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// Part 1: The Chase 
// Story: Super Smash Bros: Harmony Rising 
// by Lance Skyes 
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	Dark Pit and Meta Knight flew high over Ponyville at high speed with Twilight Sparkle in tow.
"Are you sure this plan will work?" Meta Knight asked Dark Pit. “I feel like we went about that whole thing the wrong way.”
“Well we ruled out 'asking them nicely' before we even got here,” Dark Pit replied. “Besides-”
“HIYA!” a voice suddenly shouted. Meta Knight turned around just in time to catch one of Rainbow Dash's hooves in the face, causing him to be knocked backwards and drop Twilight. The alicorn trophy, however, was caught by Dark Pit.
“So you decided to follow us after all, huh?” Dark Pit asked Rainbow Dash.
“You two are letting my friend go and leaving this place,” Rainbow Dash stated firmly. “I don't care if one of you is some kind of bat-puffball thing and the other one's a hole in the ground, you can't just waltz into Equestria and kidnap a princess without expecting some consequences.”
“Oh, we expected consequences,” Meta Knight said. He then flew forward and gave Rainbow Dash a powerful kick that, though she was able to block it, she was still knocked backwards a bit. Meta Knight then turned to Dark Pit. “Let's go!”
“Alright,” Dark Pit replied with a nod. The two then flew off again at high speed.
“Oh no you don't!” Rainbow Dash shouted, quickly giving chase.
(Play this music)
Rainbow Dash quickly caught up to Meta Knight first and gave him a powerful blow to his back that caused him to lose balance, allowing Rainbow Dash to quickly follow up with a flip kick and then a roundhouse kick that sent the Star Warrior hurtling towards the ground. Then, wasting no time, Dash quickly flew towards Dark Pit.
“You seem pretty determined to save your friend,” Dark Pit complimented as Rainbow Dash caught up to him. “I don't see why, honestly. But if you want to get in our way that badly, then I'll just have to stop you!” The dark angel then dropped Twilight, causing Rainbow Dash to quickly dive to save her friend. However, the alicorn was caught by Meta Knight. Rainbow Dash tried to switch targets and go after him, but she was stopped suddenly when Dark Pit fired an arrow right in front of her face. The pegasus looked up to see Dark Pit drawing another arrow and loading it. “Try me, little pony.”
“Oh, I most certainly will!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she flew towards Dark Pit, who fired his arrow right at Rainbow Dash. However, the pegasus easily barrel rolled out of the arrow's path and moved in to strike Dark Pit with a volley of jabs that knocked him off balance before she finished the combo off with a powerful mule kick that knocked the flawed clone into a cloud. Without wasting a second, Rainbow Dash turned around to see Meta Knight flying away with Twilight. He had manged to cover quite some distance while Dark Pit had Rainbow distracted, but that distance was nothing for the fastest flier in Equestria. Quickly, she took off after the Star Warrior, who was at that moment flying towards the airspace of the Everfree Forest.
“This pegasus isn't going to give up,” Meta Knight said to himself as he looked behind him to see Rainbow Dash catching up quickly. “Hmm... let's see if this slows her down.” Meta Knight then brought his free hand, which had a communication device on the wrist, up to his face. “Meta Knight to Halberd 4, deploy Plasma Wisps.”
About at this time, Rainbow Dash was just then flying up next to Meta Knight. “I think you have something that belongs to me!” Rainbow Dash shouted.
“Good luck taking her back,” Meta Knight said. Just then, Rainbow Dash was suddenly blasted backwards by a burst of electricity. She looked up to see about four creatures who looked like little balls of energy with eyes and hands flying towards her.
“Like that's gonna slow me down,” Rainbow Dash said. She then flew forward and struck one of the creatures hard, somehow hitting it like its body was solid and sending it flying towards the ground where it apparently exploded. Rainbow Dash then turned around to hit another one, though if she had been paying attention, she would have noticed that the one she just hit, as well as the two remaining ones, had started to glow more intensely. Nonetheless, Rainbow Dash then proceeded to attack a third one. The attack made contact, but the creature didn't even seem fazed. “What the heck?” Rainbow Dash asked as she flew back to see that the creature had turned into a slightly larger and more violently glowing ball of energy. Right then, the creature thrust its hands forward and fired what looked like most of its body at Rainbow Dash. The attack moved slowly, however, and Rainbow Dash was able to easily dodge out of the way before flying around and hitting the Plasma Wisp, sending it flying. However, she wasn't able to defend herself from the fourth Wisp's level 3 attack, which hit the pegasus head-on and sent her flying backwards. Dash quickly recovered, but she could still feel the electricity coursing through her body, which slowed her down significantly. She didn't let this stop her from flying forward and striking the last remaining Plasma Wisp down before it could recharge, however. Then, after taking a moment for her body to settle down, she quickly redirected herself and took off after Meta Knight once again.
The Star Warrior, meanwhile, had just been rejoined by Dark Pit. “Did you finish her off?” Dark Pit asked.
“At this rate, I think the only thing we can do is slow her down,” Meta Knight replied while shaking his head. “She isn't going to give up very easily.”
“If that's the case, we're gonna have to rethink our plans fast,” Dark Pit said. It was right then that he turned around to see Rainbow Dash flying towards the two at an incredible speed. “I'll keep her busy, you get Twilight Sparkle to the Halberd.”
“Alright,” Meta Knight said. He then continued flying forward with Twilight while Dark Pit turned around and faced Rainbow Dash.
“Come get some,” Dark Pit said as he threw his arm forward, causing a large weapon to appear and encase his arm. “ELCTROSHOCK ARM!” he shouted as he dove towards Rainbow Dash and gave her a powerful electrically-charged uppercut.
“Woah!” Rainbow Dash shouted as the attack caught her jaw and flung her backwards, once more causing electricity to course through her body. “What is it with me and getting shocked today?”
“It's gonna stay that way unless you surrender,” Dark Pit said as he put his Electroshock Arm away and drew the Darkness Bow, quickly taking aim at Rainbow Dash again.
“Like that's gonna happen,” Rainbow Dash said. “You know, I have attacks that I can shout the name off too. Like this one.” Rainbow Dash then began flapping her wings rapidly. “PEGASUS GALE!” She then threw her forelegs forward, the force of that combined with the wind her wings were blowing creating a mini tornado that caught Dark Pit and sent him into a tailspin and plummeting towards the ground. “Hole-in-the-Ground's taken care of. Now for Puff-Bat.” Rainbow Dash then began flying forward again towards Meta Knight. At this point, they were now flying right over the Everfree Forest, Ponyville well behind them.
“Perhaps I should give Dark Pit a chance to recover,” Meta Knight said to himself as he saw Rainbow Dash advancing on him once again. He then dropped Twilight, who Rainbow Dash quickly dived to save. The pegasus was able to catch her friend well before she even got close to the canopy of the Everfree, but this left Rainbow open to a powerful sword strike from Meta Knight which caused her to drop Twilight and go crashing towards the forest below. Meta Knight, meanwhile, caught Twilight and continued on his way. “Hurry up, Dark Pit,” Meta Knight said to himself as he continued flying. “The Halberd isn't too far away. We need to stop this pony before she gets too close to it.”
“You think I don't know that?” Dark Pit asked, seeming to appear suddenly above Meta Knight. The Star Warrior was startled by his ally's sudden appearance, but quickly recomposed himself. “Give me Twilight Sparkle. My Power of Flight is running low, so I can't hold that pegasus off any longer and still hope to make it back home.”
“Very well,” Meta Knight said. He then handed Twilight to Dark Pit. The flawed clone gave a nod before flying forward, leaving Meta Knight to turn around and face Rainbow Dash, who had just caught up to him. “You are quite a nuisance, you know.”
“Yeah, I get that a lot,” Rainbow Dash replied. She then charged forward at Meta Knight and moved in to give him a powerful kick. However, the Star Warrior blocked the pegasus' attack with his blade, quickly following the attack up with a flurry of blinding-fast sword strikes that hit Rainbow Dash several times before the combo ended with a powerful upward strike that sent Rainbow Dash into the air. Meta Knight wasn't finished with his combo, however. He used his Dimensional Cape to vanish from sight before reappearing right behind Rainbow Dash and giving her a powerful slash downward. The Star Warrior then flew forward while spinning like a drill with his sword at the front, striking Rainbow Dash several more times before ending the combo with a powerful upward strike followed by another one that reached greater heights, launching Rainbow Dash into the air before she fell into the trees below.
“You've much yet to learn, little pony,” Meta Knight said as he watched the pegasus disappear into the treetops. He then turned around and caught up to Dark Pit, who had almost made it to the Halberd.
“Where is it, anyway?” Dark Pit asked Meta Knight. “I don't see it.”
“That's because I had it cloaked,” Meta Knight replied. He then looked down to see that they were flying over the old Castle of the Two Sisters, which had a large ravine in front of it. “There we go.” He then activated his communicator again. “Meta Knight to Halberd 4, deactivate cloaking device.”
Upon his command, the air in the ravine began to ripple before the Battleship Halberd faded into existence. “Huh... I don't know why I forgot it was right there,” Dark Pit said.
“It doesn't matter,” Meta Knight said. “What matters is that we need to leave. Now.” He then flew down towards his airship, followed closely by Dark Pit.
Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash had finally found them again, and was shocked to see the massive battleship in the ravine. “Woah...” Rainbow Dash said. “This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder.” The pegasus shook her head at this thought, however, and followed the two assailants towards the Halberd, deciding at this point that it would be wiser to try to keep her distance and save Twilight with stealth rather than charging in head-on.
(Song end)
Dark Pit quickly landed next to the head of the Halberd, his wings flashing once before they stopped glowing and returned to their normal smaller size. He was soon joined by Meta Knight, and the two entered the airship from a door just behind the mask on the bow.
Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash had flown around to the back of the Halberd and made her way in through a ventilation shaft.

Inside the Halberd, Dark Pit and Meta Knight made their way to the bridge, the former setting the Twilight trophy down next to the door. “You're sure the blue one didn't follow us in here?” Dark Pit asked.
“Even Bowser could not have handled that combo I gave the pegasus,” Meta Knight replied. “Even if she does recover and follow us, she can't get inside before we make the dimensional leap.”
“Let's hope you're right,” Dark Pit said with a sigh as Meta Knight got to the battleship's control wheel and activated it.
Upon Meta Knight assuming the controls, the Halberd came to life and began rising into the air, quickly gaining altitude until it was well above the cloud layer. “Preparing to make the dimensional leap,” Meta Knight said. “T-minus 10 seconds.”
While this was going on, Rainbow Dash had just made her way into the Halberd interior. “Well that was easy,” she said while dusting herself off. “What kind of fancy airship lets somepony just waltz in through an air duct?”
“Five seconds.”
Rainbow Dash then looked around for a door or something that would take her further into the ship.
“Four.”
Quickly, Rainbow Dash found a corridor with the words “To Bridge” written on a sign above it.
“Three.”
“Bingo,” Rainbow Dash said as she began flying down the corridor.
“Two.”
“Wait a second,” Rainbow Dash said, suddenly coming to a halt. “Is this ship taking off?”
“One.”
“I think I should-” Rainbow Dash started.
“DIMENSIONAL LEAP!”
Before Rainbow Dash had a chance to react, the Halberd suddenly jerked forward and began flying at a high enough speed to slam Rainbow Dash against the wall behind her.
Outside, meanwhile, the Halberd was glowing a bright blue before it suddenly flew forward at the speed of light, quickly disappearing into a dimensional gap that would send it back to its home universe.