making, wearing, and critiquing; or spending time with her sister and friends. Tonight however, she dreamed she was surrounded by mirrors. Not uncommon, except she was only wearing her night-robe. Also strange was that see couldn't see herself in any of them. She could also hear some strange noise, like a whistling, or a ringing.
Rarity turned around just in time to catch a fleeting glimpse of a curved, blade-like tail. On edge, the white unicorn began spinning in place, her fear growing every second.
Suddenly, she came face to face with a large red reptile of sorts. It lunged at her, a deep growl coming from its pointed, tooth lined mouth.
Rarity sat up in her bed, fully awake and sweating slightly, her breathing fast and labored. She could still see the thing from her dreams, it vaguely reminded her of the dragon that had been snoring smoke a year ago. Though the creature from her dream was more snake-like.
Rarity looked at the clock, 1:00 am. She decided to head to the kitchen and make herself some hot milk, cause she wasn't getting back to sleep without it.