Underground Hollow (Azula)

For another few minutes the group, minus Oobleck and Twilight who went to the library, followed Sunset, Starlight, and Trixie to the barracks that Luna’s forces used as a training ground. Jane reasoned this was the best chance for everyone to get familiar with everyone’s fighting styles and abilities. She already had an idea of what Warrick was capable of during the times she saw him play Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix, but Neku was a bit different. She noticed him twirling a couple of pins between his fingertips when he was listening to Luna, but what their purpose was was beyond her.

Then there were the ponies. For the unicorns (and Alicorn if you count Luna) with magic abilities, she wanted to see if they had any combat related spells. She had already seen levitation and teleportation, and wanted to know what else they were capable of, especially in combat.

“Here we are,” Starlight announced as they entered through the doorway and into an empty arena like battlefield. There were weapon racks along the wooden walls that ranged from swords and daggers to spears and axes, as well as shields as well. “Now that we’re here, what should we do?”

“We should see what they’re capable of. But it doesn’t matter. Trixie already knows that for being a student of Luna, Trixie is more skilled than them by a long shot.”

“Trixie, this isn’t a time to brag.”

“What, it’s true. Even that one with the headphones doesn’t seem to be even the least bit prepared for a long drawn out fight on the battlefield.” Jane turned to Neku, who glared at her.

Oh crap, she just had to piss him off now, didn’t she?

“Are you sure that you really want to go there?” he questioned the mare. “Because from my perspective here, Trix like you are just for kids.”

Jane giggled at that. Might’ve been simple, but it was still a decent burn. Works even better that she doesn’t understand the source material.

“H-how dare you insult me!! Do you wish to fight the great and powerful Trixie!?!” she challenged Neku.

“Well, this should be interesting,” Sunset Shimmer quipped with a grin. “Who will win, the boastful apprentice, or the mysterious newcomer. Taking all bets, everypony!”

“Girls, can we all just calm down-.” Starlight tried to say, but was interrupted by Neku.

“Game on. I’m going to make sure I kick your ass and teach you a lesson for insulting me!”

“That’s Trixie’s line!”

“Girls! This is no way to-!” Starlight tried again to gain control, only for Sunset to cut her off.

“Come on, Starlight. I think Trixie could be knocked down a peg or two,” she whispered. “Besides, I’m curious to see what he can do. Let’s just focus on making sure it doesn’t get too out of hoof.”

Jane had the same opinion as well. Come on, Phones. Let’s see just what you can do.

Starlight groaned before sighing in resignation. “Fine. I suppose it would be better tactically to know what he can do. Everypony, clear the sparring floor! We’ve got a match!”

Neku began to stretch his arms as he took a simple stance, but a light blue energy began surging from one of his hands, Warrick pointed it out. Looking closer Jane noticed the pins between his fingers.

Wait, are those pins his powers? Well there’s a unique idea. I wonder how he uses them?

“ …… and FIGHT!!!”

Neku

Straight out the gate, Neku’s opponent went on the offensive, trying to strike him down with a fast bolt of magic. Instinct had him flick his [Lightning Rook] pin and shoot out a bolt of chain lightning to counter the blast. All the spectators were stunned, but Trixie more so.

“Come on now. Don’t tell me that’s all you got for someone who was boasting about how great and powerful they were,” he mocked the magician, who responded by casting more bolts of lightning. Neku was surprised at how fast the bolts came at him, as it was quicker than her previous attack. But he had another counter already prepared. Holding onto one of his other pins, he soon became a swift blur as he dodged and weaved through Trixie’s spells with ease.

The pin [Velocity Attack] allowed for Neku to rush his opponents at high speeds and charge towards opponents to deal damage. However, the teen only used his pin in order to confuse the mare he was fighting against as he had another trick up his sleeve for attacking her. Once behind the unicorn, he switched pins and attacked using [Izanagi], a pin that allowed Neku to strike his opponents in a flurry of forward jabs. When Trixie hit the ground, Neku thought she was done for. However, the apprentice of Luna had more in store for him, specially when she began to pick him up and slam him to the ground using her levitation spell.

“You are starting to annoy Trixie,” she rasped. While Neku was trying to get up, the unicorn charged another spell and cast it just when he was barely on his feet. The blast looked like it was a direct hit as smoke was seen everywhere and pony and human alike had to cover their mouths so they don’t inhale the smoke. Trixie herself was gleefully cheering, thinking that she had taught the teen a lesson. But then, that thought was diminished when she felt a tap on her head behind her.

“Looking for me?”

Trixie herself was quite shocked by what just happened, but Neku knew exactly what occurred. [Top Gear]. It was a psych that allowed Neku to teleport up to three times before the pin had to recharge. Before Trixie’s blast made contact, he used the pin to disappear in the smoke cloud that the spell had coughed up.

“H-how!? You don’t even have magic!! How can you do that?!!”

“Who said that I was using magic?” Neku asked. He now held his current Ten pins in between his fingers. He used his left pocket to keep his support based pins while he kept combat pins in the right pocket. “I use Psyches. Different pins that allow me to use different abilities based on the design and capabilities of the pins. Plus… I’ve only used seven of the ten pins I started out with. So I got a lot more tricks up my non existent sleeves.”

Skidding backwards, Neku used his [King’s Knight] pin to summon a rack of swords. The attack caused a volley of blades to fly towards Trixie, who was busy focusing on her shield spell in order to protect herself. Doing this though, it caused her to not notice what Neku was preparing to finish the fight. She couldn’t see the energy he was charging and when she did Neku blasted her with a powerful beam that was his ace in the hole.

[Bahamut]

The beam shattered through Trixie’s shield, knocking her into the wall and causing everyone’s jaw to drop .

Neku himself seemed confident besides being exhausted. “Heh… That’s how it’s done.”

Azula

Jane stared at the kid as slack jawed as everyone everyone else.

Holy shit, this kid has this much power already!? There’s gotta be some kind of limitation on that kind of power. No way he can just spam blasts like that.

“God damn,” she heard Warrick curse.

A few moments later, she saw him fall down backwards, tiring himself out as he looked at his pins. “Damn, guess my pins need a break. Recharging sucks…”

And there it is.

“Hey Sunset, wanna call it?” Jane asked.

“Yeah, just what I was thinking. The winner is Neku.”

“NO FAIR!!! TRIXIE WANTS A REMATCH!!!” Jane heard the mare scream, trying to trot from the crater in the wooden wall she came out of with scratches and soot all over her.

Holy crap, she can still move after that!? The candy colored ponies are tougher than they look.

“Need me to knock some sense into her-?” Warrick asked, only to have Starlight’s hoof interrupt him as the unicorn turned towards her fellow apprentice.

“You need a break, Trixie.” Starlight insisted as Neku leaned back against a wall and took off his headphones. “Especially after what Neku just demonstrated. Hay, if Twilight were here, she would be asking you a LOT of questions about how his powers work.”

“B-But I-!” Trixie tried to plead, before Jane cut her off.

“I want a go,” she said, catching their attention, especially Warrick’s, and walking to the center.

“Are you sure Azula?” Starlight asked. “If so, then who do you think should be your opponent?”

The girl hummed for a moment, considering her powers and the kind of enemies she might face, as well as the kind of enemies in the Avatar universe. “I kinda of want to hold back on my bending powers for now, so give me someone who isn’t afraid to give or take a punch.”

In response Sunset trotted in front of her. “If that’s the case, then I can be your opponent if you think that works for you.”

Jane looked surprised. “You want to take me on in hand-to-hand? Um… hoof? I thought you were more a magician type?”

“I am… but it doesn’t mean that I can’t adapt,” Sunset replied, casting a spell. Soon, her magic allowed her to easily stand up on her back hooves without falling over and some magic like claws formed on her front hooves. “I came up with these spells incase I was to encounter a Griffon. Now I get the chance to test them out on you. And honestly, I think I’m surprised that you don’t want to use your powers.”

Jane smirked and took a fighting stance. “In the universe where I’m from, there’s a martial art style that focuses on cutting off chi and paralyzing the enemy. Benders like myself could lose their powers for a short time until the flow rights itself. It always stunned me how much some benders refused to learn traditional fighting just because they had powers.”

Sunset grinned a little. She liked where this was going. “You’re smart. But let’s see if you can keep up.” With that, she rushed forward and swiped her right hoof in an upward diagonal motion while her left claw slashed vertically and tried to strike Jane’s face. She responded to both dodge and attack in one move, rolling backwards, almost flat on her back, while kicking her leg and nailing Sunset the stomach. Instead of just pushing her off Jane continued to roll backwards and threw Sunset as she flipped onto her feet. She turned just in time to see the pony twist in mid-air and land on her hooves.

“Not bad,” Jane complimented before taking her stance again.

“Same to you. But now, I feel like I should kick it up a notch,” the pony replied. “Besides, for unicorns, we are taught to combine magic and combat together. And not just like what I’ve been doing.”

Without warning Sunset rushed forwards, then disappeared midway through. Before Jane could even turn around she was sent tumbling from a hoof to the back of the head

Damn teleportation, she thought as she responded with a sweep kick. Sunset hopped over it, but Jane repositioned herself for a mule kick and sent her flying, only for her to teleport just before she hit the wall. Suddenly I’m regretting my decision not to use my bending during this fight.

Then, a thought occurred to her she took up another stance, closing her eyes, trying to listen for the unicorn instead of relying on her eyes. She heard the humming of Sunset’s claws and replied with a swift palm strike. She reopened her eyes to find that she had made contact with her opponent’s furry chest.

“Gotcha,” she gloated as Sunset gasped for breath, trying to get to her hooves and regain herself, her magical claws having already dispersed. Always wanted to try this, she thought as she ran forwards and spun in the air, twirling no less than three times, before extending her leg and bringing her foot down inches from the pony’s face. Sunset held silent and looked back at Jane as she smirked. “So, wanna call it, or you gonna pretend I didn’t miss your head on purpose?”

The pony nodded, grinning a little. “You are quite a skilled fighter. I’m impressed.” She extended a hoof, in which Jane used my hand to help her up. “You win.”

Jane could see Warrick out of the corner of her eye clapping while Neku himself gave a thumbs up. Everyone’s attention then turned to the entrance creaking open.

It seems like our two fights have attracted an audience.

Oobleck (A few moments ago)

My, was this quite a sight. Even though Twilight had told me a little bit about this place already, I had not expected anything quite like this, Oobleck thought as he observed the literal archive of books, scrolls and tomes. Likely centuries if not millenniums worth of knowledge stacked and piled up.

“Well, I think it’s time to get started then. I think it would be best to start with history, the backbone of society!” he proclaimed.

“Historical references are right this way, Mr. Oobleck!” Twilight called out to him, looking quite excited.

“Doctor my dear, but I’ll forgive the slip up for now,” zipping over to her side and shocking her with his speed. “Now, where do you recommend we start?”

“Well, it’s best we start with the age of Starswirl the Bearded. That’s when Princess Luna was just a filly.” She told him, using her Levitation to bring down the first book off of the shelf. “After that is the time of the Royal Pony Sisters, where Luna was in her teenaged years and also… if the Princess was right… this trouble first began.”

“Hm, yes, that indeed sounds like a good place to start off,” he replied. Before he fully understood what he was doing, Oobleck was flipping through the pages faster than any being had a right to. Within seconds he had gone through the nearly seven hundred page book. “Quite interesting, quite interesting indeed. Now, let’s move to the next one, shall we?”

“W-what!? How did you read that so quickly!?” Twilight asked in shock. “No speed reading spells or any magical items and you’re done with that in less than fifteen seconds!”

“Motivation and necessity, my dear! The fate of an entire world is stake, we have no time for dilly dallying! Onto the next era, please! I believe we should start off right after the end of the Princesses Coronations! Come now, chop chop!”

“Yes, Doctor Oobleck!”

“Hey, Twilight? Are you in here? I brought Moondancer with me-.”

Oobleck turned around to see a surprised reptile and another unicorn that looked like an exact copy of Twilight, but with some minor changes in mane and fur color. Not to mention wearing glasses that had some tape across the middle. Considering the world he was in, he could only guess the smaller creature was a dragon.

“Oh hello. I didn’t expect company.” Twilight said, welcoming the two of them in. “Spike, Moondancer, I would like you to meet Doctor Oobleck.”

“Greetings, fellows! Perhaps you’ve heard rumors about me and my companions through the grapevine, as it were?”Considering the naming structure in this world, the dragon was likely Spike while the unicorn was Moondancer.

The young reptile stared at Twilight, then looked at the other unicorn. She then nodded, following up on what Oobleck had previously said. “Y-yeah. Something like that. I saw a boy with Ms. Rarity before she went outside her home and he leaned against her house like he was waiting on something.”

“Ah yes, Mr. Dolor. Or Mr. Sakuraba, as he goes by now. Yes, my student was the one who helped Madam Rarity on her trip to Manehattan and was simply waiting for her to be ready before our meeting with the Princess.”

Moondancer shivered at the mentioning of Manehattan. “B-but why would somepony such as Rarity go all the way there when she knows that it’s unsafe?”

“Ah, for the most noble reason of all, my dear, to save lives! And she was successful, thank to young Neku’s efforts. It really is quite an accomplishment for him to do so, he’s not a very sociable person. Hm, maybe I should focus on correcting that. But anyway, what might you two be here for?”

“We were just coming to check on Twilight. Her brother said that Sunset and the others were in the Barracks and wanted us to make sure that she wasn’t doing anything dangerous.”

“In simple terms, my brother is being overprotective again.” Twilight sighed. “Wait… Sunset is at the barracks? That’s... odd. They don’t go to the barracks unless… Oh boy.” She turned to Oobleck, using her levitation to place a bookmark in the book he was reading before closing it and putting it in her saddlebag. “I apologize, Doctor Oobleck, but we need to hurry down there quickly before somepony gets-.”

Just outside the window, for a brief few moments, they all saw a horizontal beam rip through the air and singe itself along the walls elegantly and destructively. “-hurt.”

“Well, that’s not exactly reassuring. Should we pick this up later, Miss Sparkle?” Oobleck asked.

“We shall. Right now though, let’s make sure my friends didn’t blow off any limbs on accident. I would prefer to not have a repeat of when my mane was set on fire when we beginning to learn how to make potions,” she said as they walked towards the door of the library and closed it. As they began to quickly move through the streets, Oobleck felt like I was beginning to feel a bit… warmer.

Could it be possibly the firebending that Azula might be doing? Either that or the fact that I haven’t had the chance to change shirts since I arrived in this new world.

“Miss Sparkle, I know this might be a bit off topic, but is there somewhere or someone I could take my laundry to? I only have one other change of clothes.”

“I believe Rarity could be the mare you’re looking for. She’s a seamstress by trade and a very good one at that,” Twilight replied.

“Ah, yes, I did hear mention of her being a seamstress. However, I was also hoping to find someplace to wash my clothes. I wouldn’t want to force the task on another.”

“Heehee… Silly Oobly!” came a familiar voice as he looked up, only to have Pinkie Pie land on his head once again. “I can do these for you in no time!! Plus, for saving me earlier, you can stay at my home. It gets a little lonely when it’s just me and Gummy.”

“I greatly appreciate that, Miss Pie. I must say, it feels oddly comfortable with someone I can trust so close to me at all times. Reminds me of when I was younger and had cats.”

“Heehee… That’s what friends are for, silly!” she smiled, snuggling his head a little as they turned another corner, getting some odd looks from the others. The five of them could now hear voices come from the other side of the wooden door as they listened in.

“So, wanna call it, or you gonna pretend I didn’t miss your head on purpose?”

“You are quite a skilled fighter. I’m impressed… You win.”

“Oooh!! I wanna see!” Pinkie said, but a little nudge from her caused the door to start creaking over. When it opened, they were greeted by the sight of Princess Luna’s other companions, Mr. Dolor, and the rest of their colleagues.

“Evening gentlemen,” Oobleck began, just as he noticed his student looking her direction. “I and my companions here happened to notice a large beam of energy go by not too long ago. I do hope no one was seriously injured.”

“Nah, other than Trixie’s pride being broken-.”

“TRIXIE HEARD THAT!!!”

“NO ONE CARES!!!” Warrick hollered back at her, looking a bit irritated.

“Right…” Neku sighed. “As for the beam… Well… That was my doing… but not intentionally.”

“You? But I don’t feel any magic from you. How-?” Twilight began

“Psyches,” he answered, cutting her off and showing her a pin he was holding in between his fingers. “Pins like my players pins and such have different powers I can control. The beam you saw was the energy I charged from my ace in the hole, [Bahamut].” He looked to Oobleck and Twilight, noticing Twilight’s saddlebag which now carried the books that they were going to look over later. “Anyways, What were you guys up to?”

“Well, I had just started reading the history of Equestria before we were distracted. Also, I was introduced to these two here. Say hello to Moondancer and Spike. I think it’s quite obvious which is which.”

“Yeah. Rarity told me about Spike,” he replied. “Or as she refers to him as… Spikey Wikey.” Spike’s cheeks were becoming bright red as both Twilight and Pinkie giggle a little. “Besides that though, why are you reading through the history books? Is there a specific reason?” he asked.

“Why Mr. Dolor, I would think you of all people would know the answer to that question!”

“Personally, I would prefer not to cheat. If you’re referring to what I think you are, then I already did that trick on Luna.”

“Hold on, what trick?” Twilight asked.

Neku then held up his main pin and answered. “This pin allows me to read others thoughts. I read Luna’s earlier and found out some things,” he said, not explaining any more.

“I meant that I thought you knew me well enough, Mr. Dolor,” Oobleck explained.

“You didn’t specify. At times, you’re like… Pinkie Pie if that’s the right comparison. Random and funny. But sometimes, I have to figure out what you specifically mean on my own, and during the times I am confused I wait to ask you later. That’s why I always visit you after class.”

“Ah yes, one of the few things you’ve taken initiative with aside from your own artistic works. Well, as I’ve always said in my classes, ‘History is important. If you don’t learn from it,’” he paused to take a sip from his thermos, “‘you’re doomed to repeat it.’ Be lucky we’re not in class now or this would be the point I’d be giving you out your assignment.”

“Right. But the point being, I was asking you why you were catching up on the history of this place? Are you looking for context clues in the text on the enemy we might be up against or is it to get a better understanding of the world we’re in?”

Ah, it feels good to hear an educated question from one of my best students. “Exactly, my good fellow. History defines culture, language, social structure, even warfare. For example, the act of Hari Kari was perfectly normal in ancient Japan, but unthinkable in other western societies, simply because their histories progressed differently. There may be several things between our societies and those of the Equestrians here that may seem normal for us but abhorrent to them.”

“You mean like manners and customs?”

“Or, more importantly, warfare tactics. You may remember in one of my courses my explanations of how Shaka of the Zulu tribe completely changed the very concept of warfare all over South Africa with his ‘Bull and Horns’ strategy.”

Neku pondered his teacher’s words for a moment, before responding. “Hey, did those books happen to mention Griffons? When I encountered them earlier and saved Rarity, they seemed to be more of the militaristic type. Claws and even their weird fangs.”

“Hm. Nothing as of yet,” Oobleck answered and began to mull on the subject, only to notice the crowd was all staring at them. “Oh, I’m quite sorry, we seem to have gone off on quite the tangent.”

“Do you want to continue this elsewhere?” Neku asked me. “I was thinking of going back to Rarity’s and Warrick looks like he’s patiently waiting to fight something. He's just sitting there, restlessly.” Looking over, Oobleck saw what Warrick restlessly tapping his foot. Neku then turned towards Azula. “You okay with keeping an eye on him for a little while, Jane?”

“He’s my brother, what else am I going to do? But to be honest, I was kind of hoping to see Mr. Lecture over there show his stuff,” she replied, motioning to Oobleck.

“Doctor,” he corrected.

“Whatever,” she rolled her eyes.

“Hm. Well, I suppose I could use some practice. ‘Healthy body, healthy mind,’ as they say. But who would be my opponent? ”

Neku stepped forth in response. “I think I got enough stamina in me for another round if you girls are okay with it,” he said, looking at Sunset and Starlight.

“Go ahead. It’ll be interesting to see student against teacher,” Starlight commented as Neku stepped into the center of the ring. He was already holding one of his pins in his hand.

“Are you sure, Mr. Dolor? From what I understand you’ve already fought.”

“Why not? If he wants to show off, Trixie says let him. Might teach him some humility,” Trixie huffed.

“Irony,” Starlight whispered to Sunset, getting a giggle out of the other mare.

“Well,” Neku said, putting his headphones on and adopting his combat stance. His knees were bent and his arms crossed at an angle. “Whenever you're ready.”

“Well, I suppose if you’re willing. Miss Pie, if you please?” Pinkie responded by hopping off his head and sitting next to Warrick before walking to the center of the ring. Oobleck looked at the young man and grinned a little. I am a little bit curious myself to see what my student is capable of. And myself as well.

“FIGHT!!!” Starlight shouted.

Neku was the one who moved first. Oobleck expected him to try and attack from up close, but instead he used one of pins to fire a series of energy rounds. Deciding to take the analytical approach, Oobleck dodged and weaved between them, using as little movement as possible. However, he was surprised when he noticed his student had disappeared, only to tap him on the shoulder.

“Gotcha,” he stated, firing another one of the energy rounds, one hitting Oobleck in the back before managing to regain his focus and defend himself, extending his thermos to smack the other bolts aside. Oobleck opted to stay quiet and simply focus on defense for the moment as Neku pressed forwards for the attack, slicing at him with his fingers. Seeing that he wasn’t landing any more hits Neku teleported again, but this time Oobleck was ready. He quickly backpedaled, zooming to the end of the ring, in time to see Neku appear from his teleportation, ready to strike, but confused as to why his opponent wasn’t there. Oobleck took advantage of that and fired a volley of fireballs at his back, all hitting their mark and exploding on contact.

Neku skidded backwards. Part of his clothes singed and the back side almost had a gaping hole. What they saw caused the crowd to gasp.

“Dear Luna, what’s on your back!?”

Neku remained silent. “ … My Scars.”

“S-scars?”

“My life and childhood was not so happy as most other kids were. I had an alcoholic and abusive father. One night when he tried to beat my mother, I stepped in between them. I was eight at the time and didn’t know any better.”

Oobleck noticed that Pinkie was now shocked as well. She really looked like she wanted to help him right there and trotted over, hugging Neku and trying to comfort him. “P-pinkie?”

“I’ll make an extra-special party for you,” she said simply, nuzzling his leg. That’s when Neku got down to her level, allowing her the chance to do more than simply nudge the leg and instead embrace him in a full on hug.

“T-thank you.”

“I, um, think that’s enough for today,” Starlight Glimmer said, discreetly wiping her eyes.

“I very much agree,” Oobleck added, his expression still grim.

“Same,” came Sunset’s reply.

“OH COME ON!!” Warrick complained. “I didn’t even get the chance to try my powers!”

“Knock it off, brother,” Azula shot back, smacking him upside the head. “Try and be a little more sensitive. Besides, you’re probably just as tired as the rest of us.” Warrick grimaced, gritting his teeth a little, frustrated.

"If he wants to spar, We shall be his opponent," Princess Luna declared, walking into view.

Neku was startled by the abrupt entrance. “L-luna! Where did you come from!?”

"We have been since this sparring session started," she answered simply.

“Seriously? Where?” Neku asked. “Did you use some kind of invisibility spell or something?”

"No, thy focus was merely elsewhere."

“Yeah… good point.” He sighed. “So, letls make some room for Luna and Warrick so the two of them can prepare to duel one another.” On that note, everypony in the room began to make space to accompany the ensuing fight.

I wonder what kind of skills Mr. Warrick is capable of, Oobleck pondered looking forwards to gathering more information.

Warrick

Warrick took his place across from Luna, summoning his keyblade. He got into a stance, closing up his helmet. "Are you ready princess?" He asked, taking a deep breath.

“Indeed. Let us begin…” Luna insisted, holding a pair of scimitars in a telekinetic grip. With a hoofstep, she moved forward, trying to strike with a piercing thrust of her blades. Warrick, on insist, used Void Gear to block the attack and tried to counterattack. But when he attacked, Luna turned into a dark mist and re-emerged on the other side of him. This was her “Mist Walking” spell, which allowed her to move quickly and also give her a chance to attack her enemy while they were confused. Warrick though, wasn’t one to be puzzled so easily.

He rolled out of her range, throwing out his arm, casting Blizzaga, a blast of ice shooting out at her. She used her blades to guard herself, but the spell caused her hooves to freeze and herself to be stuck in the position that she was in. This served as an opportunity for Warrick to catch her off guard.

As he went in for the next strike, the attack broke Luna free of her icy prison, allowing the Alicorn to try her best to counter her opponent’s attacks. But when she tried, all her opponent did was step backwards and throw his Keyblade at her. Warrick’s Strike Raid, an ability that allowed him to toss his weapon at an opponent to rack up extra hits before his Keyblade returned back to him. Honestly, he never thought that he could pull off such a move. But he had to try and shortly afterwards, his attempt was a successful one.

However, his attempt came with consequences. And now an angry alicorn was trying to break through his line of defense. Warrick had to be quick to parry the incoming blades as some of the attacks were really close to hitting him. Having to counter all of these attacks didn’t give him enough time to cast any magic, but the longer that he continued to dodge and weave out of the way of her attacks, the more that he could recognize a pattern.

Vertical slash. Horizontal strike. An attack from the low left upward. Several stabs. Lunge. At the forward Lunge, Warrick found an opportunity to disrupt the Alicorn, using Void Gear to knock the first blade out of her telekinetic grip and then using his opposite hand to cast Dark Firaga to set off an explosion to disrupt Luna’s concentration on her spell. Which in turn, had her release her second weapon and left the Princess unarmed. Warrick soon loomed over Luna, holding his keyblade like he was siring a knight. All the ponies were completely stunned.

“Do you yield?” he asked.

Luna held still for a moment before smirking. “Normally, We wouldn’t… But We shall make an exception for this instance. It is about time that We raise the moon.” Luna replied, watching as Warrick dismissed his weapon. What she said though surprised some people, including Neku.

“Hold on, did you say ‘Raise the moon’?”

“Why of course she did, Mr. Dolor.” Oobleck retorted. “Have you not been paying attention?”

“Hey, the subject never came up.”

“I disagree,” he deadpanned, causing Neku to facepalm himself. Luna sighed as she looked at them before closing her eyes and concentrating. Her horn began to glow as it illuminated the area around her. The previously dark night now had a white crystal like light in the sky as the moon glowed brightly.

The magic soon faded away from Luna’s horn as she turned to the group of humans and ponies. “We will be retiring to Our personal chambers. We will need to see the four of you along with the Elements in the morning. For now though, get some rest. You have earned it.” With that, she whisked herself away and teleported out of the barracks. Leaving some onlookers… puzzled.

“Okay… what do we do now-?”

“I know EXACTLY what to do!” Pinkie proclaimed. “It’s TIME FOR A PARTY!!!”

Author's Notes:

Sorry everyone that this took a LONG time. School and some real life problems got in the way with getting this chapter done. Hope you enjoy it.
-Frost and Co