The battle had been raging on for minutes between the two unicorns and the peak was nearing. Rarity seemed to have been inexhaustible given the fact that she could use her arms to save energy. Twilight on the other end had received hit after hit and was at the very verge of collapsing. Their friendship had been shattered and the plan of the princesses was the only thing that was capable of keeping both of the mare ‘together’ in a sense of the word.
Twilight managed to avoid an incoming arm. Though there was another that punched her right in the stomach. The impact had sent her flying for the ground. Rarity herself jumped a couple of hooves away before using the arms to land back on the ground without an effort. The unicorn grinned like a maniac before she licked her lips.
She could almost taste the very victory that she had claimed over Twilight. “One, last, thing” said Rarity while her opponent tried to struggle back up on her hooves. With some coughing and even gurgling of blood she managed to crawl back up. A spit filled with blood and saliva was shot towards the ground before Twilight focused her eyes back on Rarity.
The other unicorn had charged up her horn and was summoning a crystalline sword to end the life of Twilight once and for all. “You, old, hag,” she managed to speak up towards her. The voice was desperate but she had a little trick up her sleeve. Twilight always had.
“What did you call me?” Rarity asked before the summoning was complete and she rose upon her hindlegs. The two upper arms were then used as a support for the rest of her body as the blade itself slid its way over her left forehoof. “Old, hag, were the words I heard coming out of your mouth, Sparkle.”
Slowly but surely was the distance between the two raging mares closed. All the way to the point where the edge of the blade was held against Twilight’s very chin. She had almost done it, one more thrust forward and the blade would have pierced through Twilight like butter. Finally would she have been able to truly kill the mare who had caused her so much trouble.
Yet something inside of her eyes actually showcased an odd sense of mercy. Somewhere deep inside of her eyes it could be seen of just a split second of time. That eternal doubt on the fact whether or not taking a life was something worth it. It was a fact that was even noticed by Twilight who quickly came up with the idea to get her the advantage.
It would have been nothing but a last ditch and desperate attempt to get the unicorn under her control, is not knock her out. Unknown to Rarity was the fact that she had been taking way too much time in order to end the life of the mare. Which meant that she was vulnerable. While the two upper arms were there for stability, the other two just dangled there.
It was then or never, thought Twilight to herself before she closed her eyes. A deep but quick exhale was taken by her. Which was followed up by a trick of her body unlike anything before. She did a flip upon the spot and before Rarity could lash out, both of Twilight’s hindlegs were kicked against one of the arms.
Almost in an instant had Rarity lost her balance and fell down to the ground. That gave Twilight the time to greaten the distance between the two of them. In the end, she stood there with a deep pant being released by her mouth as the streams of sweat traveled past the sides of the face. “Only one thing left to do for you,” returned Twilight before her horn charged itself up again.
“You devil!” growled Rarity to the other mare. She crawled back up and prepared herself for another attack. Though the only problem was that Twilight had already cast the spell. And soon enough, Rarity would realize it was too late. As the ground started to tremor and each of her arms was actually forced towards it.
“W-What have you done?!” she managed to bring out as her sword laid under her field of view. Not to mention the little fact that even her own legs felt like concrete against the stone. All of her limbs were just too heavy to be moved by herself.
Twilight didn't spoke a single word. Her horn discharged itself and the stern look upon her face became more apparent. Slowly but surely was the distance once again closed between the two of them. Yet Rarity wouldn't go down without a fight and called upon all of her magic to release a massive blast to her ex-friend.
The bright blue colored magical aura hummed like mad as sparks traveled over the entire horn and her forehead even. “You worthless piece of horse shit!” yelled Rarity to Twilight. Then the blast itself was released. A column of magic was send over towards the mare who simply blocked it with a shield of her own. Out of the blue fires it created she then emerged without a single scratch.
The shield dropped itself while the eyes remained focused upon the other mare. But where Rarity had missed her sword, Twilight had seen it all of the time. Only when she placed her amethyst hoof on it, did the eyes of the ivory mare turn down. And it was in that moment that the realization of defeat came to her. She could have ended Twilight long before all of this, but didn't. Now that carelessness, had become her downfall. Not to mention whatever fate the mulberry unicorn had in store for her.
“Don’t, you dare,” whispered Rarity. Her eyes looked back up to the mare. She thought that Twilight would stab her with her own sword as it was the only real weapon that was lying around. Though instead something else happened, the thing was kicked away from either of their reach and the horn of the mare charged itself once again.
“Oh trust me, dear, I’m not going to stab you with your own sword or anything. You almost killed me once, I won’t give you that favor, bitch. For the fate that I shall be giving you…” The amethyst hoof them positioned itself under the chin of Rarity and pushed the head back up so they looked into one another’s eyes yet again.
The unicorns exchanged glares of pure hatred to one another. No more friendship could be found within either of them. They had become the most bitter enemies of one another. “Is keeping you alive. To keep on living with your troubled mind and thoughts. For today, you saw a ghost.”
Those words almost caused the respiration of Rarity to stop completely, just the sheer shock that they carried within them was something she never could have expected, nor wanted to have expected.
“You… You..!” were the only words Rarity managed to say before the charge of Twilight was released. What followed was the mulberry unicorn laughing like a little devil before Rarity’s entire world went both black and numb.
What really happened was that every last bit of magic that she carried within her arms was being absorbed into a storage container outside of her body. Though that sudden loss in power caused Rarity to black out. That wasn’t before she noticed how Twilight faded out of the very fabrics of reality itself. She stood there, and then she was gone again.
Everything in her knowledge was then tested, whether she had seen an actual ghost which then meant that she had killed Twilight. Or was it just a trick from the unicorn to place her upon the wrong trail. It was impossible to tell for certain, nopony could be answering the questions that rose through her blackened mind.
Questions are there to be answered, but some would have been best unanswered.