"Listen up, the plan is simple. First, we all draw out the enemy's forces in our avatars and brawl them. Meanwhile, Sweetie will combine with that behemoth's horns to steal his magic. Then we use his magic to crush the remainders. We clear?!" Scootaloo yelled, looking at the crowd that had assembled to see her.

"YEAH!!" a resounding cry came out from the assembled ponies(a few gryphons and minotaurs as well), pumping their arms in the air.

"Hit em' hard, hit em' fast, Iron Will will kick their ass!" a certain minotaur affirmed, stomping his hoof.

"I have made arrangements for your avatars to be able to communicate, if you want to live, I suggest you don't miscommunicate" Zecora added, rather proud of her ability with alchemy to add a way to communicate.

"Alright, ya bozos, let's get to it!" Scootaloo ordered, almost drowned out by a loud whoop as many avatars formed, friendship energy surrounding a few ponies. Babs hitched a ride on top of Derpy's avatar, somewhat upset she was unable to conjure her own friendship avatar.

"Just, empty your mind" Sweetie told herself, her own purple sphere feeling very empty now. The sight of Babs and Scootaloo together still rang through her skull, refusing to leave. She was jealous of them and she knew it. But the unicorn also knew that if her mind was scattered, the plan would fail. She had to stay focused. The Element of Magic didn't agree, sparking oddly on her head.

A small pegasus flew by the resistance, using the potion Zecora had given to send out a message. Tirek was still stuck inside the pit they had created. However, his upper body was free and it was only a matter of time before he pulled himself out. Scootaloo nodded and stayed silent for once, her squad approaching the pit. The pegasus nodded to herself before letting out a command.

"LET'S DO IT!" she screamed, jumping forward. It was by a smidgen that she dodged a spike of spear mint thrown at her. From Tirek's back, what looked like dirt turned out to be blankets disguising soldiers.

"We've been waiting!" Discord cackled, firing another spear mint at them. "We knew you'd try to sneak up on us!"

"We were counting on it" Scootaloo chuckled, turning back and picking up a huge boulder, tossing it at an unlucky dragon, smashing it flat. Discord snarled, teleporting a giant fruit bat in front of him to take a boulder aimed at him. "Suck rocks!" Scootaloo yelled as she and a few others tossed down huge rocks.

"Damn it! Just fight us face to face, it's not fair!" Discord shrieked, dodging another rock tossed at him.

"Did you just say that?" Scootaloo laughed, dancing around a few fire balls.

"Hehe, the ponies are crafty" Tirek rumbled, turning his head to fire a massive energy bolt, vaporizing part of the cliff and sending bodies of the resistance flying. "Catapault technique, stand by" Tirek ordered, grabbing Discord and a blue dragon. "Toss!" he roared, throwing the two of them up so that they could get on the cliff more easily. Discord materialized a candy cane in mid-air and slashed down, only to have his strike blocked by Scootaloo's avatar. The red avatar crackled as energy flowed to the arm that had blocked the strike.

"Eh? Where's your bum chum?!" Discord gawked, noticing that Sweetie Belle wasn't there and the color was all wrong. Discord got his answer as a purple sphere shot out from the cliff side, aiming for Tirek's head.

"Magic Impact!" Sweetie yelled out, slamming into Tirek's head with a crash, partially drilling into the flesh to anchor herself. The centaur let out a bellow of rage and pain as the unwanted passenger wedged herself in between his firing line.

"Why do I keep letting things set up?" Discord snarled, his face contorting in hatred as he disengaged from the block.

"Because you're dumb" Scootaloo taunted, lashing out with a snap kick, her foot connecting with Discord's candy cane, which he now held like a staff in a defensive position. "I put our luck and mettle to the test" Scootaloo boasted, leaping up and lunging down with a punch, again, just barely blocked by Discord. It still forced the draconequus back, eyes wide.

"How'd you get so good so quickly?!" he hissed, conjuring up a chocolate cloud to hamper Scootaloo...only for a javelin to impale the cloud and destroy the puffy creation. Babs tossed another javelin, this time killing a chimera.

"I won't let you die" Babs muttered to herself, leaping onto the ground to get a better shot and letting Derpy's avatar trip, crushing a comparatively small Timberwolf in the process. A brim stone colored beam strafed the ground near the grey avatar, nearly killing the pegasus.

"What gives, Sweetie?!" Derpy called out, her voice betrayed.

"Sorry, I can't control Tirek's magic well!" Sweetie responded, realizing that Tirek was still firing energy despite her position. She needed to concentrate more. But every time she tried, that kiss from last night just got in the way. "No, why am I failing?!"

"Forget the small fry, everyone get back to old monkey face!" Discord ordered, retreating his troops to Tirek's back. Just as the draconequus was about to join them, a hoof smashed into his spine, knocking him to the ground.

"You aren't going anywhere!" Scootaloo growled, looking up at Sweetie. "You guys keep them pinned down, I'll go help Sweetie Belle!" Scootaloo ordered, leaping off the unconscious spirit of chaos and onto Tirek's shoulders, clambering her way up to the horns of the black beast. She deactivated her avatar and landed flat on Sweetie's sphere. "Open up!" she commanded, making a rip in the purple energy as the unicorn obeyed. "SNAP OUT OF IT!" Scootaloo snapped, lashing out and punching Sweetie in the face, staggering her backwards.

"S-scootaloo?" Sweetie murmured, rubbing her sore jaw.

"Have you snapped out of it? If you ever do that again, I'll always come to belt you" Scootaloo said, giving Sweetie a playful smile. "I'll always be here, don't you forget that" Scootaloo reassured. Sweetie stayed still for a moment before cracking a grin.

"Right" Sweetie confirmed, this time with confidence, purple energy flowing into Tirek's horns. It was just just as planned, they'd take his energy and use it to make a huge avatar, able to be used as a base.

"Heh, see?" Scootaloo chuckled, remaking her avatar and jumping onto Tirek's shoulders. "You just have to-" she started before the flesh beneath her exploded with orange light. The orange beam was thin, but potent. It slashed right through the avatar, all the way into Scootaloo...and through her. Everyone on the battle field saw the orange beam, but not everyone saw what it had done.

"Scootaloo!" Sweetie shrieked, noticing the avatar had been run through completely. From the direction the energy had come from burst a smaller version of Tirek. The Tirek they were on was more akin to magical energy forming him. He had decided to ditch the corrupted magic and take the usable magic in order to make his combat worthy form for himself.

"Hahaha! I won't hand over my power so easily!" the demon growled, leaping onto the black fur of the larger, now consciousless, Tirek.

"Tirek?" Scootaloo managed to hiss before a dragon foot smashed into the small of her avatar's back, flooring her. "I learned that one from you, think I'll keep it" Discord mocked, landing next to Tirek.

"Son of a-" Scootaloo started before a brimstone blast shredded off the left leg of her avatar.

"You're tenacious, I'll give you that" Tirek laughed, bucking the avatar right into Discord so that the draconequus could smash Scootaloo into the ground with his tail. Discord picked Scootaloo back up, holding the pathetic looking avatar in the air. "But it's all over!" Tirek roared, moving his head up just as Discord slammed Scootaloo downward. A black horn entered the red avatar, cracking emanating from the area as the Element of Loyalty did its best to protect its bearer. There was a hideous crack as the horn burst through, slamming into Scootaloo's belly.

Everyone on the battle field heard the blood curdling scream of agony, the once great red avatar hanging limply from Tirek's horn. Tirek tossed his head, letting the avatar drop. It didn't get back up Next Chapter: Duality Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes