Villain Competition

by Tailbiter231


Storms and Shadows

"Well, we've seen what kind of villains you two are, so Round 2 of the Villain Competition begins!"

The Storm King and the Pony of Shadows stood before Discord, who raised Queen Chrysalis as a ghost.

"Ugh, finally, I couldn't stand that horrible show any longer," said Chrysalis. "I wish Tartarus had fire pits instead."

"You're just here for Round 2 of the Villain Competition, and then I'm sending you back," said Discord.

"You admitted defeat last time."

"I know, I'm just here so you can defend your title against them!"

"I go first!" said the Storm King. "I'm best villain coz I'm fun to have around, like Discord, but at the same time, menacing and sinister like Sombra and Tirek. A mix of them, and plus, I was a big enough threat I had to be killed at the end. Like, smashed to pieces, which is funny coz they use that as a euphemism for death in Wonderbolts Academy, and then it's how I actually die in the movie."

"Not according to the credits," said Chrysalis. "It depicts your eyes still moving in your shattered state."

"Those are just the credits screwing around for comedy, they're not meant to be taken seriously."

"They censored it because the original draft had your eyes turned to stone."

"Which they remained in my death scene anyway! They left my death as is, they only changed the credits coz they thought it would be too morbid to show a Storm Creature playing around with my corpse! Duh! Like, if it's all right for Applejack's parents to be dead AFTER we got an episode revolving around them, then destroying a pure evil villain in a PG-rated movie should be a snap!"

"Hey, how do I know how the movie turned out anyway? I haven't seen it. All I've seen since I got sent to Tartarus is a show about ponies that are very different from the ones of Equestria." She shuddered.

"That's coz I implanted it and Shadow Play in your head when I summoned you as a ghost," said Discord.

"Can we get back to my arguments now?" said the Storm King. "What was I going to say? Oh, right. They needed a whole movie for my story, as opposed to just a regular old two-parter."

"Yet you didn't get a lot of screentime," said Chrysalis. "You only had one scene before the final confrontation at the end. Tempest Shadow was a better villain than you, she'd have a higher chance of beating me."

"Tempest? She's just a minion! A PAWN! And she reformed! Another generic reformed unicorn just like Trixie, Sunset, and Starlight! Oh yeah, and Stygian."

"I'm only half Stygian," said the Pony of Shadows. "My other half is a symbiote like Venom."

"Still, half of you reformed! Besides, I was so intense my movie had to be rated PG!"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was more Tempest than you," said Chrysalis.

"What about my big storm that almost killed Twilight? That has to count for something!"

"You still look too much like Tirek."

"I'm not a centaur!"

"You didn't even get a song, unlike me AND Tempest."

"I believe it's my turn," said the Pony of Shadows. "I was deemed a big enough threat I had to be sealed in limbo. First through the sacrifice of Starswirl and the Pillars of Equestria, and then once again after I returned. Even if my pony half was reformed, my shadow half was sealed in limbo forever. Whereas SHE wasn't deemed a big enough threat and they let her walk."

"A mistake they will regret come Season 8," said Chrysalis. "Either they will realize I'm a threat and finish me off, or else give me a magical permanent imprisonment, or I'll continue to fly away to be the longest running villain of the series, the one who is undefeatable! Which is more than can be said for the ones who can be killed or banished to limbo!"

"Besides," said the Storm King, "if you think I was an underwhelming villain, you got less screentime than me! Less screentime than Sombra even!"

"Don't compare me to that pathetic loser!" said the Pony of Shadows. "I had more lines than him!"

"He had more of a presence and was more of an immediate threat than you! And so did I, of course! You hardly even did anything other than go all Harry vs. Voldemort with Twilight and Starlight, destroy Starswirl's barrier, and try to keep Stygian part of you!"

"Maybe in Season 8 I'll release your shadow half from limbo and take it in to become powerful enough to exact my revenge on Starlight!" said Chrysalis. "And I can't be corrupted coz I'm already evil! You will be an instrument of my revenge!"

"That's not what the animatic suggested," said the Pony of Shadows.

"Well, I've said all my points," said the Storm King. "Anyone else argue with my superiority?"

"That's all for me," said the Pony of Shadows.

"I'm still the longer running villain than either of you," said Chrysalis.

"Discord, who won?" said the Storm King. "I did, right?"

"Well... you are kinda fun to have around," said Discord. "And powerful. But, I'd still say Chrysalis is the better villain."

"And I'm a monkey's uncle!" The Storm King threw an obsidian orb at Chrysalis, who used her magic - even as a ghost - to send it back at him, turning him to stone.

"All right, you won, now back to Tartarus with you," said Discord, and Chrysalis disappeared in a flash of purple light.

"I can't believe I lost!" said the Pony of Shadows. "I need to take my rage out on something!" He blasted the stone Storm King, shattering him to pieces. Discord exorcised the shadow from Stygian and banished it to limbo, then teleported away in a flash of light.