Opening Theme:
The Rutherford's Comment
You can only stare in horror as Pyramid Head begins to slowly advance towards you with its blade sparking as it is dragged along the ground. You begin to back away in terror as you shout out,
"Selena help me stop this nightmare! Please! Selena?"
........
Your plea falls on deaf ears it seems as all you receive is silence. Pyramid Head creeps closer, the shrieks of the damned wailing with every step. You start to back off even faster as you desperately call out,
"Selena!?"
.......
More silence to your pleas as your back hits a wall. Pyramid Head continues to trudge towards you with his blade being dragged behind him.
Getting even more desperate to escape you call out for even Sombra, but still no answer. Pyramid Head gets about four feet from you as he starts to bring his blade towards you. As his blade nears you you dodge and roll under his legs before making a run for it. As you turn a few corners you take a rest to think,
Okay Bugze calm down, you need to think and fast. How did you defeat him in the game and in Sunny Town? Wait you didn't. You just avoided him and held him off long enough for the sirens to signal the danger had passed. So logic dictates that I sho-
Your thought is cut off when Pyramid Head's blade gets stabbed right above your head. Your eyes widen in fear as you begin to book it while shouting,
"RUN AWAY!!"
You duck as the blade swings again where your head was just moments before. You continue to run for your life as Pyramid Head continues to slowly stalk you. As you hit another dead end you can't help but face him and question him,
BrownDog's Comment
“How? How are you even here? You walked off into the fog! Along with the rest of Sunny Town!” you shout.
The monster doesn’t answer you, instead, it begins to drag the great knife behind it, making that horrible screeching noise again.
“You have no reason to be here now! Go away! Falcon Punch!” you yell as you raise your hoof back and strike at his chest…but it does nothing. The fiery force usually surrounding your hoof as you punch is gone as well. If anything, your attack was akin to a slap.
You chuckle nervously before he reaches out and grabs you by the throat. You try to summon up some magic…but it fails.
“Why am I so powerless?!” you gag as he squeezes your throat harder before throwing you through a rusted chain link fence. Through being the optimal word.
“AAAAHHHH!!!” you yell as bits of the rusted metal stick out of your chitin.
“What is this? My hide is more durable than a pony's, I shouldn’t get cut this easily!”
You then notice something even worse.
“Why the buck aren’t I healing?!”
You wounds drip your midnight blue blood onto the ground and they are not fading.
Pyramid Head continues to stalk towards you.
“Crap, Crap, Crap!” you say as you get up and run. But even then, your gallop is not as fast as it should be.
“Selena! Selena Where are you?!” you yell to the skies, but no reply comes.
As you round a corner you come across some precariously placed steel beams. You knock them over behind you to give you some more distance between the lurking enemy.
MEAMWHILE IN THE WAKING WORLD
The Rutherford's Comment
Flash stares at CV's passed out body in shock as he grabs his body and starts to shake him while saying,
"Wait, what? CV what are you doing?" CV has completely passed out and is now no longer responding to anything he tries to do. "Get up man! There is still an angry Dragon trying to kill you!"
"Wyvern!"
Flash's eyes widen in surprise as he stops shaking CV and looks at the dragon as he asks,
"What?"
The dragon rolls his eyes in annoyance as he says,
"I'm a wyvern for the All-father's sake! Not some greedy gem-eating brute who follows whoever holds some stupid stick. Now guard," he begins but stops and smirks when Flash's eyes widen in surprise. "Oh yes we knew who you were and who you worked for. Don't act so surprised. Sol and I are not mindless beasts, nor do we fail to read the newspapers. A speciest guard tends to make headlines."
Flash's eye twitches in annoyance as he shouts,
"I"M NOT A SPECIEST!"
Rutherford once again rolls his eyes in annoyance as he says,
"Well the news says otherwise, and we all know that the news never lies or over exaggerates when it comes to stories. Now, I will give you this one chance to leave. Leave before you actually get hurt, you are nowhere near as resilient as your friend."
Flash growls in annoyance as he prepares to charge at the wyvern as he says,
"Whatever pal, it's my job as a royal guard to bring in scum like you and protect those who can't protect themselves! So you're going nowhere! IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE I WILL TAKE YOU DOWN!"
Rutherford winces at Flash's volume as he picks his ear and says,
"Is the yelling really necessary? You aren't that far away. And anyway, I'm not going after him now."
Flash gains a confused look as he asks,
"What?"
Rutherford sighs in annoyance as he says,
"Look at him. He's asleep. Tanta is likely dealing with him now , so I will not take her fight from her. Plus there is no honor to be had for defeating a sleeping opponent. And since you so loudly proclaimed, I guess you will be my opponent. So remember fight with honor little flyer."
Flash just growls at him before charging at him with his hoof pulled back for a punch, but Rutherford just smirks as he easily dodges the punch and then uses his tail to smack Flash into some nearby props.
"Really? Second in Command under Prince Armor and that's the best you got?"
Flash snarls and charges him again, but like last time, Rutherford does the same move and smacks him into more props.
"Honestly, It's no wonder The Offender has defeated you so many times. You're an embarrassment," he teases as Flash once again takes up a stance, flaps his wings hard and charges once more.
Rutherford rolls his eyes and attempts to do the same dodge attack again...only this time, Flash drops at the last second, skidding along the floor underneath the tail swing. As Rutherford's eyes widen, flash takes hold of the tail, and using his momentum, is able to spin Rutherford around, causing him to get dizzy and fall. Flash then flaps his wings, halting his skid, and punches the Wyvern right in the teeth.
"GGGRRRAAAGGGHHH!!!" Rutherford yells as he holds his maw, causing Flash to smirk.
"Oh I'm sorry did I break your concentration?" Flash mocks before flipping over Rutherford and hitting him in his glass wounded wings.
In pain, Rutherford lashes out and catches Flash across the chest hard, sending him flying backwards towards Aqua.
"Little pony twerp!" Rutherford growls as he stalks towards Flash.
As Flash shakes his head from the hit, he looks behind him to see the Blue Unicorn Mare that was fighting alongside CV. She is flipping and dodging the swipes of the Timberwolf, but he is fast and she is having a hard time trying to strike back.
She is eventually kicked back into Flash.
"OOOMMMPH!" they both cry as they hit one another.
"Thanks for the catch flyboy!" she says getting off Flash.
"Y-yeah no problem, Umm..."
"Aqua!" she says as she turns to face Solarkness.
"Flash Sentry!" he says as he turns around to face Rutherford.
Both of them go back to back watching their opponents.
"Pleasure. Where's CV?" she asks.
"He passed out or something," Flash explains.
"What?!" she shouts. "What did you do?!" she accuses.
"Nothing! Jeez. I came to help him out and he just conked out, I don't know why."
"Alright then...balls. Could really use his strength for this fight," she muses.
"Well don't worry Ms. Aqua, I'll help you out," he boasts.
"...Could really use his strength for this fight," she repeats.
"Hey!" Flash cries offended.
"No offense, but unless you can figure out a way to slow that wolf down, and take out that Dragon at the same time-"
"Wyvern!" shouts Rutherford.
"Whatever!" Aqua rolls her eyes. "Then this fight is going to get messy.
"Are you two done chatting? We'd like to rip and tear you now," says an annoyed Solarkness.
Aqua grits her teeth and forms one of her water whips, causing Flash's eyes to light up with an idea.
BrownDog's Comment
“Wait, if you’re a water bender, why don’t you control the water in the Timberwolf’s wood?”
Her eyes widen as she never thought to try that. Surely his wood should hold moisture as it's not brittle. She holds out her hooves and focuses on Solarkness…who stops dead in his tracks.
“What…What are you doing…” he grunts as Aqua begins to manipulate him like a puppet.
"Dance for me wolfy! Dance!" she cackles.
"Oh you bucking Witch!" Solar groans as he is forced to do the can-can.
"Oh that is just plain awesome!" shouts Flash, who gets picked up by Rutherford in a bone crushing hold while he's distracted.
"GRAGH!" he groans as the Wyvern begins to squeeze him.
Aqua sees his predicament, and then forces Solarkness to strike Rutherford with his sword.
“GRAGH! Friendly Fire! Friendly Fire you dumbass!” shouts the dragon as he drops the gasping Pegasus.
“It’s not me…” groans the wolf.
"Thanks for the assist!" Flash shouts as he catches his breath next to Aqua while she has the Timberwolf fight the dragon.
"No worries!" Aqua says gleefully.
"Oh enough of this!" Solarkness yells as he jettisons all the water out of his wooden pours. It makes his wood drier, but at least Aqua can’t control him anymore. He glares and growls at Aqua as he rushes towards her.
"Well, there goes my fun," Aqua groans as she manipulates water whips again. She takes a swipe at him, but again, he is quick and he retaliates by biting one of her legs.
"Buck!" she shouts as the splintery teeth pierce her flesh.
"HA! How do you like that you Water Bi-AAAAHHH!!!" the wolf is hauled off of the bender by the scruff of his neck and thrown into the dragon.
It seems Maud has finally finished fixing the roof.
“NO! Not the overpowered One Punch Mare!” Solarkness shouts.
“Yes, the overpowered One Punch Mare,” Maud says boredly before shattering Solarkness. He begins to reform himself after that punch, albeit a bit more slowly.
"Holy Crap! Don't worry Sol, I'll-WHOAH!"
Also, Maud grabs Rutherford by the tail and swings him around like a tossing hammer and throws him through several set walls and into the break room where hot coffee gets in his eye.
“AAAAHHHH!!! What are the chances?!”
Flash and Aqua just stare blankly as Maud proceeds' to kick the flank out of the two knights. After awhile of this Aqua snaps out of it and says,
"We should probably...get to waking CV up huh?"
Flash snaps out of it as well as he says,
"Uh...yeah. You're probably right."
With that said the both of them proceed to...
The Pony Spartan's Comment
slap you in the face with water and equipment from the studio. Aqua used the water of course, and Flash used the latter.
"He's still alive... Right?"
"He's still breathing and his heart is beating, but with all the things you're smashing him with I don't think he'll make it!" She said the last bit harshly poking him in the chest and glaring at him.
Flash laughs with nervousness before he proceeds to give CPR to you.
"I told you his heart was already beating, how is that going to help?"
"I don't know, you got any better ideas?"
Before she can respond, Maud suddenly lands between them. "You two, worry about your coltfriend later, we need to stop these criminals."
Aqua blushed. "Sensei!"
"What?!" Flash looks between CV and Aqua, and to him cradling CV's chest. He then sits bolt upright. "Oh Heck No!"
"We're just business partners!"
"And I don't swing that way!" Flash yelps.
"Can't you take a joke?" Maud asks.
Aqua pauses in shock at this statement as she says questionably,
"Did...did you just make a joke?"
Maud doesn't answer, but instead stares down Rutherford and Solarkness as they catch their second wind.
"Not to sound rude or anything, but why haven't you taken them down yet?" asks Flash.
"What, and use my full power? Do you intend for me to kill them?" Maud asks.
"That wasn't your full power?!" shouts Solarkness.
"Well...No..." Flash stammers.
"Then join the fight," Maud says as she rushes forth.
Aqua and Flash just stare at each other and shrug, before rushing after her.
Solarkness and Rutherford both grit their teeth and yell out their own battle cries as they too rush to meet their opponents.
This manages to take the fight away from CV's unconscious body to avoid any damage to him.
MEANWHILE IN THE DREAMSCAPE
In your head, Selena looks around in worry and jumps up when something appears behind her.
"Nightshade?"
The filly runs up to her urgently "Hi mommy! Listen, Daddy passed out or something and I heard the others trying to wake him up. Can you wake up daddy before he gets squashed in his sleep?"
"Uhh... That's kind of the issue sweetie. I can't seen to awaken him with the presence of the Tantabus here."
"Tanta...bus?"
"I'll tell you the tale later, but right now, I can actually say I need your help."
Nightshade's eyes brighten and sparkle, but they immediately disappear when she realizes she needs to be serious, "What do you need my help for?" She asks getting into a fighting stance. "Do we have to kick some dream butt?"
"Actually, yes. But the problem is that I can't find the dream."
"Oh..."
"Help me search your father's head Nightshade, and when you find something immediately tell me."
"Hmm... Okay mommy!"
The two of them then close their eyes as they touch their horns together, causing them to glow.
Meanwhile, Sombra, having peaked into both the waking and dream world clicks his tongue curiously.
"Some anti-Luna being is doing this? What sorcery! Nightmares are my speciality. This I've got to see" Sombra chuckles then concentrates what little magic he can conjure to search as well.
MEANWHILE BACK WITH YOU
You breath heavily as you are now covered in even more cuts and bruises from many close calls from Pyramid Head. You managed to get out of the rusted factory and are now in a desolated town that has clearly seen better days. The houses are either in shambles or just rubble, and the streets themselves are cracked and destroyed. Of course you don't really care at the moment considering the walking nightmare is STILL CHASING YOU!
Solarkness's Comment
Sprinting down the street, you stumble over a cardboard-box. "Horseapples," you exclaim, right before getting back up. You look over your shoulder, but Pyramid Head is nowhere to be seen. "Uuuuh," you mumble, "I am not okay with this...," realizing your almost-error, you jump forward.
Behind you Pyramid Head is crawling out of the cardboard-box.
"Hey," you exclaim, "No bullspit teleportation!"
Fear detected: Bullspit Teleportation, a voice resounds around you, Initializing inclusion...
"Oh, and what you just did was not bullspit teleportation?", you angrily shout, running away from Pyramid Head once again.
Fear included: Bullspit Teleportation
You squeak as Pyramid suddenly just appears in front of you. You barely miss him by jumping over his helment,
"WHAT THE TARTARUS?"
You breath heavily, as Pyramid now just appears in front of you every time you try to calm down,
"Okay, this is not funny...," you mumble.
Fear Inclusion: Successful. Scanning for further fears...
'Oh Luna, hopefully he does not include Pyramid Head doubling himself or something... Notgonnasayitnotgonnasayit,' you tell yourself mentally.
Fear detected, resounds around you. You gasp, fearful he knows what you just thought of.
Danger to entity designation 'Daughter'. Inclusion start...
You start crying, knowing he figured out something better, "Who the hell makes self-evolving nightmares?"
All around you, you from the mist of the Tantabus, you hear crying, screaming, and accusations of a little filly. Of Nightshade.
Daddy...? Daddy where are you? Where are you Daddy?
Why Daddy? Why did you kill them?
Why did you leave them to die?
AAAAAHHHHH!!!!
*Sobbing*
You're a monster!
I hate you!
"NO! Stop It! This isn't rea-GRAGH!" you yell as Pyramid Head slices you across the shoulder. You run away again, running as the sounds of the many voices of Nightshade echoing all around you. Everywhere you run though, HE keeps appearing before you. As you reach the edge of town you stop and stare as all there is is a bottomless pit. Just like in Sunny Town.
Eventually, with all the screams, the wounds, and the exhaustion, you collapse on this edge and whimper.
"Why? Why is this happening?"
You hear the dragging knife sound as your executioner makes his way towards you slowly. With nowhere to go, you just stare as your doom gets closer and closer. Meanwhile, all you can do is keep asking yourself,
BrownDog's Comment
"Why, Why is it him that is my worst Nightmare? It could've started with the Nightshade thing, but it didn't. Why start with HIM? Why not images of Nightmare Me, or everyone I love dying? Why is it Pyramid Head?" you ask aloud. The monster doesn't answer you as he keeps walking forward.
"He's a being I only happened upon by chance, and I didn't even think he was real. Why is my worst Nightmare not the people I’ve hurt, or Flag Burner or Sin or…
Through your addled mind, and epiphany comes to you. He is all those things. Every. Last. One.
“I’ve made him my Nightmare…” you say outloud, causing Pyramid Head to stop in his tracks. You then look him in where you guess his eyes would be.
“In the game, and in Sunny Town, you are the manifestation of self punishment. Of unpunished guilt…” you say as you slowly stare down your attacker.
“You’re made to punish the wicked…and I’ve been pretty wicked these last three years. You’re the face of my Nightmare because of all the guilt I have. The guilt of failing that otherworld, the guilt of killing Burner, and for nearly killing everyling else. The guilt of all my failures.”
Pyramid Head merely growls at your musings.
“A part of me wants to be punished…wants to be stopped...wants it to end...but I can’t allow that now,” you say as you look up in determination. “I have a job to do, and I can’t let things like this halt me any longer. As much as I hate to say it, my guilt is a hindrance…and I don’t need YOU anymore,” you growl at the Executioner. “Besides, you’re not the real Pyramid Head anyway!” you shout as you thrust your fist forward and Electricity shoots out, causing the monster to spasm. You look down at your hoof and see the power glove attached once again.
Smiling, you face down your foe as...
Find new weapons (or think some up, its a DREAM) and use them.
you notice that you have your clothes, equipment and power back, and “Pyramid Head” takes a few steps back.
“This is a dream. You’re that Tantabus thing. I don’t know what Maud did to scare you off, but I’m going to make her seem like a cake walk now!” you growl as your eyes start glowing.
Pyramid Head flickers momentarily to the Tantabus’s color, but then it solidifies and saunters towards you.
“Well come on then Tanta, let’s make a Nightmare together,” you snarl with a smirk as you charge forth.
This is your dream. You are in control. Anything is possible.
With that you charge at your nightmare, with the pained sounds of Nightshade fading into the darkness as the Tantabus's power falters.
As it's power falters, and your eyes glow. Three sets of eyes all open at the same time.
"There..." you hear three voices say at once. This does not distract you however as you punch through the great Knife and into "Pryamid Head" knocking it back with a mighty Falcon Punch. This sends the being flying backwards, as the surroundings flicker, no longer becoming stable.
The Tantabus Pyramid Head then stands up, and points it's broken knife at you, but you smirk and
Jim Sol's Comment
Imagine yourself as a giant. You smirk at your new form before you rush forth, grab Pyramid Head by his legs, and proceed to bash him repeatedly into the ground.
"You Puny Monster! How does it taste huh? This is what happens when you buck with my head!"
The knife flies out of its hands, and you hear both it's bones and helmet crack. You then slam it once more into the ground, causing a crater. You then shrink back down to your regular size and stare at the broken monster in the crater.
It's a weird image seeing Pyramid Head in this state, but it is also satisfying.
A smile then comes to your face as you suddenly feel the pressence of the two ponies you most care about, and the one who you would rather get rid of.
Daddy! Oh my gosh, are you OK?! asks Nightshade.
I'm fine honey, I finally got the upper hoof!
Oh thank goodness, we feared the worst Bugze.
Don't go worrying about little ol me. By the way, why aren't you guys here? How come I only hear you?
Because the Tantabus is not yet driven out. It's power still lingers, and this is the best we can do, explains Selena.
Not yet driven...But I just beat it down, what more can...?you begin to ask, before you see mist swirling around inside the crater. The being inside now is an amalgamation of Pyramid Head, and the Tantabus. Tendrills of dark blue and purple magic flow off of it.
Nightmare Unstable...Nightmare Unstable...Rebooting in Progress...
"Oh boy..." you mutter before turning to the returned voices in your head and asking,
Kichi's Comment
Okay... so it's still kicking even after that beating. Maybe if I wake up now then it'll leave my head?
I still can't wake you up Bugze, it's Magic is still halting me! she shouts.
Huh...Alright, I'm open to suggestions. What about you Smokey?
Sombra! And I cannot stop this abomination as I am now you worthless Bug, nor would I want to. Perhaps you should just give up and die...
That's not helpful...Nightshade?
Ummm...hit him really hard? I don't really have much daddy. I mean, I looked into your head for some answers, but all I found was video game stuff, chalkboards full of names, images of Mommy in strange poses and costumes...
Wait, What was that last o-? Selena begins before you shout out.
"Oh Look, I found the solution! I'll hit him even harder!" you shout with your cheeks reddened.
No seriously what was that last o-
"GGGRRRAAAGGGHHH!!!" you shout not wanting to have that conversation at the moment.
You fly at the amalgamation and strike it even harder. The being flies backward and you see it struggling to maintain a single form.
Laughing madly, you then proceed to keep attacking it left and right with whatever you can imagine. Falling Anvils, Banana Peels, Turtle Shells, anything your mind can imagine.
The Tantabus keeps taking the abuse as it begins to shout
Error! Error! Nightmare...Failing!
"Well No Duh!" you shout, striking it with your fist sending it sprawling on the ground. By now the void has returned and nothing surrounds you, aside from the glitching form on the ground.
As the Tantabus slowly gets up and starts to glitch in and out of it's Pyramid Head form you can't help but smirk as Selena says in you mind,
I think it's time to show our guest out? Don't you agree Bugze?
You nod your head at this as you think,
Right with ya Selly, in fact I have just the idea.
With that thought you turn to face your nightmare and say,
"I've had to deal with my nightmares for long enough!"
Soon a glow begins to surround you as three figures form behind you. The figures soon form into your personas, wearing the Nobody Cloak, the El Hunko suit, and the BST clothes. You smile smugly at this as you continue,
"I'm tired of running from my guilt and pain! I've excepted that I've done terrible things in the past. Hay, I'll probably do more in the future. But you know what..."
Soon you and the other versions of you begin to charge up their Power Gloves as you finish,
"I'll survive! I'll move on! AND I'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING TILL THE END! SO WOULD YOU KINDLY GET THE BUCK OUT OF MY HEAD!"
With that final shout you and your copies all fire beams of energy that head straight towards the Tantabus. Too weakened to dodge, the blast hits it dead on. The power of the blast is so strong that it sends the nightmare maker out of your mind, with it's final thoughts being,
Objective Failed: Enemy Distraction Failed
...
Forgive me...master.
With the Tantabus finally gone from your mind, a bright light blinds you as you return to the waking world.
BACK IN THE WAKING WORLD
You slowly open you eyes as you start to wake up. After ignoring the headache of staring into the sun (as the roof of the studio is now gone...again) and not noticing the trail of Tantabus mist leaving your head, you get up and begin to look around.
"Alright Solarkness and Rutherford, I've gotten through your pet, now let's...finish...this?" you taper off as you take in the scene in front of you. And what you see is down-right strange.
You see the two knights tied up and knocked out, and the Windego in a cage... but you also see Flash hanging upside down by a rope with an annoyed expression, Aqua covered head to hoof in chicken feathers, and Maud who it seems has decided to go with the new fashion choice of being bald. A thousand thoughts go through your mind as you try to wrap your brain around the situation, but you can only utter one thing to properly express your feelings on what you're seeing...
...
"WHAT THE BUCK HAPPENED!?"
At your outburst, all three of them look to you.
Maud gives you a deadpanned stare as she says,
"It's a long story..."
FLASHBACK
WHAT HAPPENED!?!?
Outro:
JESUS WANTS A HUG!
7292462 Don't question the plot. If the author wants to make a character do something that doesn't require a scientific in-depth explanation with charts and concrete data analysis, let them be.
Lol I honestly can't think of anything right now. The ending is so random! And I love it!
7293523 It, however, should not stretch the Willing suspension of Disbelief too much. And in that case, it does, simply because there is no explanation why it didn't work with others before. Or does it work with others, and she's just able to make everyone her puppet? If so, then why was there never a waterbender that used the power that way, is it a taboo she did not know about, are all other waterbenders monks that live in recluse etc.?
It does not need a scientific in-depth explanation with charts and concrete data analysis, yes. But that is not what I asked for. I simply asked for the basic approach of why it works there, and was not used against others by other waterbenders.
7294474
You...do know that bloodbending is a thing in the avatarverse? And that just judging by the volume of water most skilled waterbenders seem to be able to deal with at once, I'd say that it's likely that there's no physical aspect of human beings or animals that makes bloodbending difficult, as physical barriers between bender and matter do not appear to cause trouble on their own.
But Solarkness isn't a human being or really an animal, he's an animated bunch of wood.
And it probably is taboo and Aqua might realize it later when she's not in a combat situation, but it's not like Aqua is really that concerned with taboo things.
If you want a reason for why Aqua can mess with water that is in a solid suspension so well, do remember that she's especially skilled with water in its solid form thanks to being trained by an earthbender.
7294487 he's an animated bunch of wood.
Now, that hurts. He's a sapient being in a story, just like all those ponies ;/
I didn't really consider that last point, thanks. But this is just a problem, sometimes we, as in the hivemind, suggest things where it's not entirely self-explaining why it works, or was not truly explained before. I'd go so far as to say we rely too much on the 'rule of cool', or some of the other rules.
We see Flash trying to use a Batmane grapple gun to dramatically pose on the catwalk.
"Are you sure that's wise?" Maud asks, her voice tinged with deadpan concern.
"I've got this, I swear." Flash says nonchalantly.
3 minutes later...
"Yes, you definitely have something alright." Maud quips to a hanging Flash.
As Bugzee listen what happened in the Flashback, Bugzee notice how the Knights try to flee when all the attention is in the story.
"Oh, no! You two stay here! I don't want more problems or having to search for you two again" Shout Bugzee as the Knights groan.
Is then that Bugzee noticed that he could not see Nightshade and managed to see her talking with Garble, like if it was nothing. He could also notice how he seemed full of hits
"Nightshade? Honey? Why are you talking with him?" Ask Bugzee
Garble coughed a little
"Him, have a name, and why do you want to know? Who are you to her?" Asked Garble grumpy
"She is my daughter, so I want to know why a dragon that laugh about ponies suddenly is talking with her" Answer Bugzee
"Well, after you wake up..." Begin to say Nightshade
Cue Flashback
"WHAT THE BUCK HAPPENED!?" Shouted Bugzee
"It's a long story..."
FLASHBACK
"It all begin with..." Begin to say Maud when the Flashback is stopped
Return to present time
"Wait, are you going to put a Flashback inside of another Flashback?" Asked Bugzee interrupting the Flashbacks
"Well..." Begin to say Nightshade looking to another side
"Also, that part I already know, you don't need to repeat it" Comment Bugzee
"Oh, yeah, well..." Say Nightshade
Flashback Mode ON
As Bugzee was listening the story from Maud and the others about how exactly everything happened, Nightshade noticed Garble going away, she tried to tell to his daddy
"Daddy..." Muttered Nightshade
"Not now Honey, it's story time" Say Bugzee
"But Daddy, it's important" Say Nightshade
"Of course Honey" Say Bugzee as he seemed to not listen to her
"The dragon is flying away" Say Nightshade
"Of course Honey" Say Bugzee
Nightshade noticed that she was not going to have her daddy to listen, run to the dragon and tackle Garble, making him land.
"Gah, stupid pony!" Groaned Garble
"I will not let you go away!" Shouted Nightshade
After that a epic battle begin as Garble exchanged kicks and punchs, the battle was so violent that ponies begin to circle around as they fly. Garble throwing great torrents of fire, as Nightshade is using her great magic to deviate them.
With a punch, Garble send Nightshade to a wall destroying it as the building collapsed in Nightshade, when Garble was laughing, Nightshade got out of the ruins like nothing and grab Garble as she begin to fly until the space and then returned to land accelerating and making many sonic booms
Flashback Interrupt
"Wait, Wait... Did that all really happened?" Asked Bugzee surprised
"Well... Maybe I exaggerated a little..." Admited Nightshade
"What really happened?" Asked Bugzee looking to her daughter and the dragon
True Flashback
Garbled awakened still a little lazy after the battle and after looking and notice the scene, decided that he didn't want to stay here.
"Stupid mamby ponies..." Groaned Garble as he shocked his head and tried to go away when everyone was listening to the story time
It's then that Nightshade managed to see him flee and did the best she could think, imitate her father.
"No Shadow Kick!" Shouted Nightshade as she hit Garble in the head
Garble was knocked out, after all he was still not recovered from the previous fight and it was a surprise attack, so it was easy for Nightshade with the force of a Earth Pony to knock him out.
End of Flashback
"Okay, that explain a little, but why is he drinking tea with you?" Ask Bugzee
"Well, not sure... After he awakened and discovered that I knocked him out, muttered something about Dracon Code and how because I defeated him in a 1vs1 fight we were now eternal enemies, bla bla bla, oh and he was going to follow me until he defeated me" Commented Nightshade like if it was not important
[Sorry for Rutherford for using his character, any problem and I edit this part]
"Of course, Of course..." Mutter Bugzee as he look to the Rutherford
"What?" Asked Rutherford
"Can you explain?" Asked Bugzee
"I'm a wyvern, not a dragon! we are two different things, is like say that Chrysalis is the queen of the Breezies and Flutterponies" Say the wyvern
Bugzee managed to imagine Chrysalis as a Breeze and as a Flutterpony, the image was in his head for a time before he shocked the head and put it away and looked to Garble.
"so... What is that about eternal enemies?" Asked Bugzee
"She defeated me in a one versus one battle, so the dragon code force me to stay with her until I recover my honor in a fight" Say Garble
"Uhhh... Really? Then what about those dragons that I def... I mean, that the Hooded Offender defeated?" Asked Bugzee
"That was not a one versus one battle, so that don't count, even so, the hooded offender was declared being non grata [persona non grata] for attacking dragons in our group, even after all the problems of having to go in a specific route because a stupid treaty that uncle Torch and granny Tiamat go with the Princesses, but of course that stupid pony offender and the stupid mamby ponies, breached all the laws, protocols and everything and not only take that stupid hatchling but also attacked us, sigh, it was to little that another great war between Dragons and Ponies was declared, my granny was furious" Explained Garble
Bugze gulped, at the notice, as he didn't know anything, and imagined for a moment what could happened if the dragons declared war to the ponies just because what he did, knowing it was his fault. Meanwhile the others seemed to get even more angry, as Flash Sentry muttered.
"Stupid terrorist Offender..." Muttered and looked to Garble
"Well, let's return to the topic... The dragon code force me to return my honor in a battle, that or just follow her until I can return to the dragon lands in a month or two after the punishment is over" Commented Garble
"And the tea set?" Asked Bugzee
"It was in a room full of strange things for a movie titles "Celestia in Discord world", no one seemed to use them so I decided to use them" Answered Nightshade
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I can only think of "The Mask" for now as a good comedy. And also Space Jam. Bugs Bunny comedy is the best.
Also, about the "Celestia in Discord World" is mainly a copy of "Alice in Wonderland"
Recently finished and it's a surprise it was that long, if the idea of Garble going along is too bad, then just leave him at any moment.
7294474 Oh well I can tell you how it works.
(takes a deep breathe)
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I don't mind it Kichi. I think it may help to distinguish between dragon and wyvern a bit more.
Some point during the fight
Solarkness and Rutherford are standing against Flash and Aqua looking rather beat up. Sol's wood is lined with deep gashes and is splintered in many places while Rutherford's wing membranes have a few holes and is missing some scales. Aqua and Flash, however, are in much better shape.
Aqua: "Give it up. You two can't keep up with us."
Rutherford: "I guess you are right. We can't win in our current state. If only we had a healer with us. Oh wait!"
Rutherford takes in a deep breath and breathes out a purple flame that surrounds him and Solarkness. When the flame goes away, they look to be back at full health.
Rutherford: "We do!"
Aqua: "Buck me running!"
Flash: "There's no time for that! (Completely ignoring the deadpan glare Aqua, Rutherford, Solarkness, and Maud are giving him) Do you hear that? Sounds like something is coming this way.
At that time everyone can hear the sound of yelling as Michael Beigh and Shamalomadingdong come crashing in through a window and Beigh (after some bad explosive fiery pun) causes a wave of fire. The wave goes around Aqua who uses hes water bending to create a barrier around her and flash as Rutherford does the same to protect him, Sol, and Flour. Maud, however, does not dodge it and is consumed by flames.
Aqua: "Sensei!"
Only for Maud to walk out completely unharmed...with the exception of her mane being completely burned off, making her look more like the bald heroin based off of her, and grab both directors and throws both of them out of the window they broke before using her earth bending skills to repair the window. Everyone not knocked out is staring at her with their mouths on the floor in amazement.
Maud: "What? Do I have something in my teeth?
Rutherford (Quietly to Solarkness): "You think it is too late to recruit her to the Crimson Knights?"
Sol: "Unfortunately...yes"
Bugze: "Wait? Michalel Beigh and Shamalomadingdong are fighting to the death? Why?"
Flash: "I have no idea. To be honest."
Rutherford: "Well after Silver Strange, Brown Dog, and Snap Drake failed to kill Beigh for all his terrible remakes, they decided to get another director to do it for them. What we saw was apparently the result. *Mumbles* I told them they needed to use ice to defeat the pyromancer."
Bugze:" Okay then, anyway, what happened next?"
Favorite comedy had to be Spaceballs The Movie. With its fourth wall breaking, puns, the sound effects guy and Mel Brooks, It made for one of the best Smart Comedies. It was a close tie between this and Robin Hood: Men in Tights with Blazing Saddles being in third. I love Mel Brooks movies.
Ask about the chicken feathers.
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For what ever reason, i imagine her hitting a random chicken and then a swarm attacks her. like from Legend of Zelda
7296341 What I imagine is that and also the cousin of the "Cabbage pony" but instead of "My Cabbages!" "My chickens!"
"What the buck happened!?" you shout, seeing the knights already defeated and detained, and your allies looking ragged as Tartarus.
"It's a long story." Maud tells you.
"And we'd love to tell you all about it. But could somepony please get me down from here first?! I'm not a pinata!" Flash yells as he fruitlessly flails his arms and wings. Aqua takes pity on the stallion and cuts him down with a water slice. "Thanks. Now as for what happened..."
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"After you conked out on us, things were getting pretty dicey. The three of us got split up in the fightig; Aqua and Maud were keeping Rutherford busy, leaving me with the timberwolf. It was intense. I didn't even have a weapon with me, so all I had to fight back with was my agility, speed, and skill with my bare hooves."
"All very important things when you're being chased around like a scared rabbit." Aqua cuts in.
"GET BACK HERE YOU STEREOTYPING WAIFU STEALER!" Solar roars as he wildly claws after Flash, who's ducking over and around props while sprinting for his life.
"I only said you could use a breath mint!" Flash weakly tries to defend himself, "It was a battle quip! I didn't know timberwolves were sensitive about their rancid garbage breath!"
"I brush my teeth every day!" Solar shouts and continues to chase him. "Feel my minty-fresh fury!"
Flash keeps running, barely looking where he's going before a giant shadowy tail nearly crushes him flat. Looking up he sees he's right underneath the Nightmare robot, still flailing its tails and sweeping with its claws across the floor in a frenzy. Flash hears Solar bearing down behind him and gulps.
"You know what they say about being stuck between a rock and a hard place? Try a meat-grinder... and another meat-grinder.
Right as Solar reaches him and winds up for a slice with his sword, Flash jumps into the frantic mess of nightmare tails and starts jumping, ducking and dodging for all he's worth. Surely no one could hate his guts enough to risk getting smashed to-
Oh dear Celestia, Solar just came rushing in after him.
"So there I was, struggling to not get hit. All of my training could never have prepared me for-"
"Meanwhile, back the the important ponies."
"Hey!"
"While powerless pegasus over here was distracting Solar, Maud and I were trying to finish off Rutherford. He was tough, but I knew that nothing could defeat sensei."
"Sensei!" Aqua screams while Maud takes a direct hit from Rutherford's water jet and slams through several scenery backdrops before finally cratering in the far wall. Aqua throws a wave of water back at the wyvern as a distraction while she goes to her master; thankfully Maud seems perfectly unharmed.
"Sensei, why are you holding back so much? With your strength the fight could be over by now!"
Maud just turns a stare at her. But there's something in her eyes this time: an honesty she'd held back before. "Because I can't. After your training was complete, and you departed to seek your own path, I preformed a ritual to seal away my power. I can no longer call upon the strength you remember."
Aqua stammers, flabbergasted. "I- but you- why would you do that?"
"Because my student, the one lesson I did not teach you... is that there's more to life than being strong. I sealed away my power so I could finally live my life as a normal mare, and follow my true passion." Maud tells her. "My true passion is for rocks. I like rocks."
"A-hem!" Rutherford grabs their attention, "Not that I don't enjoy some sage wisdom now and then, but are we going to fight or what?"
Aqua steps forward and summons her water whips, filled with a new determination as she and her enemy get into their battle stances again. "I have to admit, sensei gave me a lot to think about in that moment. But rethinking my goals in life would have to wait until after the fight, assuming I still had a life to live.
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"Look, that's really great and all," you interrupt, "but none of that explains why you're covered in feathers, you were hanging upside down, and why Maud is missing her mane!"
"CV has a point." Maud tells them, "Maybe we should get to the good part. It happened when those two directors decided to join the fight. It was quite a twist... and there were lots of explosions."
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After 7295231's comment.
Maud reaches a hoof up and pats the top of her head. "It seems the sealing ritual has been undone." Slowly, a tiny smile appears on her face. A glowing blue arrow appears on her head and her eyes start to glow blue as well. Slowly she starts to rise up from the floor as rings of earth, water, fire and, compressed air swirl around her. "The power of the Avatar is once again at my command!"
To add a final dose of epicness to the scene, a huge explosion from the director fight goes off behind her, framing her silhouette in a wall of dancing light!
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"Oh I get it!" you interrupt again. "So Maud went all 'Avatar state' on those knights, and that how you guys won. Right?"
"Actually no." Aqua says.
"With my power released, I saw a greater need." Maud explains, "I left to settle the fight between Shamalama and Beigh once and for all, and restore balance to Applewood."
You gain a manic grin as you imagine the implications. "So Beigh and Shamalama-ding-dong are gone for good!? No more terrible movies? No more childhood ruining sequels?! How bad did you beat them up? Tell me every detail woman, I need to hear this!"
"I didn't." Maud puts simply.
"Wut?"
"She didn't beat them up." Aqua tells you, "Instead she got them to agree to a truce. Now instead of ruining popular franchises with their movies, they're hosting their own reality TV series."
"It's a cooking show." Maud tells you. "Bland vs. Spicy, airing every tuesday at six."
During the fight, this little bit happened.
“You freaks are going down!” shouts Flash.
“Oh sure, just because we’re not the pony master race makes us freaks?” snarls Rutherford.
“What?! No! I meant…”
“Tartarus, I’m surprised that you would even work with the Unicorn witch,” adds Solarkness.
Flash snarls at this and winces as a massive headache begins to form.
“You speciest Buck,” both the Dragon and Timberwolf mock.
Flashes eyes snap open in hatred as his headache drills his brain, before dissipating in his rage.
“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!” Flash yells as if he’s trying to go Super Saiyan, before he flies forth in speeds that Rainbow Dash would be jealous of and gives both of them a double uppercut.
“I AM NOT A SPECIEST!!!” he roars, spin kicking Rutherford in the nose.
“I AM A ROYAL GUARD AND I SERVE ALL INNOCENT CREATURES!!!” he yells as he dodges a bit from Solarkness and backhooves him.
“THEY THINGS I’VE SAID I DON’T MEAN!!!” he yells and stomps on Rutherfords wings, causing him to cry out.
“MY LITTLE BRO IS AN EARTH PONY! AND EVEN IF GRANDAD WAS BIGOTED, HE STILL LOVED HIS GRANDSON!!!” he roars as he madly keeps punching at them, his rage making him a blur.
“SAY I’M NOT A SPECIEST! SAAAAY IIIIITTTTT!!!!”
“Holy Balls, I think we’ve broken him!” says Solar as he dodges a strike.
“Yeah? No spit!” snarks Rutherford.
As Flash charges them once again though, they both leap out of the way, causing Flash to slam head first into a wall, knocking his anger out in way of pain.
“ooooooooowwwwww…freakin scale head and wooden mutt…” Flash moans as he rubs his head.
“Huh, not so tough now are ya?” mocks Rutherford.
“Yeah, and the things you just said, totally specie-“
Solarkness begions before two pieces of brick from the crashed wall fly out and hits both of them in the eye.
“OW! Oh you motherbucker!!!” roars the Wyvern and Timberwolf as the injured Flash smiles dazedly and says,
“I'm amazing...I’m Batmane…”
Also Aqua explains something that she can’t quite comprehend.
“Well at one point, I was getting double teamed by these nutjobs while Savior of the Universe here decided to hang around.”
“Oh hardy har har, that’s hilarious,” Flash Harumphs.
“So you were fighting both? How’d you get out of that?”
Aqua is dodging swipes left and right from both claw and paw. Everyone is tired, but the fight still commences.
“What was up with all that fighting honorably bullspit from earlier?!” Flash calls from his hanging position.
“Well normally that would be the case, but this little witch decided to play puppet with my buddy earlier, and that’s a no no in my book,” answers Rutherford.
“Yeah, try to make me dance now Chicken!” cries Solarkness.
“Um! Anypony out there that can lend me a hoof?!” Aqua cries.
All of a sudden, a WHOOMPH noise is heard and a bunch of…well junk would be a good word. A bunch of random things come flying in mass striking both knights hard which gives Aqua some breathing room.
As she and Flash look over the downed knights, you see several books, weapon models, and other assorted junk broken and charred around them.
“Yeah, we have no idea what happened there truth be told,” Aqua admits.
“Yeah, I mean we thought it was Maud, but she was kind of busy at that time, so we don’t know who through all this Junk at them.
You hear a sly giggle come from within your seemingly lighter Inventory.
“Junk Jet for the win, eh Mangle?”
Followed by a mechanical laugh.
Smirking slightly you look back to them and say,
“Yeah, what a complete mystery, It’s a shame we’ll never know why that happened…”
Elsewhere
Beigh and Shamalamadingdong laugh and pat each other on the back. Each one of them is covered in cuts, bruises, burns, and a whole lot of assorted injuries.
“Well I did not expect that Mare to come along and make us see reason,” laughs Beigh.
“I know, What a Twist right?” laughs M. Night.
“You know, I’m not quite sure when and where I insulted your hair, but I apologize my friend.”
“No worries, I’m sorry I shamalized your two lead actors.”
“Eh, forget about it. Actor is a strong word for those two anyway. Besides, that mare has made me see the light. Why do I need more money on a franchise I despise? This little battle has already appeased my explosive muse anyway.”
“And there were so many twists today that I am satisfied as well.”
“You two are under arrest for destruction for more than half of the Applewood production district,” says an angry guard as he walks up to them.
They both look around the smoldering ruins and shrug.
“Eh, we got money and we’re famous, we’ll be out in no time,” says Beigh.
“Besides, I request him as my cell mate. We have a lot planned for this cooking show!” squees M. Night.
“I say we show ponies the glories of cooking with Gas! Flame grilled masterpieces using controlled explosions!”
“And we can make it a competition as well, but there will always be a twist ingredient thrown in halfway through the cook off!”
As they are cuffed and put into a prison wagon they start coming up with all sorts of good ideas, for once in their lives. A hushed silence falls over Applewood as millions of fans every feel a sense of peace they haven’t felt in a long time. Then come several voices that shatter that silence and peace.
“Hey, did you hear, Paul W.S. Canterson is making another Resident Evil movie that in no way follows the plots of the games!”
“And they’re remaking Ghostbusters with an all Mare cast for some reason.”
“Also, they’re pushing out the Justice League movie way too fast even though Batmane v Supermane was kind of bad.”
A collective groan escapes and thousands of facehooves can be heard as everyone realizes one thing.
Applewood…Applewood never changes.
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And the best comedy movie is of course Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It says something about a movie that has so many quotes and remembered scenes that many different fandoms know about it, even after 40 years. Being gut splitting hilarious also helps.
Best comedy movie? That's hard to say, I don't watch movies for comedy. Can I just answer with "any Robin Williams stand up comedy"?
No?
Then... Monty Python and the holy grail.
Nightshade used junk gun. It's super effective!!!
When questioned about Kersey, the captured Crimson knights say nothing
What the heck!? He couldn't have been out for more than twenty minutes tops! What happened here!?
7293520 yes.