//------------------------------// // Non-Battle Chapter: Meanwhile, in the Potential Combatants' Hangout Room... // Story: The Moment No Pony was Waiting For (A Death Battle Parody) // by TundraStanza //------------------------------// A/N: Properties belong to their respective owners. --- Echoing voices of small talk and chatter fill the room. The occupants consist of ponies, dragons, humans, and all kinds of creatures. A Petey Piranha plant tries to show off to an Equestrian attack plant how many Cheep-Cheeps he can shove into his giant mouth at once. A green man with a question mark on his face does sign language while Mary Sue the alicorn giggles at his apparent joke. The smuggled iPhone camera hovers around the place until the visual captures a couple of dragons standing near the punch bowl. One of them is dark purple and is standing on three limbs while her fourth holds up her cup. The other is a couple shades of blue and stands as a biped. Both of the dragons have wings. "It sounds like you really care about him," says the blue dragon. "Yeah," agrees the other one, "but our trilogy kind of ended abruptly before I could really confess. But hey, it gets the fans talking and keeps us alive in their memory." "Personally, I'm kind of over my fifteen minutes of fame thing." She waves her free claw dismissively. "For a while, I thought those stories being written about me would never stop. It was getting kind of creepy." The purple dragon chuckles. "Tell me about it. You would not believe how many comics there were about this weird love triangle where I was somehow stealing another dragon's boyfriend or something. The funny thing is, that other dragon girl and I, we've managed to hang out a lot and have some fun. She's a lot nicer face-to-face than what the old games would have fans believe." "Now you've got me interested." The blue dragon leans in closer. "What's her name?" This little chat fades into the fracas of warbling as the camera moves along. The Joker laughs maniacally as he saws Discord in half, though the latter seems to find it just as hilarious. Whoever is holding the camera runs away quickly, almost colliding with Harry the Bear. Fluttershy and Mozu the villager ask if the person is okay. The camera shakes up and down before moving along. ~You are the ocean's gray waves Destined to seek life beyond the shore just out of reach...~ The visual shifts over to a small stage. Standing upon it are a woman with long blue hair, dressed in white and a bluish-pony with a black mane, dressed in black. They exchange a few lines of their song as the camera seems to flow toward the next area. Poof and Flurry Heart fly by, giggling. Less than a second passes before Cosmo, Wanda, Shining Armor, and Cadance chase after their babies. A girl with cute, long bunny ears takes a picture of a Nightmare pony posing with her épée. Finally, the camera wanders over to a table where two emotionally chilled individuals are seated. A gray pony with a purple mane and simple gray dress is on one seat. On the other is what looks like a citizen of the Half-Life series. The pony plays with a small boulder while the man sips from his cup of coffee. Meanwhile, a couple voices from high above are having a debate. "But if you truly cared about the story your character is in, you would make her suffer." "There's a difference between making the protagonist suffer and outright killing them every chance you get. If you make them die in all of your endings but the one in which he really has no free will, you've provided no story of truly overcoming anything at all." "You're one to talk. You just break your character's heart in the end." "You shut your voice!" "No, you shut yours!" The phone carrier takes this as a good sign to leave. They pass a few tables along their way. Celestia enjoys a sweet piece of butterscotch and cinnamon pie while Toriel smiles to the side. Alex Side and AnY Pony slap their knees while laughing at some joke that this passerby misses. Spider-Man swings by on his web rope while carrying a cheering Pinkie Pie at his side. The exit door is within sight. A small filly with glasses, and has wings that are buzzing like a hummingbird, zips around while showing off her puppy. Additionally, a small ball of light that might be a fairy flies all over the place insisting that the guy with the camera looks, listens, and watches out for the wall that they're about to run into. The phone falls to the floor and it looks like the entire room rolls around before the visual goes blank. ... When the picture clears up again, it appears to be a blue pegasus face. "Looks like you dropped something." "Sorry, loser! I'll be taking that." A man's voice says as a bluish-white blur snatches the phone and runs really fast with it. "Hey, get back here!" The pegasus gives chase. ---