The battle between Midnight and Nova had begun and each blow they dealt to each other only increased their ambition to win. Their power was incredible and could be felt all across Equestria.

But Midnight was struggling due to the speed and brute force of Nova’s blows. While Nova hardly received any damage in there fight.

I...Just need to last a little longer until Luna raises the moon and then I can end this.

“Don’t tell me that’s all you got Midnight. I was barely warming up.” Nova said in a mocking tone. This only angered Midnight more as he took a deep breath and unleashed a sonic scream. But Nova was ready this time for it and a red barrier appeared around him. Soon Midnights sonic scream collided with the barrier and caused an explosion.

Midnight saw the large cloud of smoke and figured that it did some damage. It only caused him to smirk but soon disappeared. As the smoke cleared Nova stood there with the barrier still intact and as it disappeared Nova charged at Midnight with full speed. With one hoof he landed a blow in Midnights rib cage and sent him flying into a bunch of boulders that were reduced to dust a rubble.

“Hahahaha you’re trying too hard Midnight. If you had as much experience on the battlefield like me then maybe you’d stand a better chance against me.” Nova said with a smirk. He figured he out classed Midnight in combat and was waiting for his surrender. But to his surprise Midnight stood up with rage flew off into the sky and dive bombed him into the ground.

Midnight then grabbed his leg with his magic and threw him across the valley of the desert while firing multiple magic beams at him as he crashed into pillars of stone and rocks and reduced it to rubble. Midnight kept firing repeatedly with fire in his eyes. After firing repeatedly He stopped to catch his breath and conserve his magic for he knew the battle wasn’t over yet. But it was night and the moon was finally out and he felt his power growing underneath it's magnificent light .

“Still think I’m not experienced in combat Now?!!” Midnight shouted.

“Well you surprised me and I’m not going to lie to you, that actually hurt just a bit. But I wouldn’t let that go to your head.” Nova said as he dusted himself off and stretched his wings. “Well it’s certainly been awhile since I used half my power.”

“Then go on show me what you can really do then.” Midnight said as he used his magic to create armor made from the shadows of the night. All he could do was glare at him.

“Fine you should feel honored though only a few have been able to force me to use my full power in this form. Now witness my full power.” Nova said as fire consumed his body and his eyes glowed yellow. Midnight was expecting him to transform into a dragon like Skyress and if he did then he knew he was in trouble. But what surprised him was that there wasn’t a dragon.

Nova didn’t transform instead he had glowing orange armor with long wing blades and a battle axe made out of pure energy. It sent a shiver down Midnight’s spine. Nova’s power was amazing.

“Wait this is your full power?” Midnight asked.

“What were you expecting me to transform? You disappoint me Midnight. I thought a pony of your caliber would know that every warrior is capable of hiding his true strength. My transformation is only for those who are capable of pushing me to my limits in my current form. Although let's see how long you last against me when I'm at full power.” Nova said with a smirk.

Great….I wasn’t expecting this at all….Skyress said Nova was powerful especially in his dragon form. But she didn’t tell me that nova was this powerful.

All Midnight could do was summon a large sword and charge at Nova.

The real battle was only beginning.

Back at the city of Saddle Arabia the others had either checked into a temporary hotel for the night or went to the saddle arabian pizza parlor. Most of them were having a good time, all except for Twilight who wasn’t having a good time.

“Twilight you should relax a bit.” Skyress said as she took a sip from one of those chocolate shakes they made, which was better than the ones in ponyville surprisingly.

“Relax!!! How can any of you relax when Midnight is out there fighting against somepony who can turn into a dragon at any point and hurt him.” Twilight said. She was on the verge of tears feeling useless to do anything. She could feel the shockwaves from their power and she was worried that Midnight was getting hurt.

“You shouldn’t worry about your friend, Nova may at times seem like a jerk, but he’s actually a nice pony and believe me he’s not going to hurt Midnight…..Much.....but this is only a test remember? This was suppose to happen whether you could stop it or not.” She said as she took another sip from her chocolate shake.

“But I just…..feel so useless right now.” Twilight said until she felt another magical surge from Midnight and Nova. “This is…..unbelievable I knew you said Nova was strong but you didn’t tell me his dragon form could match up to that of Midnights Alicorn powers.” Twilight said as she assumed Nova transformed.

“Nova didn’t transform yet although it has been a while since he had to go to full power in his current form.” Skyress said which shocked everypony in the room as they eavesdropped on their conversation.

“You mean to tell us that Nova hasn’t even bothered to transform?” Thunderlane said as he flew next to Skyress. Which caused her to blush just a bit.

“YAY!!! My brother is winning!!!” Icebeam said with joy as she leaped into the air.

“Well I don’t know about that?.....” Skyress said.

“Why’s that?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Well if Nova is already at full power then Midnight’s giving him a harder time then we anticipated. Midnight might actually win. But that's only if he finishes this fight now.” She said as she scooted away from Thunder. After hearing that Twilight sighed in relief and looked out the window  of the parlor with only one thought on her mind.

Please be safe

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The battle was getting intense for Nova and Midnight. Nova for his part was surprised on how Midnight was able to keep up.

Damn it! I didn’t think Midnight was able to push me to this extremity. I had him completely out classed earlier, but now his power is greater than what it was before.

“You aren’t bad my friend but you still have a long way to if you ever want to defeat me.” Nova stated as he created a large axe with his powers and launched straight into the air and swung a wave of energy came from his axe.

Midnight evaporated into shadows and escaped at the last second and reappeared behind Nova and slammed straight into his back and sent plummeting to the ground.

“Had enough?” Midnight asked as his he lifted his blade and shot like a speeding falcon towards Nova. Nova for his part was able to recover and blocked his attack.

The clash from their weapons created a blinding, bright light and shook the ground. Midnight swung his sword but Nova dodged it and then swung his axe upwards. Midnight was barely able to block it and he then bucked Nova’s axe from his grip only for him to do the same thing.

Nova’s hooves began to glow and his eyes turning yellow and dashed at Midnight with full speed. But Midnight was ready and swung his left hoof while Nova swung his right hoof. What surprised Nova was that Midnight delivered a powerful blow across his face and was sent skidding across the floor into a large boulder.

But Midnight wasn’t done just yet as he began to create a crescent shaped energy wave from his wings and horn and fired at Nova. Nova didn’t have enough time to dodge it or block it and took it head on, creating a massive explosion.

That must have done something to Nova…

And it did. Deep within the smoke Nova stood there, as his body was steaming and his fur burnt and seared. He was shuttering a bit but had determination and rage in his eyes.

“Very impressive…..That actually hurt!!! But I’m not done just yet.”Nova spatted out as he wiped the blood from his mouth and glared at Midnight. “Now that we got that warm up out of the way. Why don’t you stop holding back and show me your true power?!!!”

“You want to see power? Well FINE!!! I’ll show you.” Midnight said as his body began to glow and a bright light shot up into the sky and clouds began to form above them. Midnight’s body began to change.

Soon his transformation was complete and the Alicorn no longer stood before them but a pale blue dragon. Nova for his part was a bit disappointed by the power of his transformation but it made it more interesting.

“Well, well, well Midnight…..not bad….but now I think it’s only fair for me to show you my transformation. Nova spread his legs apart slightly and began to concentrate as his body slowly began to glow and his mane flaring up again.

Midnight for his part wanted to end it all right now but for some reason he couldn’t. He didn’t know why but he felt he had to see his transformation. He knew if he waited he would have a hard time defeating Nova. But he couldn’t for some reason. It wasn’t because of fear it was his curiosity to see what he could really do.

Soon an orange sphere formed around Nova and slowly began to expand. Midnight felt Nova’s power continue to grow even though it was nowhere near his power but it certainly was a sight to see. Electricity surrounded his body and the light around his body grew brighter. Midnight could hear Nova’s bones cracking and watched as the his feathers fell off.

Nova’s roar was tremendous and the earth beneath them shook and could be felt all across Equestria.

“Wha?....What was that?” Twilight asked.

“That Twilight would be Nova and Midnight transforming right now hehehehehe it certainly has been a while since Nova has transformed. He really knows how to let it all out.” Skyress said.

“Thhhhhhhhiiiiiissssss iiiiiiisssssss awwwwweeessssoooommmmmeeee Twwwwwiiiii.” Pinkie said.

“Hehehe Pinkie is just how I imagined her to be when we met.”

“We need to….we need to help Midnight.” Twilight said as she was about to leave the parlor but a hoof gently grabbed her hoof.

“Don’t worry Twilight I promise everything will work out in the end.” Skyress calmly said.

“But….(Sigh) alright.” She gave in.

The sphere only got bigger as well as Nova’s immense power. Midnight knew he had to act now and stop his transformation.

“Enough!!! won’t admit defeat!!!” Midnight shouted as he flew into the sky with blazing speed and charged at Nova, but the sphere was a wall of energy and it pushed him back no matter how hard he tried.

“NOOOO!!! I. Won't. Give. UP!!!!!” He said as he kept push against the barrier with all his might.

“ROOOOAAARRRR!!!” Was all Nova could say as his energy pushed Midnight back and exploded.

A pony no longer stood there but a glowing red dragon stood in it’s place with glowing yellow eyes exactly like Skyresses eyes when she transformed. Not only that but he was more intimidating than her. But Midnight knew he had more power than him and only smirked.

“Well it looks like you’re finally finished. I guess I didn’t need to stop you after all. My transformation is still more powerful than yours. Midnight said with a chuckle.

“Well then I guess it’s time for round two then. So let’s see this so called power I have been hearing about.” Nova said with a smirk which only angered Midnight. With a mighty he took a deep breath and fired a flaming ball of blue fire at him.

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