-TERRARIA, ANUBIS’S PYRAMID-

Just outside of Anubis’s Pyramid, in the epicenter of The Desert Biome, the denizens of Home Town were currently honing their skills and abilities by the guidance of The Ancient himself.

The Ancient created sand clones of himself and sent them forth to contend with each and every individual present in the form of Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Shadow Thunder, Linn, Tori, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and other denizens of Home Town. Various scenarios ensue:

Tori was currently being chased by a series of Sand Tornados while the clone of Anubis himself floated on a sort of hovering mound of sand. The kenku easily dodges the tornados and spiraled towards the direction of Anubis’s clone himself. The ancient deity takes on a combat pose, almost bordering on an Egyptian dance, and extends his right arm forward before gesturing Tori to approach while saying:

“Come at me, kenku. Honor me with combat!”

Tori runs forth, leaps into the air, and comes crashing down on Anubis’s right arm, with the kenku’s right leg, as the clone of the Ancient blocks the strike while saying:

“I don’t think you’ll-”

[POOF]

The kenku before him turns into smoke as a series of explosives fall to the clone’s feet.

Anubis raises a brow, “Ah, right… ninja…”

[BOOM]

……….

Shadow Thunder flew high in the skies as his own clone of Anubis gave chase after him. The dark pegasus calls forth a large thundercloud which practically darkens the skies above the pegasus before thunder roars out. A bolt of lightning breaks through the clouds, on course to The Ancient’s clone. The clone braces itself for the attack, muscles flexed and teeth gritted, but the dark pegasus appears within The Ancient’s shadow just beneath them.

The clone of Anubis looks down, “Very resourceful.”

Shadow Thunder ‘punches’ the clone with his right forehoof, which in turn collides with Anubis’s right fist, sending forth a shockwave that kicks up a mound of sand. The shockwave pushes them both back a short distance before Shadow Thunder conjures forth a series of dark unicorn pony heads.

Shadow Thunder raises a forehoof and shouts:

“Fire!”

Each unicorn head, made entirely of darkness, starts to fire up its horn as a series of lightning bolts barrage towards the clone of The Ancient.

……….

Linn wielded her lance and struck away at her very own clone of The Ancient, who in turn was blocking her strikes with open palms. However, if one were to look closely, a series of dark gray energy momentarily covers the clone’s palms as he says:

“Ah, the lance of Excalibur. One of its many ‘offspring’ is one way to put it. It seems like a simple Jousting Lance in this form,” The Ancient blocks another strike from Linn, “But we both know the true form of this lance, don’t we?”

Linn grits her teeth, “I won’t rely on that weapon for this fight.”

The clone raises an eye brow, “Oh? Then what if I forced you to?”

Before Linn could respond, a second clone of Anubis suddenly forms into being via a small tornado of sand. The two Anubis’s take on combat poses as they both rush towards the pink-haired terrarian in unison.

“So that’s how it is,” Linn comments as she prepares to strike away at a clone, specifically the one approaching from the right. The clone dodges the strike while the other clone closes the distance and attempts to punch Linn with its right fist. The terrarian in turn catches the fist with her free hand, however, the other clone from before turns into a small sandstorm and flies towards her.

“For goodness sake! That’s going to be a pain to get out of my hair!” She shouts as the small sandstorm consumes her completely. Looking from the outside, no one could see what was taking place within the small sandstorm. However, a multicolored pulse wave blows away the storm as Linn’s lance was now changed in appearance:

“Very well, Lord Anubis. I call forth a child of Excalibur: Hallowed Jousting Lance!”

The two clones nod in unison before fusing together into a single entity. The single clone takes on a combat pose once more before saying:

“Now things are getting interesting... Descendant of the legendary hero, and the greatest paladin: Shining Armor.”

……….

Fluttershy empowered herself by calling upon the strength and capabilities of a very fitting type of slime: Desert Slime. The yellow pegasus bent the sands all around her to combat Anubis’s clone. The Ancient of the desert smirks before saying:

“Very good, Core Of The Slime Gods. Just as I taught you, there exists a type of slime for practically every biome in existence. Heck, even Oblivion’s realm has a type of slime that you could call upon to empower you.”

Fluttershy grits her teeth in effort as she tries to bend the sand tornado being thrown at her from The Ancient’s clone.

“However, impressive as a Desert Slime is at sand bending,” The clone says with a large grin forming, “I am THE ultimate force in The Desert! Prepare to get slapped around, Fluttershy!”

With a simple gesture with the clone’s hand, the sand tornado not only doubled in size but the sort of struggle taking place between him and Fluttershy seemingly was decided as the pegasus faltered and wasn’t able to push against the powerful force any longer. However, mere moments before the tornado reached the yellow pegasus she called upon the prowess of a Lava Slime. Her body became covered in flames as her eyes are consumed by a red aura. Her hooves became made entirely of obsidian and every step she took would leave behind a small puddle of lava.

Fluttershy breaths in and spits forth a liquid stream of lava that collides with the sand tornado. In mere moments, the entire tornado becomes a large, hardened, twisting pillar of quartz and glass as the yellow pegasus flies on top of it and lands upon her new creation. She looks down upon The Ancient’s clone, wings stretch outward and ready for battle, as the clone says:

“You choose a fine bearer for your core, Slime Gods.”

……….

Both Applejack and Rainbow Dash fought in unison as the recently made lovers covered each other’s back. With her Orange Phaseblade in hand, Applejack cuts through a sand tornado being thrown at her by the couple’s own clone of Anubis. Due to this action, and much like Fluttershy’s tactic, the heat emanating from her phaseblade turns the portion of the tornado she cut through into glass. Then, Rainbow Dash goes right through the glass, shattering it in the process, as she takes aim with her Star Cannon and unleashes its fury upon Anubis’s clone.

“A Star Cannon, eh? Impressive,” The Ancient raises his left arm, “I never batted away a barrage of fallen stars before.”

“Here’s your chance, buddy!” Rainbow Dash roars out as the stars she unleashed finally closes the distance and meets with Anubis’s clone.

[PEW-BOOM]

[PEW-BOOM]

[PEW-BOOM]

Shockingly, The Ancient’s clone keeps one hand placed behind his back as the other flicks away the stars in rapid movement. Each star is sent away, resulting in a series of nearby explosions.

“Gonna have to try harder if you-” Suddenly, the clone’s words are cut off as an orange hoof grabs onto his leg from below him, “What the?!”

“Shroom taught me a thing or two about burrow’n, yeehaw!” Applejack exclaims as she erupts from the sand below the clone, duel wields her Orange Phaseblade and Vein Burster, and unleashes a flurry of attacks upon her foe. She does this while still rising from the sands before standing on her hind legs, spinning around, and roaring out as she crosses her forelimbs in a scissor-like fashion, slicing the clone even further.

The clone turns into sand as Applejack looks over her shoulder and shouts:

“Darn good shoot’n, sugarcube! Just as we planned!”

Rainbow Dash quickly approaches, noticeably wearing Applejack’s hat, with a large grin as she says:

“Hah! He actually thought that was the best I could do? That was just a distraction!” Rainbow takes off the cowmare’s hat and offers it to her, wiggling her eyebrows, “For my very special somepony~”

Applejack chuckles, “Aw’, shucks, c’mere you!” She grabs onto both her hat and Rainbow Dash as she pulls the cyan pegasus in and their lips meet in one swift motion. Rainbow’s wings extend to their max lengths in response, but their embrace would soon be interrupted as a certain voice says:

“Making out while on the battlefield?” Anubis’s clone says before clicking his tongue multiple times, “So unwise…”

“Oh, buck…” The lovers say in unison as they take notice of four Anubis’s standing around them.

……….

Echo Silhouette was currently fleeing from his own clone of Anubis as he fires off a series of Jester’s Arrows. The arrows explode into a firework resemblant display as the clone transforms into a large tsunami of sand, an ever-encroaching wall. Taking notice of this, green flames encompasses Echo’s form as he transforms into, shockingly, The Desert Scourge.

This action of course catches the attention of those who were familiar with the large worm entity. Specifically Rainbow Dash, Terralestia, Sai Sahan, and various other individuals from Home Town who knew about the creature.

The clone of Anubis chuckles, “You impress me with your transformation capabilities, Echo. It would seem you’ve done your homework about The Desert Scourge, pity the real thing died some time ago.”

The large worm rears up and lets loose a powerful roar before it burrows into the sands of The Desert. The clone of Anubis conjures forth a Magic Carpet and hops onto it while saying:

“It’s time for some cheap tactics on my part,” The clone puts a hand to his chin in thought, “Or perhaps I should place some floating platforms just high enough so you can’t reach me?”

A sudden series of rumbling echoes outward as the ‘Desert Scourge’ emerges from the sands below Anubis’s clone, its maw opened wide and ready to bite down upon the clone’s form.

The transformed state of Echo is mere seconds away from biting down on the clone but said clone smirks before saying:

“Let’s see you try consuming a ghost, Echo.” The clone’s body suddenly changes chaotically as Anubis’s legs disappear and are replaced by green flames in their stead. This new form was something that all present were absolutely surprised by as it could best be described as looking like: A lich.

The new form of Anubis's clone phases right through Echo's new form as the ghostly figure floats high into the desert skies. A vibrant green energy starts to chaotically affects the skies, darkening them in the process, as the lich-like entity shouts:

"Prepare to get slapped around! So declares the Ancient God Of The Dead!" The clone chuckles and smiles devilishly, "Time to up your training regime, pups!"

You might be thinking: "Wait, what about Pinkie Pie? Rarity? And some of the NPC's?"
You'll enjoy Pt:2

Character inventory/equipment:

Fluttershy: Statigel Armor(pony, equipped), Overloaded Blaster, Eviscerator, Crimslime Staff, Corroslime Staff, Slime Staff, Finch Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Hornet Staff, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Honey Comb(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Staff Of Necrosteocytes, Purified Jam.

Rainbow Dash: Necro Armor(pony, equipped), Star Cannon, Minishark, Eviscerator, Aquatic Discharge, Bloody Rupture, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Victory Shard, Slime Mount.

Zecora: Crimson Armor(zebra, equipped), Dune Hopper, Sausage Maker, Beenade, Tooth Ball, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Various Potions, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Sand Cloak(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bloodstained Gloves(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Skeletron Hand.

Starlight Glimmer: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Starfury, Vein Burster, Purple Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Healing Potion, Victory Shard, Rocket Boots(equipped), Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand.

Rarity: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Hornet Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Ice Mirror, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Rocket Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand, Staff Of Necrosteocytes.

Applejack: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Orange Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Rope, Metal Detector, Healing Potion, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Bone Glove, Skeletron Hand.

Twilight Sparkle: Meteorite Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Book Of Skulls, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Ichor, Victory Shards, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount.

Pinkie Pie: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Blue Phaseblade, Bloody Rupture x2, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Metal Detector, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, The Blood Butcherer, Skeletron Hand.