Chapter 11: The Elements Of Balance part 4: Melee combat and Speed combat

Rarity got home and walked into Twilights library only to be met by Silver and her friends. "Silver dear, i thought you were resting?" Rarity said. "i was but i came to get Pinkie Pie and Rainbow dash right now. their training must take place immediately or equestria is doomed." Silver said as she stood to face them. "you two must come with me right now if we wish to save equestria." Silver said. "why Silver what's wrong?" Rainbow asked. "because discords army approaches the border of equestria from the west. we must hurry come on!" Silver said grabbing both of their hands and warping them into the training hall. "now girls come on we must train starting now. Rainbow go work out until were done or just do whatever. Pinkie, come with me." Silver said motioning her to follow. Pinkie followed and rainbow flew out of the room. "alright pinkie you are the element of Melee combat and i will train you to use that in combat. your trait is steel bones and it makes it so that your punches and kicks are stronger than steel. go ahead try it out." Silver said and motioned to the wall. "you want me to punch a wall?" Pinkie asked. "yes, now go ahead and try it out. don't hold back just go all out against the wall." Silver said and sat down Pinkie shrugged and looked back at the wall and punched a hole in it. "WOAH i didn't know i could do that!" She half shouted. "yep thats the trait steel bones for you. now try kicking the wall." Silver said. pinkie smiled and kicked the bricks out of the wall. she turned and smiled at silver. as soon as silver was about to start speaking Pinkie started bouncing around the room. "alright Pinkie, calm down. now that we know you can use your abilities lets get started training." Silver said and created about fifteen soldiers out of her magic. she had learned her lesson about training them herself last time. the soldiers were each coated in armor with a broad sword and shield. Silver told them to stand at attention and wait for her to speak to them again. Silver then handed Pinkie Pie a pair of white pants with a shredded bottom and cuts in the legs, a whit shirt with a rip and a cut in the side,  a pair of black fingerless gloves, a red headband and a black tie belt. she walked out of the room and put them each on and walked back into the room. "good now fight these soldiers. dont worry their made of magic, just go all out against them."  Silver said motioning them to charge pinkie and attack her. "alright lets get started!!" Pinkie said as she cracked her knuckles and started fighting them. one by one they fell bloody and broken only to evaporate back into magic and return as another soldier. pinkie had conquered every soldier that came at her before they even thought they had a chance. "very good Pinkie, your training is complete. can you go fetch rainbow dash for me please?" Silver said as she walked over to a bench and sat down. "okie dokey lokey!" Pinkie said as she bounded out of the room making punching and kicking motions. Silver just chuckled and stood to look out over the balcony once more. "our time grows shorter with every passing moment...." Silver said as dash burst through the door. "alright Silver lets get started! what am i gonna be doing?" Dash asked flying around the room. "your going to just go and sit over there for the moment." Silver said with a stern look. Rainbow blinked twice as if saying "uum what?" she just stared at Silver. "well, go ahead and take a seat." Silver said and motioned to the bench. "and why is it that i need to sit down when i'm supposed to be training?" Rainbow asked as silver stared at her with a stern look. then she smiled and started to laugh. "no one ever could pull a prank over on you, could they Rainbow?" Silver said laughing in between breaths. "uum, what do you mean by that?" Rainbow said starting to chuckle now. "oh, oh nothing i was just trying to get you to relax a bit. i mean your always so......" Silver paused to think. "energetic, focused, and competitive." Silver finished. "i just wanted you to lighten up a bit, nothing more. but i see that was a lost cause so lets get started on your training." Silver said as she walked outside and looked into the distance. she sat and stared until rainbow broke her train of thought. "uum, what are you looking at?" Dash asked. "look, there just over the mountain, can you see them?" Silver said pointing to the mountain range. "can i see who?" Dash asked as she looked. "come here i need to give you a gift." Silver said as Dash leaned over to her. "Skull Blackas Venn...." Silver whispered into her ear. Rainbow's eye's changed to match Silver's eye's. "woah what's happening? i can see myself and thats not natural." Dash said backing away a bit. "your seeing through my eyes its a spell Brock taught me. it allows you to see what i see so well it actually shows you what i'm looking at and how i see it. now look." Silver said turning her head to look at the army of chaos. "oh no...... how can we stop them?" Dash asked as her eyes returned to normal. the sun had started coming up. "we can't...... not without brock. he's the only one who will be able to defeat them, all Celestia's army can do is slow them down. if they make it to brock before he wakes up, the whole world will fall to discord....." Silver explained as dash listened as if she was listening to daring doo. "so lets get started, Brock should wake up in about nine hours and we need to train you for when they arrive in eight." Silver said. "how do you know when they'll arrive?" Dash asked. "i dont, its just an estimate." Silver said and created fifty soldiers with light armoring. "now then lets see how fast you can defeat all of these soldiers five times." Silver said motioning to the soldiers who were drawing there swords. Dash twitched as she looked at them and Silver threw her a broad sword. it was heavy but light enough that it could be swung fast and used with one hand. she liked the sword as she swung it around a few times. "well lets get started!" Dash said as she began to attack the soldiers. it had taken her about two and a half minutes to take them all down. they all rose back up and she did it one time after another. after she was done the soldiers lay bloody and dead at her feet. it had taken her maybe eight minutes top to take them all out five times and a row. she stood on the bodies shining with pride. "well how did i do, huh, huh?" Dash asked. "very very well.... but i think the element of speed could do better." Silver said with a challenging grin. Dash looked insulted at this. "hey, i could take these guys down once in TEN SECONDS FLAT if i wanted to." She said a bit angrily. "prove it...." Silver said smiling disbelievingly. Dash reared her head back and flew into the air as the bodies rose back up again. she flew down and cut down nine of them. she turned and cut down thirteen more. she flipped around and took down twenty one of them with her sword. she flew back and loop-de-looped and took down the rest of them. "see? ten... seconds... flat." She said holding the sword on her shoulder. "actually, it was more like nine seconds." Silver said with a happy look in her eye. "now do it five more times." Silver said as the bodies rose again. Dash did as she was told and finished with a time of about 45 seconds. she landed on top of the bodies and went to hand the sword back to Silver. "no, no, no go ahead and keep it. you've earned it after that time." Silver said holding up a hand. "wow, thanks Silver. this is one of the nicest gifts i've ever gotten. thanks, now i know you and i are good friends." Dash said as she hugged her friend. "oh Dash why wouldn't we be friends? if we weren't friends i wouldn't be training you would i? or would i have even talked to you if we weren't friends?" Silver said holding her friend. "well, i guess not. but thanks anyway." Dash said as she began to lift off. "wait up Dash i'm comin' with you." Silver said flapping her wings to go with her. "how come? you gonna talk to them about training more often?" Dash asked. "nah, i got a gift for each of them. even spike and all of your guy's pets." Silver said with a smile. "well then what are we waiting for? let's go!" Dash said as she bolted up ahead. "oh Dash... always the competitive one." Silver said and chuckled as she darted to catch up with her friend. they reached Ponyville after maybe two minutes. they stopped at Twilights house and knocked then walked in. "hey everybody, im back! and i brought a friend!" Dash said as her and Silver walked into the room. "hello everyone. how are you all?" Silver said sitting down in mid air. "Alright Silver i gotta get this off ma chest. That floatin' your doin' tight now? it's startin' to creep me out." Applejack said motioning to the air under her. "oh sorry, is this better?" Silver asked as she floated to the ceiling and sat on the ceiling upside down. everyone laughed except AJ. "that's not funny.... but i gotta admit that does look fun." AJ said as she rubbed her chin. she then started to freak out as she lifted to the ceiling to match the same position as Silver. everyone laughed this time, even AJ. "alright i'll admit, that was funny and this is pretty fun. uum, can i ask who's holdin' me up exactly?" everyone except twilight and silver looked around. no one was using magic. "Silver how are you doing that darling?" Rarity asked. "i'm not Twilight is, her training session was my favorite because i got to teach her how to levitate things and people and fight the same by using only her mind." Silver said as Twilight began lifting herself, her friends, and a whole different number of things into the air at the same time, all with her eyes closed. "alright Twilight don't start to show off remember your training." Silver said as she landed. "always remain humble to those around you." Twilight said in a low voice as she placed everything and everyone back onto the ground and shelves. "Well done Twilight, your training has progressed nicely." Silver said with a smile and Twilight blushed. "also i have a gift for everyone, i already gave Dash her gift. go ahead and show them Dash." Silver said and looked at her friend as she pulled out her new broad sword. "check it out, silver gave me this when i was done training she told me to keep this sword." Dash said as she moved it around. "alright dash time to put it away i have an actual gift for you this time." Silver said as she warped a huge bag into her lap. "alright everyone in honor of finishing your training i have these gifts for you. for Rarity, i have a bag of extraordinarily rare gems that were only found a thousand years ago." Silver said and pulled a bag of black, green, white, and purple gems. "some of them are findable today but quite a few of them aren't these black ones went extinct seven hundred years ago and the white ones around fifty years before Luna was banished. the black ones are called moonstones, they are luna's personal favorite hint hint. and the white ones are called essence stones. dont EVER let them anywhere near the dead. you don't wanna know what happens." Silver said handing the gems to rarity. "for Twilight, i have an ancient book from my personal library. it has every transfiguration and time spell known to equestria." Silver said as she handed the book to Twilight and she hugged it. "for pinkie pie, i have a party guide that will tell you at least six hundred different party styles and ideas. you'll never run out of combinations." Silver said handing her the guide. "for Fluttershy, i have a pet. she's a baby dragon. her name is Starlight." Silver said with a smile. "wait.... did you say a female dragon!?" Spike asked. "yes i did say a female dragon. and yes i know about the dwindling dragon issue and i have a surprise for you to tell the dragon council. i have an ancient storage room deep below my ancient castle with about twenty five dragon eggs stored there in cryogenic stasis. you can alert the council as soon as you wish, but first i have a gift for you Spike." Silver said and spike shot into her lap. "alright calm down now, here you are." she said as she handed him a small plant. "what is it? a bean tree?" Spike asked. "no it's a gem tree and you can keep it." Silver said as Rarity's eye's and Spike's eye's widened. "For Applejack i have a gold encrusted cowboy hat, a pair of gem encrusted cowboy boots, a pair of jeans that are made from a type of silk that can only be found in Princess Celestia's bedroom, and a golden vest for you to wear." Silver said as she handed all of the cloths to her. "and finally, for Rainbow Dash, i want to give you something that is very important to me. it's the very first sword i ever crafted when i was young. it's made out of the remains of a meteor that i melted down and made into the armor i wear right now. remember to keep it safe, and always remember it is unbreakable" Silver said handing the sword to her friend. "wow.... thanks silver.... i love it." Dash said as her and all of her friends started hugging Silver. "oh and one more gift for you spike. it's a very strange gift that can only be given to dragons." Silver said as she stood and kneeled next to spike. "Konarik Almotaro clinaren pal fortaros." Silver whispered into his ear and backed away. Spike looked around and noticed everything was unchanged. "what did that do?" Spike asked. he then felt a strange sensation in his entire body. "woah! what's happening?!" Spike said as he grew to the size of the princess's. "uum, can i ask what that did exactly?" Spike asked. "i used a draconic spell on you to grow you to the size of Princess Celestia or Luna." Silver said as Spike looked at himself. "and also i would like to give you this. it's a set of armor that my first bodyguard wore when he was alive. it's made from a combination of melted down gems and about seventeen pounds of melted obsidian. i think you'll take a liking to it." Silver said as spike tried it on. "it fits perfectly!" Spike half shouted. "it grows to meet the size of the wearer and it comes with a sword with a handle made of obsidian and a blade made of diamond and a shield made the same way as the armor." Silver said as spike hugged her and took the sword and shield. everyone hugged one more time and the stood up. "alright, time for the news i came to give you. we don't have much time we must evacuate Ponyville IMMEDIATELY or discords army will kill everyone! his army approaches from the mountains to the west. I will warn Celestia and Luna but you two need to get everyone in Ponyville into canterlot right now and take brock up to the balcony of my training hall and leave him there he will awaken in about six hours. Discord will be here in about four and a half hours. You MUST evacuate Ponyville and get everyone to canterlot as fast as possible. now i want everyone on their way to canterlot either by sky, foot, or whatever else there is in thirty minutes or less. now go, go, GOOOO!!!!!!" Silver screamed with the royal canterlot voice and warped to canterlot.