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Arcane Shadow (extended)

by Dragonborne Fox

Chapter 23: "When's the Wedding?"

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"Wait, why Saddle Arabia?" Asked Natalie.

"Two reasons: one, the Element of Kindness is in an oil plant, and two..." Katie trailed off, pointing with her thumb to Lance and Anna behind her. They were talking casually like it wasn't a big deal (and besides, the Valkyrie had an auto-travel feature).

Natalie was going to speak again when Lance pulled something from his pocket, knelt down on one knee, and held that something before Anna.

"Will you marry me?" Lance asked with a smile.

Everyone, save for Katie and Anna, immediately turned to him with jaws hanging open.

"He...he went...?!" Matt gasped, his eyes white.

Anna blushed brighter than Katie's fur for a few moments... "I do, Lance."

Everyone cheered like no tomorrow as the archer hugged the Nazi.

Time skip. A few days after the wedding this time because the need for a honeymoon was present.

(I think you know what happens during honeymoons anyway, so shut it.)

The party was now standing before the oil plant. The honeymoon was still happening, so Lance and Anna were in Canterlot. But that sure as hell didn't mean the party would be defeated. And besides, they needed to take Laughter to Celestia anyway, so the more the merrier. Twilight Sparkle went with them as well, but hey, the Valkyrie was still with them should a quick getaway be necessary.

They casually walked in and to the owner of the oil plant, who had Kindness on his neck. He was a dragon of magnificent gold with a platinum-blond Mohawk of a mane running down the length of his neck, with a pair of broken horns on his head. His sapphire blue eyes exuded a dual aura of malevolence and radiance. Scales the same color of the mane made his underbelly as feathered wings of white angels adorned his backside. Emerald claws marked the end of his draconian hands and feet as his tail blocked off the door from which the humans and fox-angel had entered.

"You, sir or madam, art as graceful as Equestria itself. Please tell me why Kindness is wrapped around thy neck." Katie said, already kneeling out of respect. The humans had knelt as well as Gilda.

"An angel who speaks in ancient tongue. I am most intrigued," Said the Golden Dragon, "But in order to redeem yourselves and obtain the element you seek, we must fight."

"That, I most certainly understand. But before we cross swords," Katie said aloud, "I must ask--how did you come to this oil plant? Was it mere words?"

"It is quite a tale, my friend." Replied the Dragon, "Art thou certain thou hast the time?"

"Yes, I am most certain." Katie answered.

Another time skip.

The Dragon had taken the party (and monster tank) to an open field quite close to Canterlot. Better to spare innocents than needlessly shed blood.

The Dragon fired off a holy beam at the party, which hit everyone save for Fenrir and Gilda. Strangely, Katie took the least damage of everyone while Blake took the most.

Natalie responded with a Pulse (lesser of Pulsar), while Blake sent some skeletons to attack the dragon. Matt sent an Anarchy-powered Legend while Fenrir sent an Aura Sphere toward the dragon. NoLegs piloted a Kitten Fortress while Gilda manned the Valkyrie. Katie sent fireballs toward the magnificent behemoth before stopping abruptly.

The Red Dragon showed up as the Gold Dragon was felled (as in, knocked unconscious).

Natalie flung Ice left and right while Matt switched to Heaven's Gate. Blake merely sat back to watch while Fenrir unleashed Aura Claws willy-nilly. The Valkyrie and Kitten Fortress started firing machine gun rounds and sharpened stake-logs at the Red Dragon while Katie forged something from fire. Her wings grew larger than Celestia's once more as blue fire embraced them.

"What art thou doing?!" Shouted the Red Dragon as he saw in Katie's place was a bird of blazing blue fire. It was roughly the size of the Valkyrie and nine tail-feathers extended elegantly behind the anomaly of unseen beauty. In what was assumed to be its talons was a sword forged from red fire.

"Sword of the Fallen!" Bellowed the bird in Katie's voice as with a slash of the fire-sword it caused the Red Dragon to rear up in pain.

Another slash. And another.

Another.

"Holy shit!" Matt shouted in shock.

The Red Dragon was felled in less than fifteen slashes. The flames forming the sword and the bird vanished, leaving Katie in its place as she landed on all fours.

"You won, and we shalt help thee once more." Said the voice of the Golden Dragon as he and his brother turned into summoning stones which levitated toward Natalie's hands. The Element of Kindness was teleported into the Valkyrie as everyone climbed inside.

"Where are we going now?" Natalie asked.

"Straight to Celestia. Once we get Lance, Anna, and Twilight back and have a spell cast on us, we go up." Katie answered.

"Why up?" Asked Matt, who was confused.

"Cloudsdale is in the sky. The Element of Loyalty is there." Katie answered, her expression turning grim. "Let's just say I heard about a factory that needs to be demolished."

"Demolished?" Asked Gilda.

"More illegal practices." Katie said. "But the whole city is made of clouds, and none of you save for Gilda can walk on clouds."

"You kidding?" Asked Fenrir.

"I shit you not." Katie answered.

"I am half demon. I should be able to walk on clouds." Blake confessed.

"For me, it's natural." Katie replied with a shrug.

The Valkyrie whirred to life and headed to Canterlot Castle.

Author's Notes:

Shipping begins right about now.

*shot*

Next Chapter: Intermission of Sorts: Lance and Anna... Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 28 Minutes
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