*Ronin POV*
As the girls fled towards town with Nicholas, I turned my gaze to Volt.
"Aight, Volt. I'm going to give you one chance to surrender. If you do, I will make sure to make your death as painless as I can." He laughed in response as Chrysalis summoned a scythe with her magic.
"Weeeeeell, there's the fighting spirit I enjoy seeing soooooo much!" He said as he licked his fangs with a pointed tongue. "I will enjoy snuffing your flame, Human." He growled as he charged us. Just before we could start the fight, a voice called from behind Volt.
"Stop..." the oddly familiar voice said as we all turned to see a cloaked figure. But this figure was no pony, he stood like a human.
"Masssssster! Why do you show yourself so early to the enemy!" Volt said as the robed man laughed and pointed to the setting sun. It had just set over the horizon, bringing the dark of night over the trail.
"As long as the sun isn't up, I can show myself." He said as he removed the hood of the cloak he wore. I took a step back as I noticed his face was nothing more of an empty skull with some kind of shadows coming out of it. "Does my appearence shock you, Ronin?"
Chrysalis took a threatening step forward. "Leave us be, demon!" She growled as I shook my head.
"He's no demon, that's the guy that possesed me back in canterlot! How the hell did you survive?" I yelled at him while Dadiolus turned his head to the side.
"Ah, wouldn't you like to know that." He turned to Volt. "You have your orders, go and kill the boy." Volt nodded and scurried off as I turned to Chrysalis.
"I need you to go and help my brother. I can handle this guy." I told her as she shook her head.
"Are you insane?! You think I will just leave you here to face that...thing?" She stated as I sighed and gave her a quick kiss.
"Please, Chrysi. They will need you in ponyville." I pleaded as she sighed and turned away.
"Your are lucky I love you, you big idiot." She said as she teleported away. I turned to Dadiolus and frowned.
"Alright, spill it. How are you still alive?" I asked him. The shadows inside ths skull sparked a bit as he answered me.
"When I took possesion of your body and soul, I had to leech onto the hate and darkness in your body. And boy, did you have plenty of that! But when I was pulled from your soul without consent, I took that malice with me. That malice is what keeps me alive right now, these shadows you see surrounding me." He motioned to the dark blue shadows around his whole body.
"So, your telling me that you took darkness out of my heart and used it to create some shadow puppet?" I said as he laughed.
"Hahaha, very good. Glad to see the current herald of death isn't as much an idiot as the one that blasted unicorn once knew." He said as I raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"What unicorn?" I asked him, but he waved me off as he turned away.
"It matters not, that blasted magician died ages ago, with many of his spellbooks left uncompleted. Besides, don't you have a brother to save?" He said while my eyes widened.
Nicholas...
I went to run off but stopped short and asked him. "Why are you letting me go?" I asled him as he sighed.
"That is a question that I cannot answer you right now. Just know that everyone has their share of regrets." With that, the shadows overtook Dadiolus as he said one last thing. "One thing, Ronin. Your are a being of shadow, if you don't find a replacement for that malice I took from you, lets just say you'll be weaker than the timberwolf behind you." As he vanished I turned around to see a wooden wolf glaring at me.
So That's what those are called. I thought as I saw a large scar going down its body that looked like a blade cut. Wait, that scar...Is this the wolf from before? I thought as the wolf howled at me, apparently recognizing me as well. It charged forward, bearing sharp fangs of bark. I put my my blade and blocked the bite, proceeding to kick it in its stomach to knock it back.
The area I kicked ahattered into nothing but splinters, but after a second the splinters returned to the wolf and realigned his stomach.
Welp, that explains how its alive. I thought as I dodged another lunge from the wolf. How am I going to kill this thing? It's made of wood, so maybe fire of some kind. I looked around until an idea dawned on me. I deflected a claw swipe and jumped backwards a couple of feet.
Nicholas had been able to enchant my blade, could I do the same? We did each have some kind of power. I looked at my blade and focused.
Nothing happened.
Must be a thing only he can do. I thought as the wolf took me by suprise and jumped on me, pinnong me to the ground. I grabbed its muzzle and was barely able to stop it from biting down on my neck.
"Damn, why wont you just die!" I yelled at it as our eyes met. Immediately it stopped as I heard a voice in my head, weak and hollow.
Consume its dark power, then it shall die.
And how do I do that? I thought as the wolf proceeded to try and bite my neck again.
Rip out its wooden heart, your soul will do the rest.
Well, that's kinda dark. I thought as I plunged my hand into the chest of the wolf and found a sap like object that was beating. I gripped it, causing the wolf to howl and try to get off me, and ripped it out.
The wolf let off a excruciatingly loud whine before falling over, dead. I squeezed the heart, causing it to break and have some green aura go into my body. A flash of light surrounded my body for a second, and when it dimmed, I gasped in shock.
My armour had finally fixed itself. It was black like before, but it had pink flames instead. I took in the new look before realizing I had places to be.
"Crap, I gotta help the others!" I yelled out as I ran towards town, any thoughts of the wolf and the voice left behind.
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Raiden POV
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Before today, I always found spiders to be interesting creatures that were fun to watch and look at. They had never really irratated me in the past.
Now they can all go to hell.
We had started fighting Volt about five minutes ago, and for all the spells and attacks we landed, we were not even scratching the spider.
I turned to Luna, who was panting from exhaustion, and said with a tired voice. "Why aren't we hurting him?"
She jumped out of the way of a bolt before answering. "It seems the fiend can only be killed by Adamantine, and we cannot make that metal appear with any spell." She said as Celestia let off a large beam of light, sending Volt into a building. Celestia flew down to us and turned to me.
"Wherever your brother is, only that blade of his can kill Volt." She said as Chrysalis teleported in front of us. She turned to us with a frown on her face.
"Ronin is dealing with Dadiolus outside of town, so we have to keep this thing busy until then." She said as Volt got up from the building and rushed us. Chrysalis threw her scythe at him and it cut his forelimbs off with a sickening sound. I turned to her in suprise.
"That scythe...what's it made from?" I asked her as she smirked at me.
"It belonged to my late mother long ago, and it was forged from Adamantine...why?" She said as Luna and Celestias jaws dropped.
"You should be able to pierce his hide then!" Celestia said as Chrysalis raised an eyebrow and shrugged before turning to Volt, who seemed to take a step back as his appendage grew back. Luna, however, huffed slightly.
"Even if we have the metal to kill him, he will just regenerate all damage done to his body." She pointed out as an idea popped in my head. I turned to Chrysalis and smiled.
"If we could get his underside vunerable, would you be able to strike his heart?" I asked as Luna sent her mace at Volts head, forcing him to back off further.
Chrysalis snorted. "Easily, but only if you are able to pull your weight first." She said as I pulled my axes and charged at Volt.
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Nicholas POV
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As soon as Volt attacked, the elements got to work ensuring the townsfolk were safe from the battle raging on nearby. We had mostly everypony evacuated to sugercube corner for the time being.
"Thats everpony!" Applejack said as she finished the headcount. I turned to Tak and motioned him to follow me. We went under a table and I faced him.
"Listen, I've got to go and help my brothers. Could you distract the elements so they don't catch me sneaking out?" I said as his eyes went wide with worry.
"Are you insane?!" He hissed. "I'm not letting you go out there alone! I'm coming with you!" He said as I sighed, but smiled nonetheless.
"Thanks Tak, your one in a million." I told him as he smiled big.
"We're coming too, ya know." Scootaloo said as we turned around to see the crusaders had snuck under the table with us without our knowledge. I immediately shook my head.
"Absolutely not! There is no way y'all are coming with us! what if you girls get hurt?" I asked them as Applebloom stamped her hoof.
"We can take care of ourselves, and we sure ain't gonna let you go without us, and that's that!" She said while Sweetiebelle and Scootaloo echoed with a resounding "yeah!".
Tak and I looked to each other for a second before smiling while shaking our heads. "Very well, my friends. Let us go assist in the downfall of that multi-legged traitor!" Tak said as we snuck out the bakery and went straight to where the action was happening. As we approached the fight, a loud crash sounded off in the area before Raiden landed next to me with a audible oof.
"Raiden!" I yelled as he got up slowly, brandishing his axes and his mouth visor steaming. He turned to me with shock on his face.
"Nicholas?! Why are you here? Why are they here?!" He asked as he pointed to the crusaders and Tak. He shook his head. "It's too dangerous, we need you kids away from here now!" He said as I frowned.
"Not this time, Raiden. Last time I was told to leave this to the grownups, we nearly lost Ronin. This time I will help, and nothing you can say will stop me!" I said while my friends stood beside me with equal determination on their faces.
Raiden looks at all of us for a minute before he sighs and laughs a bit. "Well, with that kind of logic, how could I say no?" He turns to Volt, who was currently being distracted by the royal sisters while Chrysalis attempted to get in a blow to his underside, but having no luck. "We need a way to get him to flip over, got any ideas?" He asked us as we sat on that before Sweetiebelle spoke up.
"Ooo! Ooo! what if we could suspend him in midair with a levitation spell? He wouldn't be able to block any attacks then." She said as Raiden smiled before frowning.
"The guy can wield lightning as well without moving, so how would we handle that?" He said as a voice spoke up from behind us.
"Ain't that obvious? we need a lightning rod. And I know just the Alicorn to be one." Ronin said. We turned and saw him pointing at Celestia, who was currently dodging a barrage of limbs from Volt. He motioned for us to get closer. After we huddled in, he continued. "Here's the plan, y'all."
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Raiden POV
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After getting the plan from Ronin, I ran towards Celestia as Luna took over attacking Volt. She noticed my approach and flew down to stand next to me.
"Princess, we have a plan to stop Volt. But we need your assistance to distract him." I said as she nodded.
First, We need to have Celestia in position near Volt.
"Very well, I will do what I can." She said as she turned and brandished her spear to assault Volt again. As she charged, I saw Chrysalis sneaking around the battle with Pinkie Pie in tow. Alright, time to set up that anti-grav spell. I thought as I ran towards where Luna was resting.
Next, have Luna use the levitation spell.
"Luna, we need a levitation spell on Volt, now!" I yelled at her as she noticed me coming. She narrowed her eyes at me but saw the determined look in my eyes, so she did just that, sending a spell towards the spider.
Said spider had just put Celestia into the ground and had his fangs dangerously close to her neck. "HAHAHAHA! At last I shall have my revenge on those who slew my Antiarachnid brethren!" He proclaimed as the spell hit him, causing him to float upwards. "What the- You think this can hold me?!" He said as his abdomen started charging up.
BOOM Chrysalis was sent flying upwards by Pinkie Pies cannon.
After Luna sets up the Levitation spell, I will have Pinkie Pie assist Chrysalis to get the altitude necessary to deflect a bolt from Volts body.
As the lightning bolt shot upwards, Chrysalis deflected the bolt towards Celestia, who saw it coming and bounced it off a bubble sheild she made towards the levitating Volt. As the bolt hit its creator, it tore away a decent amount of flesh from him, causing Volt to scream in pain.
After Celestia deflects the blast, It should weaken Volt enough to leave him open to attack, thats where I come in.
"RONIN NOW!!!" I yelled as Ronin, weilding a flaming blade enchanted by Nicholas, ran forward and jumped upwards.
The two young magic weilders will need to create an updraft that I can use to reach the floating Volt.
I turned to where Tak and Sweetiebelle were. "You two, make the updraft!" I told them as they complied, making a wind updraft Ronin could use to fly towards Volt.
Once I reach him, Lights out for the spider.
Ronin spread his wings and let the updraft carry him up to Volt, who was weakened and helpless in his current state.
"p-p-please....spare me..." Volt choked out. Ronin simply shook his head.
"Nope, waaaay too late for that man." He said as he reared his blade back and swung hard.
SHLING!
With that, Volts head landed on the ground below as Ronin floated down from above. The kids ran out from there places and hugged each other in celebration as the princesses checked with each other to ensure no lasting damage was done. I walked up to Ronin and smiled.
"Well, that worked out." I said as he laughed.
"Maybe, but there is still one last thing to do." He said as I raised an eyebrow. He pulled a broom from who knows where and smiled.
"Clean up!" He said with a smirk as I groaned and grabbed the broom. this was gonna take a while...