Somewhere, Damien and Applejack both wait in a small room. While Damien is clearly in deep thought, Applejack, on the other hand, is visibly upset.
“Ah Don’t like this.” Applejack mumbles.
“Gee tell me how you really feel Jackie.” Damien bluntly replies.
“I’m Serious D! Here ya’ll are gon’ challengin’ THE Celestia to a fight, and what’s wors’ ya got me roped into it too!” Applejack shouted.
Damien didn’t pay much attention to Applejack’s rant.
“Seriously D! Ya don’ have to prove anythin’ to us! We all know you're strong…Why do somethin' so crazy?" Applejack asked in a worried tone.
Damien remained stoned face and still didn’t respond to Applejack.
“DOG GON IT D! ANSWER ME!!!” Applejack shouted, just as a door opened in front of the two.
"…If you don't like it, Jackie…then sit it out with the others…" Damien coldly replied before stepping out of the room.
Applejack sighed in defeat and followed Damien out. She had known Damien all her life, she knew he was always stubborn, even more so than her. But this was a whole new level. Her cousin was determined to see this through, and she couldn’t help but feel all this was her fault.
*****
"Good evening Mares and Gentle colts. It is a beautiful Day in Canterlot as Pones from across Equestria have gathered here for the event of the century!! It's a two on two duel between our very own rulers Princess' Celestia and Luna versus the Marvelous duo of Damien Runner, and his fearless Cousin the Lovely Applejack! It’s going to be a real wallop today ladies and colts as for the first time in history two non-magic wielders face off against our very own Alicorn rulers! Will they be a match for them? Or has this fight ended before it even started?!” a stadium announcer proclaimed as the Canterlot arena rapidly filled.
The Arena was a buzz. The stadium seats began to fill with Pones from all over Equestria. In one section of the stadium, sat Damien’s and Applejack’s friends and family.
“Wow, quite the turn out huh?” Hyde asked while looking around the nosy stadium.
“No kidding! Not even the wonderbolts have had a crowd this big.” Rainbow Dash said.
“and to think, we knew D and Applejack before they were famous!” Blaster said while cowing down on some popcorn.
“This is so exciting! Thanks for bringing me along Big brother Kyle!” Sweetie Belle happily said while bouncing in her chair.
“It was my pleasure,” Kyle smiled warmly at Sweetie Belle.
“I still hope we properly prepared their suits.” Rarity said as she sat in between Kyle and Sweetie Belle.
“We triple checked their systems, last night, the day before and the day before that. I’m sure they’ll be fine.” Kyle replied.
“Well they better be, Damien was rather pushy with the designs.” Rarity huffed.
“You can’t really blame him. You kept trying to make unnecessary changes to the suits.” Kyle said while taking Rarity’s hand.
“Well, excuse me for trying to make them a bit more fashionable for their big fight.” Rarity pounded. Kyle could only chuckle at his mare-friend.
Sitting in a row being them was Reilly and Twilight Sparkle.
“wow, so this is Canterlot. It’s bigger than I thought.” Reilly said as he looked around the arena.
"Oh yea, me and Twilight lived her our whole lives," Spike said while licking an ice cream cone.
Reilly’s eyes soon came to Twilight, who had a very nervous look on her face. “Uh, Twi? You ok there?” he asked her.
“N-nervous?! Wh-why would I be nervous? It’s not like my best friend and her cousin are going to fight my two mentors both of whom I consider to be my grandmothers if that's what you're thinking! Hehehe…" Twilight nervously spat out.
“…uh huh…” Reilly replied in an unconvincing tone.
At that moment, a loud blow horn went off in both Twilight’s, Reilly’s and Spike’s ears. The source was located seating next to Twilight as Pinkie Pie wildly cheered.
"OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH!" Pinkie happily bounced. "I can't believe it is real! UGH, I'm SO EXCITED!!!"
“Lovein’ that enthusiasm Pink, And I bet D and Jackie would really appreciate it, but let's try and tile it down a bit," Reilly said to the hyperactive mare.
“Oh, but, how can I?! Two of our friends are going up against not one but TWO Alicorns! Fight with nothing but their wit, strength, and new orbit powers, whatever those are, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT TO REMEMBER!!!" Pinkie excitedly proclaimed.
“Y-yea…a fight to remember…” Twilight nervously chuckled while shallowing hard as Spike pats her on the back.
"Pinkie…" Aiya, who was sitting next to Pinkie, placed her hand on Pinkie's shoulder. "Please.” She calmly said.
Pinkie Pie saw the worry in Aiya’s face, and quietly sat back down, however she was still excited for what was to come.
Sitting next to Aiya was Fluttershy, nervously petting Damien’s pet dragon-hound, Ace.
"It'll be ok. It's just a small fight. No big deal. No big deal at all…" Fluttershy said in a calm voice. "But what if he takes it too far?! What if they get seriously hurt?! What if…what if…OH, I CAN'T WATCH!!!" Fluttershy panicked before covering her face with her hands. In response, Ace licked her cheek.
Aiya gently took Fluttershy’s hand while still holding Pinkie’s, “Everything will be fine. They’ll be ok…He’ll be ok.” She told the two. ‘Please be safe…’ she thought to herself.
In a row in front of the group of friends, sat Shinning Armor and Prince Edward.
“this is a bad idea…” Shinning Armor said.
"they can handle it," Ed replied.
"I'm telling you. They're going to get creamed. I don't even know why they're even wasting their time with this." Shinning Armor sighed.
Edward gave Shining Armor a sour look, “They’ve changed. You’ll see. And Maybe next time…you’ll be alil considerate of your surroundings.” Edward hissed as he pointed to the group in front of the two.
Sitting in front of the duo was Damien and Applejack’s family.
“Ah can’ believe were in Canterlot!” Apple Boom cheered.
“I can’t believe D and Jackie are going to fight the princesses!” Virgil, Damien’s little brother, said with glee.
“Believe it lil cuz, and they're going to mop the floor with those prissy royal bitches," Samantha smirked.
“SAM! Watch your mouth! And show some respect!” Lucy, Damien’s mother, shouted as she was sitting in between Samantha and the two younger Apple Runners.
“Eyep.” Big Mac said as he was sitting next to Sam.
"What? I'm just saying what we're all thinking. Right, Uncle O?" Samantha asked.
Everyone in the row turned to Owen, Damien’s father, who looked as if he was in deep thought.
“Dad?” Virgil asked his father.
The sound of Virgil’s voice brought Owen out of his trace, “huh?” he asked.
“You ok Pa?” Apple Bloom asked.
“Uh, yea…I’m just thinkin’ that’s all.” He said as he ruffled Virgil’s and Apple Bloom’s hair. He then turned to Samantha, “Sam, I’m not gonna tell you twice, Behave.” He demanded while giving her a mean glare.
“ok, ok. Fine…geez…” Samantha huffed while leaning against Big Mac.
With that, Owen pulls out his smoking pipe, lights it, and places it in his mouth,
“Darling, much you use that thing here?” Lucy asked with a hint of annoyance
*****
Somewhere in another part of the Stadium was a theater box where the pillars of Equestria sat.
"Quite the turnout," Mistmane commented.
“Ai, Tis a battle for the ages.” Rockhoof chuckled.
"Hmph…I suppose" Star Swirl the Bearded huffed.
“what troubles you old friend?” Somnambula asked out of concern
“Are you all the least bit baffled by all this? Two non-unicorns challenging our two greatest students using nothing more than these… “abilities”? It's downright blasphemy!" Star Swirl argued.
“I admit, I to was skeptical of these two. But at the same time, I’m very curious to see what they are capable of.” Flash Magnus replied.
“Besides, did you not say the same thing about Rockhoof and I? and Did we not prove ourselves?” Mage Meadowbrook asked.
“Yes, but your abilities originated through magical properties. Not through some…Orbit Master.” Star Swirl scoffed.
"Then I guess we'll have to wait and see them," Mistmane commented.
“We won’t have to wait long. They’re here.” Rockhoof pointed out.
*****
The entire stadium erupted into furious applause and cheers as they saw Damien and Applejack step out and walk towards the center of the arena. Applejack was visibly nervous.
“Geez…Didn’t think ther’ woud be this many folks…" Applejack said as she tried to hide her face behind her hat.
Damien, on the other hand, could care less about the thousands of scream people, the look on his face was the same as he was in the waiting room, stone-faced, focus and serious. Something his friends were quick to notice.
“I do hope he doesn’t do anything too hasty.” Rarity said as well.
"Don't any of you realize that maybe your friend may be out of his league?" Shinning Armor suggested.
“Meh, Maybe.” Rainbow Dash shrugged. “But D has been training non-stop for this fight. He’s got Celestia’s number.” She smirked.
“Yea, D’s got Orbit…whatever’s…” Spike cheered.
“Hmph, you seem to be putting a lot of faith in these so call ‘Orbit abilities’” Shinning Armor said as he used air quotes when saying Orbit abilities.
"Captain, I've seen others with Orbit and I've seen what they can do. and with all the training he's gone through, it's pretty safe to say that D has a good handle on them." Edward replied.
“Hmph, whatever…” Shinning Armor scoffed.
“True, but what about Applejack?” Kyle asked. “Applejack’s orbit just manifested a few weeks ago.”
“Jackie’s tough. She can take whatever an alicorn can give her, Right Twi?” Reilly said as he patted Twilight’s shoulder.
“Y-yea…” Twilight nervously said.
For Twilight, as she watched both Damien and Applejack walk onto the field her nervous feelings soon turned into worry. The worry for Applejack. This was also the same feeling Aiya and Fluttershy had for Damien.
“YEA! GO GET THEM DAMIEN AND APPLEJACK! WO-HO!!! YOU GOT THIS!!!” Pinkie Pie shouted from her seat. “Ain’t this great or what?” she asked the two girls next to her, only to see their worry looks. “Hey, it’s going to be ok…he knows what he’s doing. He’s got this.” Pinkie smiled warmly before taking Aiya’s hand.
Both Aiya and Fluttershy took a deep breath before Fluttershy takes Aiya’s other hand, "He's got this." Aiya said as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie both nod in agreement.
*****
Once Damien and Applejack arrived at the center of the arena, they both looked up at the sky. The stadium erupted into even a louder cheer as Celestia and Luna made their descent into the arena. Joining the two princesses was Princess Candace as she stood in between the two pairs.
“Welcome Gathered Friends. Welcome to this Momentous occasion. Today will go down in history as the legendary duel between our fair princesses Celestia and Luna versus two of our most fierce champions, Applejack and Damien Runner of the Apple Runner Clan." Cadnace announced to the whole stadium. "Although this is nothing more than a test to see who the more superior ones are, I pray that this contest will strengthen the bonds these four have.”
While Luna naturally gave the two apples her neutral stare, Celestia greeted the two with a warm smiled. Applejack returned with a nervous smiled and wave, but Damien, however, gave both the princesses a mean and death serious glare.
“Geez, if looks could kill…” Shinning Armor noted.
"Can't blame him, D's on a mission and he's hellbent on seeing it through," Hyde replied.
"His eyes are dead set on his target…his pray…" Blaster said after
“Celestia…” Rainbow Dash noted as well.
"Heh, Now I'm getting pumped," Reilly smirked.
The conversation did little to ease Twilight’s nerves with Spike holding her hand to ease her.
“I hope he doesn’t do anything too crazy.” Sweetie Belle said.
“SWEETIE BELLE!!!” Apple Bloom shouted from the bottom of the stands.
Sweetie belled looked down to see Apple Bloom and Virgil waving at her, to which she happily waves back.
“HEY SWEETIE BELLE! MY BROTHER IS GOING TO KICK CELESTIA’S BUTT!!” Virgil shouted, only to get a swift hit to the head by Big Mac who was just passing by. “Ow…” Virgil moans. Sweetie Belle giggles from the interaction.
*****
Meanwhile, back in the arena, Candace finished explaining the rules of the duel which was a two vs two free for all. Candace then walks over to Damien and Applejack.
"I want a good clean fight you two. Don't do anything too hasty. Candance said
"Yes, Ma'am." Applejack responded but Damien stayed silent.
Candance turned to Damien and place her hand on his shoulder, “If the fight gets too much for you, just say the word and I’ll stop it.” She said to him.
Damien felt insulted by Candance’s comment and quickly swatted away her hand from his shoulder, leaving both Candance and Applejack a little hurt by his action.
“Hmph, arrogant little pup, it’s time to learn your place.” An upset Luna said upon seeing Damien’s rude behavior.
"Need I remind you that this is a friendly companion? Just as princess Candance said?" Celestia said to her headstrong sister.
"Hmph…as you say, sister." Luna huffed.
Candance then turned to Applejack, “Please, be careful.”
“Ah’ll try ma’am…ah’ll try…” Applejack sighed.
“Enough talk! Let us begin!” Luna proclaimed as her horn began to glow
"Indeed, let's," Celestia said as her horn began to glow.
Soon enough, a ring formed around both the princesses, the rings both split in two and surround the two sisters in blinding lights. Once the light disappeared, Both Celestia and Luna were now wearing their elite royal armor. For Celestia, her armor was dressed in bright gold and orange, and for Luna, her armor was in Silver and Black. The entire stadium once again erupted in crazed cheering at the sight of the two sister's transformation.
"Very well then, I wish you all great luck," Candance said as she flew off to her seat next to Shining Armor and Edward.
“How are they?” Edward asked Candance.
“Applejack is…a bit tense right now…but we’re both still worried about Damien, it’s like he knows what he’s doing but yet…he’s completely off…” Candance replied to Ed.
“like I said. He’s in it way over his head. Always has, always will.” Shinning Armor sighed.
Edward looked over to Damien and shook his head, “no…he’s got this.”
*****
"Impressive is it not?" Luna said to both Damien and Applejack, "To stand in our present like this? I will not blame you if you stand down now and learn your place." Luna scoffed.
“Luna Please!” Celestia silenced her sister. “what my sister is trying to say is. If this is way too overwhelming to you. We can call off this whole thing. No one will think little of you if you do.” Celestia said to the pair.
Applejack thinks about the princess’ offer and sighs deeply, but before Applejack could say anything, Damien steps forward.
“I don’t think so…” Damien said as his hand moves to take out a detachable silver buckle from his waistband. Once out, Damien places his red orb in the center of the device.
“What game is this?” Luna asks in confusion with Celestia just as confused.
Damien points his device to the sisters, “GO, GO, BUCKLER!!!” Damien shouts as he twists his wrists to have the Buckler face right side up and then presses a button. This opens the plates of the buckler and his orb begins to glow. Everyone, from Damien and Applejack’s friends and Family, the two Sister to the pillars all watched in shock and awe as an energy grid wraps Damien’s whole body. Once the energy grid disappeared, everyone was once again shocked by the sight before them.
Instead of his normal clothes, Damien was now wearing a full armored body suit. The suit had a slim black and gray design. On this chest, Damien had a black breastplate with two medium sized check mark shaped plates on it. On his elbows were two large spikes with another trio of small spikes on his left shoulder pad. His helmet had a grill in the place of the mouth plate, a low-cut crown and two short horns on the sides of the helmet. Once the transformation is complete, Damien brings his hands over his head before flexing them hard, which causes the stadium to go wild.
While Owen, Lucy, and Big Mac were left speechless, Virgil, Samantha, and Apple Bloom were beaming with excitement.
“WHOA!!!!” Virgil shouted
“That’s so cool!!!” Apple Bloom yelled while taking pictures on her phone.
"Oh, yea…they are so dead," Samantha said with a cocky smirk.
“That’s not standard issue Ranger armor, not even Royal Armor.” Shinning Armor noted.
"No, it's neither, it's Guardian armor sent from that Nexian Empire," Candace explained.
"I see…Hmph…that Empire has been sticking their noses in our business way too much lately…" Shinning Armor huffed.
"They're just trying to help. After all." Ed explained.
“Whatever…” Shinning Armor said while sitting back in his seat.
"It does seem to be holding up well," Kyle commented.
“Yes, but at least our modifications are holding up quite well.” Rarity noted, “Still…I’m rather surprised he chose to design his suit in ‘that’ matter.”
"No kidding, anyone else thinks that suit looks a little familiar?” Hyde said.
“Yea, he looks just like that Great Marvel.” Rainbow Dash comment.
“You think D’s trying to copy him?” Blaster asked.
"I highly doubt that," Reilly said.
“He’s right. I heard that the Design of a user’s Guardian Armor is often a reflection of the user’s inner self, who he is on the inside.”
“Uh? I don’t get it.” Spike scratched his head in confusion.
"I think what he's saying is that deep down Damien is connected to Great Marvel," Twilight commented.
"That is a possibility," Candance noted.
As the group talk among themselves, Aiya and Fluttershy watched and wondered,
“His…inner self…” Fluttershy thought.
“Who he is on…the inside…” Aiya wondered.
"WOOO! YEA! Pinkie pie cheered while surprising Aiya and Fluttershy out of their train of thought. as both girls facepalmed.
*****
"WHAT OUTRAGE IS THIS?!!" Luna shouted in anger as her yelling was louder than the entire stadium. "HOW DARE YOU BRING FORBIDDEN TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR DOMINION! I FORBID THIS! -“
“LUNA! SILENCE!” Celestia shouted, forcing everyone to look to her in shock. “I was fully aware young Runner had this device. And I allowed him to use it.” Celestia explained.
“But…But…Sister.” A dumbfounded Luna tried to explain
"Peace sister," Celestia said while placing a hand on Luna’s shoulder. “Besides, is it not best to give our opponents a little handicap?”
Luna thought about what Celestia said and groaned, “Fine then…” she sighed.
Over with Damien and Applejack, Applejack was still shocked by Damien’s sudden transformation.
“Jackie? What are you doing? Gear up, its’ Go time.” Damien said to his dumbfounded cousin.
“H-huh?” the sound of Damien’s voice snapped Applejack out of her confused daze. “Uh, oh…yea…o-on it…” Applejack replied. With a quick set of hand gestures, Applejack’s armored gauntlets and boots appeared on her body.
“…and as for you…I don’t need your help in this…I want to do it, MY. SELF. Got it?” Damien said
“Uh…who ya talkin’ too?” Applejack said while tilting her head.
“no one…” Damien said as a pair of glaring disembodied pupilless eyes loomed over him, unseen by Applejack or anyone else in the stadium, everyone, except for Aiya.
“Enough talk!” Luna demanded.
“Yes! I was promised a duel, and I shall have one.” Celestia said while making a sinister smile under her helmet.
“Bring it…” Damien simply said
“Let’s get this over wit’” Applejack said as she cracked her knuckles.
And with that, all four disappeared from the area.
"Hey, where they go?" Apple Bloom said while she and Virgil looked around
“What’s going on?” Sweetie belled asked.
"Relax, they've just been transported to the battlegrounds," Kyle explained.
“Battlegrounds?” Sweetie belle asked again.
“Why of course darling. If they had their battle here, they’d probably level this entire area.” Rarity replied.
"Aww, Where's the fun in that?" Hyde asks sarcastically.
*****
As the pillars watched from their box, Star Swirl sat up from his seat, “Active holoprojectors” he commanded. On Star Swirl’s command, several unicorns placed in the outlines of the arena used their magic to project a large field in the empty arena, filled with lush forests and a large abandoned industrial site. In an instant, Damien, Applejack, Celestia and Luna all appeared in the middle of the forests. ‘Let’s see what this… ‘mazin’ can do.” Star Swirl thought to himself.
Applejack stood ready as she watched the princesses, “Ok D, her’s the plan. We stick close together, and maybe we could- “
“Jackie…” Damien said softly. “Luna’s yours…Celestia…is mine!” Damien said as he soon darted into a clearing in the forest.”
“Wh-what in the Sam hell are you doin’?!” Applejack yelled.
The Princesses were just as confused as Applejack was but still stood ready for anything Damien might have planned.
Damien continued to race down a long stretch of road, suddenly overhead of him, a rocket pod appears over him, the pod explodes open, revealing a rocket jetpack with two large dorsal wings on it. “Today I make my mark…SCRANDER ON!!!” Damien yells as he suddenly leaps into the air with all his might. As Damien glides through the air, the jetpack flights over to him and attaches itself to his waist. Once attached, Damien’s armor lights up as a surge of energy flows through his body. and he zooms back around to a very shocked Celestia, Luna, and Applejack.
"HE CAN FLY?!" Celestia, Luna, and Applejack all shouted
“HE CAN FLY?!!” Damien’s and Applejack’s friends yelled out
“HE CAN FLY!” Virgil and Apple Bloom both shout in excitement.
“HE CAN FFFLLLLLYYYYYY!!!!” Pinkie Pie happily cheers while almost falling out of her chair.
The entire stadium was in an uproar and went completely crazy over Damien’s latest surprise.
“The V Scrander, a mobile flight pack unit capable of flying up to supersonic speeds” Kyle commented.
“Once attached, the Scrander not only grants the user the ability to fly, but it also enhances the user’s armor strength by tenfold.” Rarity noted.
“OOOHHH! That’s so cool! I want a Scrander thingy.” Reilly gleefully said.
"Me too!" Spike shouted.
“You already have wings!” Twilight noted to the young dragon.
“Meh, whatever, it’s kinda cheating. Needing some glorified jetpack to fly.” Rainbow Dash huffed.
“your just jealous cuz your wings don’t come with rockets” Blaster commented.
*****
The Princesses and Applejack all watched as Damien made another flyby,
“Let me guess, you’re going to allow this as well?” Luna asks her sister.
“Well…it wouldn’t be as much fun if I didn’t, now would It?” Celestia smirked as she sprouts her wings and takes off into the air.
Once Celestia is gone, Luna turns to Applejack, “aren’t you going to take flight like your cousin?” she asks
“well…uh…ya see…heights and I…aren’t on the same page…” Applejack smiles nervously.
"Fair enough," Luna says as her wings disappear. A split second later, a magical ring forms around Luna now giving her a centaur-like appearance. "If you too have any strange and fantastic powers like your cousin, now would be a good time to use them," Luna says to Applejack as she takes out a shield and large lance.
“Yea…no kidding” Applejack nervously smiles.
Celestia flew into the air and looked around for any sight of Damien, only to be caught off guard once Damien zooms pass her. Celestia races after Damien while firing a few magic bolts from her horn. Damien whizzes pass each bolt before turning around to face Celestia
"ROCKET PUNCH!" Damien yells as both of his armor's gantlets fly off like bullets. Celestia dodges one of the gantlets, but the other hit her square in the chest, nearly knocking her off balance. Stunned, Celestia watches as the gantlets return to Damien’s arms. Damien then goes on to try and charge at Celestia, only for Celestia to dodge at the last second and counter with a magic bolt blast.
Although hit, it doesn’t phase Damien in the slightest. Damien once again turns to Celestia as his visor begins to light up. “Koshiryouku Beam!!!” Damien shouts as a power beam shoots out from his eyes and at Celestia. Celestia flies away, but Damien follows close behind with his power beam. Celestia flies over to the abandoned building to lose Damien. But Damien's power beam easily cuts through the metal statues. Just as Celestia flies under a metal statue, Damien uses his power beam to cut through them, sending them crashing down on Celestia.
“CELESTIA!!” Twilight screams upon seeing her mentor hurt.
However, Celestia burst out of the metal beams and begins to charge up her horn. Once fully lit, Celestia fires a powerful magical blast at Damien.
“BREAST FIRE!” Damien shouts as the check mark plates on his chest plate also charge up and fire an extremely intense beam of concentrated heat to match Celestia’s blast, resulting in a beam struggle between the two.
Meanwhile, Applejack leaps from tree to tree trying to avoid Luna’s magic bolts. Luna gallops through the forest, chasing after her. Applejack quickly charges up her energy gauntlets and fires several bolts of Ki at Luna. Luna quickly blows the attack with her shield and continues to charge at Applejack. Luna throws her lance at Applejack, but Applejack quickly dodges the weapon before backflipping on to a tree.
“I’m surprised,” Luna said while picking up her lance. “You don’t announce your attacks like your cousin.” She comments.
"Yea well…that's his thing." Applejack pants while sitting a branch above Luna.
"I see…well then," Luna says as she swiftly cuts down the tree Applejack was in.
“Aw shit!” Applejack curses before leaping on to another tree.
*****
After a brief mid-air battle, Damien is slammed back down to the ground, with Celestia landing a few feet ahead of him.
“Most impress young Runner. You surpassed even my expectations.” Celestia Complemented her young opponents
"Save it, Celestia! I'm not one of your students!" Damien spat.
“this is obvious.” Celestia commented. “if you were one of my students…then maybe you’d actually learn how to fight…and not act some wild beast.”
“I’ll show you wild! IRON CUTTER!!!” Damien shouts, just like before, Damien fires his left gauntlet at Celestia, only this time, the forearm deploys a pair of razor-sharp ax-like blades. Celestia tries to dodge the attack, but the blades manage to slash Celestia's arm. "SPIKE MISSILES!" Damien says as he raises his elbow to Celestia and begins to fire a barrage of small spikes at her, causing Celestia to take to the air once again.
“Hey! he named an attack after me!” Spike said with a bit of pride.
“yea keep telling yourself that lil buddy…” Reilly rolled his eyes as Twilight giggled.
Once in the air, Celestia summons three magical circles that fire lightning bolts at Damien. But Damien came prepared
“MISSLE PUNCH!!!” Damien yells as several energy bolts shoot from the V Scrander’s strap around his waist, destroying and deflecting all lighting bolts, “ROCKET PUNCH!” Damien once again calls as his gauntlets fire straight at Celestia. But, instead of dodge, Celestia instead destroys both gauntlets, thinking she's gotten rid of Damien's primary attack. However, to her surprise, Celestia watches as two new Gauntlets materialize on Damien's arms. "Hehe, your gonna have to try harder than that to stop me!" Damien smirks as he begins to swing his right arm around. “Daisharin Rocket Punch!!” Damien shouts as he finally fires the gauntlet, this time, at a faster speed and higher power, which destroys Celestia’s shield when she tries to block it.
*****
"Damn, He's really going all out," Hyde noted.
“No kidding. Is all this power from his training?” Blaster asked in wonder.
“Duh, obviously it’s the suit. He’d be nothing without it.” Rainbow Dash commented.
“I second that.” Shinning armor agreed.
“Not quite, all the suit does is amplifies his abilities," Kyle said to the group.
“Still, he really shouldn’t push it too hard.” Rarity commented.
Meanwhile in the Pillars’ theater box,
“Must he always call out his attacks? It’s beginning to be redundant…” Star Swirl said with a hint of annoyance.
“It can’t be helped, you know how much Runners love ‘dramatic flair’” Somnambula replied.
“Still, he shows a certain cunning and courage that I find intriguing” Flash Magus commented.
“Ai, indeed. He has a heart of a true warrior.” Rockhoof agreed. “If only his cousin were similar," he said while watching Applejack.
“She is tryin her best.” Mage Meadowbrook noted “Not many have lasted this long against Luna”
*****
“AT LEAST DEFEND YOURSELF!” Luna yelled while still chasing after Applejack, during which she fired another lance at her.
“LADY, AH AM!” Applejack yelled back while shielding herself with her gauntlets before firing off a few more energy bolts. Finally, Applejack forms a large energy ball and slams into the ground. The resulting surge creates several columns of energy that burst from the ground. This causes Luna to stop in her tracks as she tries to avoid the columns. "Got ya," Applejack says as she leaps towards the princess. First Applejack starts by jumping in the air while in the air, Applejack begins to rotate her right leg, kicking Luna three times. Once Luna is stunned, Applejack’s gauntlets begin to glow,
“Exceed Charge” a computer voice from the gauntlets announces.
Applejack then leaps into the air again, before hitting Luna with a downward flying side kick. She then follows up by kicking Luna up in the air and strikes her with several aerial kicks. Finally, Applejack ends by hitting Luna with over twenty lighting fast corkscrew kicks, before Luna finally slams to the ground.
“WOO! YEA!! THAT’S MY GIRL! GO AJ!!!!” Twilight happily screams while jumping to her feet, which also gains the attention of everyone around her. Upon seeing she’s now the center of attention, Twilight’s face turns a bright cherry red before she slowly and sheepishly sits back down.
Once the attack was over, Applejack stumbles back to the ground. "Did…did ah do it?" Applejack asks herself while looking around. It wasn't long before a large figure loomed over her with glaring glowing eyes. It was Luna and she was pissed. Applejack smiled nervously at the princess, before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
*****
Once again, Damien and Celestia engaged in another mid-air dogfight, with one firing at the other with an energy projectile. Sensing a chance to end the fight, Damien played one of his trump cards.
"MAZIN. ALL-OUT ATTACK!!" Damien shouted as he unleashed everything. Two Rocket punches, Koshiryouku Beam, Breast Fire, Spike Missiles, Missile punch, all were fired straight at Celestia. With no time to think, Celestia summoned several magical circles, all of which fired energy bolts, deflecting each of Damien’s attacks, creating a large smoke cloud in the process. Suddenly, without warning, Damien charges through the smoke, tackling Celestia and ramming her through the buildings behind her. Unphased, Celestia charges up her horn with an energy blast and using it to strike Damien hard on his back, slamming him to the ground hard. Celestia slowly flies down to the crater to see if Damien is all right, but she quickly gets her answer when a beam of concentrated heat shots up from the ground, followed by a raging Damien.
Celestia speeds off as Damien is close behind, “He’s come further than I imagined. Still…I have to end this.” Celestia thought to herself. Celestia looks back at Damien to think of a new strategy. However, her eyes fall upon Damien’s V Scrander. “That’s it.” She smirked. At that moment, Celestia spreads her wings, allowing the wind to push her back behind Damien. Once behind, Celestia summons her sword and charges at Damien.
"IRON CUTTER!" Damien shouts as the ax blades appear on his gauntlets, but instead of firing them, Damien uses them to block Celestia's attack.
With Damien distracted, Celestia goes on to kick Damien in the side, making him bring down his guard. Now with him wide open, Celestia strikes Damien with her sword, but instead of striking Damien's chest, she had hit the harness that connected him to the V Scrander. But the time Damien had realized this, he had begun free falling to the ground.
"DAMIEN!!!" Aiya, Fluttershy, and Pinkie all yelled in terror upon seeing their stallion fall into a foggy abyss.
“I told you we should have reinforced the harness!” Rarity said while smacking Kyle’s shoulder.
“I thought you did that…” Kyle said while rubbing his now sore shoulder.
As the whole arena watched as Damien fell into a seemingly endless abyss, a lone stranger walked out from one of the stadium tunnels. His hands tucked into his pants pockets, and His eyes were solely focused on Damien and Celestia as he stood and watched the events played out. With everyone's attention on the duel, no one hardly noticed him, except for Owen
"You!?" Owen thought to himself as he got a good look at the stranger's face.
*****
Damien tried desperately to regain the V Scrander, with all the stadium holding their breath to see if he’ll make it. Just as he was about to catch the Scrander, Damien suddenly stops falling, Damien looks up to see that it was Celestia who had caught him, using one of her light whips. Damien snarls in anger and tries to get free of Celestia’s grip.
"Enough!" Celestia called to Damien. "you fought well. But it's time to end this." Celestia said as Damien continued to get free. "I know why you're doing this…and I know whom you're doing this for…" Celestia said in a soft voice, instantly making Damien stop. "and I know they would be proud of how much you've grown. But now it's time to end it."
Elsewhere, Princess Luna continued to chase down Applejack through the forest. With a blast from her horn, Luna was able to knock Applejack into the air, in which, she followed up by throwing a lance at Applejack, pinning her to a tree by her jacket. With that, Luna walked up to Applejack and held up her sword to the young mare’s neck
“concede, yield to me.” Luna commanded to a visibly nervous Applejack.
Meanwhile, Celestia still had Damien trapped, “It’s time to end this Damien.” Celestia said to the Young Runner.
Damien sighed and closed his eyes, “Your right princess…it is time to end this…FUNNELS! GO!” Damien shouted. As if on cue, the spikes on his shoulder shot off of him and rocketed towards Celestia.
“Wh-WHAT?!” a shocked Celestia yelped before she was soon barraged by a hailstorm of minimized laser fire from the three spikes. “HEY! AH!!!” Celestia shouted while trying to shield herself, in the process, she unknowingly releases Damien, allowing him to continue his free fall.
“ROCKET PUNCH!” Damien calls out as both gauntlets fire from his arms, only this time, the gauntlets instead grab the grounded V Scrander and fly it back to the still falling Damien. "SCRANDER! ON!!!" Damien yells as the Scrander once again attaches to him. "Funnels! Help Jackie!" Damien commanded. Compelled to obey, the three spikes stop their assault on Celestia and fly off to the forest. “YOUR MINE CELESTIA!!!” Damien shouted as he flew straight at Celestia.
*****
Meanwhile, Applejack is still at the mercy of Princess Luna. Suddenly, something whizzed by, catching Applejack’s attention. Then without warning, a barrage of laser fire rains down on Luna, forcing her to move away from her captive. One of the lasers shot off the lance that was pinning Applejack to the tree. Once freed, Applejack got a better look at Luna's attackers,
"Ah take it your one of D's contraptions," Applejack said as she watched the spikes fend off a dazed and confused Luna before whizzing off again.
Once the spike funnels were gone, Luna stood up, pissed and fed up. She soon angrily marched over to Applejack, "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS FOOLISH!!!” Luna roared as she summoned a dozen magical lances, all aimed at Applejack.
"Whoa ther' your majesty!" Applejack called as she puts her hands up, "Ah Give! Ah, Give! Ah, jus ain’t no match for ya. To be honest, Ah didn’t want any part of this, this was all D’s idea.” She explained.
Although skeptical, Luna knew Applejack was honest and trustworthy, "Very well then…" Luna said as she lowers her weapon as she reverts to her regular form.
“Whew…” Applejack sighed with relief as she flopped to the floor.
“Aww! No fair!” Apple Bloom groaned at her sister’s surrender.
"Boo! Jackie, you could have taken her!!!” Virgil shouted.
“WIMP!!” Samantha yelled at the top her lungs.
“SHAD UP! ALL YA!” Owen yelled to the trio. In which, they all become quiet. “This wasn’t really Jackie’s fight anyway…” he mumbled. He then looked to where the stranger was, only to find that he had disappeared.
"Well, …she lasted longer than I thought." Reilly snickered, only to be slapped on the shoulder by twilight.
"Be nice. She did well." Twilight replied, feeling a little relieved Applejack's and Luna's fight ended somewhat peacefully. "She was…great." Twilight smiled in a lovely way at Applejack.
Reilly smiled as well, “yea…yea she was.” He said while holding Twilight’s hand.
"Hey, guys." Blaster called out, "what happened to D?"
Suddenly, a loud crash was heard, catching everyone’s attention.
“WHAT THE?!” Hyde shouted
“That blast,” Rainbow Dash yelled. “It looked like it came from…”
“Damien…” Aiya said as a wave of dread shook her along with Pinkie and Fluttershy.
Applejack jumped to her feet upon hearing the loud crash, “WHAT IN TARNATION?!!!”
Luna looked on at the explosion as well, “Sister…don’t tell me you were that foolish to use THAT spell.” She mumbled to herself.
*****
-a few moments earlier-
“YOUR MINE CELESTIA!!!” Damien shouted as he flew straight at Celestia.
Celestia quickly regains her poser just in time to see Damien straight up at her. In the split second she had until Damien made the impact, Celestia became very impressed by how much stronger Damien had become, even becoming proud by the fact she was the first to witness this newfound strength, this new resolve first hand. However, as she watched Damien, she began to sense something odd. As Damien flew, Celestia began to sense a new aura around him. But it was nothing she had felt before, it was strange, alien, it was pure raw, unbridled power, and it terrorized her.
Celestia could hardly understand what was happening before her, but she had to act fast, because while Celestia watched, Damien had begun to swing his right arm around just like earlier,
“Daisharin. Rocket. PUUUUNNNCH!!!” Damien yells as he begins to launch his attack.
Thinking quickly, Celestia was resorting to her trump card. After summoning another large magical circle. She then waited for Damien to close enough to the circle before unleashing a blinking light.
"Wh-What the…" was all Damien could say before everything turns from bright white light to a sudden pitch black.
*****
The next thing Damien knew, he was in a bed, his bed, in his room with no memory of how he got there.
“Oh, thank goodness, you are awake." A voice called out. Damien looked around to see Celestia sitting next to him, "I was getting a little worried. I hoped I didn't bang you up too much." She sweetly said.
Damien was surprised to see Celestia next to him, but even more surprised to see her covered in small bandages.
“Where am I…Wh-what happened…?” Damien weakly asked.
“We're aboard your ship, the Dawn Treader. You were quite the challenge, not many have lasted long against me. So…I had to resort to using a spell that…well…let’s just say…was a bit reckless. In the end, while I was able to knock you out… but I had also knocked myself out…so our duel…ended in a draw.”
“A DRAW?!!!” Damien shouted.
Celestia nodded, "yes, I know. It's not the conclusion we both had hoped for. But with the way things were going, we would have been at it for a while, and what are you doing." Celestia asked as she suddenly noticed Damien's stirring
Despite his injuries, Damien tried to force himself out of bed, “Come on Celestia. Rematch. Now! You and me!” he grunted while attempting to stand.
Celestia rushed to Damien’s side, “Are you crazy? You’re still recovering! You’re in no in contain to fight!”
Damien swatted Celestia away, “NO! Not yet! NOT until I…I…”
"Do what? ...kill yourself? You're just about there anyway." A second voice called out, freezing Damien in his tracks. Damien looked over to the corner to see a figure sitting with his arms folded and his legs crossed.
“K-Kaiser?!” Damien spat in shock.
“Why the surprised look? I told you I’d be back.” Red Kaiser said as he stood up and walked over to Damien and Celestia.
“What are you doing here?!” Damien demanded.
“take a chill pill Kid, I came to watch the fight that I allowed.” Red Kaiser snuggly replied while helping Celestia place Damien back into bed.
“YOU ALLOWED?!” Damien yelled in shocked.
“yes Damien,” Celestia explained. “the true is Damien, I was against fighting you. But Master Kaiser convinced me to think otherwise.”
"It was a test to see how far your orbit abilities had come. And to test out that new armor of yours. Not back…for an incomplete rush job.” Red Kaiser noted.
Damien took a moment to process all that he heard, “So…why did you let Luna fight Jackie?” he asked.
“Oh, my sister gets dreadfully bored watching me fight, so it was a way for her to do something.” Celestia chuckled.
"In all fairness Kid, you did pretty good. You're getting stronger." Kaiser complained.
“…Not strong enough…” Damien commented
“ugh, please Kid, for my sake. Drop the tough guy bullshit.” Kaiser groaned.
“Bull nothing!” Damien shouted. “I’m weak! I’m always behind! And it’s not just me who thinks that! I’ve seen it on everyone’s faces…everyone thinks so…” Damien said while looking down.
Damien’s reaction deeply saddened Celestia, However…
“Oh, Boo friggin’ who. I’m weak! Poor little me!” Kaiser mocked, earning both Damien’s and Celestia’s disgust. “Seriously Kid. Knock it off. You’re not weak or anything like that. If that was the case, Tia here would mop the floor with your ass. That’s your fears playing’ mind games on you. And as for, ‘oh, everyone thinks I’m a wimp’ crap. Uh, newsflash kids, that’s not a look of pity, that a look of worry! They all love and care for you, numbnuts!”
Kaiser’s words cut deep into Damien, causing him to rethink his past actions that let to this point.
"Look, kid," Kaiser said while sitting next to Damien on the bed, “You think I’ve gotten where I am by doing it alone? Hell no. I’ve had friends, family, allies help him out. You’re not alone in this. No matter what.”
Damien looked down at his lap, now feeling guilty on how he treated all his friend and family, he was soon taken out of his traced once Celestia took his hand.
“Damien…do you recall what I said during the duel?” she asked him, causing Damien to think back to duel. “I said that I understood why you wanted to duel me and whom you were doing it for. I meant what I said Damien, and I know deep down your brother would be proud of you.”
Lost for words, all Damien could do was look down as a tear fell from his eye. At that moment, Celestia confronts Damien with a warm hug.
Kaiser placed his hand on Damien’s shoulder, “Look Kid I get it. You want to be strong. But if you want a reason to get strong, don’t do it out of self-pity or just to get someone’s approval. Do it for those who care for you…do it for you.” Kaiser said to the young Runner. Damien simply looked up to Kaiser and nodded.
"Good then," Kaiser said before getting up. "Your family will be here any minute to check up on you. Right now, Celestia and I have business to take care of."
"for now, just get some rest," Celestia said while stroking Damien's hair.
"yes, ma'am…" Damien said to Celestia, this time in a humbler tone.
“Good, and who knows, maybe we’ll have a proper rematch sometime soon.” Celestia smiled to which Damien smiled back.
Soon enough, Red Kaiser and Celestia began to leave the room. however, Celestia stopped for a moment.
“By the way…” she called to Damien, “How did you come up with the names for your attacks?”
Damien’s eyes widen a bit and thought for a minute, “Actually…I dunno…they all just popped into my head once I transformed.” He explained.
“Hmm…I see. Well then like I said. Get some rest.” Celestia smiled and walked out, leaving Damien a little confused.
As Red Kaiser walked out the room with Celestia, he stopped in his tracks, “are you three going to stand there all day?” he called out. As it turned out, he was talking to Aiya, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy who were all standing outside the room.
“Is…is he…ok?” Aiya asked.
“why don’t you go in there and find out?” Kaiser replied. He then nodded to Celestia, signaling her to go on without him.
All three girls looked at each other nervously at the very thought of Kaiser's suggestion.
"Oy…" Kaiser sighed, "Look ladies…I don't know if this will help…but between you and me…there might be a way to fix Runner's mood."
He said to the girls, in which he got their attention.
“How so?” Fluttershy meekly asked
“Think of it as an old Ritual from his homeworld.”
“Ritual?” Pinkie Pie asked while scratching her head, “What kind?”
“The Kind that would get him out of his funk.” Red Kaiser replied.
“and…your sure it’s worked?” Aiya asked.
“my lady often uses it on me when I’m feeling down, and it always works.” Kaiser nods.
The girls all looked at each other as if they were in a group though. Finally, they all looked at Kaiser with a nod.
"all right then." Kaiser said as he gathered the girls together for a group huddle, “where’s what you have to do…”
*****
As expected, sometime later, Damien’s friends and family all arrived to check on him, including a not so happy Applejack.
“YA DAMN FOOL! WHAT THE SAM-HELL WER’ YA THINKIN’?! NOT ONLY DID YA GET YA-SELF KILLED, BUT YA DON’ TRIED TO DRAG ME INTO YA MESS!!!” Applejack yelled at the top of her lungs, much to the awe-shuck of everyone in the room.
“Thanks Jackie…I might never have the hiccups again…” Reilly blankly replied.
“I said I was sorry Jackie…” Damien said with a frown.
"yea, Ya sorry all right…ya lucky I made it out in one piece." Applejack scoffed.
"yea, you wussed out is what you did," Samantha smirked.
“care to say tha’ again…?” Applejack snarled at Samantha, only for Samantha to return with a smirk
"That's enough you two," Owen called to the girls before walking up to Damien. "You put on one hell of a show Son, I'm proud of you."
"You did very well indeed," Lucy said to her son.
“Eyep.” Big Mac agreed.
"Thanks, mom, thanks Dad" Damien smiled before being tackled by Virgil and Apple Bloom
“D! THAT WAS SO COOL!!” Virgil called out “Since when can you shoot lasers out of your eyes?!”
“An’ what about those punches?! And that heat ray?! And! And! And! –“ Apple Bloom excitedly blurred out before being cut off by Applejack.
“All right settle down you two. I know we’r all impressive by D’s new-found contraptions and what not” Owen said while dragging Virgil and Apple bloom off the bed.
"Speaking of, the suit did whole up well, given the condition it was given to us" Kyle commented.
“Yes…how did Kaiser described it… “an incomplete rush job” was it?” Rarity said while glaring at Damien, who was once again smiling nervously.
"HA HA! You kicked Celestia's ass with an incomplete suit?! Man, you're bold on D!" Samantha laughed, while Twilight and Applejack both facepalmed.
“HEY! I needed it ready in time for the fight!” Damien replied.
“Regardless dude, You did great. And although Cap won’t say it himself, He was proud of your actions.” Ed said while patting Damien’s shoulder, making Damien smiled.
"All right everyone, settle down. We can talk about Damien's fashion chose later, right now he needs to Rest" Owen called out, ordering everyone to leave. "We'll be headin' home to Bota soon. So, get some rest, Son." He said to Damien.
“Thanks, Dad" Damien replied as Lucy kissed his cheek followed by Apple Bloom, a hug from Virgil and a pat on the back by Big Mac.
“whatever…jetpacks are lame…” Rainbow Dash Mumbled
"Let it go," Hyde said while pushing Rainbow out the room.
“Yea, yea, git yer rest. Cuz tomorrow I’ll be workin’ ya hard.” Applejack huffed before leaving.
While Damien rolled his eyes at Applejack's comment. As everyone left, only Ace was left with Damien. Although he was glad to see his family, Damien was slightly disheartened when he didn't see Aiya, Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy.
*****
Meanwhile, in the hallway, Hyde walks up to Applejack, "Some of the guys and I are going into town to pick up some supplies before we head off to our next job."
“Good, we wast’ enough time an need to git back to work.” Applejack replied.
“I’m needed back at Canterlot for now. I’ll catch you guys later.” Ed said before walking off.
“And Rarity and I are going back to the Boutique to work out the kinks in Damien's armor," Kyle said to Applejack
“After all that, ‘a few kinks’ will be the least of our worries.” Rarity sighed
"Fine, Fine, jus' git back when ya'll." Applejack huffed.
“Seriously Darling, you should really relax. You just finished a fight with an Alicorn.” Rarity said to her friend.
“She’s right you know.” Hyde said while placing a hand on Applejack’s shoulder, “You should take it easy.”. At that moment, everyone left Applejack alone in the hallway with her thoughts.
“Oy, you really are stubborn.” Reilly said as he popped up next to Applejack and placed his arms around her, “Seriously. You did great, even though you did wuss out at the last minute.” He coyly smirked.
The remark caused Applejack to push Reilly away just as Twilight walked by.
"Reilly behave," Twilight warned.
“Ah didn’ wuss out! It wasn’t my fight, that’s all!” Applejack argued.
Before Applejack could continue, Twilight cuts her off with a kiss, which instantly calms her down.
“Should I leave you two alone or what?” Reilly smugly commented.
After the kiss, Twilight takes both Applejack and Reilly by the hand and leads them down the hall, “Hyde said to relax. So, we’re going to relax.” Twilight said with a sultry smile.
"uh, …any idea what's she up to?" Applejack asked.
"Heh, your guess is as good as mine," Reilly replied just as twilight lead them both into her room and locking the door behind them.
*****
Sometime later, Damien was laying on his bed in his pajamas, using Ace as a cushion. During this time, Damien couldn't help but be in deep thought over the past events, but mostly he thought about why Aiya, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy didn't show up with that others when they did.
“Maybe I have been acting like a jerk to them…Maybe Red’s right…I am doing this out of self-pity…I have to make it up to them.” Damien thought to himself. Suddenly, Ace began to stir, causing Damien to sit up, “what is it boy?”
Without warning, Ace loudly belches out a jet of crimson flame which then materializes into a letter. Surprised, Damien picks up the letter and opens it.
“Damien
Please come to my room as quickly as possible,
-Aiya”
After reading the letter, Damien quickly jumped to his feet and raced out of the room. He quickly raced down the hall, all the way to Aiya's room. Once at the door, Damien takes a deep breath before knocking on the door.
“yes?” a voice called out.
"Hey, …it's me…Damien…I got your letter." Damien replied
With that, the door slowly opened. With not much light inside the room. Damien slowly walked in, with the door slowly closing behind him.
“Uh…Ai? You there? Look…I’m sorry for how I’ve been acting…I guess I had a lot on my mind- “Damien said before he was quickly silenced by a kiss.
As his eyes adjusted to the low light of the room, Damien realized the person kissing him was Aiya. Once Aiya pulled away, Damien got a better look at her. To his surprised, Aiya was wearing nothing but a long dark robe, with striped thigh high socks and arm sleeves.
“Wh-wh-what…wh-what the hell are you wearing? Or now wearing! I m-mean…I…you…ugh!” Damien stammered as his mind quickly dazed and confused. Since the day they’ve met, Damien has been used to Aiya’s flirtatious and teasing nature, but this certainly took the cake.
Before Damien could say anything else, Aiya places a finger to his lips, “Shh, calm down love. Not need to be fluttered.” She softly said to him, “we just here to help.”
“W-w-we?!” Damien stuttered.
Finally, Damien’s eyes were fully adjusted to the setting of the room. And there to his shock and surprised, he saw Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Pinkie Pie was sitting on a small sofa, wearing nothing but a mini tutu with striped thigh highs like Aiya's, while Fluttershy was on the bed, wearing nothing but a robe and Striped thigh highs. While Pinkie looked at Damien with a sultry look, Fluttershy's face was as red as a cherry.
Damien’s brain felt like this mind was about to burst while his heart was beating like crazy. He was unable to comprehend the situation he was in right now.
“Aww, no need to be scared, we won’t bite…much~” Pinkie pie said while walking over to Damien with Fluttershy behind her.
“Yes, just relax. We’re here. So, you don’t need to worry.” Aiya softy said as her hands slowly glided up under Damien’s shirt. All the while Pinkie’s hands went into Damien’s pants.
“ha! I knew you still went commando.” Pinkie giggled as she fondled his crotch.
“B-but I-I, Wha-what uh…but, you…wh….me…heh…." Damien blabbed while still in a daze.
Luckily, it was Fluttershy’s kiss that calmed him down a bit, “I hope this is ok…for you…of course.” She meekly said.
With Damien distracted, Aiya moves in and kisses Damien's neck, "What do you say, girls, how about we make this herd official?" Aiya smiled.
Surround by three mares he cared and maybe even loved for in the whole galaxy, all of whom were naked, Damien's mind went completely blank, "Oh boy…" he mumbled.
*****
Epilogue
“I thought this meeting was to be between Celestia and myself. So, what are all of you doing here?" Red Kaiser asked as he sat surrounded by Celestia, Luna, Candace, Shining Armor, and the Pillars.
“if this is a matter that concerns the future of Equestria, then we have every right to be here," Luna replied.
“I agree with the princess. This concerns all of us Orbit user.” Star swirl commanded.
“whatever Beard boy. You too Lulu.” Kaiser huffed while taking a sip of his tea. Kaiser’s disrespectful remark rubbed everyone the wrong way only to be calmed down by the wave of Celestia’s hand.
“Master Kaiser, with all due respect, they do have a point. The information you hold concerns us all. So please.” Celestia compelled
After another sip, Kaiser took a deep breath, “as you know, I come from a long line of Orbit users. My children are no different. Believe it or not, one of my youngest daughters can predict certain events that greatly helped my team. However, this new batch of predictions aren’t for where I’m from, but instead it’s really for all of you.”
"Hmph, and what exactly is so bad about this so-called ‘predictions'?" a skeptical Star Swirl asked.
Red Kaiser took another sip of his drink before setting the cup down, “Does the name Tirek mean anything to you?”
-END CHAPTER-