Love and Honour: Unbreakable Bonds
Chapter 7: Chapter 6: Battle of will
Previous Chapter Next ChapterClare, Canterlot castle throne room:
“Clare!... You’re alive?” Luna called out. I really wanted to just go over and hug her tightly but I knew that we had Solar Eclipse to deal with. Jonas looked over to me. “Go on, go see your mare. I can handle this bitch” Jonas said and I looked over to him hesitantly.
“She’s very powerful” I warned him and he chuckled. “Just go before I change my mind” he said quickly. I gave him a thankful nod as I quickly deactivated my lightsaber, or holy blade, and rushed over to Luna.
We embraced each other in a tight hug and I could feel her inflated womb press up against my own stomach. We began to kiss furiously and I seemed to lose track of everything that was happening.
“Luna… I love you so much. When are you due?” I asked. She leaned back from the kiss. This really wasn’t the time to be talking about our relationship but we did anyways. “Less than a week” she replied. I almost gasped from the information. “I don’t care about laws or anything, I swear by Celestia’s name that I’ll be there when you’re giving birth” I promised and her eyes widened with happiness.
“Really?!” she asked hopefully and I nodded. Then the crackling and buzzing of the sabers colliding caught my attention and I looked over to see Jonas combating with Solar Eclipse. I looked back to Luna.
“Right now you all have to get out of here. And take these two with you” I said as I reached my hand out and focused my mind on Cadence and Shining Armor. They levitated over without any sort of aurora surrounding their bodies. I watched as Sombra tried to grab hold of them with his own magic only to find that my new magic was stronger than his.
I levitated the couple over to Celestia and she took them in her own magic. As they went to leave a large swam of changelings entered the throne room. Rarity screamed out and it took my attention. I rushed over to them as Danko pulled out a Desert Eagle with a 10 inch barrel and began firing it at the changelings.
Changelings screeched as they were struck by the large caliber pistol round. But despite his handgun he only had so much ammunition and there were dozens of changelings.
I brought my hand up and launched a powerful blast of electrical energy at the large group of changelings. They were caught in the electricity and electrocuted as they flung back, most of them crashing into the wall and falling in clumps to the ground like insects getting hit by a bug zapper.
“Danko, make sure they get to safety” I told the drunken Russian man. I felt kind of stupid leaving my friends, my lover who was pregnant and two wounded ponies in the safety of a drunken man but I had seen what he was capable of and I knew that he would protect them with his life. Especially if he ran out of whiskey, then he’d be enraged.
I turned back to see Solar Eclipse and Jonas battling with their lightsabers. It still kind of took me as strange, fighting with lightsabers seems like something you would say when two kids have those fake lightsabers and are screwing around pretending that they are Jedis or something. But here I am, watching two spirits fight with real lightsabers, and it was kind of cool because it looked just like the movies.
I lept through the air as my own lightsaber ignited. The saber crackled as it collided with Solar Eclipse’s. As we grinded our sabers together Jonas kicked Solar Eclipse in the side and sent her tumbling back.
Jonas deactivated his saber and tossed it away. “What the hell are you doing?” I asked and he shrugged. “Swords aren’t really my strong suit” he told me. My jaw dropped, “Man, these are lightsabers! Haven’t you ever watched Star Wars?” I gasped and he shook his head.
“Regardless, swords are not my strong suit. It gives a warrior great powers to equip him with the most powerful weapons but you get an even greater warrior when you equip him with his style of weaponry” he said as he clenched his fists.
Solar Eclipse stood up and I looked to Jonas. “Well, you take Chrysalis, I’ll take care of Solar Eclipse than we can both take out Sombra” I suggested and he nodded. Chrysalis lept out of her spot on Sombra’s lap and began to slowly trot down towards us.
She lept to her hindlegs and held out her hooves. Suddenly six saber hilts flung into the holes in her forelegs and activated. Jonas took a step back. “And it takes an even greater warrior to realize that he’s a fool when trying to fight some angry broad with knives” I chuckled.
Chrysalis swung her hoof up in preparation to cut down Jonas but then there was a loud BANG and one of her saber hilts sparked and was destroyed. Chrysalis gasped but then several other BANGs echoed in the throne room.
All of Chrysalis’ saber hilts were knocked out of her hooves as she looked in pure shock at what had just happened. We all turned to see Sky Dancer with her preferred SVD Dragunov rifle. “Don’t piss off The Apache, or you’re likely to get burned” she called out as she tossed her rifle to the side.
As Sky Dancer stepped up I looked over to her. “Couldn’t stand Elder?” I asked jokingly and she rolled her eyes. “He tried teaching me about proper sword combat, I told him that I already knew and to send me down to Equestria to help you… and that if he did I’d give him something special when I got back” she said with a chuckle. I rolled my eyes from her deceptive lie that she had told Elder. That guy would do anything if he thought he’d get something from it.
“Why didn’t you just shoot her?” I asked. “Out of ammo, met lots of insect things on the way here” she replied. “No, I meant why not just shoot her in the first place?” I asked and she shrugged. “Guess I learned a few things about honour from a good teacher” she told me with a wink.
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Third person:
Clare turned to face Solar Eclipse while Jonas flew up to Sombra. Sky Dancer readied herself in front of Chrysalis.
Sombra pounced at Jonas but Jonas slammed a powerful punch into Sombra’s face that sent him staggering back. “You’ve obviously never fought with a martial artist before, now it’s time for you to go to hell” Jonas said as he lept up to give Sombra a round house kick to the head.
Sombra snarled and his muscles flexed and a powerful purple aura surrounded his body. Jonas smiled as he too powered up and a white aura surrounded him. The two fighters flew at each other and began throwing lightning fast punches at one another. It was like flashes of blurry motions as they kicked and punched at each other.
Jonas lept back and threw a powerful kick into Sombra’s side. His body was cocked to the side from the force of the kick but he grappled Jonas’ leg with his foreleg than brought down a powerful elbow that broke Jonas’ knee at the joint.
He screamed in pain as he staggered back. Jonas had never fought someone so brutal like Sombra before. He could barely walk and knew that he would be seriously outmatched on the ground. Subduing his pain, Jonas flew into the air and Sombra followed.
“You’re going down dark lord” Jonas snarled and Sombra simply laughed then his body faded away. Jonas gasped then a powerful kick collided with the back of his head and sent him tumbling forwards.
Jonas spun around and looked to Sombra who was giving him an evil smile. “So… you know how to fight… well this may take a little longer than expected” Jonas commented but then Sombra flew at him without warning. Jonas charged towards his opponent but just as he was about to collide with Sombra, the dark lord disappeared again.
Jonas gasped but then yet another sneak attack struck him in the back of the head, but this time it sent him crashing to the ground. Jonas made a small crater in the ground then staggered to his feet as Sombra came crashing down on him, crushing him back into the ground.
Jonas rolled his body painfully and cracked Sombra in the side of the face with a powerful punch that sent him hurtling back into the air. Jonas propelled himself back into the air and the two continued their aerial combat.
Sky Dancer gave Chrysalis a swift kick to the side then lept over her in a front flip and slammed an elbow into the changeling queen. Chrysalis hissed as she swung her hoof and back hoofed Sky Dancer across the face. Her jagged hoof cut open a small slice in Sky Dancer’s face that bled a little. Sky Dancer winced in pain then threw a punch but Chrysalis grabbed her hoof and spun Sky Dancer into the ground.
Chrysalis went to stomp Dancer’s neck but she swiftly kicked Chrysalis in the head with her hindleg then spun to her hooves. The two charged at each other and began to hammer each other with a fury of punches and kicks.
Clare battled Solar Eclipse with his saber. The two sabers hummed and chimed as they connected, sparks would erupt from the saber blades as they collided with each other. Clare stepped into a narrow hallway and Solar followed as she swung at him with her red saber. Her saber sliced burning red cuts in the narrow hallway walls.
She swung her saber at Clare who deflected the swing with his saber. The two began swinging the sabers at each other at incredible speeds. The sabers looked like blurs of light as they swung through the air and collided.
Solar swung her saber low to cut off Clare’s legs but he back flipped and dodged the swing of her blade. “Impressive” Solar Eclipse commented as she swung at Clare again, this time in an attempt to decapitate him. Clare deflected the swing and kicked Solar Eclipse, sending her staggering back. She back flipped and landed on her two hind legs. Clare stepped forwards and as Solar Eclipse swung at him he front flipped over her. “Most impressive” she commented.
She spun around lept to face Clare and kicked him back. Clare staggered back but as Solar Eclipse lept at him he gave her a powerful kick that sent her hurtling down the hallway.
Clare rushed down the hallway and met Solar Eclipse at the exit of the hallway. They were now on a balcony of the tallest tower. Clare rushed at Solar Eclipse and lept over her then swung his blade towards her. She ducked then side swept his legs with a kick. Clare fell on his back. Solar Eclipse brought her blade down to Clare and hovered it above him by inches. “You could be a great ally, do not cloud your mind with acts of simplicity” Solar Eclipse told him.
Clare swung up his saber blade and chopped her blade away from his chest then flipped backwards and landed on the balcony ledge. He had to steady himself with one of his hands so he was only able to hold his saber in one hand.
Solar Eclipse gave heavy swings with her saber and managed to chop off the bottom part of Clare’s saber. The saber deactivated and the hilt fell in two separate pieces as they fell the ground many stories below. Solar Eclipse readied her lightsaber at Clare’s chest.
“Hold on” Clare said and she was taken aback by his sudden outburst. “Say ‘Don’t make me destroy you’” Clare told her in his best Darth Vader voice and she raised an eyebrow. “No, this is a fight to death and you want me to make some crappy one liner?” she replied. “Please, it would be awesome” Clare pleaded and she sighed. “Don’t make me destroy you” she said quickly.
“No-no, you gotta say it like this. ‘Don’t make me destroy you’” Clare said again. “Fine-fine… Don’t make me destroy you” Solar Eclipse said in a very well mimicked Vader voice. “I’ll never join you” Clare said and Solar Eclipse sighed as she swung back her saber blade.
As she swung her blade, Clare lept through the air above her and as he landed he side swept her hindlegs with a sweeping kick. Solar Eclipse tripped and fell on her flank. Her saber deactivated and the hilt bounced out of her reach.
Jonas was fighting with Sombra and was losing quite terribly, Sombra was ruthless and relentless. Jonas staggered back through the air and Sombra flew forwards and slammed a powerful punch right into Jonas’ gut. Jonas cried out in pain but as he did his body disappeared into thin air. Sombra smirked to himself and looked down to Chrysalis.
Sky Dancer lept back but as she did a powerful kick slammed into her back and sent her tumbling forwards. Chrysalis slammed a punch into Sky Dancer’s gut and she doubled over in pain then she too disappeared.
Clare fought hand to hoof with Solar Eclipse. Clare reached out and Solar Eclipse’s saber hilt flew into his palm. He activated the saber but as he brought it down on her she punched him in the stomach. Clare winced in pain as he had the wind knocked out of him. The saber hilt deactivated as it fell from his hand and his body vanished into the air.
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