Spike's Mates
Chapter 13
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"Twilight, what're you........" Stargazer started, but was cut of when Twilight charged at him; swinging her stone hammer. In one move, she hit her former lover in the face; sending flying upwards. When he landed on his back, Twilight conjured up a shield and threw it at him. Stargazer managed to rise to his feet and dodge it, but at that point, Twilight threw the hammer at him; intentionally missing him and aiming for the shield behind him. Both weapons collided and gave off a powerful sonicwave sound that forced Stargazer to his knees. Both weapons flew back into Twilight's hands as she ran towards him. The unicorn had next to no time to react as she began wailing on him with all her might using both weapons. After swift kick to the chest that sent Stargazer stumbling back a bit, Twilight threw the shield at him; bouncing it off his face, then using the hammer to hit it right back at his face again. She then dropped both weapons on the ground and gathered up magical energy in both her hands before firing at him; blowing him up in the process. Panting heavily, Twilight looked on as the dust settled to see if she at least knocked him out. Just then, a black, purple, and green aura rose from the dust and Stagazer launched himself at Twilight; grabbing her by the neck.
"If I didn't know any better, i'd say you were trying to kill me." he said as he gave her neck a little squeeze. "Now what do you say we pick up where we left off." A dark smirk formed on his face as he thought about all the things he was going to do to her, thankfully before he could act on those thoughts, he was hit from behind with such force, it caused him to let go of Twilight. As he turned to see who it was that attacked him, two giant fists connected with his face. Stumbling backwards, Twilight was pulled away to safety by her brother while Big Mac prepared for another attack; white aura surrounding his body.
Angry that Twilight was taken from him again, Stargazer released a loud roar and exploded a wave of dark magic at everypony; blowing them away. Even more black markings began to surround his body as his aura grew to the point that he started to look more like a demon than a pony. Twilight watched on in horror as she had no idea that he could do this; that this stallion who was once her lover was now a user of dark magic. "Everypony, fall back!" Shining ordered.
Upon seeing this, Sentinel and his fanmares were ecstatic. There was no way in Equestria they were gonna lose now. "My mares, get behind Stargazer!" he ordered. Sentinel's fanmares did as they were told and gathered behind the stallion; Sentinel standing side by side with his ally.
*BOOOOOM*
Out of nowhere, there was a loud sonic boom from the sky before somepony landed in front of Sentinel and Stargazer. When the dust settled, the red unicorn was shocked to see who it was. "E-E-Ebony?!"
"I'm not the only pony who's here." he said as he pointed. Everypony looked behind them and saw a large group of ponies coming their way. It was the rest of Sentinel's crew along with a massive group of ponies from Baltimare.
"Gravel, everypony, you're here!" he stated.
"We only came because Ebony wouldn't shut up about honor and friendship and shit like that." said Aqua. "That, and the fact that you're completely hopeless without us." Touched that his friends came to help him, Sentinel was almost moved to tears, but then he noticed the other ponies behind them.
"Who are they?" he asked.
"Some biker gang that was attacked by Prince Blueblood." Gravel answered.
"WE WE'RE JUST ATTACKED, WE WERE HUMILIATED!" yelled their leader. "WE'RE HERE FOR ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY, REVENGE!"
"As soon as they heard we were coming here, they insisted of following." Moonstone explained.
"SENTINEL!" screamed the rest of the group which turned out to be even more of Sentinel's fanmares. With even more ponies in place, Sentinel felt that nothing could stop him; Twilight would soon be his for the taking. As everypony on their side got into position and began making their way towards Twilight and the others, Aqua confronted Gravel.
"Dude, are we really putting out lives on the line so that Sentinel can get laid?" Aqua asked.
"I don't about you, but as soon as the battle starts i'm hightailing it outta here." Gravel answered. "The only reason I even agreed to show up was because I couldn't take any more of Ebony's speeches."
Over with Twilight and the others, they were completely outnumbered. The sheer size of what was coming towards them would make anypony run and hide, but not them, they've been through much worse than this. Twilight and Shining were the first ones to step up along with Big Mac and Stardust; both powered up and prepared to attack. Cadence and Rainbow Dash both spread their wings; ready to take off while Pinkie and Rarity took a fighting stance. Fluttershy, though terrified, also stood alongside her friends. While everypony was beginning to make their way towards the massive army, Applejack stayed behind due to her phone ringing for some reason. "What the.....ah thought ah left this thing back home." she said as she pulled it out. "Who in Equestria is this?" It was a number she didn't recognized. She didn't want to, but something told her to answer it. "Hello?"
"Applejack, can y'all hear me?" came a familiar voice.
"G-Granny?" she said in shock.
"On yer left." she said. Applejack had no idea what she meant by that until she turned around and saw a portal with a bright light shining through that caught the attention of the others as well as their enemies. Appearing through the portal was Granny Smith and Starburst. The two ponies scanned the area before Starburst snapped his fingers and multiple portals started opening. Coming through them was the entire population of the Crystal Empire; each one of them brandishing a weapon of some kind, but they weren't the only ones. Even more portals opened up, and coming through them, were the Canterlot Guards; dressed in armor and carrying shields and spears. From out of nowhere, both Celestia and Luna dropped from the sky and landed in front of them; both sisters had magical auras surrounding their bodies.
"Is this everypony?" Granny asked as she and everypony else marched to the front lines.
"What, you wanted more?" Sunburst answered. Just then everypony looked over to their left and saw a massive group of ponies coming towards them. It was the entire population of Ponyville; being led by Dizzy and Starlight. The entire area was being drowned out in chants as everypony got in position. Sentinel, Stargazer, and everypony else were in sheer astonishment at how large of a number their opponents were in size; they were basically going up against all of Equestria.
Granny Smith took the lead; ready to give the command to attack. "MY LITTLE PONIES!" she yelled as she stuck out her hand; her trustie shotgun soon flying into it. "Kill them all."
With a loud battle cry, they charged; the unicorns and earth ponies running full speed while the pegasi took flight. Stargazer simply pointed at them which was the signal for everypony on his side to charge. Both sides ran towards each other until they collided in the middle of the field. Shining Armor grabbed a mare and flipped her over his shoulder just as Applejack dropped kicked another. Cadence blasted a stallion in the face before spreading her wings and taking off into the air. Dark Forest, from the Crystal Empire, led a small group of crystal ponies and bulldozed through the biker gang while while Bright Mac jumped on the back of one of them and stabbed him repeatedly. A few of Sentinel's mares took to the sky for a aerial attack, but were shot down by Celestia and Luna. Both sisters stood back to back as the spun around blasting every pegasi they could. Granny opened fire on just about anypony she could just as Pear Butter managed to break the arm of one of the biker gangs.
"Mind explaining what going here?!" she said to Granny.
"Explain later, fer now, just fight!" she said as she continued to open fire.
In the middle of the battlefield, Big Mac soon came face to face with an old enemy. "It's been a while, my rival." said Ebony. "Shall we finish where we left off?" With a powerful roar, Ebony launched himself at Big Mac. The red unicorn made a fist and delivered a powerful punch to the stallion; creating a small shockwave and knocking him out. The non-stop training to face off against Stargazer had served him well. Big Mac was way stronger than Ebony and actually held back, otherwise, he could've killed him with that punch.
As the battle raged on, Twilight came face to face with Stargazer. "Twilight, come back to me." he said. "We can still make this right."
"Stargazer, i'll be honest with you." she said. "All i've ever wanted was to see you again; to hear your voice one more time."
"I knew it!" he said in excitement. "I knew you still cared."
"But." she continued. "After everything you've done up until now, and what you're becoming , I.....I want NOTHING to do with you!" The excitement on stargazer's face was quickly wiped clean as Twilight's word settled in and was replaced with anger. Once again, purple, black, and green aura began to surround his body as the ground shook under him.
"So, that's how it is, huh?" he growled. "Fine then, if I can't have you, then NOPONY CAN!" Stargazer began to take on an even more demonic form, with his mane turning black and growing long, his nails turning into sharp claws, and his teeth becoming fangs. Twilight stood in shock that somepony could utilize dark magic in this way. She knew Stargazer was talented, but not THIS talented.
"TWILIGHT, LOOK OUT!" came a voice. A white blur came and scooped the alicorn up just as Stargazer charged at her. Looking up, Stargazer saw that it was Celestia who saved her. He was about to shoot the two of them out of the sky when he was attacked by from behind by Big Mac; now glowing with a white aura. "So this is that "final form" of yours everypony kept going on about, huh?" he growled. "Let's put it to the test." Both stallions charged at one another and each threw a punch. Once their fists connected, it caused a massive shockwave that blew everypony nearby away. The two stallions began throwing punches and kicks that threaten to to crack the earth open. Stargazer was about to blast Big Mac in the face, but the red stallion grabbed his hand and bent it backwards before uppercutting him high in the air. Big Mac leapt after him, but was caught by one of Sentinel's pegasi fanmares. Big Mac broke free from her grasp, grabbed her by the mane and used her as a shield to protect himself from a dark magical blast the Stargazer had fired towards them. The mare was sent to the ground screaming in pain; exploding on impact.
Celestia and Twilight landed a few feet away from the fight just in time to see said explosion. "C-Celestia, what are you doing here?!" she said. "Where's Spike?!"
"Don't worry about Spike." she said. "Right now, we have to focus on Stargazer."
*BOOOOOM*
Up in the sky, both Big Mac and Stargazer engaged in battle once again; causing shockwaves throughout the sky with each blow. Big Mac managed to punch Stargazer; sending him back a bit where he was captured in a barrier. The unicorn attempted to break free but to no avail. At that point, Celestia and Twilight flew up behind him. "Stargazer, stand down!" Celestia ordered.
Stargazer chuckled darkly. "That's exactly what Blueblood told me before I ended him." he said. Celestia and Twilight froze.
"Y-You what?" Celestia said as she felt her heart drop. It wasn't true, he was just trying to get in her head. That's what she told herself at least, but upon looking him in the eyes, she could tell that there was some truth as to what he was saying.
"Oh come on, why do you think that little bitch down there is wielding that axe of his?" he said. "Why isn't he here? It's because he thought he was big and bad enough to take me on, and now he's nothing but worm food." At this point, Celestia took down the barrier and grabbed Stargazer by the neck; her anger reaching levels she never thought possible. Stargazer simply chuckled.
"Don't act as if you cared." he said. "I've been around you long enough to know how you really feel about him. You actually wanted him gone so that you wouldn't have to deal with a male in the family." An orange aura surrounded Celestia's body before taking off towards the ground; slamming Stargazer into it and causing a crater. "You gave Cadence her own kingdom, and Twilight her own castle, and what did you give Blueblood.......nothing." he continued. "Face it, you never loved him." Celestia screamed and began to pummel the unicorn into the ground; tears streaming down her face. This bastard hurt her son, killed her nephew, and now, she was gonna make him pay. Her attacks and screams grew with each passing second, but in her hysterical state, she managed to make an opening for Stargazer to exploit. In a single move, the unicorn blasted the princess away which gave him enough time to rise out of the ground. Thanks to use of dark magic, he was able to heal himself of his injuries, but unfortunately, it wasn't fast enough as Twilight fired a lavender beam; hitting him from behind. Falling back to the ground on knee, he lifted his head to see Big Mac's fist coming at him, but before the punch could land, a white blur came out of nowhere and grabbed the unicorn. It was Celestia, and she wasn't done with him yet.
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Granny Smith grabbed one of Sentinel's fanmares by the arm and flipped her over her shoulder before grabbing another one by the mane and delivered a powerful punch to the stomach, then threw her to the ground.
"SENTINEL....IS GREAT!" screamed another mare as she ran towards the elderly mare holding a hand grenade. Granny simply grabbed the mare by the shoulders, kneed her in the stomach, then grabbed the grenade and shoved it in her mouth before picking her up and throwing her into a group of mares running towards her. Just as Granny turned her back towards them, the grenade went off causing a massive explosion; engulfing all the mares.
No survivors.
With the fire raging behind her, Granny called forth her shotgun and opened fire on group of bikers. "WHERE'S STARGAZER?!" she yelled as she shot three more of them. One of the bikers charged at her from behind with a knife, and without looking, Granny flipper her gun over her shoulder and pulled the trigger; shooting him in the face before she continued forward. Not that far from her, Applebloom, armed with a bat, knocked out two mares and was going for a third when she was tackled from behind by one of the bikers.
"Where's Blueblood?!" he yelled as he attempted to wrestle the bat from her.
"Git off me!" she yelled as she tried to fight him off. Out of nowhere, a giant fist hit the biker in the face and sent him flying off. Applebloom lifted her head to see the face of the one who saved her. "PA!" she said.
"Y'all alright, baby gurl?" he asked. Before she could answer, a large group of bikers gathered together and started to make their way towards them. Taking a protective stance in front of his daughter, Bright Mac cracked his knuckles and prepared to fight. "Y'all stay here, ah'll handle this." he said.
"Y'all really gonna take all'em by y'all selves?" she asked.
"Don't y'all worry none, baby gurl." he reassured. "Ah ain't alone." As Bright Mac began to make his way towards the bikers, he was soon joined by his wife, Pear Butter, as well as, Night Light, Twilight Velvet, Bow Hothoof, Windy Whistles, Hondo Flanks, Cookie Crumbles, Mr. and Mrs. Shy, Igneous Rock, and Cloudy Quartz; the parents of the mane 6. All 12 ponies sped walked towards the bikers before jogging, then eventually ran towards them. Both sides clashed with Night Light and Velvet firing off magical beams blowing some of the bikers away, while Pear, Cloudy, and Igneous took on a few more. Bright Mac punched the ground causing a large shockwave that sent a few bikers into air where they were caught by Mr. and Mrs. Shy, and Windy Whistles, then were thrown away into the distance. Hondo and Cookie put up barriers around everypony as Bow Hothoof flew high into the air, then came down at record speeds; landing on top of the bikers and causing a kind of rainbow nuclear explosion that blew everypony away. When the dust settled, one of the bikers started to sneak up behind him with a knife, but that plan was thwarted when Velvet captured him with a barrier. She proceeded to pick him up and throw him towards the other side of the battlefield. Mr. and Mrs. Shy landed and regrouped with the other parents just as even more bikers started to make their way towards them. Night Light and Cookie Crumbles took the lead; both powered up and fired upon the group as Bright Mac and Bow Hothoof charged at them. This fight was going to go on for some time.
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High in the air, Celestia and Stargazer clashed violently with the unicorn taunting her with every chance he got; constantly throwing in her face how little she cared for Blueblood. The princess threw a punch that connected with his face; a massive shockwave flowing across the sky. Stargazer's body flew back due to the punch, but he managed to stop himself by exploding a wave of dark magic from his body. He was about to attack Celestia by firing a blast at her, but was stopped when he was hit from the side by Big Mac who sent him flying off in a random direction. The red stallion shot off after him in a flash; grabbing the unicorn by the leg, spending him around, and throwing him back towards Celestia who flew at, and clotheslined the stallion. Stargazer caught himself as he was about to fall to the ground; turning his attention towards both Big Mac and Celestia. Floating back up to them, his hands started glowing and he fired a purple and green blast at the two of them. Celestia responded with a powerful yelled as she charged right at it. She collide with the blast head on, and was almost pushed back until an orange aura surrounded her body and she exploded with power; firing off an orange and yellow blast of her own against it. With a powerful yell, Celestia managed to push against Stargazer's attack, but the unicorn remained resilient. From out of nowhere, a magical lavender ball was thrown and hit Stargazer in the back; causing enough of a distraction for Celestia to get the upper hand and fire off a powerful volley that overtook Stargazer's wave. "No, No, NOOOOOOO!" he yelled as he was hit and brought to the ground; exploding on impact.
Seconds later, the ground started to shake before another explosion went off and Stargazer was once again back in the sky. "TWILIGHT!" he yelled. Apparently, it was Twilight who attacked him from behind. The Princess of Friendship was right in front of him ready to attack the second he tries anything. "That....hurt." he growled.
"It'll hurt even worse if you don't stop this right now." she said.
"There's only two ways this ends." he stated. "Either you come back to me, or I make it so that nopony else can have you. And since you've made it clear you want nothing to do with me, we'll just have to rebuild our relationship in the NEXT LIFE!" Within the blink of an eye, Stargazer had managed to grab Twilight by the neck, then spun her around to face Celestia and Big Mac as they approached them with his arm around her neck.
"TWILIGHT!" Celestia screamed. She was about to attack, but Stargazer managed to push her both her and Big Mac away with a wave of his arm. Both ponies fell to the ground hard; leaving Twilight in danger. Green, black, and purple aura started to surround the two of them as Stargazer prepared to unleash some kind of power.
"W-What are you doing?!" Twilight demanded.
"Like I said, we'll rebuild our relationship in the next life!" he answered as the aura got bigger. "Let's leave this world together!" Stargazer was completely out of his mind. He was seriously about to kill both himself and Twilight just because she didn't want him anymore? Twilight tried everything in her power to get away from; clawing, scratching, biting, anything she could. His grip on her tighten making at that much harder for her to do anything. As the aura around them grew, small sparks of lightning began to form around them.
*BOOOOOM*
*BOOOOOM*
Above them to the right, a massive rainbow wave light up the sky while to the left, dark clouds filled with lightning illuminating. Two ponies shot out from them, and struck Stargazer in the back at lightning speed, but the stallion stood firm. "R-Rainbow, Stardust, help!" Twilight yelled. Both mares continued to strike with all their might before being blown away.
"UNHAND HER, DEMON!" came Luna's voice as she fired a dark blue beam at him. The attack hit, but thanks to the aura surrounding him, it did nothing. Stargazer looked towards Luna and fired a beam from his eyes; knocking her away. With a powerful yell, Stargazer unleashed a massive wave of dark magical energy that blew everypony nearby away. With them gone, he could now fully focus on the task at hand. Twilight continued to struggle to get free as Stargazer continued to power up.
"It won't be long now, Twilight." he said. "So we will be free to start over."
"NOOOOOOOO!" she screamed. She didn't want to die, not like this. "SOMEPONY, HELP ME!" Stargazer's eyes started to glow as he reached his peak, any second now, he was going to unleash everything to blow the two of them up.
"TWILIGHT!" yelled Shining as he conjured up a javelin and threw it at Stargazer's head; only for it to disintegrate the second it got to close. Black, purple, and green lightning began to surround the two of them as cracks started to form on Stargazer's body. Twilight sealed her eyes shut hard as tears began to rapidly fall down her face, her friends constantly screaming her name; helpless to do anything to save her.
"I don't wanna die!" she screamed in her head. "SPIKE, PLEASE!"
*BOOOOOOOOOM*
*POOOOOOOOOW*
An unknown black object flew through the sky at supersonic speeds, and managed to break through Stargazer's aura; delivering a shockwave punch to his face and disrupting his spell. The force was so great, that once it combined with the dark magic aura, it triggered a massive explosion that lit up the sky. Everypony on the ground watched in horror as they truly believed Twilight was killed, only to be shocked when they saw Stargazer's body flying towards the ground; creating a small crater on impact. Stargazer slowly rose to his feet and looked up into the sky just as the dust settled. There, holding an unconscious Twilight in his arms, was a dragon with glowing red eyes, a dark aura and black lightning surrounding his body, and the look of a very pissed off devil. The dragon released a powerful roar of anger the sent shockwaves throughout the land.
Spike has arrived.
A dark smirk soon appeared on Stargazer's face. "You've finally decided to show your true colors, Lizard." Spike landed on the ground next to Big Mac and hand Twilight over to him. Without a word, the dragon started to make his way over to Stargazer who in turn started to approach him. "Any last words, lizard?"
Spike looked him in the eyes and simply made one statement in a dark tone. "Roses are red, violets are blue, hurt my mates.......Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru."
Stargazer had a blank look on his face after that statement. "What?"
*POOOOOW*
Within the blink of an eye, Spike had launched himself at Stargazer and punched him in the face; sending him fly off before unleashing a powerful roar as both black aura and lightning surrounded his body.
Next Chapter: Chapter 14 Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 36 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Next Chapter: Spike vs Stargazer round 2.