-TERRARIA, ANUBIS’S PYRAMID-

Gusts of wind stir the desert sands on the outskirts of Anubis’s Pyramid. The skies were still darkened due to the clone of Anubis’s action. The newly revealed lich-like Ancient was still hovering above ‘The Desert Scourge.’ It wasn’t the actual monstrosity that Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Starlight, and the adventurers of the Order Of The Guide fought some time ago. Simply put, it was the humanoid changeling: Echo Silhouette.

As the large worm-like entity practically fires itself out of the sands below Anubis’s clone, its giant maw opened wide, the lich entity extends his right arm and aims it towards the large behemoth. The world seemed to slow down for the next action the clone of Anubis had made was so fast, so powerful, that a sudden force sent the large worm entity flying a fair distance away. As if someone were thrown away by the force of a hurricane.

As this goes on, the other trainees of Anubis’s training were also struggling with their own clones of Anubis. Much like the one that was contending with Echo, these clones also changed their forms into lich-like appearances.

……….

Using her incredible speed, Pinkie Pie zoomed around her own clone of Anubis but laughing while she did so.

“Hehehe, this is so much fun!” Pinkie Pie shouts, dodging a green ball of flames hurled at her from the lich.

Anubis’s clone chuckles, “You may be Harmony and Oblivion’s child... But I won’t go easy on you, dear niece,” The lich suddenly matches Pinkie Pie’s well-renowned speed capabilities, zooming towards her in a green blur.

“Wowee! You’re fast, uncle Anubis!” Pinkie Pie shouts with a shocked expression as the lich floated alongside her.

“Hah! This isn’t even me at full power, niece.” The clone responds with a chuckle, “For the purposes of this training, you’re all only facing about five percent of my power,” He smirks, “But you, dear niece. Oblivion, even Harmony, would want me to push you a bit harder... So you get to face me at seven percent!”

The two blurs of different colorations, one pink and one green, start to zip and zoom around the desert. They ran through the vast sands of Anubis’s domain and even found themselves climbing all around The Ancient’s pyramid. They come to a stop on the top portion of The Pyramid and, incidentally, two other blurs were also running amok: Tori, and the kenku’s own lich-like clone of Anubis.

Anubis’s clone laughs, “This is quite enjoyable! All of you are doing well for your training regime.”

Pinkie Pie pouts, “But you’re only using a small amount of your power...”

The clone chuckles, “True… But this wouldn’t be training if I used a much larger portion of my powers, dear niece,” He takes on a combat pose with his arms, “That would be less training, and more of me just slapping you all around.”

The lich rushes forth with such amazing speed that even the party pony was forced to flinch. At the very last second, before Anubis appears behind her and prepares a ‘karate chop’ gesture, Pinkie Pie says internally:

-Pinkie senses are going off… behind me!-

The pink pony dodges the clone’s attack by lowering herself to the sands below and attempts to buck the lich with her hind legs. However, her attack phases right through him, given his ghostly presence, as he, in turn, grabs the pink pony and tosses her away.

“Wooooaaah!” Pinkie Pie shouts as she’s sent aloft through the air. The pink mare activates her Rocket Boots and catches herself, floating in place. However, the lich appears behind her in one swift motion with another ‘karate chop’ gesture raised above him as he says:

“Those senses of yours are quite useful, niece,” The clone then applies just the right amount of force as his chopping strike rests against the back of Pinkie Pie’s neck, “But you must improve your own body’s reaction before that of your senses.”

Pinkie Pie lets out a gasp and her eyes slowly close as she’s rendered unconscious. The clone of Anubis gently catches the pink pony and caresses her mane while saying:

“Sorry for doing that to you, dear niece… but I needed to show you that-”

“It’s ok, uncle!” Pinkie Pie exclaims in surprise as she recovers from her unconsciousness and hugs the lich, in a random fashion. This momentarily dumbfounds the clone as he comments internally:

-She recovered in mere seconds after that attack… it would seem she can subconsciously call upon your powers, Harmony.-

Anubis’s clone releases the pink mare and backs away a short distance. Pinkie Pie floats in place via her Rocket Boots as the clone starts to laugh before saying:

“Well, well, aren’t we a bundle full of energy.”

Pinkie Pie giggles and raises a forehoof, “You know it!”

Before the two combat each other once more, Anubis’s clone states internally:

-Pinkie Pie… you take after your mother so much. And your sister, Mena, takes after Oblivion. You two will become a mighty duo.- The Ancient smiles, -And perhaps… you will replace your parents and take on their respective roles, someday.-

……….

Rarity unleashes a series of flaming skulls via her spellbook, Book Of skulls, as the skull projectiles home in on her own clone of the lich. The clone of Anubis prepares to flick away the coming fiery skulls.

“Is this a sort of insult? You do know that my prowess over the dead is quite expansive, right?” Anubis comments before snapping his fingers. The flaming skulls stop instantly as they then turn towards their former summoner who says:

“Wh-what’s going on?!” Rarity exclaims with a shocked expression. She then starts to sweat nervously as she sheepishly says: “N-now, now, d-darlings… how about w-we just-”

“Go get her, boys!” The clone of Anubis exclaims with a devilish smile as he gestures for the flaming skulls to attack with his finger.

Rarity was momentarily stricken with fear, but she then takes a breath and says:

“In the past, I was always the ‘Damsel in distress’ among us Element Bearers,” The flaming skulls drew closer, clattering sounds emanating from their colliding teeth, “But after the Goblin invasion... Cthorator... Skeletron… Greed… and a hoofful of other enemies,” She grits her teeth and fires up her horn, “A proper lady can only take so much! Let’s dance, my good sir!”

In one swift motion, Rarity calls forth her Snow Flinx and orders it to freeze the coming flaming skulls. The frozen enemies fall to the floor, shattering on impact, as the white unicorn teleports herself behind Anubis’s clone and takes aim with her Space Gun.

“I know that I could never beat you!” Rarity exclaims before she unleashes a barrage of green projectiles from her weapon, all of which makes contact with the lich, “But I refuse to lose without at least putting up a fight!”

“I can respect that.” The clone responds as Rarity’s projectiles actually manage to blow multiple holes in the lich’s form. However, the results of her attack were immediately made obsolete as these holes close instantly with a series of green flames.

With a shocked expression, Rarity says:

“D-did you even feel any of that?”

The clone shrugs, “Nah. Not really, but I wanted to reward your courage and determination after your little speech. Besides, I’m a ghost in this form… you can’t exactly ‘harm’ me with traditional attacks.”

Rarity pouts, “It’s not proper to play with a lady’s emotions like that…”

“I’m of gender equality,” Anubis responds with a devilish smile, “When I spank people around or a pony in this case… I do so regardless of their sex. I’m also the judge of the dead. Why would I do so based on gender? Or any other type of bias? That also applies to when I’m fighting as well.”

Rarity was getting nervous with every passing second, including her Snow Flinx, “Ehehe, um, I, um…” Her eyes widen as Anubis gets closer, his large frame soon casting a shadow over her, “B-be... Gentle…”

“No promises…”

……….

Various familiar faces of Home Town were also training with their own clones of Anubis. Shroom was caught in a struggle of physical might with his own clone, as was Ritsu in her werefox form nearby. Ceeman The Arms Dealer tried to fire his projectiles against his own clone of Anubis all while Vinny The Demolitionist threw sticks of dynamites at his own foe. Both ended the same: To no avail.

Terralestia and Sai Sahan fought in unison against their own foes, and Celebes herself wielded The Bloody Edge against the multiple forms of Anubis. Gex was performing various spells that were exclusive to his kind as one could hear various exclamations, followed by a certain action.

The training continued to go on, but a mysterious figure watched from afar as a feminine voice comments:

“Interesting. Very interesting... I’ll be sure to approach this carefully, now that another Ancient is involved,” The female terrarian says through a pair of binoculars before turning around and taking her leave. Most interestingly, this terrarian looked shockingly similar to The Element Of Generosity: Rarity.

“Soon, you shall be released from your prison, Greed… my dear father.”

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.