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// Chapter 3 
// Story: Loved By One Saved By Many 
// by Nightmarity19 
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Firestarter was able to put Luna on the bed to see if he could repair her horn but to no avail, she was able to speak but it was still froggy but getting better. Luna looked over her shoulder to see how much Starter has grown ever since he started to become a night guard before the vamponies sacrificed him to Nightmare Moon causing him to be a pony fireball. It still surprises Luna that this was what she was seeing before her, Starter gave her a throat soother so her voice could be at least be decent but the horn might be a little difficult.

"Damn it" cursed Starter as Luna put a hoof on his cheek reassuring him it was going to be alright.

Starter wanted to be sure of everything was ok but something about Twilight attacking Luna didn't sound right so he used a spell to put Luna in a deep sleep until he returned to her then ran off into Ponyville, crossing through the Everfree Forest to enter the small town and stopped when he saw a red moon in the sky which did not boat well for him. He looked around for anypony still around but got no answer so he flew up in the air and flew around Ponyville.

What the hell is a red moon doing here and where is everypony? Was there an emergency? thought Starter as he flew faster and faster.

Twilight blasted him down with red magic which caused him to crash land but get up quickly to see Twi with an amulet (not the alicorn amulet that would be too easy) this amulet was similar to Starter's but the only difference was it was in the shape of a bat with a purple shaped heart inside it glowing brightly almost blinding the pyromancer.

"What's wrong Starter? Too bright for you, after I'm done with you your precious Luna is next" said Twilight which followed up with a evil laugh.

Starter got up and his pendant lit up like a Christmas Tree, transforming him into a Nightmare but with flames as his mane and red armor growling like a monster who just woke up with sharp teeth and reptile like eyes. Twilight took this as a threat and began attacking him but using the red magic before to take him but his armor took most of the damage then Starter rushed her using Nightmare Speed and kicked her in the face hard knocking two teeth out of her mouth. Twilight smirked evilly and shrouded herself in shadows avoiding any kind of magic blast Firestarter had and using her own to take him off his feet which then caused them to be at a standstill, looking at each other waiting for the other to make a move.

"Your strong I'll give you that but your not as strong as me" exclaimed Twilight as she lept into the sky then coming back down with a red and black jacket, mane a mix of black and light red, armor on her left and right hooves, sharp fangs and pale skin. This was her unknown power all along which gave Starter a scare seeing that this was the time those vamponies sacrificed him in the first place. Twilight laughed insanely then proceeded to walk up to Starter and him him with her new found powers: Metallic blood. It hit him like a whip which he couldn't block or when he tried it didn't work, Twilight then kept up the assault by hitting him with more quick heavy attacks tearing into his armor but Starter was able to blast her away a few feet before she flung him into the air and appeared above him and bit his neck drinking a bit of his blood before he hit the ground hard while Twi landed with grace, his blood gave her a bit of a health boost at this point. Starter tried to get up but with every strain of him getting up the pain got worse but he was not about to give up to this monster, he blasted her with magic several times but missed every time because of her speed then appearing in his face before kicking it causing to take a spiral into a tree head first cracking his skull and leaving a blood soaked mark on the tree trunk then blood trickled down his head as he reverted back to normal.

"No no not now!" yelled Starter trying to change back but no dice.

Twilight took her time as she walked over to the fallen fire pony licking her fangs ready to kill him finally. In his mind he knew going off of his own was a bad idea but was not about to give up this easily even though it seemed he was out matched, that's never stopped him before so he was ready to fight again.

"Round 2 eh? Your funeral" said Twilight as she ran up and hit him in the chest.

Starter spat out blood and hit the ground hard and Twi bit his arm drinking his blood as he screamed in pain. She let go and picked him up with her magic then threw him into a house which put a huge crater in it as Starter tumbled all over the ground desperately trying to turn back into his Nightmare form. Twilight was in hot pursuit of the pyromancer and wasn't stopping so Starter hid behind a tree looking at his pendant as it glowed bright and he clenched his eyes as he transformed once again into his nightmare form which healed all his wounds. Now he was ready for a fight and he stepped out to meet Twilight who had his blood in her mouth as it dripped to the ground, the two charged at each other giving them each quick heavy and light attacks hoping one of them would drop to the ground. Starter tried to punch Twilight but she punched his pendant breaking it in two causing him to change back again then hitting the cold unforgiving dirt and skid almost to a stop trying to get up but Twi chanted a spell in a dead language forcing Starter to stay down.

"Now this is the part where I kill you" whispered Twilight in his ear, letting him go and hitting him with a fury of heavy metallic blood attacks giving him all kinds of scars and even leaving bite marks on his neck and arm weakening him in any attack he tried to perform. 

Firestarter knew this was going to be the end and Twi gave him the final blow to the mouth knocking out his teeth spilling him over to the ground with Twilight looking over him as if was bowing to her. 

"This could've all been avoided my friend if you just left Ponyville and never came back because of your fiery temper, now your going to die" explained Twilight as she walked away and left Starter who was trying to get up and that put a smile on Twilight's face.

I.....won't........give.........up.......yet!" said Starter as his fire power came and revealed him as a fire phoenix ability which gave him large fire wings with shadow tips on them. This surprised Twilight but with a low growl as Starter flew over to her punching her with newest attacks that Twilight tried to block but failed miserably causing her power top deplete a little but she knew how to get it back, her eyes went cold black as coal and her powers returned to her as the two powerful ponies fought in the air hitting each other with their most lethal attacks that would kill anypony else. Starter and Twilight clashed with their most powerful attack which caused a shockwave sending them both backwards into the air but shaking it off and going at it again this time with more intensity and no holding back.

I am going to end this! thought Starter and Twilight.

Starter conjured up a blazing ball of fire while Twilight created an attack that had a bunch of shadows wrapped around it, looking at one another they knew this was going to be the end. They took one last look at each other then flew at each other, attack in their possession and when their attacks collided with each other it caused a shockwave so massive that houses were reduced to nothingness and trees ended up leaving their roots.

Inside the shockwave Twilight went to go hit Stater but he countered by hitting her amulet scratching it until the supernova they created began to disappear into the air leaving only a lifetimes of nights to come as Starter laid on the ground passed out from using his power so much and Twilight staring down at him with a blank look on her face as rain began to fall on top of the two fighters, a sharp pain in Twilight's chest caused her to fall to her knees as she transformed back to her normal self looking down at her opponent Firestarter Dazzle.

"Your a fool for fighting with a princess but damn you never give up" said Twilight to the passed out pyro pony.

Twilight left him there and shrouded herself in the darkness where no pony would ever see her again.

I hope you and I Starter never meet again because if we do I will kill you this time and Luna will watch as I destroy you