//------------------------------// // James VS Dark James: Part 1: Round 1 // Story: A Scientist of the Bermuda Triangle in Equestria // by TimeTravelinc //------------------------------// Chapter 24: James VS Dark James Pt. 1: Round 1 “James!” Twilight exclaimed, as she ran to him. James held out his arms to embrace a hug, from her. As he crouched to reach her, she jumped and almost pushed James to the ground. He, however, caught Twilight and kept his balance. “Hey kiddo, Didja miss me?” James said, giving Twilight some noogies. Soon, the other Mane Six and the Princesses surrounded him with joyous sounds. “Woah! That was amazing! TherewasalotofscreamingandAAAHHH! Andsomesoundsoflaserblastingand-” Pinkie took another breath, before James said, “Alright Pinkie, I get it. I was there, remember?” James looked at her, before she gave her “Oops!” smile. James just shook his head, then said, “It’s good that things are going back to normal.” “As if!” A familiar but different voice said, causing them to look towards the source. All of them turned towards the sound of where the voice came from. They soon turned to see Dark James, who looked similar to him, yet different. He was dressed in a lab coat, t-shirt, jeans, and converse shoes. His skin was a dark blue, and his hair was almost as black as the night, with stars that appeared to glitter. James went forward and looked at his dark-looking counterpart. “You’re Nightmare Moon, as me?” James said. Dark James gave an evil smirk to James and the ponies before him. “Exactly scientist! I escaped you thanks to you and your ignorance.” Dark James said, to which he soon went into maniacal laughter. James thought for a moment, and then said, “I don’t think ignorance was the word you’re looking for.” Dark James stopped, “What do you mean?” “I mean that my chemical was supposed to purge the darkness out of me, and it did it in the most possible way it could do it, with an instant clone.” “Still, you can’t stop me.” Dark James said. Before James could ask why, he held out his hand. A glow started to form around both Dark James’ hand and James. Soon, James started to float around, being tossed around. “Hey, hey! Put me down!” James exclaimed, as he flew around. Dark James gave an evil smirk, “As you wish.” He said. He lifted James higher and higher until he let him go, causing him to drop. As he screamed, Twilight focused her energy on James. As he fell, a glow of energy flowed around him causing him to see purple. He soon started to feel himself slow down on his descent, until he landed on his feet. Twilight let go, falling down from the strain on her. James quickly ran towards Twilight, checking on her. “Thanks for saving me.” “Thanks for not giving up on yourself.” She replied, as she layed there. “No! This will not do,” Dark James said, as he raised his hand to strike, “This will not do at all.” Suddenly, there was a blast of energy that came from Dark James’ hand, heading straight for Twilight and James, when suddenly (again), the energy was suddenly deflected off of Twilights’ friends who quickly surrounded James and Twilight. Soon, Dark James stopped and was surprised by what he saw, which was a force field around James and the other Mane Six. All Dark James could say was, “How… is this possible?” The shield suddenly faded, as James looked up at the shocked counterpart. “The better question is why are you doing this?” James said, as he got up and turned towards his dark counterpart. Dark James gathered his composer, and then said, “Simple. I took over Princess Luna before, and she,” he pointed at Princess Celestia, “she defeated me and sent us to the Moon for a thousand years. When I returned, I was easily defeated by some weak and worthless ponies.” “Weak? Ha, who was weak?” James said, sounding confident. This made Dark James mad. “Well, who was taken over by me?” “Not me. I got rid of you and you can’t enter me.” James said, with a smirk. He then turned towards his friends, and gave them the ok sign. He didn’t , however, notice Dark James sneak up behind him, as quick as a blur, and stab his hand into his back. Dark James smiled evilly as darkness spread through James. The Mane Six gasped in surprise as this happened. It soon completely got James for a moment, as if he was mind controlled, before he grunted. He started to feel the darkness leaving his body to which it escaped through his mouth and nose as vapor. The vapor soon returned to Dark James, who stood there surprised. “What? Impossible!” he exclaimed in rage. James shook his head quickly, allowing the dizziness to leave his head. He soon realized what happened, and attempted to punch his evil counterpart. Dark James quickly caught James’ punch and started to kick him in the stomach, to which James blocked a couple of times, before they started fighting in a Matrix-like style with their kung-fu, and Jujitsu style of fighting. Both were able to defend themselves, with James getting in a few hits more than Dark James. “I didn’t know Nightmare Moon knew how to fight.” Luna said, to which Twilight said, “She didn’t, I think she got that from James.” Dark James suddenly used his power to blast James, to which James somehow protected himself with a shield. This took everyone by surprise, including James. Dark James stopped, to which James’ shield powered down. James looked at himself in surprise, checking if he was still in one piece. “Grrr, fine. You may have won this part James, but you can’t defeat me. Nor can you or your friends defeat me. Today is peace; tomorrow… darkness will fall over Equis… FOREVER!” Soon, Dark James menially laughed as black smoke surrounded him, before disappearing into the unknown, leaving his echoes laughter, fading farther and farther away. “Well, what do we do now partner?” Applejack said. The others looked at each other, wondering what to do. James then turned towards his friends, knowing that Nightmare Moon would be back. “Right now, we should all head home. Meanwhile, I’ll see where this power I got came from, although I have a theory.” James said. “But how can we tell the difference between you and this other James?” James thought for a moment, before saying, “How about James Moon?” “Nah, it sounds like you’re a hippy?” Pinkie said. James thought again, before saying, “Dark James?” They thought for a moment, before Luna said, “That may work, Scientist.” “Yes, well, there is still the problem of him running around, causing havoc.” Celestia said, worried about her subject’s lives. “Don’t worry Princess Celestia; we’ll have a plan by tomorrow. Until then, I need you to keep all guards on high alert for a bi-pedal creature that looks similar to me.” James said. Celestia nodded, then looked at Twilight who was asleep, “Princess, can you take Twilight home, and if all possible, meet us at Twilight’s library tomorrow? We may need your help in preparing for the worst.” Celestia nodded, saying, “Yes, I will take Twilight home, but I don’t know if I can make it to Twilight’s home? It may be better if you come to Canterlot.” James nodded, and then exclaimed, “Alright, then tomorrow, we head off to… Canterlot!”