Thick swirls of bright violet magic swirled around Trixie as she spun her bladed spear in her magic, making it look like a whirlwind up at a hovering Deathgod. The Nightmare Alicorn hovered above her, his dark form being light by the pale glow of the moon as he gripped his sword in his own dark magic. Flapping his bat wings, he flew down towards Trixie with the intent on sending his blade through her head. Due to the speed that the blade was going at, it was knocked over to the side as his horn became the next unfortunate victim. As he tried to fire off a blast of magic, his horn collided with Trixie’s spear, causing his head to shoot to the side as a side kick was sent to his fanged face. Deathgod tumbled across the ground, but was able to prop himself back up thanks to his agility, preparing to attack again.

In that moment, he noticed just too late that Trixie had already pointed her spear at him, and sent a blast of magic straight into his armored chest. Thanks to the durability of the dark armor, it didn’t affect Deathgod as much, but it did stun him for a few moments, allowing Trixie to send a few slashes of magical wind at him. He conjured up a shield to block the attacks, but before he could move from his spot, he found himself in the coiling embrace of some dark green vines. It was at that moment that he realized his mistake, and he didn’t even bother trying to hide his anger at it.

“You, slutty little mare…you tricked me!” Deathgod shouted, his horn crackling with magic. “That last attack was a plan to get me when you least expected me to, wasn’t it?!”

“Well, look who just caught up after it just happened.” Trixie cooed, giggling as she watched Deathgod thrash about. “Should you really be all that surprised? I am a Magician my dear, and we are known for pulling little sneaky tricks~.”

“I wouldn’t call something like this something a magician would do.” Deathgod snorted, wincing as the vines began to hold him tighter. “More like something done my a Magic Mage.”

“That’s true, which is all the worse for you.” Trixie replied, grinning widely as she pointed her spear at him. “Because I happen to be both in one.”

The spear suddenly let out an explosion of magic that tore through the vine trap and collided into Deathgod, sending him across the deserted streets. He grunted as he used his sword to pull himself out of the ground, before letting it clash with Trixie’s own blade. Sparks emerged from the edges of the weapons as the two ponies tried to push each other back, a tie being a result after a bit of a struggle. With both of their horns ignited, they fired off blasts of magic, miniature explosions coming as a result as they teleported out of the line of fire. When the barrage of attacks ended, they appeared in front of one another, their attacks already ready to fire.

“Let’s see if you can take this!” Deathgod shouted, pointing his horn forward. “Solid Form Nightmare Alicorn Magic: Spiraling Thunderous Vortex of Fire!”

“That?! How about you try something of this magnitude!” Trixie shouted as she fired off her own horn. “Solid Form Thestral Magic: Stream of Twinkling Mist!”

Trixie’s attack came just a few seconds after that of Deathgod’s, but it mattered little due to the force that came when they collided. The explosion that was produced afterward was just as devastating, but it did nothing to the creators of it. For they were able to handle the shockwaves of their attacks, but they didn’t dare make a move until the smoke had vanished.

“I have to say, I’m honestly surprised that you didn’t use the smoke to your advantage to try to take me off guard.” Deathgod after a long moment of silence. “You had every opportunity to do it, yet you chose to stay where you were.”

“Yes, I did, and for quite the reason.” Trixie nodded, setting her spear on the ground. “Because you would have done the exact same thing to be. Of course, you may have had a shot at it, but there’s no way that it would’ve been that easy for you.”

“Would it now?” Deathgod asked, laughing a bit. “Just what makes you so sure of that?”

Trixie flared her majestic bat wings, the cornflower blue membranes shining softly. “Well, because I am a Thestral of course. I’m pretty sure that should tell you all that you need to know about me, and what you’ve found out so far.”

“I really don’t see how.” Deathgod murmured, tilting her head. “What is it about you being Thestral that reduces my chances of claiming you as one of the Dark Army, or just killing you right here and now?”

“Well, there are Thestrals in your so-called army aren’t there? So, I’m sure you got a feel of what it’s like to fight them before.” Trixie replied, partially folding her wings. “Or wait, maybe it’s because you’ve never faced one like me before? Is that it? Is it because I don’t have that dark power that you and the rest of your army do have?”

“Don’t talk to me as if I haven’t ever heard of your kind before, you shitty dimwitted bitch!” Deathgod shouted, slamming a hoof on the ground. “Of course, I’ve faced Thestrals before, and they’ve each proved themselves worthy of being called my opponents! Unlike you, who’s barely even taken me seriously for the entirety of this fight!”

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Trixie chuckled, her eyes glowing as she flicked her tail. “If you want me to stop playing around, then I’ll accommodate you. Just so you know though, I was taking this fight seriously; I just wanted to get a feel of your abilities before I decided to really let myself loose. Fair warning though…you may want to make sure your armor is extra durable, because things are going to get bloody.”

Bright purple light suddenly rose from out of Trixie, swaying and flickering as if she was covered in a cloak of flames. It condensed around the horned thestral, before vanishing to reveal the magician in a beautiful suit of knight-like armor; with a pair of boots and a Cutie Mark symbolled cape to match. Even her spear looked like it had gotten an upgrade, looking to be a bit more like a sword with the star blades curved and pointed forward. With a grin that showed off her gleaming fangs, she flared her evolved wings and took off towards a shocked Deathgod, who was just barely able to block her stab to his chest. As Trixie tipped the battle’s scales in her favor, her five companions watched from afar, still resigned to the side of the Town Square.

“Jeez, she’s really been going at it for some time, hasn’t she?” Shining Armor asked, grunting as he shifted in his position. “It don’t think I’ve seen her falter for one minute since I’ve seen her take over this entire fight.”

“You can say that again.” Spearhead murmured. “Then again, she is a Thestral after all, and their known for being far more durable than most ponies are. It’s almost as if they’re Bat pony versions of alicorns…or, to be more precise, a Bat Pony version of Queen Celestia.”

“Maybe, but even she’s not as powerful as the Queen.” Soarin clarified, giving a little shake of his mane. “I don’t even need to focus on her magical reserves to know that.”

“Well, however strong she is, I think we can all agree that we can’t keep letting this drag on forever.” Fleetfoot implied. “I know it’ll only be a matter of time before that Deathgod stallion ends up wearing Trixie down, and when that happens, we’ll really be in trouble.”

“So, what’re you suggesting we do?” Spitfire asked expectantly. “In case you didn’t notice, we all look like we’ve been through Tartarus and back, and we haven’t even gone in our final forms against that guy yet.”

“Exactly.” Fleetfoot nodded sagely, ignoring her captain’s snide tone. “So, what we should do is use our strongest attacks, and unleash it in one massive combo. After that, once we’re sure that he’ll be subdued long enough, Trixie can finish him off with whatever move she has planned.”

“After we tell her what we plan to do right?” Shining asked. “Because you’re making it sound like we plan to execute that without her knowledge.”

“You know what I meant.” Fleetfoot muttered bashfully. “But yes honey, that too.”

“Well you can count me out of it.” Spitfire snorted. “I’m all for getting rid of that fused pervert of a stallion, but no way I’m teaming up with a Thestral of all ponies. No way that is flying with me.”

Crimson Skies, who had been quiet for practically the whole conversing, let out a gasp of shocked disbelief. “W-what do you mean you’re not going to help her?! She’s risking her life against that stallion to save us and the ponies here! What reason could you possible need not to help her?!”

“What reason don’t I need?” Spitfire asked, raising a careless brow at the palomino Pegasus. “As far as I’m concerned, ponies like her are nothing but trouble. Especially if they’re associated in any way with the likes of…her.” A drip of venom entered the Wonderbolt Captain’s tone as she snorted smoke form her nose. “Sorry little Shadowbolt, but you’re barking up the wrong tree if you think I’ll even think of giving that mare my aid.”

“Well the way I see it, you don’t really have much of a choice in the matter Captain.” Fleetfoot said sternly, giving a disapproving shake of her head. “I know that you don’t like Thestrals very much, just like, well, Crimson Skies’ Captain, but that should not be any reason not to lend a helping hoof. There is a whole town of ponies here who need our help, and a mare out there who is putting her life at just as much risk of protecting it. Are you seriously going to let your animosity for Thestrals get in the way of your duty?!”

Spitfire shrunk back ever so slightly, Fleetfoot's words leaving a bit of a sting. “Well, n-no, but-”

“But nothing Captain, and we are not going to start with this little foalish dislike for Thestrals you have now you got that?” Fleetfoot stated sharply, stomping her hoof. She turned towards Crimson, who was staring at her with wide eyes. “Crimson honey, how long do you think we have until we’re finally let out of this healing cocoon of yours.”

“Um…not much longer.” Crimson replied, forcing herself out of her stupor. “I’d say you have about a minute or so left before you’re back in shape.”

“A minute; good.” Shining nodded. “As soon as this shell lets down, we are jumping right back in there, and not a moment too soon. The sooner we finally get rid of that stallion and the rest that’re here in this town, the better.”

“Um, you guys…” Spearhead said, his tone sounding shocked. “You may want to look over at the fight again.”

At the tone in his voice, the five other parties followed back to where he was looking, and saw a sight that made their jaws drop in shock. Trixie, who moments ago was adorned in armor that shined as bright as her weapon, was now soaked in black liquid. Presumably the blood that she had spilled from the multiple strikes she gave to Deathgod. Said azure blue fused stallion stood some thirty feet away, his face and wings covered in multiple slashes and cuts, with more than a few holes in his bat wings. His armor also looked to have taken some damage to, with some of his barrel, back, and legs now exposed. Though none of them had seemed to strike the spot where Trixie was presumably aiming at.

“What’s the matter dearie? Are you having trouble standing on your hooves right now?” Trixie asked, giving her hat a little tip. “That’s too bad; that armor must be slowing you down some.”

“S-shut up! It’s not the armor that’s wearing me out and you know it!” Deathgod snapped, digging his sword into the ground. ‘What is going on?! just minutes ago I had this mare in a barely evenly matched duel! Now that she’s in that form of hers, she taking my attacks like they’re nothing!’ He paused as he took a closer look at Trixie’s Ascension Armor. ‘Wait…could that be it? Is it her armor that’s giving her this major power boost?’

While these thoughts were mulling over in Deathgod’s head, Trixie seemed to notice the look he was giving her. She looked down at her gleaming nocturnal purple armor, before looking back into her opponent’s draconic eyes with a giggle. “I can see that you’re pretty interested in my armored form. It’s what’s called my Ascension Mode, a form that’s a bit different from my Adrenaline Mode, that difference being that I’m almost completely covered from head to rump in near impenetrable armor.” She explained, giving her booted hindlegs a few taps on the ground as she stretched them out. “Of course, it’s not like the standard armor where you have a helmet, but hey, you don’t see me complaining.”

Deathgod’s ears perked. “I knew it…so it is your armor that’s helping you gain the advantage back into this fight. I also take it that you’re able to do it because of the amount of magic you have?”

“Got it in on that one.” Trixie winked, blowing a raspberry. “Also, due to the amount of magic that I’m able to use despite the amount it took to go in this form, this armor is all the harder to break. Which should explain why you’re is slowly falling apart while mine has barely even any dents in it.”

“Hmph…I figured that to be as much.” Deathgod murmured softly, letting his head slump as he stared at the ground. He soon picked it back up and bared his fangs at the bat winged mare. “Even if you did an increase in your power, that still doesn’t guarantee you’ll get out of here with your life. Which was already forfeit the minute you decided to challenge me!”

“Neither of us know that for sure, and we don’t know which one’s fate is sealed either.” Trixie retorted, wiping some black blood from her face. “So why don’t you and I find that out in this concluding fight?”

“Oh, you are so going to regret giving out that offer.” Deathgod proclaimed, pointing his sword forward. “I’ll make absolute certain that you are the one who is begging me for death. Just like I will the rest of those little friends of yours.”

“I don’t know honey…” Trixie said casually, resting her spear on her shoulder. “I get the feeling somepony is going to be down and out…and it won’t be me.”

Streaks of scarlet and pale white light flew about the highest room of the nocturnal castle as they cast a bright shine through the glass windows. They shook along with the ground and roof as th colors zoomed across the air and collided with one another. Shockwaves emerged as a result of the collisions, making the interior of the room go temporarily silent, only for more waves to wash over as the noise returned. The streams of color soon slowed down and formed shapes, just enough to show two mares giving each other a stare down. One being a Tartarus version of an Alicorn, and the other being a cross with a ferocious draconic reptile. They glared at each other with as much contempt as their power emitting bodies would allow, before going at one another again.

Goku let her tail blade meet Nightmare Moon’s swords as they clashed at fill force, causing an ear-splitting grinding sound to claw at their ears. This was blatantly ignored as the two mares drove into one another, paying no mind to the sparks falling from the air. With a hiss, Nightmare Moon pushed her swords up, sending Goku’s tail up into the air and making her lose her balance in her flight. When she managed to get back into position, Goku said Nightmare Moon’s blades coming back down, aimed at her neck. Moving her wings forward, she let the bladed edges clash with the red weapons, both serving to protect her head from being lopped off.

“I have to admit, you nearly got me there with that move.” Goku said, looking up at the sin black Alicorn with a bit of a smirk. “You’re pretty agile, both on your hooves, and on your wings.”

“Well of course I am; it is to be expected from not only a pony of royal blood, but a mare with the blood of a goddess.” Nightmare Moon grunted, her eyes flashing. “What did you think was going to come from me? Some sloppy reckless moves from a pony that’s going through guard training for the first time?”

“You tell me.” Goku replied, letting their weapons clash another time before they flew a safe distance from each other. “I can feel that you’re having a real nice time trying to cut me down though, so that is something.”

“Yes, I most certainly am little hatchling.” Nightmare Moon nodded, smiling gleefully. “Because it’s been such a long time since I’ve had such a thrilling battle during my imprisonment in my wonderful Moon. To be honest I’ve almost forgotten what it felt like, but now that you’re all here, I have a chance to relive it to the fullest extent!”

With a whinny, Nightmare Moon aimed her horn at Goku, shooting a blast of magic that went through the ceiling after Goku evaded it. Taking that distraction as a chance to strike back, Goku flew down and delivered a side kick to Nightmare Moon’s face. It cut off the spell she was using and sent her head jerking to the side. Spinning fully around in order to face her again, Goku did a front flip and let her clawed hindleg slam into the back of nightmare Moon’s head. She was sent face first into the icy floor, allowing Goku to grab her ethereal tail and throw her into the air, the Alicorn’s swords clanking to the ground.

“Saiyan Kirin: Rapid Fire!” She shouted, holding one of her claws outward and letting multiple blasts of golden energy burst out. Nightmare Moon pursed her lips and conjured up a shield, allowing the attacks to slam into the shield full force. Due to the confidence she had in the shield that it would keep her safe, Nightmare Moon was left all the more surprised by how powerful the attacks seemed to be. Cracks began to appear in the bubble that she had compressed around herself, and Nightmare Moon merely amplified the power within the shield to strengthen it. It went on for a few seconds longer, before Goku let up, letting the smoke envelop the mare above her.

“Well, that was pretty endurable of you…it doesn’t take long for most ponies to have to change tactics when facing that attacks.” Goku murmured, setting her claw down while still hovering in the air. “Feeling a bit of a headache coming on from producing that shield?”

The smoke vanished several seconds after this was said, and it revealed Nightmare Moon, no longer in her bubble, with her head hung low. Slowly, it raised, and her razor-sharp teeth made themselves known as she grinned widely. “No, but you did leave me another opening…albeit foolishly.”

The sound of a weapon piercing flesh made Goku let out an involuntary gasp of shock, before pain slowly began to set in. Looking down, she saw one of Nightmare Moon’s scarlet blades piercing right into her scaly stomach. Without even knowing what she was doing, her claws were coming around the blade clutching it tightly as she prepared to yank it out.

“I don’t think so little hatchling!” Nightmare Moon’s voice shouted into the pale white Kirin’s ear. “Go forth my sword!”

Goku’s eyes widened upon hearing this, and she looked around for the second sword that she believed was coming to her from the front. She didn’t realize that the second sword was coming from the opposite side, until it was too late. Another cry left her as she felt something pierce her into her back, going at a much painfully quicker pace. Thankfully, her spine wasn’t hit, but from the way the sword lodged into her back, it was dangerously close. She felt to her knees and slumped to the floor, growling in agony as blood began to seep form our wounds.

“Well, that was a rather quicker strike than I expected.” Nightmare Moon murmured to herself as she flew down towards the bleeding mare before her. “What’s the matter little one? Are you in too much pain to fight anymore?”

Goku raised her tail and let it lash out at Nightmare Moon, to which the larger mare simply pulled her head away to keep her throat from being slit. With a guttural growl, Goku propped herself on her foreclaws and knees as she glared up at the Nocturnal Dark Queen.

“T-t-that…that was a d-dirty trick you p-pulled there.” She said in between gasps. “A-attacking me f-from the f-front i-is one t-t-thing…b-but the b-b-back? Now t-that is the d-definition of cowardly if I h-haven’t heard one.”

“Hm…yes, that would seem like an act of a coward to the eye of a mortal pony, or one like my dear sister.” Nightmare Moon said after some silence, shrugging afterward. “Unfortunately for you my dear…I’m not like most ponies.”

Goku breathed heavily through her draconic nose, letting her head hang in between her shoulders. “…Yeah, you make a good point there…that’s something that you would do, but I bet it’s not the same for the pony that your controlling. The one who I know is somewhere within the essence of her mind watching helplessly as you treat us like we were playthings.”

An icy fit of laughter suddenly burst through the room, causing a shiver to go down Goku’s spine as Nightmare Moon nearly doubled over in mirth. She used her wings to keep herself balanced as one of her front and back legs curled up due to how much she was laughing. “Oh, my dear little hatchling…you have no idea of the truth behind that statement. Too bad for you, you don’t be able to see the look on her face when I finally end all of you. Don’t worry though, I’ll be sure to let her know just how hard you fought to save her, along with the rest of your little friends.”

With no amount of gentleness whatsoever, Nightmare Moon yanked both of her swords out of Goku, both coming out almost simultaneously. Goku screamed as pain shot its away across her body, mainly her stomach and back as she collapsed to the ground. As her blood flowed and pooled under her, she looked up to see Nightmare Moon flapping into the air, both of her swords brought back in preparation for a final strike. Goku hissed as her claws scraped against the floor beneath her, realizing what was going to happen.

“Well, it’s been a rather fun fight I must say, but I’m afraid that I’m going to have to cut it short.” Nightmare Moon stated casually as her armor and swords glowed. “I have some unfinished business to take care of with my sister and the rest of her faithful subjects. Not to worry though, you don’t die alone; I’ll make sure that the Nyx and the Savage Six reunite you with your friend as quickly as possible, and any other loved ones that you have. Maybe that little Thestral colt brother of yours that I saw you cuddling with earlier. I know that you’d love for something like that to happen.”

Goku suddenly went still, freezing as if something or somepony had frozen every single acting nerve in her body. This went unnoticed by Nightmare Moon, who looked like she was going to finish the pale white Kirin off at any moment.

"This is the end; farewell Son Goku Kakarot Shenron!” Nightmare Moon shouted as she finally unleashed her killer blow. “Tartarus’s Wheel: Scattering Petals of Darkness!”

With all the physical and magical strength, she could muster, Nightmare Moon swung her swords down, releasing a flock of razor-sharp crimson slashes in the process. She even fired off a large bolt of turquoise magic for extra assurance that the mare before her would be demolished on the spot. Time seemed to go in slow motion as the attack edged ever closer to Goku, with Nightmare Moon watching giddily all the while. Had the attack not been so loud, and the sin black Alicorn not been so distracted, she would’ve heard the next two words whisper its way from Goku’s fanged mouth.

“You bitch.”

Without warning, the pale white Kirin mare shot up on her clawed feet, power exploding out of her as she raised one of her foreclaws up. A arge flat disc of pure white energy shot out from it, hovering in Goku’s claw as she shouted, “Saiyan Kirin: Destruction Disc!”

With a roar, Goku shot the disc forward like a frisbee across a playground, letting it glide through the air like a bat towards the wave of red. It collided with it with a loud electric chirp, and not even a split second afterward, it sliced through the slashes of red and magical bolt. Like scrap paper, it split in half vanishing in wisps of energy as it headed towards Nightmare Moon.

“What?!” The sin black Alicorn gasped, her eyes widening as the attack headed towards her. Out of instinct, she shot to the side and let the disc fly away from her, slicing into the ceiling and out of sight. Nightmare Moon stared at that particular spot for some time, even as the damage began to fix itself, before whirling back to face Goku.

“W-w-what…what in the name of Faust was that?!” Nightmare Moon half asked, and half demanded in a sputter. “What did you just do?!”

Goku didn’t immediately reply to the sin Alicorn, merely letting her outstretched claw fall to the ground before looking up at Nightmare Moon. For a split second, she could’ve sworn that she saw a flash of golden white dance about her eyes before vanishing. Before Nightmare Moon could question her on that, Goku finally spoke up.

“It’s not what I did Nightmare Moon, it’s what you just did.” She said, her soft voice gaining an otherworldly tone to it for a single second. “And that thing…was pissing me off.”

Fluttershy stared up in silent terrified awe at the large orb of blackness that Havocwing was gleefully emitting from above her. It expanded all over to the point where she could no longer see the ceiling, but only a cloud of darkness that contrasted deeply with the Pegasus generating it. The scarlet Pegasus’s chilling demonic laughter could be heard all throughout their area of battle, sending chills down the angel-like Pegasus’s spine.

‘Oh goodness, that’s such an enormous orb of darkness…I don’t know if I’ll be able to withstand all of it.’ Fluttershy thought, gritting her teeth. ‘Still, I have to at least try. What good am I to Goku and the girls if I can’t even get passed this mare, who isn’t even real?!’

“Aww what’s the matter darling? Too afraid to speak of the destructive magnificence that is my power?” Havocwing asked in amusement at Fluttershy’s silence. “I can’t blame you. Those who’re in my presence can’t help but gape at its glory, and you are no exception!”

“I admit, it’s…a rather terrifying sight to look at.” Fluttershy reluctantly admitted, feeling a beat of sweat roll down her eyebrow. She soon shook it off and lifted her sword, pointing it upward towards Havocwing. “Even so, there is no way in all of Faust’s holy name that I’m gonna let this attack be the one to finish me off! I have too many friends and ponies that I love who’re in danger and they need me! I’m not going to let it end here, especially not against you!”

“My my, such confident words from a mare who was just seconds ago about to lob my head off.” Havocwing cooed, her fanged mouth stretching into a grin. “Well, let’s see how much of this you’re able to handle then…Destruction Release: Essence of Darkness!”

Swinging her hooves down, Havocwing unleashed the orb of darkness right onto Fluttershy, small crackles of red lighting surrounding it. Fluttershy froze up from the sudden movement for just a split second, before she steeled herself and flared her angel wings. With a powerful flap, she took to the air, hovering just feet away from the essence of darkness.

“Very well…if you want to see just how much I can take, then I’ll show you!” She declared as she raised her sword up again. “Holy Release: Rays of Starlight!”

Just like last time, Fluttershy unleashed a flock of golden white light upon Havocwing, only this time, she was aiming for her orb of darkness shot right at her. They all collided with the darkness that was quickly slowly heading towards the angelic Pegasus and actually managed to push it back some. Unfortunately, that only worked for a short time before it continued its descent to the battlefield below.

“Ha, you think that just a few rays of that puny little holy light is going to be enough to stop this baby?” Havocwing guffawed. “Come on sweetie, put your back into it! I thought you said you were going to show me what you were really made of?!”

“Well that didn’t work.” Fluttershy grunted, mentally kicking herself. “Alright, time to up the ante a little bit.” Drawing her sword downward and gripping it tightly, she swung it upward as she shouted, “Holy Release: Celestial Slash!”

Another giant wave of golden energy erupted from Fluttershy’s sword and ripped through the air, clashing hard with Havocwing's dark orb. This time, she actually managed to make a split into it as the slash cut through the dark sphere. Even so, this still did not completely destroy it, but that didn’t stop Havocwing form voicing her impression.

“Wow, now that was much better there Fluttershy!” Havocwing said, unable to hold back a whistle. “You keep that up and you just may be able to survive this one!”

“You and I both know that was exaclty what I aimed to do! You just don’t think that I actually will be able to is all!” Fluttershy shot back as her wings began to glow. “Holy Release: Wings of Faust!”

Swinging her wings forward, Fluttershy shot a massive flock of feathers up at the split sphere of darkness, letting them hit all the spots they could. This proved to be effective as it soon began to crack as if multiple rocks were beating against a glass window. With one more long-range attack with her wings, she effectively destroyed it, although she was blown back quite brutally by the force of the explosion.

“That…was far too close for comfort.” Fluttershy said to herself, reaching out with a shaky hoof and summoning her sword forth. “I really thought that I was going to be swallowed up by all of that dark essence.”

“Well, luckily for you, you managed to make it, albeit by the skin of your teeth.” Havocwing stated hovering down to the floor. “Still though, I’m impressed that you were able to withstand it; you’re truly worthy of being called a Tenshi.”

“I could say the same to you…about being a Datenshi…Havocwing.” Fluttershy stated, snorting as she ruffled her wings. “Still, I’m not going to lose this fight. One way or another, I am going to beat you and find my friends so we can stop Nightmare Moon; together!”

“The way I see it, you’re not having very much luck with that.” Havocwing said passively, giving a little shrug. “The only way you can really win this fight is if you get my down permeantly, only then can you get your little Element and make it past those doors.” She gestured to the doors behind her, which had a symbol of Havocwing’s Cutie Mark on it. “You’re keeping up with me so far, but I can tell you won’t be able to last much longer.”

‘That’s because you keep firing off attacks at me that take a considerable amount of my power to withstand.’ Fluttershy thought, biting her tongue to keep the retort from leaving. “Well then…I guess I’ll have to finish you off before I reached that tipping point, don’t I?”

“Well, that was pretty much your goal since this entire fight…along with mine in away.” Havocwing replied, twirling her black sword in her hooves. “Then again, I can agree with you on wanting this to end. So…” Her sinister black eyes glowed a bright red. “Let’s do just that!”

Faster than Fluttershy could blink, Havocwing’s sword was logged inside of her armor, right where her chest was supposed to be protected. A stream of blood flew from a shocked Fluttershy’s mouth as one of her hooves went to her armored chest. Before she could even process what had just happened, she found herself being grabbed by the neck and slammed into the wall with force that would’ve shattered her spine. The sound of her Element being knocked to the side was drowned out by the cry of pain the emanated from Fluttershy as Havocwing held her by the throat.

“I’ve got you now my little butterfly.” Havocwing whispered in the other frightened Pegasus’s ear. “Destruction Release: Termination!”

White hot pain exploded all over Fluttershy’s body was she was consumed in a cloak of crimson flames that erupted form Havocwing’s sword. Her screams echoed throughout the battle room as Havocwing stood their silently, sadistically watching as Fluttershy thrashed in agony. It only lasted for a minute, but to Fluttershy it felt like forever, almost as if she was being burned in the fires of Hell’s Eternal Pit of Fire.

Finally, Havocwing stopped, just as quickly as she had started the torment, and all put yanked her sword out of Fluttershy, letting her fall to the floor. “Well, how was that there Fluttershy? Was it warm enough for you, or was it too hot for your tastes?”

There was no response form the angelic Pegasus, who just continued to lie there in a burned and bloodied heap as she took short labored breaths. The Fallen Angel standing above her just chuckled, and brought her sword back to rest on her shoulder.

“I’m gonna go with the latter there.” She concluded, spreading her black wings and flapping into the air. “It’s alright though, you won’t be in pain for long…I’ll end it quickly with this last and final attack.”

Hovering away, Havocwing ascended into the air and let her sword slide into the strap on her hip, before lifting her hooves up into the air. A large stream of black energy began to spin and enlarge itself above her, forming into an even larger orb than the one before it. This one however, was a bit different, having an aura and streaks of purple instead of just red.

“This is the end for you, Fluttershy Tenshi! Now prepare to be obliterated by the power of Solaris!” Havocwing announced, flaring her wings to their widest span as her eye’s blades. “One I have you gone, your little friends will be next, along with any of the family you may have, including that dear little sister of yours!”

Just feet below Havocwing, Fluttershy shifted one of her ears perking as her wings gave a bit of a twitch. With her head still lowered, Havocwing could not see the glow coming from them, which spread through her body.

“Now, say goodnight, and be whisked away into the next life!” Havocwing shouted as she let her attack rain down upon Fluttershy. “Destruction Release: Eternal Darkness!”

With a sound that was mixed between a neigh and a roar, havoc let the orb of darkness soar down towards Fluttershy. She laughed evilly as it descended, wisps and crackles of red and purple magic bursting through the air as it went ever closer to its intended target. In that entire time, she never noticed the white aura surrounding Fluttershy, not even as it glowed ever brighter, until at the last second.

“Holy Release: Song of Paradise!”

A roar that was equivalent to a whole lion pride exploded across the room, going at such a volume that it made Havocwing instinctively pin her ears back. Just as she was recovering, she saw the sphere of darkness she threw gaining slam cracks, with white light shining out of it. Havocwing only had time to widen her eyes before it exploded, the light consuming it completely.

“What in the name of Solaris was-?!” Havocwing began, but was cut off when she saw Fluttershy burst from the light. The enraged glow in her eyes made Havocwing instinctively fly back, and she was just barely able to get her sword out to block Fluttershy’s incoming strike. Instantly afterward, Havocwing found herself slammed into the ceiling as Fluttershy pushed her into it.

‘That’s impossible how did she manage to get back up?! It hasn’t even been more than a minute that I saw her in a burned state!’ Havocwing thought to herself as she pulled herself from out of the ceiling. ‘Could it be that she managed to find another trick up her wings?!’

Havocwing didn’t have any more time to contemplate further, for Fluttershy released another wave of light, this time form her mouth. Growling, Havocwing shot her sword out and began spinning it to block the incoming roaring light.

“You’ll have to be quicker than that!” Havocwing growled at her opponent as she too opened her mouth. “Destruction Release: Roar of Tartarus!”

A large swirling stream of orange and crimson flames burst from Havocwing’s mouth like fire from a flamethrower, clashing with Fluttershy’s light. The power struggle only lasted seconds before a massive explosion tore through the room. As the smoke washed through the air, Fluttershy burst out from it and clashed swords with Havocwing one more. The scarlet Pegasus growled and spun around so that Fluttershy’s back was facing the wall, and let her collided with it as she pushed her back. The smirk Havocwing sported on her face afterwards fell very quickly when she saw Fluttershy jump off the wall fly back down at her.

“Holy Release: Celestial Slash!”

“Oh shi-!” Havocwing cursed before the wave of white slammed into her and drove her into the ground. A large crater was left in her wake as smoke burst out from inside of it, obscuring the Datenshi from view as Fluttershy slowly hovered down towards her. By the time she landed on the floor, Havocwing was already back in the air.

“You…filthy little bitch!” Havocwing spat. “Now you really pissed me off! Of all the things that I expected you to do, acting like you were forfeit was not on my list! You are so going to get your wings ripped off for that one!”

“That wasn’t a trick that I pulled, that was genuine pain.” Fluttershy retorted, flicking her tail. “I’ll admit, you were dangerously close to ending me, and you might have pulled it off. Had you not let your mouth cross a very intolerable line.”

“My mouth crossed the line?” Havocwing asked perplexedly. “And just what line was that?”

Fluttershy’s eyes narrowed, her teeth bared in a snarl that would’ve scared away a full grown male Manticore. “The very same line you crossed at the start of this fight. It’s bad enough you threatened the life of my sweet little sister once, but to do it twice…you must really have a death wish.”

Havocwing chuckled. “Okay, first off, you do realize that I’m not really real right? I’m a wonderful incarnation of my Queen’s amazingly beautiful dark magic.” She said explanatorily, gesturing to her gemstone. “Secondly, I can say whatever the Tartarus and the Hell I want; it’s not like you can really stop me…well, other than the Queen.” She pointed her sword forward, the blade giving of a bright red glow. “But, if you’re so tired of hearing me mouth off, I’ll save yo the trouble and finish you off now!”

“You fool…” Fluttershy said, bringing her sword towards her. “It won’t be me, who’ll be finished off.”

As these words left the angelic Pegasus’s mouth, the sword she had been holding began to glow, before slowly changing shape. Spreading her wings, Fluttershy took to the air, letting one foreleg stretch out while the other was brought back. While she did this, her sword continued to change and mold into a weapon to fit the stand she had herself in.

“What the Tartarus are you planning to do next?” Havocwing asked, raising a brow. “Are you gonna throw some sort of holy javelin at me?”

“No Havocwing…but when you see this, you’ll wish I had done just that.” Fluttershy replied as her new weapon finally finished forming itself. When the white glow around it vanished, Havocwing felt her eyes bulge upon seeing a large golden and white bow, with a golden string attacked at the ends of it. Stretching those very same strings, with the point right where the aimer was, was a large white arrow consumed by golden fire.

“No…no way…you’ve got to be shitting me!” Havocwing cried, fear entering her voice for the first time since the fight. “T-that…t-that’s not what I think it is, is it?!”

“It is…and it’ll be one of the two moves that fill finish you off for good.” Fluttershy declared, her eyes glowing as bright as the flames around the arrow. “Havocwing, say hello to the Holy Release: Apollo Arrow!”

Author's Notes:

Out of all the chapters, this is the one that I anticipated writing the most, especially when it came to the final fight's with the Main Seven. I was have just a bit of trouble as to how to star off the chapter, so I chose it with Trixie, the Shadowbolts, Spearhead, Shining Armor, and Crimson Skies, especially since I'll be adding just one last scene with them before getting to the next chapter I'm anticipating. As for the rest, I decided to add Goku to it again, because it was a bit of a while since we got back with her, and, like I said, I'm planning to do the same thing with her that I'm planning to do with the Dark Army in Ponyville. I did have quite a bit of fun writing Fluttershy's part of the chapter, especially since Heaven's Lost Property was the what was going through my head as I was doing it (I know its a bit of a perverted anime, don't judge me). I admit, that may have went on a bit longer than I should've, but it'll be worth it in the end, trust me, along with the conclusions of the rest of the girl's fights.

Well, that's all for now; tune in next time for when we go back to the rest of the girls, before we see our dear librarian unleashes the fury of her magic upon her enemy!!!