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// A worthy fighter 
// Story: Fallen Equestria 
// by Kickass222urmom 
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Chapter 2


"What will it be," the white horse began. "Will you surrender? Or cause more death? I'd advise against the latter."

Loric nor Wyntir spoke a word, instead they readied their weapons. Wyntir with his large sword and miracles, and Loric with his saw cleaver and flintlock. It was obvious to all that they were ready to go down fighting, no matter the odds.

"Wait!" Kara suddenly yelled, catching everyone off guard. She walked past the two warriors, and stood a few paces away from them. "There does not need to be any kind of bloodshed! But we will not go back into those cages, I insist we all talk about this reasonably!" She then performed a formal bow, "My name is Kara of Carim, I hope we can come to an agreement."

All was still as the white horse, with all eyes on it, seemed to be thinking of its next words carefully. "I am Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria." She then performed her own bow, but she still had a stern look on her face. "I as well hope we can come to an agreement, I would rather there be no more death tonight."

Kara smiled and motioned back to Loric and Wyntir, "Then let me be the first to show a sign of trust. Lower your weapons Wyntir, please."

Wyntir hesitated for a second, but reluctantly lowered his sword. Loric, however, took longer to lower his weapons, his eyes staring daggers at Celestia.

After their weapons were lowered, Celestia gave a nod and all of her troops lowered their weapons as well. "I assume that you're also going to allow us to take you back to your cages so we can finish this conversation?"

With a frown, Kara shook her head, "We will not go back into your captivity, we have done nothing to warrant that kind of treatment."

At this, Celestia, as well as all of the other ponies, became visibly angry, "You have killed many good ponies tonight! And now you're trying to escape, which will involve killing even more of my ponies."

"You attacked us first, we were only defending ourselves," Kara said calmly. "Instead of trying to restrain us, you could have simply talked to us. I would have been more than willing to tell you everything you wanted to know."

"You can't possibly be blaming me for the deaths of my ponies," she warned, taking a step towards them. "You two were speaking with Sombra, our enemy, when I pulled myself into that void. That alone gave me reason to be wary of you, and you're actions since then have not helped at all. To me, you, Kara of Carim, are the reasonable one. But your two companions there, are barbaric and evil without a doubt. So there is no possible reason for me to trust you three."

Kara seemed to be searching for something to say, anything to help them get out of this situation. Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"That's enough, Kara. They're not going to listen," Wyntir said in a low voice as he watched everything around them with wary eyes. 

She started to argue, but instead gave a nod and allowed him to lead her back behind them. 

Once she was safe behind them, Wyntir faced Celestia and addressed her in a not so friendly voice, "Everyone we kill is on you, Ms Princess horse. Remember that!"

Celestia's horn flared brightly, turning the night into day, and smiled, "There will be no more death tonight, creature from Tartarus!"

Before Wyntir could process what was about to happen, Celestia's horn suddenly shot a beam directly towards them. The moment it reached them, there was a large explosion, sending bright beams in every direction. All of the ponies in the area began to flee, trying to avoid the beams that shot around them.

As the smoke cleared, Celestia was surprised at what she saw. A large wall of light stood between herself and the trio of creatures. She bared her teeth and tried again, but only succeeding in destroying more of her camp as the beam hit the barrier and split into smaller beams that shot off in random directions.

"What is this?!" She demanded, her remaining troops, who weren't chased off by the beams, seeming a little less eager at charging the trio.

"Just a simple miracle," Kara said as she lowered her hand, causing the barrier to disappear.

"I thought you were blind?" Loric asked aloud, very confused on how she knew the attack was coming.

In response, she just smiled, "I am."

Before he could continue his questioning, Wyntir suddenly threw her over his shoulder and took off sprinting away, heading towards a opening in the line of ponies that the beams had created. With a glance at the enraged Celestia, Loric quickly took off after them, easily catching up.

"After them!" One of the armored ponies yelled, but before any of them could give chase, Celestia held up a hoof.

"Stay where you are!" she bellowed in a extremely loud voice.

"But, Princess," the armored pony stammered in shock, "What about the prisoners?"

Celestia looked over to where the trio had disappeared into the tents and gritted her teeth, "I don't want to lose any more ponies tonight. None of you are a match for them." She then turned and began to briskly walk away. "We'll just have to send one of the commanders after them."



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"Wonderful plan," Loric complimented as he kept pace with Wyntir, who may have been pretty fast for someone in armor and carrying another person, but was still slower than Loric. "You just have to tell me how you performed that amazing trick."

"It wasn't a trick," Kara replied, holding on as best she could to Wyntir. "It's one of the many miracles I know."

"Simply amazing!" Loric all but cheered as he jumped over a fallen log. "We have much to share then!"

They were currently in a forest of some kind, having left the camp behind some time ago. They kept running, fearing they were being chased.

Loric let out a loud laugh as he suddenly spun around mid step and fired his pistol into the air behind them, "It seems we are indeed being followed!"

Wyntir, still running, chanced a look back, but didn't see anyone behind them. "I don't see anyone."

"Not on the ground, but in the sky!" Loric replied back in a cheerful voice, he then sprinted ahead of them and fired into the air again.

"In the sky?" Kara asked, sounding a bit confused. 

"Yes," Wyntir said after a moment of thinking to himself. "I did see a few of those ponies with wings, which is still strange. They can use magic and fly? What have we gotten ourselves into?"

Suddenly, Wyntir came to a stop and spun around, his sword already up in front of himself in a defensive manner. As soon as he turned around, a winged horse wearing some kind of blue armor and helmet slammed into his sword with all four of its hooves. He stared back into its helmeted face and growled, he flexed his muscles and pushed the winged horse way. But before he could take a swing at it, it flew straight up into the trees and out of sight.

"Fast, aren't they?" Loric laughed, clearly enjoying himself a little too much.

Wyntir turned back and kept running, but the horse shot back down at him again. He dodged to the side and sliced out at it as it passed by him, but it was way more agile than Wyntir liked. He came to a stop and sat Kara down, and the moment she was off of his shoulder, she sat down on her knees and began to pray.

"Stay safe," Wyntir said as a bright light covered Kara in a protective barrier.

Without Kara weighting him down, Wyntir moved over to where Loric was. Loric was busy scanning the area above them, but the tree's hide their enemies. 

"How many?" Wyntir asked, keeping his sword at the ready.

"I believe four, at the most," Loric said confidently.

Wyntir examined the branches above, but couldn't see anything. Then, four figures burst through the leaves above and shot down towards them. As soon as they were within reach, Loric and Wyntir jumped away, causing them to split into pairs to follow them. 

One of them flew straight at Wyntir, causing him to try to dodge to the side and catch it with his sword. But the moment his sword was raised, the pony suddenly spun around in mid air and slammed its back legs into his face, sending Wyntir to the ground. 

The other horse quickly shot down towards Wyntir, ready to slam its own legs into his head. But just as it reached him, Wyntir rolled away and to his feet, slicing his sword out at the same time. His sword made contact, cleaving the horse right above its wings easily. 

A scream of rage came from his left and he barely dodged the colorful blur that shot past him. But before he could spin around to prepare for its second pass, something slammed into his back, sending him flying. His body rag dolled across the ground for a few seconds before he caught himself and landed on his feet. 

Just in time too, because the moment he landed on his feet, the horse was already upon him. He let out a surprised yelp as the horse slammed its legs into his chest, and as he staggered back a bit he sliced out with his sword. The horse gracefully moved around his blade as it flew past it, and it did the same on the second swing as well.

It spun around and slammed the side of its back leg into his helmet, causing Wyntir to stagger to the side again. He began to swing wildly at the horse, but it just danced around his swings, and instead countered everyone of his attacks with one of its own.

Acting on instinct, he jumped away from the flying horse and slammed his sword into the ground, and pulled out his longsword. The large sword was too slow for this fight.

The horse flew straight at Wyntir again, but even with the smaller blade he was still unable to keep up with the horse. He was still unable to hit the horse, but he was finally able to block most of its attacks. The horse floated in front of him as it evaded all of his attacks and beat his body and blade with its hooves.

Finally, the horse landed a heavy hit to Wyntir's helmet, knocking it off of his head. Dazed, Wyntir tried to slice his sword at the horse again, but it just bucked him in his unguarded face. This sent Wyntir to the ground, a searing pain in his head as he knew more than one thing had been broken.

The horse flew straight up into the air and out of sight. Wyntir laid there in a daze, unable to move. For a moment, he thought the horse had left him there to die, but that thought was banished the moment he saw it reappear, flying straight down at his head. He just stared up at the horse as it flew straight down at him, not showing any emotion in the face of death.

Just as it reached him, he was suddenly pulled across the ground. The horse slammed into the ground where he had been just moments before. What ever was dragging Wyntir let him go, causing him to fall to the ground. Up above him, he saw Loric, not a scratch on him.

"This one giving you some trouble?" He asked with a laugh as he walked around Wyntir and squared up with the horse. "Alright, horsey, it's just you and me. Your two friends couldn't lay a finger on me, are you any better?"

Finally, the horse spoke in a boyish yet feminine voice. "The best, actually." It then shot towards him, but Loric easily dodged the horse and slung his saw cleaver towards it, which it also easily evaded. The two of them began a dangerous dance, neither of them able to hit the other. Every time one flew to the side, the other was already there. 

The speed at which the two were fighting was insane, Wyntir had never seen anything like it. They were a blur, each one trying to be the first one to land a blow. Suddenly, Loric yelped in pain as the horse somehow landed a blow to his stomach. He staggered back and the horse took this moment to slam into him again, sending the two to the ground. 

The pair rolled around, neither of them giving ground. They each slammed their fist and hooves into each other. But Loric wasn't letting go of his weapons, so his hits were clumsily and not very effective. Eventually, he kicked the horse away from himself and jumped to his feet. Before the horse could recover, he raised his pistol and fired. 

Somehow, it jumped up and over the bullet and flew straight into Loric, sending him back to the ground. He tried to jump back up, but the horse slammed both of its back legs into its face, causing a loud crack to be heard. Loric collapsed onto the ground, arms and legs sprawled out, barely conscious.

"Fuck..." Loric gurgled, coughing violently.

The horse hovered above them, looking at the pair. It then held up its front hoof and spook to it. "We have three casualties, but I've subdued the two creatures."

"Very good!" a familiar voice said, coming from the ponies hoof. "What about the female?"

"The female?" the winged horse said in confusion, then let out a laugh. "Oh yeah, I'll go get..."

Something unseen slammed into the pony as it hovered in place, sending it flying through the air and into a tree. 

"Oh dear," came Kara's voice. "She really did you two in, didn't she?" 

"How... did you..." Loric began, but was interrupted as Kara suddenly appeared above him. She held her talisman above him, and began to chant in a low voice. A warm light engulfed Loric, and he felt the joints and bones in his head and neck slowly pull themselves back together.

"How did I find you and hit her?" She said with a little smile. "My secret." At this, Loric groaned.

Once she finished with him, she stood up and walked clumsily over to Wyntir, somehow knowing where he was. She knelt down next to him and put a hand on his face. "My knight, always needing me to save him."

Wyntir smiled despite himself and held his tongue on making a comment. "Excellent aim, Kara. That horse is far above the average opponent, I never even landed a blow on it."

She nodded as she held her talisman above him, causing his body to be covered in a soothing light. Once she was finished, he quickly climbed to his feet and looked off in the direction the horse had been thrown. It was still there, slowly starting to gather itself and stand up.

"We have to go," Loric said as he walked over to them, Wyntir's larger sword held in both of his hands. "It called in that it had captured us, so more may be on the way."

Wyntir nodded as he grabbed his sword from Loric and put away his longsword. "Then I say we make haste then." He quickly picked up Kara and began to run in the direction they had been heading previously.

Loric, however, didn't follow immediately. Instead, he pulled out his flintlock and fired a shot directly at the horse as it struggled to get up. But, even in its injured state, it jumped to the side, the bullet hitting the ground where it had been. The horse looked directly at Loric, its helmet hiding its glare. 

He only gave a wave in response and turned to follow the other two. As he caught up to them, he chuckled. "A flying horse that's faster than me? This is going to be good!"