Fluttershy Kindheart Rosario Tenshi was usually not a short-tempered pony, nor was she one to give into her anger easily. As a member of two of the kindest and gentlest clans in Equestria, it would be highly unusual, and rather out of character for somepony like her to do that. Usually, she was very in tune with her emotions, and was able to stop herself just short of losing it with somepony. Whenever she did get angry over something, like somepony saying something horrible about her animals or her sister, she wouldn’t freak out or anything like that. What she would do instead, was give them a nice good dose of the Solar Stare, and those ponies would be sent running home with their tails between their legs. Right before they apologized either to her or Scootaloo for whatever they did or said to her that is. Despite that, along with being one of the most mature ponies in Ponyville, she did find herself not able to contain herself, though those were rather minor incidences.

Now though, as Fluttershy clashed swords with the devilish looking Pegasus mare with her, she found herself in a whirlwind of fury. She wasn’t just angry either though, she was downright pissed the Tartarus off.

The sound of otherworldly weapons clashing could be heard in the air, provided with such power and force that shook the entire room. So much so that it looked like it was going to be destroyed on the inside and out with strike. Flashes of black red, yellow and white could be seen soaring through the air, colliding with a force that could’ve destroyed entire houses. Both sides seemed to be evenly matched, which was apparent, given the fact that they came from clans that were eerily similar, yet so drastically different at the same time.

Havocwing laughed gleefully as she flew through the with Fluttershy, her crow-like wings flapping and taking her across the air with minimum effort. The golden Pegasus she was fighting followed suit, if going ever so slightly slower as she followed her movements. Their godly swords of light and dark sailed through the air as they collided, blowing each other’s manes back. Their armor gleamed as light danced about them, contrasting with one another as their massive wings beat each other with the fury of two Sea Eagles fighting over a fish.

“Whoa there Fluttershy, you are on a roll right now!” Havocwing commented as their swords made sparks fly. “Just a few minutes ago, you looked anything but ready to fight me, and now, you seriously look like you wanna rip my wings off! That’s probably the fastest that I’ve been able to get somepony to challenge me!”

Fluttershy didn’t reply right away, just snarling at Havocwing as she pushed back against her black blade, her golden eyes gleaming. With a final pushed, she sent Havocwing plummeting back down to the ground, before releasing a large slash of celestial magic down at her. Havocwing smirked, before swinging her sword upward, a wave of black magic flying up to counter Fluttershy’s own as they both collided. A room shaking explosion burst across the air as smoke burst from the impact, enveloping both mares from their field of view.

“Silence!” Fluttershy seethed, swinging her sword out and slicing through the smoke that kept her glare off of Havocwing. “Don’t you dare try to make it seem like I had suddenly changed my mind and wanted to slice the armor right off your body! You know exaclty what you said to make me like this!”

“Oh? What exaclty did I say to you to make you like this?” Havocwing asked tauntingly, raising a brow. “I’m sure that it wasn’t anything that bad sweetie~.”

“Do not play dumb with me!” Fluttershy shouted, flapping her angel wings with the force of a Haast’s Eagle. “You looked me right in my eyes and said that you’d kill my sweet Scootaloo right in front of my eyes if I didn’t comply to your demands! How can you expect me to believe that you forgot that you said such a horrible thing?!”

Havocwing let out a gasp of fake recognition, a hoof coming to her muzzle. “Oh, right, that! The one thing that turned you into the raging angel of Faust that you are now! Oh wow, the look on your face when I said that! I am so going to tell Nyx and the others about that one!”

“Well, unfortunately for you, you’re not going to get that chance.” Fluttershy said, her now soft voice doing nothing to hide the rage behind it. “By the time we’re finished here, there will be no trace of your magical presence left! And you will be devoured by the sword in my hooves!”

“Ooooh, now I can’t wait see if you can pull that off!!” Havocwing growled anticipatingly, gripping her down darks sword tightly. “I admit, I may have gone a little bit too far there, but it was so worth it! Now I’m getting the fight that I deserve, so you’d better make it worth my while, cause I’m not holding anything back!”

“Neither am I, but I’ll make you wish that I did!” Fluttershy retorted, bringing her sword back in preparation for a swing. “Holy Release: Celestial Slash!”

Instead of a vertical slash, Fluttershy unleashed a horizontal one, and a wave of pure white magic erupted from her sword. It flew through the air and soared towards Havocwing, who smirked toothily before she raised her own sword. It came down and cut the celestial slash in half, and she let the attack cut into the wall behind him, right where the Element of Kindness was. The golden yellow Pegasus unleashed several more slashes at her scarlet counterpart, and she ended up cutting those apart as well.

“Wow, those were good attacks there Fluttershy! I could feel the burning rage behind each of them!”Havocwing commented, letting the attacks explode behind them. “Still though, it’s going to take more than those to even scratch me! Destruction Release: Solarium Slash!”

Havocwing swung her sword outward, and several slashes of black magic ended up coming out of her darker sword. Fluttershy pursed her lips and flared her wings, leaping over some of the slashes, while cutting down others that were closer to her. She looked back to where Havocwing was standing, only to see the mare ascending toward her, the fiery slitted pupils in her eyes glowing. Another shockwave exploded across the air as the two mares let their swords clash and slash at one another, more sparks showering from the air.

“You weren’t thinking that I’d pull that kind of trick off, huh?” Havocwing smirked, her fangs flashing. “One of the advantages that I’d have for being a Datenshi!”

“Of course, I was! Who do you think you saying this to?!” Fluttershy replied, not in the least bit amused. “I’m a Tenshi! I’m expected to know as much as there is to know about our clan’s greatest sworn enemy! Including about the tricks and powers that you have!” With a heave, she sent Havocwing spiraling down to the ground before Fluttershy raised her sword in the air. “Holy Release: Rays of Starlight!”

Several rays of golden light appeared in the air, before shooting down towards Havocwing like a flock of arrows being unleased from the sky. The speed they were going at left Havocwing not able to dodge them, so she used her wings to bounce them away, letting them explode into the ground. She soon realized how much of a mistake that was, for she could feel the burning sensation of the light coursing through her clawed wings.

“Dammit, that was stupid of me. I should’ve known that those rays of light were going to burn my wings…shit.” Havocwing cursed, folding her wings tightly to her sides for a moment. “Alright, now it’s my turn! Destruction Release: Termination!”

swinging her sword upward, Havocwing unleased a huge wave of black flickering flames at Fluttershy, who let out a terrified gasp. Flapping her wings quickly, she just barely evaded the flames, watching as they tore through the glittering ceiling. When they slowly went out, Fluttershy saw a massive hole made in the ceiling, which was slowly fixing itself.

“Good thing that you dodged those flames when you did, otherwise you would’ve been screwed.”Havocwing commented, laughing at Fluttershy’s terrified look. “Just in case you don’t know, those flames are specifically designed to melt through just about anything that it touches! Even if it’s something as well designed and durable as my dear sweet Queen Moon’s castle, however beautiful that it is! Had those flames hit you, not even that armor of yours would’ve done much to protect you from having ever-lasting burns.”

“Okay, no I know that you are taking me for a foal!” Fluttershy frowned. “I already told you that I’m a Tenshi! Your clans sworn enemy, I know what I need to about you should I have to face any of you sometime in my life! Are you seriously expecting me not to know an attack as dangerous as that?!”

“Well no baby! I’d expect no less from the mortal angels of Faust, and I’m genuinely impressed that you managed to evade it!” Havocwing replied, giving a slow clap of her hooves. “Now…let’s see if you can avoid the rest!” Shooting her hooves out, orbs of darkness appeared in them as she shouted, “Destruction Release: Explosive Hellfire!”

With a cry of terror, Fluttershy flew through the air, her speed allowing her to dodge the explosive balls of black demonic fire being shot throughout the air. The laughter coming from Havocwing echoed in her ears, sending a shiver down her armored back as she stopped just above the scarlet Pegasus. With a swing of her sword, she cut apart the last bolt of black fire, before flaring her wings as wide as they could go.

“So, you’re using fire for your next technique, are you?” Fluttershy asked, her golden eyes gleaming. “Well, allow me to respond to back in kind! Holy Release: Faust’s Wings!”

With her wings giving off a pure white glow, she swung them down at the speed of a blinking eye, and pure white feathers covered in golden fire emerged. Havocwing’s sinister black eyes went wide at the incoming attack, she flew back with a flap of her crow wings, letting the feathers pierce through the ground. As she recovered from the shower of feathers, she looked up, only to see Fluttershy diving at her, her sword drawn back.

“I’m not done with you yet!” She shouted angrily, unleashing her next attack on her fallen counterpart. “Holy Release: Consecration!”

Pointing her sword forward, Fluttershy unleashed a wave of golden flames at Havocwing, who was unfortunately backed up against the nocturnal wall. With no place to run, Havocwing shot into the air, her wings flared wide as a red aura surrounded them. “I’m not going down that easily! Destruction Release: Wings of Solaris!”

Swinging her own wings out, Havocwing unleashed a giant flock of black crow feathers, all pelted in fire that was as red as her fur. Fluttershy watched as they tore through her wave of golden fire, before they began to pierce into her armor and her wings. She screamed as she felt the fire around the feathers burn inside her armor and her wings, leaving an opening for Havocwing. In the blink of an eye, she was right above the Tenshi Pegasus and swung her black blade striking her right into her shoulder. As she crashed to the ground, Havocwing pointed her sword down, ready to unleash her own wave of magic on Fluttershy.

“Get a load of this!” Havocwing shouted gleefully. “Destruction Release: Desecration!”

A large wave of crimson flames emerged from out of Havocwing’s sword as she swung it downward, letting them dive down towards Fluttershy. The golden Pegasus, who was busying herself with ending to her wings, snapped her head up to the flames. Her eyes widened in horror at what was about to happen, but she had just enough time to kept herself from getting scorched.

“Oh no, I gotta get rid of those flames now!” Fluttershy said to herself, rearing up and shooting her forehooves out. “Holy Release: Radiance!”

The defensive move came just in the nick of time, and an enormous ray of golden light burst from Fluttershy’s hooves, clashing with Havocwing’s crimson fire. After a brief power struggle, the ray of light ate up the flames, allowing Fluttershy to take a breather from the attack. As her angelic magic went to work on healing her wounds, Havocwing flew down to meet her.

“Whoa, now that was a surprise.” Havocwing commented. “I thought for sure that I had you back there! The last thing I expected was for you to release a ray of light on my flames.”

“Okay…that one, I will buy.” Fluttershy murmured, panting slightly. “I don’t believe for a minute that you don’t know a single one of my own techniques like I do your own. Alas, I can see the surprise on your face by what I did, so I’ll believe you when I saw that you were not expecting me to do what I just did.”

“Oh, well thank you for that honey; I was getting a bit upset by you not believing me earlier.” Havocwing pouted, giggling at the glare Fluttershy gave her. “Though, would you believe me when I said that I would pull the same move on you that you just did on me?”

Fluttershy’s expression went from a glare to a deadpan. When she finally did speak, she just said one simple word. “Absolutely.”

“Well that’s good.” Havocwing said softly, before she smiled sadistically. “Because that’s the exaclty same move I’m gonna unleash on you right now!” Before Fluttershy could say anything, Havocwing flapped her wings and rose into the air, her hooves shot out into the air. “I hope your eyes have a high pain tolerance, because you are gonna see light so dark you’ll wish you’ll be blind like the late Snowdrop!”

Fluttershy gulped audibly. “Oh dear…”

“Fire Dragon Knight: Scorching Roar!” Venture Vine roared loudly as she soared through the air on her draconic wings, one of her claws engulfed in pure golden flames. As she brought it down towards Garnet Blaze, the cloaked Nightmare Earth Pony knocked it away before sending a side kick to Venture’s face, sending her skidding across the ground. Flaring her wings, Venture flew into the air, and watched as Garnet shot her magical tails out at her, intent in impaling her in midair. The grass green Kirin let out a bright stream of flames at the tails, engulfing them in fire. With a flap of her powerful wings, Venture Vine flew high above the Garnet, fire appearing around her wings.

“Fire Fox Style: Swirling Flaming Tail!” Garnet shouted, lashing her orange magic tails out as they fused together into a giant one. It pierced into Venture Vine’s soft stomach, but it thankfully didn’t go in too deep into her, her golden armor seeing to that. Ripping it out, she flapped her wings and flew through the air, one of her claws holding the wound in her stomach. As Garnet’s tails came back to her, bursts of golden flames wrapped themselves around Venture’s wings.

“Fire Dragon Knight: Wing Attack!” The mare roared, flapping her wings downward and sending twin streams of flames down at Garnet Blaze. The Nightmare Earth Pony smirked and lifted her scythe, sending deep slashes into the fire just as it was about to hit her.

“Wow, that felt really hot there, Venture!” Garnet giggled, letting the end of her scythe plop to the ground next to her. “Good thing that I managed to slice them in two, otherwise I definitely would’ve had some really bad burns!”

“Well, too bad for you, burns aren’t going to be the only thing that you’re getting!” Venture retorted, growling loudly. “Oh no, by the time me and Celestia are done with you, you’re going to wish we’re only gave you burns!”

With another roar, Venture flew at the Nightmare Earth Pony, her claws outstretched as she shot them at Garnet Blaze’s face. The Nightmare Earth Pony managed to duck under the first few strikes, before blocking a couple more of them with her scythe. As she did this however, she could see some bis of her blade flying through the air, taking her by surprise and shock. This gave Venture Vine the opportunity to strike again, and gave the smaller mare a few vicious slashes across her face, before giving another to her chest.

Upon feeling the Magical Life Force Gemstone in her chest get struck, Garnet Blaze let out a gasp of terror, and she leapt back from the grass green Kirin. She put as much distance between them as she possibly could, wanting to take at least a moment to access the damage. Garnet only had time to look down at it for a split second before she found herself getting elbowed in the face before one of Venture’s hindlegs slammed into her stomach. Venture then grabbed the mare by her shoulders and drove her further into it, her mouth agape as she went for her throat.

“Not so fast you blood thirsty lizard mare!” Garnet shouted, lunging up and sinking her own fangs into Venture’s muzzle. This move was so unexpected that Venture’s wings flared and attempted to get her away from Garnet, only for the Dark Army Leader to grab her by her throat. She let her teeth cut into Venture’s muzzle as she ripped her own head away, one of her hooves colliding with the left side of the larger mare’s face. As Garnet kicked Venture off of her, she lashed out at Venture with her magical aura. “Fire Fox Style: Claws of Fire!”

Venture Vine suddenly found herself screaming as she felt a pair of magical claws wrap around her and squeeze tightly. Despite the armor coating her and her immunity of fire, even that did nothing to keep away the burning painful sensation that coursed throughout her body. So powerful was the pain she was in, she almost didn’t feel herself getting slammed into the ground, hard.

“Ha, looks like I’m not the one who’s going to be getting burns tonight!” Garnet laughed as she raised Venture up and slammed her down again. “I guess the tables have turned for you now Venture Vine, for you and all of your friends!”

“Are you sure that you mean all of us?!” A familiar regal voice shouted out of nowhere. With a surprised jump, Garnet Blaze whipped her head around, only to see Celestia sending a blast of magic at her. “Solar Beam!”

Garnet’s vision was washed in a sea of yellow as Celestia’s Solar Beam drove her into the ground, not even giving her enough time to scream. As she attempted to recover from the blast, she found herself surrounded by vines, which proceeded to wrap around her and carry her into the air, right in front of an angry Celestia.
“Goddammit, how dare you cage me in these vines like some kind of animal?!” Garnet demanded, ripping and biting at the vines. “Put me down right now!”

“What, so you can try to target even more of my subjects that’re fighting against your army?” Celestia asked, her mane and tail skirt billowing behind her. “I’m afraid that I cannot do that, especially with how much power you have that you still haven’t displayed. You’re known as the Orange Fox for a reason, and the longer we fight, the more danger my subjects will be put in by you. Thus, I will end you right here, right now! Solar Drill!”

The next thing Garnet knew, she was screaming loudly as she was enveloped in bright yellow light which proceeded to burn her all over her body. It was so powerful that it sent the Nightmare Earth Pony flying across the sky and over the warzone. In the midst of the firing, she sailed over Zephyr and Nyx, who were locked in a rather brutal battle of their own. The former’s eyes allowed him to see the bright light above him, and he watched wide-eyed as Garnet was slammed into the ground.

“Whoa, now that is some bright light.” He murmured to himself, briefly ignoring the sin black Alicorn mare in front of him. “Garnet really must’ve pissed Celestia off something fierce.”

“Whoa there Zephie! You may wanna keep your eyes on your fight right now!”

With a jump, Zephyr whirled around to see Nyx charging at him, covered in gleaming black and white bat-like armor, a sword in her magic. He raised his wings and let his wing claws clash with it, even as it began to push him into the ground. Flaring his wings out, he pushed the blade back and lashed out with his claws.

“Nice try, but you’re wide open!” Nyx shouted as she struck with her sword. “Crescent Black Moon Slash!”

A few large black slashes of magic emitted from Nyx’s swords, and they cut into Zephyr’s forelegs, wings, and chest, sending him flying away. He roared in pain as he crashed to the ground, but through the tumble, the Solar Royal Guard managed to prop himself back up in his feet. As he looked up, he saw Nyx soaring towards him, her sword reared back in preparation for a probable stabbing.

“I don’t think so!” Zephyr shouted, shooting his claws out. “Lightning Dragon Knight: Divulsion Electric Explosion!”

A burst of orange lightning exploded form Zephyr’s claws, chirping and screeching as it rippled through the air and ground. Despite the danger of that attack, it did nothing to wipe the smirk off of Nyx’s face.

“Nice one Zephyr, but you’ll need to try harder than this!” She said as she pointed her sword forward. “Crescent Black Moon Blast!”

To Zephyr’s shock, a large wave of blackness exploded form Nyx’s sword, looking just as big, if not bigger, than that of Zephyr’s own. They clashed in a brutal power struggle that sent both of the fighters flying away, along with catching some of their forces. When it vanished all that was left was a huge cloud of smoke that rose into the sky, showing the devastation of the attacks. It didn’t matter though, for Zephyr and Nyx could see each other just fine through the grey cloud, and, their eyes glowing holes into each other.

“I have to admit Nyx, you are no joke in combat.” Zephyr complimented, small bits of lightning dancing around him. “I could feel the force behind that last attack of yours, even as I launched my own at it.”

“I could say the same for you Zephyr, you definitely deserve your title as a Solar Royal Guard of Celestia’s Solar Division.” Nyx giggled, spinning her sword around in her magic. “Nopony’s managed to last this long against my Vampire Armor without at least getting some slashes. You’ve hardly gotten any yourself…but then again, neither have I.”

Well, that’s because my draconic scales are helping me to avoid injuries like that…though not as much as they should in this form.” Zephyr replied, quietly muttering the last part. “As for you, that armor of yours is really something; I’ve hardly managed to make a dent in it. It’s almost like I’m trying to pierce the armor of another Kirin or a Dragon.”

“Well, that’s what you get when you have Reequip Magic like me and my Momma’s” Nyx shouted, summoning another sword with her magic as prepared to launch her next attack on the stallion. “Alright, time to blow you away!”

“Not if I send you flying first!” Zephyr retorted, lightnin coating both of his claws as he fused them together. “Lightning Dragon Knight: Heavenward Halberd!”

“Sorry, but that’s not going to work!” Nyx shouted, swinging her black swords out with all her might.“Crescent Blade Black Moon Flock!”

Both attacks were launched at the same time, Nyx unleashing a flock of back slashes while Zephyr unleased a godly twin trio bladed spear of lightning. Those that were close enough to the right saw the next explosion coming, and did their best to get out of the way to avoid being caught up in it. Celestia and Venture Vine were well away from the fight, and they watched as a devastating explosion washed around where Zephyr and Nyx were, consuming them in its magic. As they did so, they were unaware of the wisps of dark red magic emitting from a crater nearby. A crater were a certain foxy Nightmare Earth Pony was slowly emerging.

Insipid roared and lashed out with her tail skirt, letting it wrap around Rarity’s neck as she evaded a strike to her head by her horn. After spinning her around in the air, she slammed the bat winged mare into the ground, though not with enough force to leave a crater in the hard floor. She then lunged for Rarity, her own curved horn aiming straight for her stomach, but Rarity was one step ahead of her adversary. With a swing of one of her hindlegs, she let her hoof collide with Insipid’s horn, hard enough to leave her dazed and keep herself from being gored. Flipping over onto her stomach, she turned around and bucked Insipid in her face, sending her spiraling through the air and away from her.

“That attack as do predictable that I didn’t even need to observe what you were going to do next!” Rarity spat acidly, shaking her head as she spun around to face Insipid. “Cifer Bell Machine Gun: Rapid Gattling Gun!”

As Insipid got to her hooves, she snapped her head behind her to see the flock of emerald green magic soaring towards her. Thinking quickly, she conjured up a crystallized shied that was able to protect her from her potential puncture wounds. She gritted her teeth as she felt herself being slowly pushed back by Rarity’s relentless assault on her, even as smoke began to cover her.

“…It’s going to make more than just this little flock of magic to bring me down!” Insipid shouted, pushing her shield forward to put some distance between herself and Rarity. “Crystal Gemstone Flock Crystal Ice Dragoness!”

Rarity’s bat-like ears picked up the sound of magic being conjured, shortly following by the sound of something meeting her flock of laser-like blasts. Looking up, she saw that there were dark blue gemstones meeting her blasts, making them explode in midair and shower the air. A gasp of shock left Rarity upon seeing this; so much so that she cancelled her attack and jumped back.

“What the…are you seriously using gemstones to counter my Rapid Gattling Gun attack?!” She demanded, her eyes flashing green with anger as her tail lashed out behind her. “What kind of sane pony does something so horrid like that?!”

Insipid, who had also stopped her attack, upon seeing Rarity pause in hers, looked at Rarity as if she was an utter idiot. “You’re kidding me right dearie? Are you seriously asking something like that to a Crystal Pony, of all ponies? Who are, in case you didn’t know, made entirely of crystals themselves?”

“Yes, I know that, you dense buffoon! I can clearly see your fur glittering and shining from where I’m standing!” Rarity huffed, rolling her eyes. “Now that you say, that begs the question even more as to how you can even think of using such beautiful valuables against me! Gemstones should be used for creating beauty, not destroy it!”

“Well, you’re certainly not looking very beautiful from where I’m standing.” Insipid muttered, just low enough for Rarity not to hear. “As for your earlier question, this is just thow my powers work. It’s not like I can do anything about it, even if I want to change it. besides, it’s not like your powers are really that different from mine…well, with yours being more laser-like.”

“Well if you ask me, that’s just a waste of something that could easily be made into something that can be absolutely divine!” Rarity spat scornfully. “That is certainly not a pony that I would want to associate with for any design they may want me to make.”

Insipid chuckled, her canines gleaming as she ruffled her wings. “Well, it’s a good thing that I’m not going to be one of your clients darling. Because I’m going to rip you into tiny little pieces of fabric! Crystal Claw Swipe of the Crystal Ice Dragoness!”

Rarity shrieked and flew into the air, narrowly dodging the large flock of crystalized claw swipe slashes that were swung at her. As she recovered from her shock, she saw another flock of them sailing up at her, and she flew to the side and let them crash into the wall. As Rarity looked back to where Insipid was, she found herself getting a claw swipe to the face, before getting knee to the gut. Rarity coughed up blood as she began to fall to the ground, but was stopped in midair when Insipid’s claws and teeth cut into her massive bat wings. Rarity screamed as the sharp appendages pierced into the leather, before she found herself flung into the wall, hard. She slowly slid down the wall before falling to the ground, face first in the process.

“Crystal Diamond Barrage of the Crystal Ice Dragoness!” Insipid shouted, pointing her horn down and unleashing another barrage of gemstone on Rarity. Rarity tried to use her wings to block the sharp objects, but she wasn’t quite fast enough, and found herself screaming as the weapons pierced and stabbed into her skin. The relentless attack one on for a few agonizing moments, before Insipid ceased, taking that time to grin down at her bleeding foe.

“How’d you like that Rarity? You certainly were not thinking that I’d actually produce or conjure up an attack like that, were you?” Insipid asked, flying down towards the shaking bat mare. “It certainly helped me in taking you by surprise, even if it was rather ungraceful of me to do so.”

Rarity trembled from head to foot as she lowly lifted her head, one of her visible green eyes glaring up at her foe. “Alright, I will agree with you on that one. I don’t know anypony in their right mind who would produce such an uncouth move on their enemy.”

“Oh, and you’re saying that grabbing me by the throat with your tail is?” Insipid asked, turning her nose up as she gave Rarity a criticizing look. “Like you’re one to talk.”

“…You’re right, point taken.” Rarity said bashfully, her face flushing a bit as she forced herself on her hooves. “Speaking of which, you may want to check around your neck darling~.”

“My ne-ack!” Insipid began to ask, only to gasp when she felt something wrap around her neck and hold her up. The obsidian hybrid Unicorn felt like she was hanging by a noose as Rarity held her in place. The ghostly black bat winged Unicorn smirked slightly at Insipid, her horn alight with green magic as she aimed it right at Insipid’s gemstone.

“W-why you…you ruffian!” Insipid gagged, struggling violently against Rarity’s grip. “You tricked me into falling for a trap!”

“Well…I wouldn’t say tricked you per say.” Rarity said in defense. “Yes, you did rough me up rather badly with those gemstones, but that didn’t mean I was faking it. I just so happened to come up with a little plan at the last second before you finished me off. I merely took advantage of you relishing in your supposed ‘victory’ over me, when the time was right, all I had to was wait for an opening, and strike!”

Insipid snarled through the tail around her neck, her midnight blue eyes glaring daggers into Rarity’s cat-like green ones. “So, even when your broken and bloodied, you’d use that as a way to gain the upper hoof on me when I least expect it?! What kind of lady does that?!”

“A lady that is willing to resort to any measure necessary in order to win and to survive, no matter who she’s up against. Even if it means that she has to get her beautiful hooves a little dirty, like right now.” Rarity replied, running one of her inky stocked hooves through her mane. “Anyway, believe we should end this little quarrel…it was fun, but I’ve had my fair share of it now. The sooner I get that Element and find the Goku and others, the sooner I can get out of this form. Honestly I don’t know how long I can stand being in it!”

“So, you don’t like being in that form of yours because you don’t feel very attractive in it, do you not?” Insipid asked with a slight gasp, somehow managing to maintain consciousness through the coiling tail. “Well then, let me help you with that!”

Before Rarity realized what was happening, she felt multiple sharp points stabbing her in her stomach, making her hunch over and gasp in pained shock. The sudden movement caused her to lose her grasp on Insipid, letting her land on her hooves. Looking down, Rarity said Insipid’s tail skirt, which was now one of sharpened icy blades, imbedded in her stomach. She only had time to moan in pain, before the bladed tail skirt pulled itself out, allowing Rarity to fall to the floor.

“You know, I seem to recall you telling me which one of us will see who is stupider than the other.” Insipid commented, prepping her mane up. “I admit, it was rather dumb of me to fall for a trap like that, but I made up for it. By throwing your own attack right back at you, except in a more…straightforward way.”

“S…s-shoot…I did n-not see that coming.” Rarity wheezed, looking up at the obsidian Unicorn. “I should’ve known that you were going to pull something like that.”

“Well, too bad for you, you didn’t. Hmhm, now who’s the stupider one here?” Insipid asked, raising her tail skirt in the air. “Don’t worry though, you don’t have to live with that shame for long. Because I’ll be putting out of your misery soon, that way, I won’t have to deal with your annoying snobbish attitude anymore.” Her horn ignited as she pointed it at Rarity. “Say goodnight darling…it’s been so much fun~.”

“No dear…I’m afraid that you’ve got it backwards.” Rarity sighed, lowering her head with her horn pointed at Insipid’s chest. “It’s you, who should be saying goodnight.”

Just as she said this, in the blink of an eye, a green laser-like blast fired right out of Rarity’s horn before Insipid could react. The next thing she knew, it was piercing right into her black chest, right in the middle of her Magical Life Force Gemstone. Insipid’s face of sadistic glee turned into one of shock as she looked down at her chest, and then back up at a smirking Rarity.

“Y-y-you…” She coughed, black blood spilling from her mouth. “H-how did you…m-manage…to f-finally g-get my m-m-main weakness?”

“Oh Insipid? Don’t you know?” Rarity asked, slowly getting up as Insipid began to vanish. “A lady must always be prepared to take advantage of any opportunity.” She smiled serenely as she patted the obsidian mare’s cheek. “And that is just what I did…darling~.”

Insipid opened her mouth to speak, but it turned onto a low raspy moan as her body began to dissolve and distort into black tendrils of magic. She looked into rarity’s glowing green eyes as she slowly vanished in front of her eyes, letting one last soundless breath as she did so. With a shatter of her horn, the obsidian black Unicorn was gone turned to nothing in front of the fashionista before her.

“Oh goodness me, that was a far more unpleasant sight than I thought it would be. Unsurprising since she was just the manifestation of a pony to begin with.” Rarity muttered to herself, draping a foreleg over her forehead. “Well, now that that’s settled…” her gaze snapped over to the Element that was waiting for her in the far center of the room. “…time to get my divine gem!”

Author's Notes:

Alright guys, here's the next chapter all ready and out for the reading! I gotta say, this one took me longer than I expected to, and for once, it was not just because of my writers block, but for some shit that I needed go get together in my outside life apart form here. I'm not going to really go into detail on that, but I'll just say it was a little dramatic for me the last several days and um...I needed some time to collect myself before going back to any down time. Now though, things are slowly getting better and I'm getting back in my spirits again, it's going at a really shitty pace but...we're getting there.

Now for this chapter, you guys might be wondering why I had decided to cut back a bit on my original plan to have the three scenes of the Main Seven's fight in each chapter. Well, that's because for this chapter, I wanted to get back on how things are doing with Celestia, Venture Vine, and Zephyr, with them holding up against the Dark Army an all. Not to mention I also wanted to try and get back with the situation in Ponyville, which, unfortunately was not able tp put in this chapter. Once I do that, I'll get back to the first phase of my plan for the final chapters with the girls, and the next time I do, we'll be getting to the ending conclusions of their fights with the Savage Six, with the same thing happening for the others OCs and main characters, before finally getting to Nightmare Moon. Only six more chapter away from the big ending final fight of this first book, before we get to the celebration of the return of our dear Moon Goddess, and that one I know I will enjoy revising!!!

Well, that's all for now, tune un next time for when we see our favorite little foals and fire breathing drake kick some Dark Army ass! Before going back into our dear down to earth farmer and see her tip the scales of her battle in her favor.