Indigo Zap held her Keyblade firm in her grasp in front, her body is in a fencing position with her free hand behind her back. Her eyes glance at opponent, Rainbow Dash, with fire in her eyes. Rainbow Dash shows anger, holding her Keyblade near her in front, lowered her chest near the ground to have more weight on her legs. Without waiting for them to make a move, they ran at each other.
Rainbow held her blade outwards while Indigo hold hers tightly close to her mid-section with the outer edge still in front. They met in the middle, Keyblades clash against one another with every hit between blades. Neither couldn't get any more than one hit, either they block or parry.
Rainbow Dash used Sliding Dash, short gliding at Indigo with Gull Wing's edge point straight ahead. As if Indigo knew this, she waited for the cyan girl to get in range before sidestepping to the left, letting Rainbow pass by before the cyan girl stopped a few feet away. Indigo used Aerial Slam to short glide and swing upwards, sending Rainbow in midair before Indigo did a mirrored uppercut again to make her go higher and end it by slamming her down, sending Rainbow into a crash landing.
The cyan girl was slowly getting up while Indigo descended. Dash stood tall before going to her stance, Zap doing the same before lunging forward at Rainbow. Dash just sidestepped while blocking Indigo's attack, sparks flew when their Keyblades crossed. They block and parry once more, if they're slow, they either use acrobatic movement to dodge, or get further away, or counterattack.
The battle was fierce; Rainbow and Indigo had similar abilities, like Thunder spells and attacks related to Thunder: Heaven's Sword, Thunder Raid, but one difference between their power was that only Indigo had Dark Thundaga. Crystal Prep is well known for teaching its students dark magic, and truth be told, you knew a few dark spells, too. Sour kept casting Cura on you to completely heal your wounds while you watched the battle unfold, but even as a Master, she hasn't reached Cure's full potential, so the damage you've taken didn't recover fast enough.
Rainbow, on the other hand, was getting impatient, her left hand balled up into a fist. "That's IT!" she raised her Keyblade in the air and shouted, "THUNDER!" as spoken, a large bolt of lightning fell above Indigo.
Unable to dodge it in time, Zap got hit by the spell, making her body spasm. "AAAAAAAAAAAHH!!" she screamed. After the spell ended, she slumped low to the ground, using her Keyblade as a support. Heavily breathing feeling her strength slip away little by little, her legs tired already from exhaustion, gritting her teeth from an unexpected ailment. Stun! Indigo thought, feeling her body completely immobilized. No!
"Gotcha!" Rainbow declared as she ran up, electricity cloaking her blade, initiating Heaven's Sword; she ran past her, Keyblade out, and sliced her, creating an electrical explosion, "Let's go!" she then decided to follow up with her throwing her Keyblade at her with it still cloaked in electricity, using Thunder Raid.
You had to get in there, both of them may be Masters, but everybody reaches their limit at some point, Indigo and Rainbow are no exception.
Stun had wore off, so she blocked the incoming Keyblade. Indigo counterattacked with Dark Thundaga, her jumping into the air and swung her blade out towards Rainbow, making it shoot five-way bolts of dark electricity. Rainbow got hit, making her body spasm like Indigo's did.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHH!!" Rainbow shrieked.
"HA! How does it feel on your end?!" Indigo gloated
Rainbow's spasm ended, and she slump low, trying to shake her head from the effects, She's good...for a Crystal Prep student. she thought. She lifted herself up, her hand tightened on her Keyblade in complete hatred. So much anger, so much hatred that she held back, has made her agitated more. But this ends here. she points her Keyblade at Indigo, a large amount of darkness has overtaken her Keyblade's shape, "Vanish!" Rainbow yelled as she rushed forward, slicing Indigo once, then jumping in midair and commanding several swords of darkness to spear her, this skill was Dark Barrage.
Indigo tried to maneuver out of range, however, she didn't account for her sudden pain in her leg. Seeing her right ankle swollen, she was shocked. Oh, no! I can't move! her thoughts end there as Rainbow follows up with Dark Firaga. In one last attempt to save herself, she raised her blade up, praying that she blocks the attack.
You had to stop this fight now.
Ignoring Sour telling you to hold still, you run into battle, Keyblade in hand, ready to put a stop to this. But someone else beat you to it; as Indigo was about to become a dark flambé, a young man you've seen around the farm blocks the assault with a Keyblade of his own.
"STOP! BOTH OF YOU!" he thundered.
"Big Mac!?" Applejack said, incredulously.
He swung his Keyblade outward and continues to yell at them, "THIS MAY BE ALLOWED AT SCHOOL, BUT NOT ON MY FARM!" he turned to you when you were about claim responsibility, "I saw what happened, this wasn't your fault."
"But..." you muttered.
"No buts, you're the victim, not the crook." he shifted his gaze to Rainbow, "Unless you're gonna keep picking a fight, you might as well get off my farm."
Rainbow scowled in your direction before taking her leave, making a motion with her two fingers, meaning, "I'm watching you". Applejack and her friends ran to you as you dismissed your blade.
"Ya okay, partner? Are ya hurt?" Applejack asked you.
"Other than my pride, I'm fine." you quip.
"This ain't funny, ya could've been killed."
"It wasn't his fault, AJ," Sunset interjected, "Rainbow Dash was the one who lost her cool."
"Ah know, Ah just didn't want Apple Bloom's mentor ta perish."
"Applejack, I know we've only known each other for a week, but you couldn't have been that worried—" you stop yourself when Applejack's words finally registered in your brain, "Wait, what did you say?"
"Ya heard me. Ah'm takin' yer offer and lettin' ma sister be yer successor."
You felt warmth filling you inside your heart. Maybe Master Flintheart was wrong, maybe the heart DOES matter.
"Wait, successor?"
Oh, boy...
You forgot about the Shadow 5.
You turn to face them, "Look, I can totally explain."
"Enlighten us then." Sugarcoat ordered.
You sigh and explain everything that happened in the past week, from your encounter with Twilight to your training with Apple Bloom. The Shadow 5 were surprised that you associated yourself with people from Canterlot High, but Indigo just chuckled.
"So...you're a Master for not even twenty-four hours and you already want to have your own student." she stares into your eyes, "You've got confidence. I like that."
"Indigo...?" Sunny uttered.
"We still hanging out, or what?" Indigo asks you.
"Yeah, we are." you turn to face Applejack, "Hey, Applejack, I'll be back later on, okay?"
"Sure, we'll be seein' ya."
"See you later."
You leave Sweet Apple Acres with the Shadow 5 in tow, hoping that you won't have another incident like this for a while.
...Then again, you should've known better not to tempt fate.
You and the Shadow 5 spent some time around town, then stopped at a local cafe and got to know each other a little better; Sour Sweet's been having a fallout with her dad because of her disability, Sugarcoat is blunt because her parents are sticklers for the truth, Indigo Zap wants to be as strong as her dad was, maybe even stronger, Lemon Zest is working on her own music, and Sunny Flare is studying hard to appease her mother, Master Cinch.
That last one surprised you to Tartarus and back.
"Master Cinch is your mom!?" you spout out.
"Surprising, isn't it?" Sunny smirked.
"'Surprising' is an understatement for what describes THAT!"
Sunny giggled, "Told you messing with you is fun."
You folded your arms and pouted, making the others laugh at your expense.
"You know," Lemon began, "you're not so bad after all, I don't know why we kept hounding on you."
"Yeah, me neither." you said.
"So, can we put it behind us?" Indigo asked.
"Well...you DID save my life when you could've watched me die...hmm..." you hummed, leaving them in suspense, "...Okay, I guess I can forgive you guys."
They all released a breath they didn't know they were holding.
"Seriously? You guys were THAT worried I'd say no? Man, the world must be ending or something."
Before anyone could respond to that, you were yanked out of your chair and thrown on the ground.
"Again!? Really!?" you shout.
A Keyblade was pointed at your face, and it looked awfully familiar.
"Show me your strength. Prove to me you're worthy of the Mark."
"Twilight!?" you say in shock.
"Get up." she swings down, only for her blade to meet solid ground as you roll out of the way.
You call forth your Keyblade and ready your battle stance, "I don't wanna hurt you, Twilight."
She didn't respond as she charged forward, attacking you with Blazing Sword while you blocked with a Reflect spell, sending beams of light back at her, but she blocked with a Renewal Barrier spell. Twilight was best known for her skills as a mage, the only way she would fight blade to blade was with any type of magic. She retaliated by casting Firaga at you, you tried to cast Blizzard, but Twilight's spell broke through yours.
You jumped out of the way to avoid some major burns, and cast Thunder, but she rolled out of its path and cast Icicle Spear, summoning several sharp pieces of ice that surrounds her opponent and propelling them toward you. You cast Reflect again, but the icicles broke through, stabbing you from multiple directions and causing you a lot of damage. You struggled to stand up as Twilight casually walked to you.
"Is that really all you've got?" Twilight asked, "I don't know what Master Celestia and Master Luna saw in you. But as far as I'm concerned, you're finished."
"HEY!"
CLANG!
Sunny clashed into Twilight's Keyblade with one of her own.
"Get out of my way, Sunny Flare."
"Sorry, dearie, but I'm afraid I'll have to decline."
"You misunderstand. It wasn't a choice."
Twilight pushed her back and cast Blizzaga while Sunny fought back with Firaga, the two spells meeting in the middle and creating an explosion. You shielded your eyes with your Keyblade as the smoke cleared, revealing Sunny and Twilight trading blow for blow with Twilight adding a bit magic in her strikes. You tried to stand, but someone held you down.
"Don't get up, you're hurt." Indigo insisted.
"But Sunny—!" you object, but Indigo cuts you off.
"She can take care of herself, right now we gotta get you outta here."
Indigo and the remainder of the Shadow 5 help you up and you all escape under Twilight's nose as she continues to fight Sunny Flare.
Sour casts Cura on you multiple times as you limp back home with Indigo and Sugarcoat on either side of you. Suddenly, you five are stopped by Twilight's brother, Shining Armor, who held his own Keyblade.
"Twily says you're the only one who passed the Mark of Mastery." Shining said, "Let's see how strong you are!"
He holds his Keyblade front of him pointed towards your group as a ball of swirling energy grows from its tip. The ball exploded and sent several beams of light at you, this was Ragnarok.
"Look out!" Lemon shouted.
The attack came right at you all, but was destroyed by Sugarcoat wielding her Keyblade.
"Go. He's mine." Sugarcoat ordered.
The remainder of your group knew Sugarcoat was serious, so none of you argued as you escaped.
After that, you were headed home with the girls until you all were stopped again, this time by Ginger Owlseye and Taffy Shade.
"Oh, come ON!" Sour screeched.
Ginger and Taffy summoned their own Keyblades respectively and prepared to battle.
"I got this!" Lemon said as she summoned her own Keyblade.
You will never understand how someone as upbeat as Lemon Zest could possibly have a Keyblade that appears so dull.
"But it's two against one! How can you handle that?!" You shout.
"One will have to stay while the other goes with you."
You look at Indigo and Sour, both wearing scowls and blushes.
"What's it gonna be?" They both said.
You knew that this was not going to be easy.