//------------------------------// // Twilight Mage vs Rainbow Knight // Story: Game Night // by shaq23anime //------------------------------// “Ok, the next two opponents have been chosen,” said Twilight after taking her hooves from the glowing board, “who wants to narrate this one?” “I’LL DO IT,” said Mickey raising his hoof. “You did it the last time,” said Twilight. “Then I’ll do it,” said Rarity raising her hoof. “Ok, Rarity’s the narrator of this battle, ready Rainbow dash?” “I was ready yesterday,” said Rainbow dash, “let’s rock”. The rainbow knight readied her sword which glowed like the rising sun. She wore armor of gleaming gold, which accented her sword marvelously. Unfortunately though it clashed with the cyan hue of her fur and often unkept rainbow coif. The twilight mage dawned a marvelous……… “GET ON WITH IT RARITY,” Rainbow dash yelled impatiently, “nopony cares about what we’re wearing”. “Oh fine,” said Rarity pouting, “pardon me for introducing a little class to my storytelling”. The Twilight mage raises her staff and uses an attack blasting a beam directly at the rainbow knight. The rainbow knight cuts through the blast and jumps at the mage bringing her sword down on the mage. The mage blocks the attack with her staff and it begins to glow. Using a constricting spell, she emits a wave of energy from it wrapping it around the knight’s body. With the chant of her magical incantation she aims for the ceiling and expels the knight from her, throwing her right through it. The rainbow knight loses 100 points. The rainbow knight spreads her wings out even wider then before and they start to glow. A blinding light flashes in the mages face blinding not just her but the entire area around them. When the light dissipates the knight continues to glow with a white aura. The Rainbow knight smiles at her wickedly “time to break out the big guns”. She takes out her sword and points it at her. With the speed of light, she swoops down past the Twilight mage slashing her in the side, the mage loses 50 points. The Rainbow knight quickly comes around and swooshes past her from behind slashing her in the neck, the mage loses 50 points. The knight fly’s up in the air and swooshes down on the mage again. The twilight mage dashes out of the way narrowly missing another slash from above which strikes the floor. The knight ricochets’ off the floor and towards the mage stabbing her in the stomach, the mage loses 200 points. She pins the mage to the wall and dashes up into the air cutting the mage in half, the mage loses 300 points. “Impressive,” stated the Twilight mage; she uses a healing spell to put herself back together, the mage gains 300 points. “Seriously?” said Rainbow knight outraged, “that was one of my best attacks”. “How unfortunate,” said the twilight mage, raising her own staff, “allow me to show you one of mine”. She fly’s up in the same speed as the knight and points her staff at her, “GRAVITY”. The knight’s entire body becomes as heavy as a thousand pound lead weight. She instantly falls to the ground with a thunderous thud, the knight loses 50 points. The knights wings turn to blades and shoot up at the mage embedding themselves in her wings pinning them to the ceiling, the mage loses 150 points. The mage taps the ceiling above the knight and creates a white lighted portal using her blade shower spell. “How about a taste of your own medicine,” said the twilight mage, “spike shower”. A barrage of sharp jagged spikes pour down on the knight piercing every inch of her body and pinning her to the floor, the knight loses 200 points. “DAMMIT TWILIGHT!!!” the knight shouted, the twilight mage connects her staff with the ceiling again calling upon another stream of spikes. The knight rolls onto her back and raises her sword. She emits a shield from it blocking her from the spike attack. She uses a spell of her own, “SWORD VIBRATION”. She swipes the sword into the air and vibrations from that strike cuts into the mage, the mage loses 200 points. The mage pries herself from the ceiling and swoops down towards the knight using an attack with her staff. The knight puts up another shield deflecting her and bouncing her off. The gravity spell wear’s off and the knight is able to move away from under the mage gaining some distances. “YOU’RE NOT WINNING THIS ONE RAINBOW,” said the mage as she touches the ground and large spikes burst from the floor penetrating the knight repeatedly through the chest and neck, the knight loses 200 points. “THAT’S WHAT YOU THINK,” said the knight bursts through the spikes and spins directly at her. Her bladed wings slice into the mages face and chest, the mage loses 200 points. The mage puts up another shield which is quickly struck down by the knight’s bladed wings, the mage loses 50 points. The mage spins around collides her staff with the bladed wings of the knight “MAGNETIC STAFF”. The blade immediately sticks to the staff, in one swift motion the mage turns full circle ripping the blades of the left wing from the knights back. The knight loses 200 points. The knight spins again in a different direction trying to catch the mage from the other side. The mage blocks the attack with her staff and the blades stick to it. The mage deals the final blow by twisting her body around and bending forward, ripping the other bladed wing off of the knight. The rainbow knight loses her remaining points. THE WINNER IS THE TWILIGHT MAGE. “Whoa nelly,” said AppleJack, “that was kinda brutal”. “UGH, THAT SUCKS,” said Rainbow dash angrily, “THERE’S NO WAY I LOST TO AN EGGHEAD, I WANNA REMATCH”. “Now hold on there sugar cube, don’t be such a soar loser,” said Applejack. “I’m not being a soar loser,” said Rainbow dash scowling, “and besides, magnetism spells? Did we even have a spell card like that?” “Rainbow dash,” said Twilight, “just because this spell has never been used before; doesn’t mean it never existed. Besides you won the last game we had, you can’t expect to win them all”. Rainbow dash slumped back on her pillow scowling like a spoiled brat, “fine, but I get to narrate the next battle”. She reluctantly hands over the rest of her cards, “you got me this time Twi, but next time you’re mine”. Twilight simply smiles at her as she takes RD’s cards, “fair enough, look forward to it”. She then turns to Mickey expectantly and speaks to him in an almost affectionate tone, “well, looks like it’s just you and me”. “Uh… yeah, Looks like,” said Mickey trying to ignore her suggestive tone. “In that case why don’t we make things a little more interesting,” said Twilight, “how about a spellcasters finale?” The other mare gasped a little and stared at her wide eyed. “ya sure ya’ll wanna do that?” Applejack asked. Pinkie pie bounced a little in her seat and leaned against Mickey, “DO IT, DO IT, DO IT MICKEY, it’ll be the most awesomest of awesome battles EVER”. “Twilight are you sure you want to do this?” Rarity asked, “after all only unicorns can properly pull this off on the game board without the playing cards”. “Really?” Mickey asked curiously, “we aren’t using cards in this round?” Fluttershy nodded, “everything still happens on the board but you’ll both be casting real spells without the cards”. “Neat,” said Mickey excitedly. Twilight gazes at the stallion with extreme interest, “you mentioned that you have had experience with magic before, is it true?” Mickey’s eyes connect with hers, he wondered about the look in Twilight’s eyes. Is this excitement? Expectation? Or wonder? Whatever it was, he felt the overwhelming need to not disappoint her. He gives her a serious look, “it’s true, I have studied magic after about 4 years of researching it and even longer practicing with my bestfriend. He taught me everything I know”. Twilight’s eyes lit up, “then let’s do it, let’s battle in the spell casters finale. I would like to see what spells you’ve learned”. “GIMME SPIKE FOR A WEEK,” said Mickey. “WHAT?” “If I win the spell caster finale, spike gets to travel with me for an entire week as part of my research”. “Uh….well…um,” Twilight hesitated, even though Mickey is Pinkie’s cousin, allowing the baby dragon to travel around with a total stranger for a week still made her a bit uneasy, “I don’t know”. “I will make a pinkie swear in front of everypony in this room that absolutely no harm will come to spike during our travels,” said Mickey bowing a little to her. “OOOOHHHH,” said Pinkie pie, “and that’s something that no one can ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER break”. Twilight thinks for a moment, having pinkie say that was definitely an endorsement. Plus it did make her feel a little better about the request, “well……I guess that shouldn’t be a problem. But just for a week and I get to put a tracking spell on the both of you in case something goes wrong”. “Absolutely,” said Mickey. “Also you stay away from any and all teenage dragons,” said Twilight. “Oh….ok?” said Mickey. “But ONLY, if you win,” said Twilight. Mickey chuckles, “you mean when I win”. “Yes,” said Twilight smiling, “that’s just the confidence I like in a worthy opponent. This is going to be fun”.