of Ponies and Humans
Chapter 20: Of Ponies and Humans
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDKNMI48AcU
Van Kleiss Theme RMX - Generator Rex soundtrack
Lightning cracked down from the sky and the wind picked up, making anything loose; clothes, hair, ETC, flap in the wind.
Nightmare Moon laughed as her body dissolved into mist and began to take the shape of Demon Catalyst, the demonic form of Requiem’s brother.
The Ponies, Humans, Gryphons, and Dragons took up battle positions as it began to take form.
*Cut to Black*
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Of Ponies and Humans
The lower torso formed first, taking on a crab-like figure.
The upper torso came next, taking on the form of a black skeletal robot with a big hole running up it.
Arms clawed their way out of the upper torso and grew as large as buses.
*Cut to Black*
Final Chapter
From below, they all watched the massive body take shape.
“oh, crap.” a unbelieving ash gasped.
“That thing is BIG!” Dash exclaimed. “how are we supposed to beat it?”
Req gulped nervously. She barely beat it last time she fought it. Now… it’s gonna be big problem.
Blackish blue fire shot out from the hip and though the hole in the body, stopping just above the shoulders.
The body fell from above and landed with the force of a rocket, creating a big crater. It slowly rose up and stared the group down.
“ha. It ain’t got no head. We got this easy peasy.” Pinkie happily exclaimed.
A large demonic looking head appeared in the center of the fire above the shoulders.
“STOP GIVING HER IDEAS, PINKIE!” everyone exclaimed.
Nightmare Catalyst reared back and roared into the sky like a distorted Godzilla. Lightning cracked down around the 200-foot beast as the roar echoed as far as the Capital City.
*cut to black*
Of Ponies and Humans
Here’s a refereance pic for Nightmare Catalyst:
just replace the red spots and fire with blue and you‘re good.
End Song.
Nightmare Catalyst snarled and roared into the sky.
“you neglected to tell us why you fought Godzilla here why, Req?” Aura asked.
“I didn’t think it was necessary!” Req replied, holding the hair out of her face.
“I’d say this is necessary!” Ash yelled.
Laughter came out of the foreboding behemoth as Nightmare looked her new form over. “this is quite the body.” she chuckled, her voice a bit on the demon side. “it’s owner was quite the demon himself. you’ve made some powerful enemies, Ms. Hikaru.”
“well, that one wasn’t exactly by choice.” Req snarled.
Nightmare scoffed at that remark. “I’m starting to become bored. Think I’ll destroy you all before taking over the world.”
“ain’t that what you were doing from the start?” A.J. asked.
“true…”
Begin Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uza8MDuE0eY
Dark Gaia Phase 1 (Running) - Sonic Unleashed OST
Nightmare Catalyst’s back began to bulge as something tried to break out. “…but I’ll be test-driving this new form. Good practice, I say.”
Huge demonic wings burst out of her back in a gory-esq fashion that made even Gilda gag.
Nightmare reared back and roared again, wind surging underneath her as she tried out her wings. The gust sent everyone back quite a ways as Nightmare Catalyst rose into the air.
Electricity arched between her hands as a orb appeared in the middle. “oh, lordy lordy. What’s she doing now?” Jax asked.
“nothing good. What else?” Req said as her back began to glow.
N.C. growled as the orb grew in power. It spun around like a top before shooting up into the clouds. A purple glow peeked though breaks in the clouds as a purple haze began to spread though the darkness that spread across the planet earlier.
N.C. grinned at the sight. Something slammed into her chest, knocking the wind out of her. She quickly regained it as Requiem flew up, a large 50 foot sword of light imitating out of Nexus Ultimus.
Req raised it up and slashed down on Nightmare Catalyst. N.C. smirked as he right hand turned into a blade. She swung it and stopped Req’s attack in it’s place.
“Why do you humans fight against inevitability? Why don’t you give up? You know you will lose.” Nightmare asked, not breaking character.
“that’s the thing about us humans.” Requiem grunted. She pushed in further, putting Nightmare’s blade close to her body. “we don’t know the meaning of the word quit.”
Nightmare roared in pain as one of her legs was slashed off. Aura landed on her shoulder and stabbed into it. Fire shot out of the lance and into the shoulder. Seconds later, it exploded off of her. She turned her head to Aura and roared loudly, the sheer force sending him falling off to the ground.
Gilda and Jason flew up, carrying Ash and Sora. The humans jumped off and landed on Nightmare Catalyst’s back. Sora pulled out a bow, which lit on fire, as Ash push in a combination on the jewels encrusted into the handles.
“Yo, Ugly!” Ash yelled. Nightmare turned in their direction and roared. Sora and Ash fired up at Nightmare’s face. They hit the eyes and exploded. Nightmare roared in pain as she staggered, trying to get her sight back.
Whips of varying lights wrapped around her body. She felt this and tried to break loose but the Unicorns held on.
“CRYSTAL RAIN!!!” Jax yelled as she cast a spell.
A glyph opened up in the sky and crystals as large as Semi’s rained down, striking Nightmare all over her body. She roared in pain as she continued to be pelted by the shards.
Bahamut flew in from behind. He coated himself in blue fire and slammed into Nightmare like a meteor.
Nightmare yelled as she fell from the sky and fell into the mountain top lake like a comet, creating quite a big splash.
End Song.
The splash shot up like a mushroom cloud. The water rained down on the entire area, soaking even those up in the air.
The group quickly converged on the lake as the ripples began to fade and the last bubble popped.
Pinkie peered over the edge and lightly tapped the surface. “Think that did it?” she asked.
Begin Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-NrSgXKgTk
The Encounter - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep OST
The ground suddenly began to shake. The lake started to get violent.
“t-t-t-t-that a-a-a-a-answer y-y-y-y-your q-q-q-q-question, P-P-P-P-Pinkie?” Spike shuddered as he bounced along the ground.
A large arm burst out of the lake and slammed down near where Pinkie was. Another arm burst out and crushed down some trees.
Nightmare Catalyst’s upper torso burst out of the lake, roaring as loud as she could.
“oh, come on.” Jax whined. “I’m starting to hate her.” she said to Fluttershy.
Nightmare snarled as loud as she could as her right hand turned into a sword again. “DIE!!!” she yelled, swinging it down on them.
“SCATTER!” Jason yelled.
Everyone bolted in separate directions as the sword slammed down where they were.
Nightmare angrily roared. Pores opened up all over her body. Tendrils shot out and pursued those in the air.
Req dodged the tendrils, also blasting some back. “What. Is. It. With. Bad. Guys. And. Tendrils?”
A tendril slammed down near Sora. She pulled out her short sword and sliced it up.
“this is new, even for us!” Spike yelled as he and Dash ran for it.
Turning her left hand into a sword as well, Nightmare began to swing her arms like crazy, slicing whatever she could. The tendrils also went into a frenzy, slamming into anything and everything.
Everyone ducked into a out-cropping as Nightmare Catalyst continued her frenzy.
“Okay. She has officially lost her mind.” Dash exclaimed, holding her head down.
“well, my brother wasn’t exactly in his right mind in that form either.” Req said.
“well, now what do we do, just waltz out and ask her nicely to stop?” Gilda joked.
Bahamut thought for a second. “you know, we haven’t tried that.”
Sora groaned as she face-palmed. That’s when she noticed they were short one person. “hey, where’s Jax?”
Everyone then took noticed and, in typical fashion, they started freaking out. “oh, no, she’s probably dead.” A.J. said, biting her hoof.
“no she’s not.” Pinkie said, peering over the ‘roof’. “she’s right there.” she pointed. They all peered out to see Jax walked amidst the destruction to Nightmare Catalyst.
“Jax! What are you doing!?”
Jax looked back with a smirk. “Giving Judgment a opening.” she smirked.
“judgment?” Req remarked.
End Song.
Jax stopped halfway between the group and Nightmare Catalyst. The now insane Nightmare turned towards her with a sinister smile.
Jax just smirked as she closed her eyes, raised her hands up and a blood-red glyph appeared beneath her.
Begin Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lkAwVgBXBM
Plenty of Grit by Megumi Hayashibara - Slayers Revolution Op
0:00.
Wind whipped around her at 40 MPH. her hair flowed in the wind as the glyph glowed.
“Darkness Beyond Twilight, Crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the steam of time is where your power grows...”
Nightmare roared as the tendrils shot towards Jax. They just bounced off a invisible barrier. “that what I think it is?” Ash asked.
“…I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand…”
Nightmare snarled. She opened her mouth as she powered up a beam attack of her own. “it is.” Bahamut calmly said.
“…let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess!”
A blood-red orb appeared in her hands. Jax snapped open her eyes and brought her hands down.
“DRAGON SLAVE!!!”
Jax thrust the orb out. It turned into a beam of destruction that shot towards Nightmare Catalyst.
Nightmare fired her own beam at Jax. The Dragon Slave tore right though it and hit Nightmare, creating a massive nuclear-like explosion that could be seen as far as the river town.
0:29.
Nightmare roared as the smoke cleared, the mountain top now devoid of any life.
“Oh, Lina would be so proud.” Sora sarcastically said as she jumped up and ran towards Nightmare.
“you all stay here. We’ll handle this.” Ash said as he and everyone else jumped up.
“Why?” Halo asked.
“we’re trained professionals.” he smirked as he and everyone else ran towards the giant behemoth.
Req stopped and kneeled down in front of the tired Jax. “you’re insane, you know that?”
“I try.” Jax panted. “now will you get YOUR ultimate spell ready?”
that’s when Req finally got it and couldn‘t help but smile. “right.”
Jax nodded and grabbed her Chakrams. She charged the monster as Req just stood there. She looked up at Nightmare Catalyst, who roared as she tried to swat a few bugs out of her face. “Right. Time to go to work. So much for a vacation.”
1:11.
Nightmare roared as she tried to bite down on Bahamut. He rolled to the right, lit himself on fire, and slammed into her broadside.
Ash and Sora ran up Nightmare’s arms, ready to fire their weapons. Nightmare shook, trying to shake them off. They jumped up over Nightmare’s head and fired down onto it’s head. They didn’t blind it but they did something. They landed and skidded down the back.
Aura jumped down from above and slammed his lance into Nightmare’s head. She reached up and grabbed him. She roared into his face before throwing him over the side of the mountain.
Jax threw her chakrams up, slicing off part of her shoulder. Nightmare turned her attention to Jax and roared.
1:51.
A beam hit her in the mouth, keeping it shut by goo. “Oh, shut up! I’m starting to get a headache!” Shadow said.
Nightmare started getting pelted in the head with rocks. “take that. And that. And some of these!” Dash exclaimed as she, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Spike used A.J.’s rope as a slingshot; securing it between 2 dead trees.
They were, at most, a nuisance. But she wanted to kill them anyway. She raised her arm up, ready to turn them into a stain on the mountain.
Nightmare Catalyst was blasted from behind, sending her forward in the edge of the lake. Aura, wrapped in fire, flew on over and gave her a 2-fingered salute. “gonna take more then a fall to get rid of me.”
Nightmare snarled and ripped the goo off her mouth.
2:33.
She opened her mouth and fired her own beam attack. Aura exclaimed and rolled down into a crevice.
Nightmare spread the beam around where she could, trying to turn them all into dust.
It bounced off a barrier and hit her in the stomach. Nightmare was sent back into the wall behind her, hitting it and piercing some parts of her body.
She pushed herself off and looked to see who was responsible.
3:00.
Wouldn’t you know it, it was Requiem. Her wings appeared and her sword glowed. She lifted herself off the ground and charged N.C.
N.C. took a swipe at her by Req dodged it and slashed down on the hand, slicing it off. She moved slightly to the left, dodging the other hand and chopping it off as well.
Nightmare roared in pain and summoned up more tendrils out of her body. They shot towards Requiem but she was too fast for them to catch up. That’s when Requiem got a idea.
She turned around and shot towards Nightmare. The tendrils turned and followed. Nightmare reacted when Requiem turned towards her and shot more tendrils and even a beam attack.
Req dodged all those. She flew underneath Nightmare Catalyst’s head and out though the other side of the spine of fire unscathed.
The tendrils hit Nightmare instead of Requiem, some even going down her throat.
Requiem landed a few feet away from everyone and smirked.
3:43.
A white glyph appeared beneath her. Feathers floated out as she clicked her heels together and closed her eyes.
“Light from the deepest Darkness, a brilliance that only mortals can hope to dream of…”
Nightmare struggled to get the tendrils out of her mouth. The unicorns sent out their whips again, holding her head, legs, and remade hands in place. Jax cast the spell ‘Bind’ which wrapped her body in chains.
“…I call upon thee to help me in my hour of need…”
Nightmare struggled to break free from the whips but the Unicorns were holding on tight. The non-magic users grabbed the magic ropes and pulled on them as well.
“…let us see if the foe before us is worthy of the brilliance of Paradiso or the despair of the 9 circles! Cast thy heavenly light!”
Req slowly opened her eyes, which glowed a bright white.
4:10.
With all her might, Requiem yelled; “JUDGMENT RAY!!!”
A intense beam of light shot down, parting the clouds as it fell to the earth.
Nightmare Catalyst, upon seeing the light, against struggled to get free again but everyone held on tight.
The beam hit Nightmare Catalyst with the force of the heavens behind it.
She roared in defiance as she disintegrated into the light.
A MASSIVE explosion followed that quickly covered the entire planet, clearing out the dark spell Nightmare Moon cast.
4:50 End Song.
The light slowly dispersed, revealing the gorgeous night sky, Nightmare‘s spell now a distant memory. The world emerged untouched from the explosion, although everyone not involved was confused by what had happened.
Luna groaned as she stood up, rubbing her head. “what happened?”
Celestia turned to her and breathed a sigh of relief. “I don’t know. But I think they all somehow saved the world.” she smiled.
Zilver groaned as he got up. “I’m really hating waking up after a big blast.”
“you and me both.” Requiem groaned as she got up, her body coursing with electricity.
Zil took notice of that. “that supposed to happen?”
Req gave a gasping chuckle. “happens every time.” she looked up and was surprised to see Nightmare Catalyst still up. “oh, why isn’t that thing dead?” she whined as she got up. Everyone else also got up and noticed it.
Twi noticed that something was off about her. “OH! What will it take to kill that thing!?” Aura yelled. He pulled out his lance and prepared to change when a magical wall cast by Twi stopped him. “What are you--”
“look.” she said, gesturing to N.C. he and everyone looked to see that the body was a smoldering husk of what it was.
Jax got curious. She picked up and rock and chucked it at the body.
It hit the middle of the head. It cracked where it hit. The crack spread, covering the whole body.
The body of Nightmare Catalyst broke apart and fell into the dried-up lake bed, each part turning to dust as they hit.
Everyone watched the body fall apart and dissolve. The Mane6 couldn’t help but smile. Fluttershy couldn’t contain her excitement.
“WE DID IT!” she cheered.
Everyone looked at each other and couldn’t help but cheer as well. “WE DID IT!” they all cheered.
Everyone hugged each other in celebration. Req, Sora, and Pinkie bounced around in a circle, laughing their heads off.
Twi and Halo went to hug each other but stopped halfway. Trixie raised a eyebrow in disbelief and gave a sighed chuckle. She walked on over and pushed Halo into Twilight, catching them both off guard. They both looked at her and she just gestured to them both to kiss already. “it’s all right. I’ve made peace with it.” Trix said with a smile.
Twi looked to the ground as Halo stammered. “Yeah. Um…” Halo let Twi go and turned his attention to Trix. “listen, Trix, we…”
Begin Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5WBvhVY2_A
Shockwave’s Revenge - Transformers Dark of the Moon soundtrack
Multiple beams struck the group, hitting all but Twilight.
A blackish-blue streak came out of the dust, grabbed her, and pulled her up into the air.
A half-crazed Nightmare Moon materialized behind her, her hooves wrapped around Twi’s body. “YOU!? But we killed you!” Twi exclaimed.
Nightmare Moon snickered with a hint of crazy. “that’s what you think, isn’t it?”
Nightmare threw Twi to the ground as hard as she could, hoping the fall would kill her.
Halo dove in the nick of time and caught Twi before she hit. “*phew* that was close.” Halo chuckled.
Nightmare yelled as another attempt to take her life failed. The yelled eventually turned to crazed laughter as she began to twitch.
“I think when she took Catalyst’s form, she also took the crazy from it.” Req concluded.
Nightmare ran her hooves though her messy hair as she continued to laugh crazy. “If I’m going down… I’m taking you all with me.”
Nightmare’s horn began to glow. A ball appeared just above it. Req and Sora readied their weapons, ready to do battle again, when…
0:45. End Song.
A blue beam came out of nowhere, hitting Nightmare in the chest. A shocked Nightmare Moon looked down to see a hole going all the way to her back. She looked down at the group to see the same reaction on their faces. She gave a faux smile, knowing full well what’s coming next.
She suddenly and violently exploded. The force knocked everyone to the ground and flattened any dead trees that were still standing.
Ash sat up and coughed up some smoke. “That. Was unexpected.” Ash said as he got up. He looked up where Nightmare Moon exploded. He traced where the beam came from and looked back in the opposite direction to see something’s shadow-cloaked tail dip under the mountain’s edge.
“was that…? Naw. Couldn’t be.”
“Couldn’t be what?” Jason asked.
“Long story, gryphon boy.” Ash looked back to where Nightmare was. “although I think we can clearly say that Nightmare Moon is now fully and officially dead.” he said out loud.
“WOO-HOO! Now we can celebrate!” Pinkie happily exclaimed.
“is anyone else worried about this?” Marble asked.
“not really.” everypony replied. “same thing happened when we defeated Nightmare the first time.” Rainbow said.
“Come on, Y’all!” Pinkie exclaimed, switching the scene be turning it like a page.
“LET’S PARTY!” Pinkie exclaimed. Vinyl turned the discs on her table as the party being hosted at the beach house kicked off.
“how’d we get back here in less then 2 seconds?” Jax asked.
“Don’t question Pinkie Pie. Trying to figure her out is like trying to figure out the meaning of life.” the Mane6 said at the same time.
Bahamut and Shadow looked at each other and grinned. “we’ll be right back. We gotta go do something.” Shadow said as he and the dragon slunk off.
Trixie stood at the end of the deck, looking out over the lake and the stars.
“Trixie? Why aren’t you at the party?” Halo asked as he walked up.
“just wanted some fresh air is all.” she said. “and I meant what I said back up on the mountain. You should be with Twi. I know I won’t get her no matter how hard I try. Besides, who says Twilight’s the only one I can have my dream with? There’s bound to be others.”
“There is. You just gotta look.” Halo said as he lifted himself onto the beams. “but… I don’t know if I will be with Twi. I mean… relationships are tough and--”
“oh, no. not this again.” Trixie groaned. “listen, Halo. Put your nervous anxiety to rest and just do it, like what I did during my ‘date’ with Twilight. You got to risk it. Throw all that research and nervousness away and just go for it.” they both looked at Twilight, who was dancing with her brother. “she’s certainly worth it.”
Halo smiled at the sight. “yeah. Guess you’re right. But I’m still not sure.”
Trixie groaned again. She pulled Halo down off his high horse and him into Twi. They bot staggered a bit and blushed. Everyone started chanting ‘dance, dance, dance.’ Halo and Twilight looked at each other and blushed a bit.
The record needles for Vinyl’s table scratched as Shadow pulled them off.
“Hey! Isn’t we supposed to be having a fiesta!?” Shadow happily exclaimed.
Begin Song;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOTlMUQzJrw
Livin La Vida Loca - Shrek 2 Version.
0:00.
Bahamut jumped up on one of the speakers. “Uno. Dos. Quatro. Hit it!”
Ash plucked at his guitar as Vinyl put on a new disc, this one with a different tune that what she’s used too.
Bahamut and Shadow rose up from the beach on a couple of fake pillars. “Shadow and Bahamut, y’all.” Bahamut smirked.
0:11.
Bahamut:
“♪she’s into superstitions. Black cat’s and voodoo dolls♪ Sing it, Shadow.”
Everyone looked at each other with ‘WTF’ planted on their faces.
Shadow:
♪I feel a premonition. That girls gonna make me fall.♪
Ash pulled some killer strings as they began to dance to the beat.
Bahamut:
“Here we go.”
Shadow with Bahamut joining in on the second tier:
♪she’s into new sensations. new kicks in the candlelight.♪
Twi and Halo danced to the beat while having a good time.
♪She’s got a new addiction, for every day and night.♪
Requiem and Aura ballroom danced at a fast pace.
♪She’ll make you take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain.♪
Bahamut rolled on underneath a chain that lead to nowhere and pulled it, letting water fall on him.
♪She’ll make you live her crazy life but she’ll take away your pain. Like a bullet to your brain.♪
Ash & Sora and Gilda & Jason danced the Lambada with such stupid smirks.
0:49.
Shadow and Bahamut:
♪Upside-Inside out, she’s Livin La Vida Loca. She’ll push and pull you down, Livin La Vida Loca.♪
Zilver spun Applejack to the tune while Pinkie tried to get Marble to dance with no success.
♪Her lips are devil red and her skin is the color of Mocha.♪
Armor and Cadence pulled the samba as Spike spun on by.
♪she will wear you out, Livin La Vida Loca.♪
Rarity stopped Spike from spinning and began dancing with him.
♪She’s Livin La Vida Locaaaaaaaa.♪
Shadow hammed at the end. Bahamut looked at a fake watch, waiting for him to stop.
“Hey, B. that’s Spanish.”
1:23.
The lights suddenly cut off as Bahamut slammed a cage over Shadow.
Shadow:
♪Woke up in New York City, in a funky cheap motel. She took my heart and she took my money. She must’ve slipped me a sleeping pill.♪
Bahamut kicked the cage off in a spectacular kick.
Bahamut:
♪she never drinks the water, makes you order French champagne.♪
Shadow:
♪once you’ve had a taste of her, you’ll never be the same.♪
Bahamut and Shadow:
♪yeah, she’ll make you go insane.♪
1:53.
Being the radio D.J. that she is, Vinyl was spreading the song across the entire planet.
Bahamut and Shadow:
♪Upside-Inside out, she’s Livin La Vida Loca. She’ll push and pull you down, Livin La Vida Loca.♪
The Cutie Mark Crusaders back in Ponyville danced to the tune with Edge moving one of his hooves to the beat.
♪Her lips are devil red and her skin is the color of Mocha.♪
Lyra and Bonbon held each other close as they seductively danced with each other.
♪she will wear you out, Livin La Vida Loca.♪
Celestia and Luna bobbed their heads to the tune but couldn’t hold back. They broke out dancing fasting then you can say…
♪She’s Livin La Vida Loca.♪
2:23.
I got nothing for this part. Let your imagination run wild.
2:36.
Bahamut and Shadow:
♪Upside-Inside out, she’s Livin La Vida Loca. She’ll push and pull you down, Livin La Vida Loca. Livin La Vida Loca.♪
Shadow pulled Dash close and began dancing with her while Bahamut danced with a spiritation of Sapphyre.
All:
♪She’ll push and pull you down, Livin La Vida Loca. Her lips are devil red and her skin is the color of Mocha. she will wear you out, Livin La Vida Loca. ♪
Everyone danced and sang to the tune as it came to a end.
♪She’s Livin La Vida Loca. Livin La Vida Loca. Livin La Vida Loca.♪
Everyone at the beach house took a pose for the final shot.
Pinkie poked her head up from out of nowhere, pulled out a button, smirked, and pushed it, cutting the screen to black.
3:24. End Song.
The story continues in Friends From Unexpected Places , starting with chapter Something Nobody Saw Coming.
*author’s notes*
I know, this is a bit rushed. I always get like that when I near the end of whatever I’m writing. Bad habit of mine.