Greetings. I am Vultarian01.

Twilight: "What took you so long?!" Twilight asked sternly.

Vultarian01 rolled his eyes. "I was busy with other stuff and I couldn't be preoccupied with the story until I had to get done what I had to get done." Vultarian01 explained.

Twilight closed her eyes and nodded her head in understanding. "I suppose that is an exceptionable excuse. HOWEVER! We now have to keep these chapters on a strict deadline period in order to reduce the agitation of the readers and increase the input of views and visitors onto your story management charts. Now..." Twilight brings out a note pad. "We should start off by cutting your bathroom time in half by having you eating prunes every few hours to decrease the amount of time spent in the bathroom. Next we should also remove all distracting subjects and objects from your surrounding area..."

Vultarian01 blocks her out. "Anyway, I apologize for the long delay and i hope you enjoy this chapter. And while you do that I'll be dealing with *sigh* my manager apparently..."

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP or its respective characters. I also do not own Sara Bareilles or any of their respective songs.

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Chapter 20

Fifty-three minutes later…

The lights were dimmed once more as Twilight turned on all of the stuffed animals. Pinkie Pie was in the ref's outfit and was skipping and humming around the ring as she waited for the fun to start. Applejack, Octavia, and, Vinyl Scratch, and Fluttershy made room in the bleachers for themselves to watch the match from. Rainbow Dash was alone at the commentator's table on the bell side. Rainbow Dash waved to Twilight for the signal to lower the volume of the cheering stuffed animals so she can speak.

Rainbow: "What's up CCPW wrestling fans?! I'm your champion Rainbow Dash here to welcome you back to Canterlot Carnage Pro Wrestling!"

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Rainbow: "I know what you're thinking. Where is my co-commentator? Well, she'll be out here soon enough. She has to go help with something. But for now let's talk about the result of the first match between Vinyl Scratch and Fluttershy. Vinyl Scratch debuted her signature, the *Face Wub*, and her finisher, *Bass Drop*, on her unlucky opponent, Fluttershy. Poor Flutters took a pinfall after Vinyl's finisher which gave Vinyl Scratch her first win ever since her arrival to CCPW. Better luck next time, Fluttershy. But we should be talking about the match that's gonna get underway: Rarity vs. Lyra. Lyra is a newbie to CCPW and she's gonna need the best of luck against Rarity. If she can knock ME out then she's an obvious danger in the ring. Of course I would have won…somehow. Okay, enough of this boring crap! Let's get on with the show!"

The lights went dim except for the lights above the ring and the searchlights pointed toward the curtain.

*~ Sara Bareilles's song "Brave" resonates throughout the building ~*

Twilight (Announcer): "Hello one and all! This match is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first…Coming from the upper ring of Canterlot…Standing in at "5'9" and weighing in at an unknown weight…The high class queen of Canterlot High…RAAARIIITYYY!"

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Rarity walked out of the curtain with her right hand on her hip and her left hand in the air giving the audience a princess like wave followed by her leaning forward to blow a kiss toward them. She then stood upright and, with her right hand still on her hip, started to casually strut down the runway. Rarity was wearing her regular wrestling attire with her hair in its same style.

Rainbow: "Rarity struts down the runway with confidence to take on another rookie in the ring! Her last match against one of our more recent rookie's, Octavia, didn't end so well for her which doesn't help her losing streak she's gotten ever since the final three-way tournament match. If she loses against Lyra in this match then that means she's going to have herself her fourth straight loss in her 'career' as a pro wrestler. Better win it Rarity."

Once Rarity got to the side of the ring, she used the middle rope to hoist herself up and then raised it to duck under and step through to get into the ring. She then continued toward the center of the ring and gave the audience a courtesy before going to her corner (which from the commentator's point of view was the upper left turnbuckle) to wait for her opponent.

*~ Fast paced music played on a Lyre resonates throughout the building ~*

Twilight (Announcer): "Introducing next…Here for her CCPW debut…Standing in at "5'8" and weighing in at 127 lbs…The Lyrist who strikes the pitch as well as the…uh…'female dog'…Accompanied by Bon Bon...LYYYRAAA!

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Lyra stepped out of the curtain along with her girlfriend Bon Bon (Who was in her regular attire) and stepped into the spotlight. Lyra was holding Bon Bon's right hand with her left. Lyra and Bon Bon both raised their closed hands and used their free arms to wave to the crowd before dropping them and proceeding to walk hand in hand down the runway. She was wearing a teal sports bra like top with white edges that outline the bra and the thick white straps that go straight over her shoulders and shaped into an X over the back. The top covered her bust except for the front of the bra which showed a curved dip that stopped mid-way to the bottom part of the bra, showing cleavage. The front of the top also had a thick teal strap that went straight across below her collarbone. The top design itself was just a plain teal. She was also wearing some teal colored semi-baggy long tights. The tights were held up by a black cloth karate belt. The tights also had two short bars with curved ends above the knee of each leg. The leg ends of the tights were baggy with a white triangle like pattern along it. She wore teal sneakers with white lacings and silver soles. The sneakers only covered up to the middle of her ankles.

Lyra also wore white fingerless gloves with a golden, open, triangle on the back of each hand. Her hairstyle was kept the same.

Rainbow: "Well look at Lyra with her nice outfit and her girl at her side! To be honest folks I can't really say much about Lyra other than she's a Lyrist and a lesbian. So let's just see where this goes."

As Lyra and Bon Bon approach the ring, Bon Bon goes up to the apron first and holds up the top rope and uses her foot to hold down the bottom rope and creates an opening. Lyra gladly ducks through the opening and gets into the ring, she then waves to the crowd before holding open the ropes for her girl, Bon Bon. Lyra and Bon Bon make their way to the middle of the ring where Lyra was handed the microphone by Pinkie Pie.

Lyra cleared her throat before speaking. "Thank you one and all! My name is Lyra. Here beside me is my best friend as well as my girlfriend, Bon Bon!"

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Bon Bon waves to the crowd before stepping back a little to give Lyra some room.

Lyra: "Thank you, Thank you. I REALLY love the first impression from you guys here at CCPW. You guys are really nice. You may already know the last two wrestlers who had their debuts here; Octavia and Vinyl Scratch. Well, just like them, I too am a musician. I admit I work more alongside Octavia then Vinyl Scratch since we're both in the Canterlot High band orchestra, but I still am glad they're both here and I can't wait to be with them in the ring: Alongside or against. As for me pro wrestling was actually more of a back up career because, you know, I'm a Lyrist. But I think this a good opportunity to show all of you what I have in the ring tonight against my opponent Rarity who I wish the best of luck. Well, that's all I have to say. You wanna add anything Bon Bon?"

Bon Bon nodded and took the mic from Lyra.

Bon Bon: "I would watch pro wrestling with Lyra a lot in my spare time away from my job at Sweet & Elite. I always admired the sport and I'm glad that I'm here alongside Lyra for my debut match here at CCPW against Twilight Sparkle. I admit I have not had any professional combat training like Lyra but I do some heavy lifting around Sweet & Elite you could say I'm KINDA strong. Not as strong as AJ but still. Lastly, I wanna wish Lyra good luck in this match which I will be commentating on beside Rainbow Dash. Anyway, thank you for having us and…I guess I'm done.

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Rainbow: "Hey, Bon Bon! Get over here and get set up so we can start!"

Bon Bon: "Okay! Gimmie a second!" Bon Bon shouted before turning back to Lyra. "Good luck out there, Lyra."

Lyra: "Thanks, Bon Bon."

Bon Bon then gave Lyra a smooch on the lips before leaving the ring while Lyra went to her corner (which from the commentator's point of view was the lower right turnbuckle) and rolled her shoulders as she waited for the match to begin.

Meanwhile, Bon Bon got out of the ring and proceeded to sit on the other side of the commentator's table before putting on her head set. "Ready."

Pinkie Pie went over to Rarity's corner to search her. As soon as she was found clean, she proceeded over to Lyra's corner to search her. She was clean to, so Pinkie Pie walked to the middle of the ring and gestured for the opponents to follow suit as they did so.

Rainbow: "So, what kind of style can we expect to see from your girl, Bon Bon?"

Bon Bon: "I'll explain as the match goes on." Bon Bon assured.

Back in the ring, Pinkie Pie quickly explained the rules to them to which they both nod in agreement.

Pinkie: "Okey Dokey! You ready Lyra?"

Lyra raised her fists and took a stance. "Ready!"

Rarity raised an eyebrow at Lyra's stance. It definitely wasn't the standard position a wrestler would take.

Pinkie: "You ready, Rarity?"

Rarity shook off the thought and proceeded into a wrestling stance. "Ready!"

Pinkie: "Alrighty then! FIGHT!" Pinkie Pie then motioned for Rainbow Dash to ring the bell.

Rainbow Dash rang the bell. *DING! DING! DING!*

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Pinkie Pie took a step back to let the two go at it. Rarity and Lyra didn't circle each other, however. Instead, Rarity took the offensive and ducked before running at Lyra in an attempt to connect a Double leg takedown. However, Lyra kneed her in the face which caused her to shoot up and take a step back. Lyra grinned in satisfaction as she stomped and pressed on Rarity's forward right toe of her boot. Lyra then quickly gave a couple of jabs to Rarity's chest stomach and face before releasing her to let her stagger back. Lyra then turned around and reached back to grab Rarity's right arm and kneeled down to flip Rarity over her and slam her into the mat back-first for an Armdrag. Lyra then raised both of her hands to wave to the crowd as Rarity held her back on the mat.

Rainbow: "Whoa! Those were some nice punches!"

Bon Bon: "Lyra knows karate. She's pretty good at it too."

Rainbow: "Well it doesn't look like Rarity's off to such a good start then."

Lyra bent down to flip Rarity on her belly and walk over her back facing the opposite direction. Lyra then jumps in the air and hikes up her legs before crashing down onto Rarity's back for a Butt drop. Lyra then rolls off of Rarity and gets to her feet. Lyra then bends down to grab Rarity's hair and pull her up to her feet. Lyra begins to deliver a series of knife edge chops to Rarity's chest. Lyra keeps chopping up Rarity until she was backed into her corner. Lyra was about to deliver another knife edge chop with her right hand but was caught by Rarity's left hand before it could connect. Rarity then kneed Lyra in the stomach before grabbing her by the hair. Rarity then pulled her back before whipping her into the mat back-first. As Lyra squirms, Rarity takes the opportunity to climb backward up the ring until she was standing on the bottom ropes. Rarity patted her right elbow before jumping up and landing an elbow drop on Lyra's belly.

Bon Bon: "Ly Ly!" Bon Bon exclaimed with her hands over her mouth in a frightened manner.

Rarity then hikes her leg over until she was on her knees above Lyra and pinned her shoulders down against the mat.

Pinkie Pie drops to count. "1!...KICKOUT!"

Bon Bon: "Whoo-hoo! Lyra rolls the shoulder!"

Rainbow: "Well, she won't be going down easy."

Rarity got up to her knees and began to stomp on Lyra for a few seconds before bending down and pulling her up to her knees by her hair. Rarity then kept pulling to make her walk on her knees towards the middle of the ropes in the direction of the left side bleachers. Rarity then threw Lyra against the middle rope which made her bounce off back onto her knees to Which Rarity scored a soccer kick to the back of Lyra's head with a loud SMACK.

Rainbow Dash winced. "Damn. That's gotta smart."

Bon Bon didn't know what Rainbow Dash was talking about as her eyes were covered.

Lyra held her head as she climbed up and leaned against the ropes. Rarity grabbed Lyra by the hair once more and led her to the middle of the ring. Rarity then straightened up the dazed Lyra and turned her around until she was facing her. Rarity then grabbed her hair to pull her forward and whip her back-first into the mat once more. Rarity then got to her knees on Lyra's right side and tucked her right arm under Lyra's thighs and her left arm under her upper back before getting off of her knees and lifting up Lyra along with her. Rarity strained as she tried to get to her feet while lifting the still dazed Lyra. Rarity then let out a shout before getting on one knee and dropping Lyra's back onto her knee for a Backbreaker. Lyra then slipped off of Rarity's knee and lay face-down on the mat below.

Rainbow: "Honestly, that wasn't the most impressive Backbreaker I've ever seen. Rarity should stick to kicking and punching."

Bon Bon: "Lyra! Get up!"

Back in the ring, Rarity got on her other knee and flipped Lyra onto her back before pulling her forward and grabbing her right leg to lift it in the air for a pin attempt.

Pinkie Pie drops. "1!...2!...KICKOUT!"

Bon Bon: "Yeah! That's how we do it!" Bon Bon cheered.

Rarity growled and let Lyra's leg drop before getting back up to her feet. Rarity bent down to grab Lyra by the hair once more and Irish whip her towards the ropes in the direction of the runway. Lyra bounced off of them and head straight back at Rarity who was running at her as well with her right arm out in an attempt to connect a Clothesline. However, Lyra ducks under the Clothesline and keeps running towards the ropes in the direction of the commentator's table while Rarity ran towards the ropes in the opposite direction. Rarity and Lyra bounce off the ropes and head back at each other this time with Lyra holding out HER right arm for a Clothesline of her own. However Rarity dodges that as well by ducking under it in which they both headed back to the opposite ropes. This time however it seemed that Rarity and Lyra had the same idea as they both charged at each other and jump forward to execute a simultaneously performed Running dropkick in which their boots connect and they both end up on the floor squirming in pain.

Rainbow: "This is an awesome battle to watch folks!"

Bon Bon: "I hope Lyra gets up before the ten-count."

Back in the ring, Pinkie Pie starts to count. "1!...2!...3!...4!...5!..."

Lyra and Rarity slowly stir to their knees and glare at each other.

Pinkie: "6!...7!...8!...9!..."

Both Lyra and Rarity get to their feet before Pinkie made it to ten.

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Bon Bon held her chest and let out a long breath of relief. "I was really worried for a second there."

Rainbow: "Yeah, now that's what I call down to the wire!"

Rarity runs at Lyra, but is met with a downward palm strike to the chest which caused Rarity to stagger back. Lyra then reached forward to grab Rarity's hair with her left hand and pull her back in and lean her forward while she extends her right arm in a raised position with her fist clenched. Lyra smiled and kissed her right bicep before throwing it down and clubbing her forearm across the back of Rarity's head for a Forearm club which sent Rarity front-first into the mat. Lyra bends down and maneuvers Rarity back onto her feet before jabbing her in the forehead and Irish whipping her towards the ropes in the direction of the commentator's table. Rarity bounces off of the ropes and runs back at Lyra who readies herself for a strike. However, Rarity then charges toward Lyra and jumps on her with her legs wrapped around Lyra's waist which knocks Lyra down connecting the Lou Thesz press. Rarity then grabs Lyra's hair and uses it to angrily bang her head against the mat over and over.

Bon Bon: "Whoa! Rarity sure has a temper!"

Rainbow: "Yeah, well dealing with annoying customers in a dress shop every day will do that to ya."

Rarity released her legs from Lyra's waist and gets to her feet before bending down to grab Lyra by the hair and pull her up to her feet. Rarity then quickly gets behind Lyra and places both of her hands on her shoulders and jumps up in place while placing both of her knees on her back. Rarity then falls back towards the mat along with Lyra. When Rarity hits the mat her knees are pushed up into Lyra's back to connect the Double knee backbreaker and to complete her signature: *Fashion Forward*.

Rainbow: "Rarity hits Lyra with *Fashion Forward* and it doesn't look nice!"

Bon Bon: "Lyra! Kick her ass! Come on!" Bon Bon cheered.

Lyra retracted and the impact causes her to be shot up onto her knees but quickly fell forward onto her face with her limbs at her sides. Rarity seized this opportunity to grab Lyra's boots and flip her onto her back before taking Lyra's left leg and placing it on her shoulder. Rarity then began to crawl forward until Lyra's leg was pushed upwards against her for a leg split pin.

Pinkie Pie drops to count the pin. "1!...2!...KICKOUT!"

Bon Bon: "Lyra kicks out! Lyra kicks out!" Bon Bon cheers in joyous relief.

Rainbow: "And Rarity is not too happy about this."

Rarity screams in rage through her clenched teeth as she throws away Lyra's leg and begins to punch Lyra continuously. However, Lyra managed to jab Rarity in the throat once more to make her gag and stand straight up on her knees to try and take in some oxygen. Lyra then raises her legs out from under Rarity and kicks her in the chest to send her back-first into the mat. Lyra then gets up to her feet before watching the stirring Rarity slowly gets back up. Lyra quickly runs towards the ropes in the direction of the left side bleachers before bouncing off them. Rarity finally got up to her feet in a daze as she holds her back in pain. Rarity turns around and her eyes shrink at the sight of Lyra coming at her with her arms crossing in an "X" fashion. Lyra then lunges at Rarity and connects the double backhand chop, or Cross chop, on Rarity's chest to complete Lyra's signature she calls *X-A-Cutie*. Rarity falls back onto the mat with a hard THWACK and proceeds to lay there and breathe heavily and squint her eyes at the ring lights above her.

Bon Bon: "Lyra lands *X-A-Cutie* on Rarity with devastating results!"

Rainbow: "Oh! I get it. It's called *X-A-Cutie* because it's a Cross chop and she's executing the move to execute a cutie, yeah, yeah, I get it. I get it…"

Lyra goes over to the right side Rarity's body and smiles to see her opponent is rather exhausted. Now it's time to finish her off. Lyra bent over to grab Rarity by the hair and slowly pull her up to her feet. Lyra then positioned herself in which she was slightly in front and facing Rarity's left side. Lyra then placed her left hand on Rarity's throat and pulled her head down to bend her upper body forward before reaching under and across Rarity's waist and clamping onto the other side of her waist with her left hand. Rarity's eyes widened as Lyra then began to lift Rarity up and to the side in which Rarity's boots were dragging across the mat and her arms were dangling down. Lyra then quickly got down on her right knee while dropping Rarity and maneuvering her grip on Rarity's throat to the back of her neck so she could slam Rarity's throat onto her left leg and knee on the two bars decorated on her tights. Rarity's eyes shot open wider as a single stream of saliva dripped out of her mouth and onto the mat below.

Bon Bon: "Lyra's getting Rarity set up for her finisher!"

Rainbow: "What finisher?"

Bon Bon: "You'll see."

Lyra then removed her left hand from the back of Rarity's neck and clamps it onto Rarity's shoulder to pull Rarity's shoulder and head back until they were both facing away from Lyra. Lyra then used her left hand to grab rarity's head and band it sideways along her knee and removed her right arm from underneath Rarity to let her lower body drop and places it on her shoulder to pull it sideways away from her neck; leaving the base of Rarity's neck where the neck and shoulders meet wide open. Lyra then raises her hand in the air above her head for a few seconds before a strong, swift, and precise downward Kesagiri chop onto the base of the neck where the neck and shoulders meet to complete the *Hand to Heaven* finisher. As soon as the smack was heard, it was apparent that the chop had landed which knocked Rarity completely unconscious as her body went completely limp.

Bon Bon: "*Hand to Heaven*! It connects!"

Rainbow: "A chop? The finisher was just a chop?"

Bon Bon: "Yup! A chop to the base of the neck which, if done precisely, can immediately knock someone out cold. And by the looks of it I'd say the finisher did its job quite nicely." Bon Bon said with an amused smile.

Back in the ring, Lyra pushed Rarity's unconscious body off of her knee and let it fall front-first to the mat below. Lyra then got on both knees and pushed Rarity onto her back. Lyra smiled in satisfaction at Rarity's peaceful face as she sleeps. Lyra crawled over Rarity's body and used her right arm to hook Rarity's left leg for a pin.

Pinkie Pie dropped to the mat to count the pin. "1!...2!...3!" Pinkie Pie then motioned for Rainbow Dash to ring the bell.

Rainbow Dash rang the bell. *DING! DING! DING!*

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*~ Fast paced music played on a Lyre resonates throughout the building ~*

Lyra releases Rarity's leg and lets it drop to the mat. Lyra then gets to her feet and jumps up and down while pumping her fists in the air and whooping in victory. Lyra then goes over to inkie Pie and lets her raise her hand in the air.

Pinkie: "HERE'S YOUR WINNER BY A PINFALL! LYRA!"

*- The stuffed animals cheered loudly -*

Rainbow: "Whoa. That's a pretty good finisher. Not that flashy, but still good."

Bon Bon tore off her headset and started to jump around and cheer enthusiastically. "YES! YES! YES! LYRA WON! LYRA WON!"

Bon Bon then threw away the headset and ran towards the ring and quickly crawled under the ropes and got to her feet. Lyra noticed Bon Bon running at her and smiles as she spreads out her arms for a hug. Bon Bon tackles Lyra to the ground and proceeds to kiss every part of her face as well as her lips while Lyra giggles. All the while Pinkie Pie is checking in on Rarity who was still out cold.

Rainbow: "What a great start for Lyra, and what another humiliating loss for Rarity. That's TWO rookies who managed to beat her in their debut matches against her. Eh, I'm pretty sure she'll manage to make her way back up somehow. Anyway, this was definitely a great debut match at CCPW!" Rainbow Dash then motioned for Twilight to cut off everything and get down here with the rest of them. Once there, Lyra was in the ring with Bon Bon hugging her neck and affectionately snuggling her while everyone else congratulated her before turning their attention over to Rarity who was, still, out cold on the mat. Pinkie Pie went over to Rarity and asked for everyone to give her some room for her special procedure only to be stopped by Rainbow Dash who dragged her away.

Fluttershy looked over Rarity's body and touched Rarity's forehead. "Will she be okay?" Fluttershy asked in concern.

Lyra: "Don't worry. She'll only be out for about an hour and she'll be fine afterwards." Lyra assured.

Octavia: "Okay, but what do we do with Rarity in the meantime?"

Applejack walked over to Rarity's body and picked her up bridal style before throwing her over her shoulder. "Well, Since Rare's gonna be out fer a while Ah'll just take her up to the bleachers with me and wait fer her ta wake up." Applejack said as she was about to exit the ring with Rarity over her shoulder until Pinkie Pie stopped her.

Pinkie: "Ooh, ooh, ooh! Wait!...I'm about to be BRILLIANT!" Pinkie Pie said with a giggle as she takes out a black marker and lifts up rarity's head and draws a black, curly mustache and black circles around her eyes.

Octavia and Twilight shook their heads at Pinkie's shenanigans while everybody else couldn't contain their laughter.

Octavia shook her head. "Classy. Very classy you guys."

Lyra stopped laughing and looked over at Twilight. "Hey, Twilight? Shouldn't we be getting to the next match?"

Twilight: "Yes. Yes we should." Twilight turned to the rest of the group. "And that means everybody start setting up while me, Lyra, Bon Bon, and Pinkie Pie go change. We clear?"

Everyone: "Clear."

Everyone else then exited the ring to either start setting or getting changed while Twilight, Lyra, and Bon Bon were left in the ring together.

Twilight: "Well it looks like we're next Bon Bon. I wish you luck, and I'm not going to hold back on you just because you're a rookie." Twilight said with a confident smile as she extends her hand to Bon Bon.

Bon Bon looks at the hand and smiles before shaking it. "May the best woman win."

Twilight: "Oh, I plan to." Twilight says with a playful wink as she leaves the ring to go to the locker rooms.

Lyra scowled. "Oh yeah, Sparkle?! Well, Bon Bon's gonna…..gonna….WIN! Yeah, so eat it!" Lyra yelled over at Twilight who entered the curtains.

Bon Bon looked up nervously at Lyra. "You're still going to be in my corner, right Ly Ly?"

Lyra grinned. "Always."

Lyra and Bon Bon then shared a kiss before exiting the ring and getting ready for Bon Bon's match.

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Vultarian01: "I ope you have enjoyed this chapter and, once again, I'm sorry for the long delay.

Twilight: "...decreasing the output of you breathing by an estimate of 23.36%."

Vultarian01: "Twilight? Shouldn't you be getting ready for my next chapter?"

Twilight gasped. "Oh my goodness You're right! But don't worry I have plenty of other thoughts and strategies I can explain to you. We'll talk over lunch with our...note cards! EEEEEEEK!" Twilight screams giddily as she skips away.

Vultarian01: "...someone...please help me..."