On the outskirts of Canterlot, a scene that no pony should ever see had been played out. After rendering him powerless, Tirek was savagely beaten by the hands of BlackWarGreymon. Whom had undergone a Dark Digivolution. The berserker Digimon then brought the battle to a horrific end. Using his Black Nova attack to reduce the evil centaur to ashes and dust. All the while in plain view of the pony group.
The ponies were understandably horrified at what they had just witnessed.
“No way,” Applejack uttered. Being the first to speak.
“He just… tuned him into dust,” Rainbow Dash joined. Looking at the pile of grey powder that was once the evil lord.
The ponies continued to stare at the giant Digimon in silence. They simply couldn’t believe that their friend had done something that they never thought he would ever do. Regardless of what form he took. Which only reinforces the fact that BlackWarGreymon’s new form was unknown to them. Unable to predict what he would do next. But Celestia had one hope of thought.
“Maybe… with no one left to fight, he could finally calm down?”
All eyes were on BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode, hoping to see him relax and drop out of his violent form. But to their surprise, it didn’t happen. Despite the lack of foes, BlackWarGreymon still had the look of hate on his face. After a loud grunt, he surprised the group by loudly roaring at the sky. His newfound desire for violence causing the world around him to tremble. Then with a stomp of his foot, he caused a large patch of ground to digitize and fade from existence. Worse still, it began to spread across the ground until it came contact with a tree. The tree too was digitized before being destroyed.
“I don’t get it! Why is he still angry!?” Cadence asked fearfully. With Twilight making a guess.
“That form! Can’t… can’t he…? I don’t think he can control it!”
The uncontrollable nature of the transformation became more apparent as BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode prepared to use one of his new abilities. On no opponent.
“NOVA SCREAM!!!”
With a thrash of his head, he fired the thin white beam from his open mouth. Aiming at nothing but trees. The screaming beam cleaved through anything it touched and exploded as it hit the ground. Cutting down branches and setting foliage on fire. Then while firing the beam, BlackWarGreymon began to move his head and turn his body. Causing his beam to slice through anything in its path. The panicking ponies huddled low to the ground to avoid the beam as it streaked above them. As for the hidden ChaosBlackWarGreymon, he barely had enough time to avoid the beam. However, the white laser struck his armoured shoulder. Setting of a shower of sparks as the digital clone fell to the ground.
BlackWarGreymon finished his assault by throwing his head up in the air. Making his Nova Scream attack to slice through the air and clouds. As he stopped his attack, he let out another loud roar. His rise in energy sent a powerful gust of wind to blow through the area. The ponies remained close to the ground to avoid the winds. Hidden in the trees, ChaosBlackWarGreymon recovered from his tumble. Only to stare in horror at his right shoulder. The pauldron spike had been sliced clean off.
As he finished his roar, the violent Mega slammed his clawed hand at the ground. Causing tremors and the ground to crack open. But with the winds dying down, the ponies began to stand back up and stare at their enraged friend in concern.
“W-What are we going to do now?” Rarity asked. Unable to think of a solution. But no pony had any ideas. With Twilight revealing that she also had no clue.
“I… I don’t know! This is something we’ve never seen before!”
“Can’t we try to reason with him!?” Fluttershy asked. But the idea was quickly shot down by Rainbow Dash. Whom was still in shock from how the furious Mega acted towards her.
“What!? That’s not going to work! He’ll just snap at you! Just look at him!”
The group were quite surprised at Rainbow Dash. It seemed BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode threatening her had frightened her much more that they thought. But they also understood why she would be afraid. The Digimon was so lost in his rage that anyone approaching him he would think was his enemy.
Unbeknownst to the group, Shining Armor had just about enough of the rampage.
“He’s gone too far,” He said as his horn glowed.
On the side-lines, ChaosBlackWarGreymon watched on in thought. Trying to think of a solution that could help BlackWarGreymon.
‘Think! How can one cure Dark Digivolution!? If those ponies are smart, they better not do something stupid.’
Then the inevitable happened. As BlackWarGreymon was about to walk, a magic beam sailed just in front of his face. The berserker Mega flinched in surprise as he came to a halt. As the beam vanished, a voice spoke out. Belonging to Shining Armor.
“That’s enough!”
ChaosBlackWarGreymon was dumbfounded at what happened.
“THAT IMBECILE!!!”
ChaosBlackWarGreymon wasn’t the only one who thought that it was a bad idea. The rest of the group all looked at the Unicorn in surprise.
“What in tarnation were you thinking!?” Applejack asked.
The prince flinched in surprise. Confusion grew on his face.
“What? I just thought that it would snap him out of it.”
Before more could be said however, they all heard a worried tone from Rainbow Dash.
“Uhh… guys!”
Turning around, the rest of the group all saw what had got the Pegasus so afraid. Across the field, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode was staring right at them. His white glowing featureless eyes fixed onto them as he let out vicious growls.
The prince then realized what he had done. He made the Digimon shift his attention from the surrounding area… and onto the group! To which gave all of them a very bad feeling.
“He…He wouldn’t. He would never,” Pinkie Pie uttered. Not wanting to believe what she was imagining.
Then to the horror of the group, they saw something they truly thought they would never see. BlackWarGreymon’s sights narrowed as he let out a vicious growl. As he did so, he raised his left hand up slightly to his side. The gleaming claws suddenly engulfed in dark blue fire. Then suddenly…
“NEGATIVE CLAW!!!”
Throwing his arm up, BlackWarGreymon let loose waves of energy. The blade-like energy waves sliced through the ground as it quickly closed in on the group! The ponies all stared on in horror as the attacked approached them. Frozen from fear and disbelief.
But the next thing they saw was a bright flash of purple light. Afterwards, the confused group found themselves moved away. Teleported thirty feet from where they were. As the ponies tried to get their bearings, they all saw BlackWarGreymon’s attack slicing through the area where they were moments ago. Then cleaving through the trees, slicing them apart.
The whole group all stared at the sight. Imagining what could’ve been.
“If we hadn’t been teleported… then… we would’ve…” Luna uttered. The look of horror on her face.
Her feelings were shared with the rest of the group. Not from the fact that they were just moments away from a gruesome demise. But from WHO almost did the deed. Their own friend. BlackWarGreymon. It was HE who almost did it.
The blue Alicorn looked over to the rest of the group to see that they were going through the same horror she was. Fluttershy however took it the worst. Huddling into a ball as she spoke out loud.
“He attacked us. Why would he attack us? H-Have we done something wrong?”
Hearing her words, Twilight cradled her as she spoke up.
“No Fluttershy. It’s not our fault. There’s just… something wrong with him.”
“Good timing on teleporting us, Twilight,” Celestia said as she approached her former student. But the young Alicorn looked at her in confusion.
“T-That wasn’t me.”
Like Celestia, the other ponies all looked at Twilight in confusion.
“What? Then who…”
Rarity was interrupted by a loud footstep. Then all eyes turned towards the enraged Digimon. The glowing form of BlackWarGreymon staring directly at them. Growling in fury as he flexed his finger blades.
“BlackWarGreymon,” Luna quietly uttered. Frightened that she may had lost her friend forever. And that he friend tried to attack her and her friends and family.
But as the group all feared the worst, a loud voice spoke up.
“STOP IT!!!”
Then to the surprise and relief of the ponies, a purple Alicorn landed on the ground. Standing between them and BlackWarGreymon. For most of the group, they knew who it was.
“Ayumi! You’re awake!” Twilight called out in joy. Glad to see that her alternate self was finally up.
Shining Armor and Cadence stared at the Alicorn in surprise. They then looked over at Twilight for comparison. Awestricken from the fact that the two truly did look similar. Almost identical. But their questions would have to wait. For the said Alicorn was confronting the out-of-control Mega.
“What happened to you!? Why would you attack your friends!?” Ayumi demanded as she looked over at BlackWarGreymon’s new look. Distraught from the sight.
“He became that during his fight with Tirek!” Pinkie Pie called out. Gaining a quick glance from Ayumi.
“And where’s Tirek?”
Ayumi was less than prepared to hear Rainbow Dash’s reply.
“He got turned to dust!”
Ayumi glanced back at BlackWarGreymon in surprise.
“He killed him?”
As Ayumi stared at BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode, she took the time to use her magic to sense the energy within the Digimon. Only to look at him in disbelief.
‘Here I thought he was under some sort of mind control. But it’s worse than that! That IS Black’s energy! But it feels… so evil. What could’ve done this?’
She continued to be in thought as she tried to think of what to do.
‘His power has grown so much. I don’t think even my strongest form would stand a chance! But I have to do something! But what?’
Ayumi became distracted as she tried to think of a plan. So much so that she failed to notice the thundering footsteps fast approaching her. But hearing Twilight’s outburst snapped her back to attention.
“WATCH OUT!!!”
The startled Alicorn then saw a frightening sight. BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode charging towards her. Roaring in fury as he raised his right hand up. Ready to strike. But with a well-timed teleportation spell, Ayumi vanished as the Mega got within range. Slamming his claws into the ground where the mare once stood.
The onlooking group were again horrified at what had just happened. Ayumi had done nothing to BlackWarGreymon, yet the berserker tried to attack her regardless. After reappearing Ayumi was just as surprised as the others. Looking back at the Mega with a startled yet hurt expression.
“Why are you doing this!? Don’t you recognize me!? Black!!”
To her dismay, she was met with a violent growl and a furious glare as BlackWarGreymon turned to look at her. Ayumi’s expression saddened further from the sight.
“Please. We just became friends. But if I have to fight you, then I must.”
Closing her eyes and focusing her magic, Ayumi attempted to transform. Despite knowing that it won’t defeat BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode, she still wanted a fighting chance. But before she could even start, BlackWarGreymon roared as he charged forth. Startled by the sudden charge, Ayumi had to leap to the side to avoid the giant. After recovering, she looked at him with an unsettling feeling.
“He’s not letting me change.”
With his right hand covered in blue energy, BlackWarGreymon launched his Negative Claw attack at Ayumi. Forcing her to take to the air. While in the air, the former Twilight knew that she was in grave danger. Without getting a chance to transform, the odds of simply surviving would be against her.
The factor was further shown as BlackWarGreymon opened his mouth to fire his Nova Scream attack. Despite Ayumi dodging the beam, all the Digimon had to do was turn his head to face the Alicorn. The continues beam following Ayumi as he attempted to slice her in half. The former princess had a brief fright as the beam almost caught her. Only slicing off the end of her tail.
“BLACKWARGREYMON!!! PLEASE STOP!!!” Twilight called out in desperation. Only for her to be ignored again. Tears forming in her eyes as she watched her friend trying to kill another.
After BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode stopped attacking, Ayumi hovered in the air as she tried once more to talk to him. Frightened and scared.
“Please stop this! I’m not your enemy!”
To her dismay, the berserker Mega growled in fury in response.
“Please. My world was destroyed by a Digimon. I don’t want this one to share the same fate.” She said quietly.
But with no signs of slowing down, the white aura around BlackWarGreymon glowed slightly brighter as he began to hover off the ground. Getting ready to fight in the air. Seeing the signs, Ayumi attempted to flee. Only to have BlackWarGreymon give chase. Wanting to buy as much time as possible, Ayumi began to manoeuvre high in the sky. But wherever she went, the berserker was right behind her. He tried to launch another Negative Claw attack on her. But missed and struck the ground. Exploding in a cloud of dirt.
On the side-lines, the hidden ChaosBlackWarGreymon watched on. To his surprise, he felt concerned for Ayumi’s safety.
“She’s going to need help. But… I...”
The clone flinched in surprise from a thought he had. The thought… of him stepping in. Him being the one to help out. However, the thought clashed with all what he knew. He was created to be a destroyer. To be evil. Yet, the conversation he had with the Tree of Harmony had made him think differently. What’s more, the thought of him helping… felt right. That doing such actions, even if he failed, was the right thing to do. The conflict of what to do was causing him to hesitate. Making him freeze in place.
Back in the air, BlackWarGreymon surprised Ayumi by suddenly flying close to her with his toothy maw wide open. Attempting to bite down on the Alicorn. But by dodging his snapping jaws, it left her open to attack by his claws. To which she responded by teleporting away. But by reappearing near the ground, it caused her to stumble before planting her hooves on the ground. But the pressure was on as the Digimon dived down towards her. By leaping out of the way, she avoided being crushed as BlackWarGreymon crashed his foot into the ground. Making a big impact as dirt was flown in the air.
As she turned to face the berserker, Ayumi was showing clear signs that the whole situation was getting her worked up. Her horn glowed bright as grew angry.
“That’s it! I said stop!”
Throwing her head down, Ayumi fired a powerful purple beam at the Digimon’s face. With her magic being infused with data, the attack packed a punch as it exploded against BlackWarGreymon.
All was quiet at first. Then as the dirt and dust settled, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode was revealed. Completely unharmed from the attack. But to Ayumi’s surprise, the Digimon’s muscles suddenly bulked up before retracting. But it was what lied beneath that shocked Ayumi. Fortunately for her, the other magic casters felt it too. All of them gasping in horror.
“Did you all feel that!?” Cadence asked.
“Yes. His power just suddenly rose!” Celestia replied.
“What do you mean?” Fluttershy asked. Her and all the non-magic users confused at what was happening.
Twilight was the one to answer. Shocking all that heard her.
“That’s how he did it. How he overcame Tirek! Attacking him makes him stronger!!”
Ayumi too figured it out. Staring at the Digimon in pure terror. Even if she had the chance to transform, it made little difference if she can’t use it. The Mega gets stronger when he gets attacked.
As he felt his energy soaring higher, BlackWarGreymon roared at Ayumi in pure fury. The powerful gusts of air blew her away. But she recomposed herself by flying up in the air. Looking down at him, Ayumi was desperately trying to think of a plan.
“If I can’t attack him, then what can I do!?”
She didn’t have much time to think. For she saw a black ball of fire forming in BlackWarGreymon’s clawed hand.
“BLACK NOVA!!!”
Throwing his arm, BlackWarGreymon launched the small ball of fire at Ayumi. The Alicorn countered it by firing an energy beam from her horn. As the two attacks made contact, the Black Nova exploded on impact. Unleashing a powerful explosion of black flames and intense heat.
Ayumi grunted in discomfort from feeling the heat. Squinting her eyes in response. But as the flames fade away, BlackWarGreymon was no longer seen.
“What!?”
On the ground, the ponies all saw a horrifying sight. Without Ayumi even knowing, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode suddenly appeared behind her.
“BEHIND YOU!!!” Twilight cried out.
The warning was heard. But just as Ayumi turned to see the Digimon, the latter smacked her down. The force of being swatted by BlackWarGreymon’s palm sent Ayumi crashing to the ground. She was lucky that none of the Digimon’s finger blades caught her.
“AYUMI!!!” Most of the group cried out.
Shining Armor began to feel something. With the fallen Alicorn looking like his sister, had magic like his sister, even sounding like her, it caused his big brother instinct to kick in. Giving him the urge to help her.
Then a thunderous impact was heard some distance away. BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode had landed. But as he laid his sights on Ayumi struggling to stand back up, his mouth opened up. Bright flashed of light seen down his throat.
Realising what the out-of-control Digimon was about to do, and seeing that the struggling Alicorn was his target, Shining Armor gave in to his sudden urge and charged forth. Running towards Ayumi.
“Shining!” Cadence cried out to the prince in surprise.
“NOVA SCREAM!!!” BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode said before firing his destructive beam at the ground near his feet. The ground erupted in explosions. Then by tilting his head up, the end of the beam began to move across the ground. Heading towards Ayumi like a cutting beam.
Seeing the approaching danger, Shining Armor gave it his all to run as fast as he could. He made it with just moments to spare. With a strong jump, the Unicorn tackled Ayumi out of the line of fire. The Nova Scream attack sliced at the ground where they were seconds ago. Explosions followed, but the prince formed a magical barrier around him and Ayumi for protection.
“He made it!” Twilight said in joy. Glad to see that her brother and other self were still alive.
“Thank goodness,” Cadence uttered.
As the explosions died down, Shining Armor lowered his barrier and glanced over to BlackWarGreymon.
“That was a close call.”
From hearing a very familiar voice, Ayumi began to stir. Opening her eyes just enough to see. Looking up, she saw a face that she recognized. His white fur. His blue mane. She knew him.
“B…Brother?”
Hearing a very familiar voice, Shining Armor began to pay attention to the life he just saved. Looking down, he was startled to see the Alicorn’s weary purple eyes. But only for a moment. BlackWarGreymon’s attack on her was stronger than it appeared. Ayumi falling unconscious. But the Prince kept his sights on her. Those eyes he just saw. Those were his sister’s eyes!
“Twilight?” He asked. Confused as to how the Alicorn before him looked so much like his sister to a point where she could actually be her.
“Shining! Are you alright!?” Cadence asked as she rushed up to him.
“Yeah. We both are,” He replied. Glad that his wife was by his side.
As everyone else in the group all grouped together, Pinkie Pie addressed the elephant in the room.
“But we still got a very big problem!” She said as she pointed her hoof at the berserker Digimon.
All eyes were on BlackWarGreymon as he stomped his foot on the ground. Glaring at the ponies in unbridled fury. The group once more questioned what was real.
“Why? Why doesn’t he recognize us?” Fluttershy whimpered. Frightened at what was happening to her friend.
“And if that form is what Digimon do, then why would it make him so violent?” Applejack asked.
However, no pony had the answer to the questions. All they knew was that BlackWarGreymon had unlocked a transformation. But unlike other Digital Evolutions Twilight, Luna and Celestia had witnessed, what their saviour went through was entirely new to them. They knew that BlackWarGreymon would never hurt an innocent life. He made it his promise. His destiny. So, for him to go through something that would make him break his promise. To go against his destiny. It was something unheard of. They didn’t want to admit it. They didn’t want to say it. They didn’t want to believe it. But with what was happening, BlackWarGreymon had truly turned evil.
Luna remained completely silent as she looked at the Digimon’s featureless eyes. Her own eyes began to shed tears. She was scared and upset. She too had the same thoughts as the others. But she didn’t want to accept it. There was no way. But she had no idea of what to do. How could she save him from himself?
But just as BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode bared his metallic claws ready, a voice echoed through the area for all to hear. Gaining the Digimon’s attention.
“Hay you! Over here!”
All eyes turned towards where the voice came from. Only to reveal itself in a form nobody expected. Launching himself from the tree canopy, was ChaosBlackWarGreymon. The grey armoured digital clone descended from the sky and landed on the ground. As he did, he spoke up again. Clearly addressing his progenitor.
“That’s right! Eyes on me!”
BlackWarGreymon was about to turn back towards the ponies. But upon sensing ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s energy, his attention was then fully gained. Facing fully at his clone.
For the group, they were all in dismay.
“Oh no. Now he’s here,” Rarity said.
“That’s just what we need,” Shining Armor sarcastically said. Annoyed by the appearance of the grey Mega.
“No doubt he would try and pull something,” Applejack added.
The rest of the group all felt frightened even more. The two on their own were very dangerous, so having the two in the same area was sure to guarantee the end of everything they knew. Then Rainbow Dash came up with a theory as to ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s involvement.
“Maybe… maybe it was him who did this to BlackWarGreymon!”
Twilight watched the digital clone intensely. One would assume that what Rainbow Dash said would be plausible. But there were important factors that she had to remind herself. Firstly, BlackWarGreymon’s transformation was entirely digital. If ChaosBlackWarGreymon had used some sort of spell, than she would’ve felt it. Secondly, was ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s expression. He no longer was the cocky mischievous Digimon he once was. Instead, he looked serious. Distraught even. And lastly, to her surprise, the grey armoured Digimon had sustained damage. She could see that his right pauldron spike was missing. All that was left was a burnt patch where it once was.
With the evidence laid out, Twilight spoke up.
“I…don’t think so.”
With BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode’s attention on him, ChaosBlackWarGreymon then done something the ponies never saw coming. Motioning the former away from them.
“Come on! Come this way!” He said as he began to walk away from the ponies. BlackWarGreymon kept his sights on his clone. Turning away from the group and moving away. Such actions left the group all stunned and confused.
“Wait. He’s luring him away?” Pinkie Pie asked. Just as puzzled as all her friends.
“Why? What is he up to?” Twilight asked. Trying to understand what the Terror of the Crystal Empire was plotting.
‘I’m gonna die! I’m gonna die! I’m gonna die! I’m SO gonna die!’ ChaosBlackWarGreymon thought to himself as he drew BlackWarGreymon away. Afraid that his actions would get himself killed.
After gaining some distance from the ponies, ChaosBlackWarGreymon came to a halt. Likewise did BlackWarGreymon. The clone then spoke up. Surprising the group with what he said.
“SNAP OUT OF IT!!!”
All the ponies let out collective gasps of confusion. What ChaosBlackWarGreymon was trying to do… was exactly what they tried to do. Trying to set BlackWarGreymon’s mind straight. They concluded that whatever happened to their friend was so bad that even the ‘evil’ clone wanted to put a stop to it. Evidenced further from what he said next. Starting with something that surprised the group.
“BlackWarGreymon, listen to me. I know what you’re going through. It’s not a very nice feeling. No Digimon should ever go through it. But only you can end it. You need to get a hold of yourself before it’s too late.”
“He… He knows what happened to BlackWarGreymon!?” Twilight uttered in disbelief. Surprised to know that only the clone knew what truly caused the transformation.
“Look,” ChaosBlackWarGreymon said as he raised his arms to his sides. Then using his magic, his Dramon Destroyers vanished into black smoke. Revealing his hands in what was surprisingly, a surrender position.
“See. I have no weapon. Do you understand? I don’t want to fight you. Not like this.”
The group were completely baffled at what they saw and heard. ChaosBlackWarGreymon, a clone that Sombra once said was an evil incarnation of BlackWarGreymon, was trying to help him. Even going as far as to NOT fight him.
“Wait! Since when’s HE the good guy!?” Rainbow Dash asked.
The blue Pegasus made a good point. With how things were turning out, it seemed as though BlackWarGreymon and ChaosBlackWarGreymon had switched roles. The clone being the reasonable one and the saviour being the bad one. Twilight for one was very puzzled at ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s change in behaviour. Between no longer being the one to mock, and for seemingly saving the lives of the Cutiemark Crusaders the other night.
She didn’t know why, but she felt as though she wanted to talk to him.
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But it seemed as though ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s plea was ignored. As he continued to glare at him, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode began to growl in anger as his faint white aura began to intensify. The grey armoured Mega, while expected the outcome, still wanted to see if he could get through to the Berserker.
“Hay! Easy there! I said I don’t want to fight!”
Unfortunately for him, BlackWarGreymon seemed to be getting angrier and angrier.
“Would it help if I said I surrender!?”
Then to the clone’s confusion, BlackWarGreymon raised his right hand up to point his clawed finger at him. Then as he spoke, his voice carried a murderous tone.
“YOU!!!”
ChaosBlackWarGreymon received a frightening feeling. Despite being in his Berserk Mode, BlackWarGreymon recognized him. Which meant that in said form, he would not hold back.
“Oh fudge.”
To the surprise of all, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode suddenly roared in fury as he charged towards his clone. The ground trembled with each thundering footstep. Seeing the much larger Mega storming towards him, ChaosBlackWarGreymon briefly panicked before reforming his gauntlets. Crossing his arms to brace himself. Despite his finger claws, BlackWarGreymon tried to form a fist with his right hand. And landed a powerful punch on his smaller clone. The latter grunted loudly as he was sent hurtling back. But before he could recover, his face got grappled by the large hand of BlackWarGreymon. To which the giant then slammed him to the ground. The shockwaves from the impact caused sections of the ground to rise up like pillars.
The onlooking group were startled. ChaosBlackWarGreymon showed no hostilities. Even going so far as to surrender. But he was still attacked by the berserker. BlackWarGreymon threw the first punch.
ChaosBlackWarGreymon grunted loudly from feeling the staggering amount of pressure pressed against his face. Unable to break out of BlackWarGreymon’s grip, the clone teleported away. Reappearing on the ground behind him.
“Stop this!! Tirek was the one who caused this! And you destroyed him! You’ve won! There’s no need to continue!”
Once again, the clone’s words were ignored. BlackWarGreymon turned around to face him. His mouth flashing with bright light. Knowing what was about to happen, ChaosBlackWarGreymon brought forth his Brave Shield for protection.
“Nova Scream!”
Throwing his head forward, BlackWarGreymon fired his destructive beam at his opponent. The white beam struck the grey shield. But the difference in power between the two warriors was clear. ChaosBlackWarGreymon grunted loudly as he was being forced back. His feet digging into the ground as he tried to hold on. As well as the power of the beam, he could feel the heat from the attack. Which made worse as parts of the attack was being deflected from the shield. Smaller beams flying in random directions. But as soon as the attack ended, ChaosBlackWarGreymon received a surprise as BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode flew at him at frightening speeds. Slamming his giant feet against the shield with enough force to push the clone over. Using his body and the shield to squash him against the ground before leaping off of him. ChaosBlackWarGreymon used the moment to stand back up and put his shield back on his back. But as soon as he turned around, BlackWarGreymon back handed him across the face. The clone yelled in pain as his body was sent skidding across the field.
On the side lines, the ponies could see that ChaosBlackWarGreymon was at a severe disadvantage. Without any transformations of his own, he wouldn’t be able to last forever against BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode. Pinkie Pie then brought up a query.
“Question. Who do we root for?”
The ponies found the question just as baffling as trying to find the answer. BlackWarGreymon was their friend. ChaosBlackWarGreymon was their enemy. But the Berserk Mode caused their friend to turn violent. Which in turn caused their enemy to seemingly try to stop him for the greater good. Until they could understand what was going on, they remained in the dark.
As he got back on his feet, ChaosBlackWarGreymon tried to think of what to do.
“Talking to him is pointless! But I can’t just fight back! It’ll only make him stronger!”
Pressure pilled on as he saw blue energy emanating from BlackWarGreymon’s claws.
“I’ll just have to buy time to think of something.”
“Negative Claw!”
Thrashing his hands, the berserker Digimon launched wave after wave of his attacks upon ChaosBlackWarGreymon. The clone having to dodge and weave to avoid the attacks. He was eventually forced to take to the skies. Flying off the ground. But he was less then prepared to counter the next attack. Seeing the Nova Scream heading towards him at such speeds, he didn’t have the time to use his shield. All he could do was block the beam with his gauntlets. Once again, he was being forced back by the sheer force of the beam. Further made uncomfortable by the heat from the beam. Almost hurting him.
“Maybe I could try… and wait till he runs out of energy!?”
Then the beam suddenly stopped. And with his wrists protecting his front, it left his stomach wide open. To which the berserker took advantage off. Flying up to his clone, BlackWarGreymon landed a powerful punch to the gut. ChaosBlackWarGreymon loudly gagged in pain as his eyes widened in shock. The blow shook him right down to the core. Then using the same fist, BlackWarGreymon threw his clone back down to earth. Crashing to the ground with a strong impact.
As the dust settled, ChaosBlackWarGreymon saw a familiar sight. Blinded by rage, BlackWarGreymon was diving down towards him. His claws brought to bear. Intending to kill. Much like how he was after the Wonderbolt Academy was destroyed. He couldn’t believe it. Back then, what BlackWarGreymon went through. It was a precursor to his Dark Digivolution. His Berserk Mode.
But whereas before BlackWarGreymon got a grip of himself, he held no restraint anymore. Seeing that his opponent was fully intending on killing him, ChaosBlackWarGreymon teleported out of the way. Leaving his potential death from above to crash into the ground. When the dust cloud settled, BlackWarGreymon was revealed with the claws of his right arm embedded into the ground. Showing that if ChaosBlackWarGreymon hadn’t dodged, he would’ve more likely been killed.
To the group’s surprise, ChaosBlackWarGreymon reappeared in the sky near them. But out of all the ponies, only Twilight had a good look at his crimson red eyes. They were filled with fear. What’s more, the fear on display wasn’t to the same extent when he fought against BlackWarGreymon in his Ascended form. The fear what she was seeing… was far greater. The sight, as well as remembering what the clone said earlier, it only confirmed her suspicions. ChaosBlackWarGreymon knew exactly what happened to BlackWarGreymon. What the transformation was. And more importantly, what caused it.
But before Twilight could speak up to him, she was cut off by a sudden appearance of a small black ball of energy that flew close to ChaosBlackWarGreymon. While the ball missed its target, the staggering amount of power behind it caused massive gusts of winds. Forcing Twilight back and ChaosBlackWarGreymon to flail in the air before coming to a stop.
As he watched his opponent right himself, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode stretched his fingers in his left hand and formed the same black ball of energy.
“Terra Oblivion!”
Throwing his arm out, he fired the small energy ball at ChaosBlackWarGreymon. To which the clone teleported away to avoid the attack. Leaving it to strike at a large tree. Destroying it on impact. But as if on instinct, BlackWarGreymon knew where ChaosBlackWarGreymon would be appearing. Forming more small Terra Oblivions, he threw them where his opponent would show up. But as ChaosBlackWarGreymon kept teleporting to dodge them, the attacks ended up striking the forest around them. Setting off large explosions. Forcing the ponies to huddle close to the ground from all the buffeting winds.
Then as he reappeared in the sky, ChaosBlackWarGreymon watched as BlackWarGreymon launched from the ground to intercept him. But as he watched, he had an idea.
“I can’t attack him. But I think I can without actually hitting him.”
Pointing his gauntlets at BlackWarGreymon, ChaosBlackWarGreymon used his levitation spell. Successfully freezing the berserker in his tracks. With his magical grip on him, the clone then threw his arms down. Sending him crashing down to the ground.
But as the dust settled, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode quickly rose back up on his feet. What’s more, the muscles on his body briefly bulked up again. With that, however, was a sharp rise in power.
“Wait! That counts too!?” ChaosBlackWarGreymon asked. His plan of buying time backfired horribly.
Seeing the error in his efforts, the clone tried to fly to gain some distance, with BlackWarGreymon flying after him in pursuit. As the two Digimon flew through the skies, Celestia turned towards Twilight with a puzzled look. Remembering how she almost stepped forward towards ChaosBlackWarGreymon.
“Twilight. It looked like you were about to say something.”
“It’s because he knows.”
Twilight’s reply made the group all look at her in surprise. The young Alicorn turned towards them with the newest development.
“ChaosBlackWarGreymon. He knows what happened to BlackWarGreymon!”
In the skies above the forest, BlackWarGreymon was still in hot pursuit on his clone. As well as chasing him, he fired his Nova Scream attack at him. The clone weaving around to avoid the energy beam as it carved its way at the ground. Setting off numerous explosions.
“How does he have so much energy to spare!?” ChaosBlackWarGreymon questioned as he tried to avoid the constant attacks. But as soon as the beam vanished, he was tackled from behind by BlackWarGreymon. The two crashing through the trees and uprooting the ground.
Back with the ponies, the group were all stunned at all the hints that Twilight had uncovered.
“So ChaosBlackWarGreymon really didn’t do this?” Cadence asked. Wanted to make sure that all the facts were true.
“It can’t be him. Why would they be fighting otherwise?” Applejack added. Seeing no reason for a fight if BlackWarGreymon was being controlled by his clone.
“Yes. But whatever it is, it’s so bad that even he’s trying to stop it,” Twilight said. Getting more worried at what was happening to BlackWarGreymon.
But their conversation was halted when they heard a crash in the trees back near they were. And emerging from the foliage was BlackWarGreymon. Using his larger dragon-like feet, he was carrying ChaosBlackWarGreymon by the chest like a bird of prey. Then as he flew close to the ground, the berserker stomped his foot against the dirt. The clone yelled in pain as he was being dragged and squashed against the ground. Then throwing his leg up, BlackWarGreymon tossed his foe in the air before punching him away. But just as ChaosBlackWarGreymon recomposed himself, BlackWarGreymon charged in and grabbed his chest with his large right hand. With a firm grip, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode proceeded to bash his clone to the ground. With every forceful attack, ChaosBlackWarGreymon grunted loudly in pain as he got further and further into the ground.
ChaosBlackWarGreymon began to use magic in hopes of buying more time. As BlackWarGreymon tried to bash him to the ground again, the clone transformed his body into living shadow. And then tried to use his ghostly form to wrap and bind BlackWarGreymon. Restraining him for as long as he could. But after several loud grunts of fury, the berserker made a counter.
“NEGATIVE BURST!!!”
After shrouding himself in a black barrier of energy, BlackWarGreymon released it in a powerful pulse wave. The attack blasted the living shadow back. Reforming itself as ChaosBlackWarGreymon soon afterwards. But before the clone could even stand properly, BlackWarGreymon roared in fury as he swiped his right clawed hand across his face. ChaosBlackWarGreymon yelled in pain as sparks flew from the attack. After he stopped stumbling, the grey armoured Digimon revealed to have a large slash mark on his face.
But that’s not all. With another swipe of his left hand, the attack released more than just sparks. Squirts of oil leaked from ChaosBlackWarGreymon as he tumbled across the ground. BlackWarGreymon’s claws catching the cords on his body.
Out of the whole group, Twilight was the one who began to feel concerned for ChaosBlackWarGreymon. The digital clone could only do so much without resorting to attacking back. But it resulted in him taking a severe beating. Gashes and scratches were beginning to form on his body. And already oil was leaking from his body. But since ChaosBlackWarGreymon had information on what happened to BlackWarGreymon, despite everything he had done in the past, she wanted him to stay alive. But it was clear that ChaosBlackWarGreymon was beginning to run out of steam. All he could do was block with his gauntlets as BlackWarGreymon kept slashing at him. Sparks flew as the berserker roared in fury.
Then BlackWarGreymon dealt a heavy blow. He slammed his knee, shin spike first, against ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s chest. Causing the smaller Mega to cry out in pain as his armour began to crack. Then using his larger size, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode grabbed the back of ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s head and slammed him against one of the risen ground pillars. The constant battering caused the clone to not think straight. Leaving him at the mercy of his attacker.
After several bashings, BlackWarGreymon tossed the battered Mega into the air before immediately chasing after him. The beaten Digimon only had enough time to try to talk sense to his aggressor.
“B-BlackWarGreymon. Please. Sto…!”
He was silenced when BlackWarGreymon rose up and slammed his elbow against his chin. Then as he flailed upwards, the berserker grabbed his leg and divebombed back down to the ground. After a forceful landing, he slammed the clone into the ground. Throwing up a mountain of dirt as a cry of pain was heard. Then emerging from the cloud, BlackWarGreymon threw ChaosBlackWarGreymon across the field. The grey armoured Mega tumbled violently against the ground before coming to a halt.
As ChaosBlackWarGreymon struggled to get back up, some of the ponies were beginning to feel the same way as Twilight.
“I never thought I’d say this. But I feel bad for him,” Cadence said. Joined by Fluttershy.
“I know he’s bad. But… he is trying to help.”
Some of the ponies were beginning to feel an urge they never thought they would ever feel. They wanted to help ChaosBlackWarGreymon. But with such a massive power difference between them and BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode, what could they possibly do?
As he struggled to sit up, the worn out ChaosBlackWarGreymon looked across the field to see a rampaging BlackWarGreymon charging towards him.
“Buying time is pointless! There’s just no end to his power! It’s hard just trying to stay alive!”
As BlackWarGreymon got closer, he stretched his arms out in an attempt to grab him. After finding his footing, ChaosBlackWarGreymon rose his arms up to block the stampeding Mega. The berserker Digimon grabbed onto the clone’s arms as he tried to push him back. With the latter trying to halt the push. Veins in his arms bulged as ChaosBlackWarGreymon grunted very loudly. Trying with all his might to hold on against the larger Digimon.
With little to no options, ChaosBlackWarGreymon tried talking. Hoping that he could get through to the out-of-control BlackWarGreymon. His words once again surprised the onlooking ponies.
“BlackWarGreymon!! Please!! You have… to stop this!! I’m… I’m begging you!”
To his dismay, his pleas fell to deaf ears. With another mighty roar of rage, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode briefly pulled back. But only to slam his foot against ChaosBlackWarGreymon. As he was hurtled back, he tried to teleport away. But with BlackWarGreymon’s rising power, it also improved his senses. Feeling where ChaosBlackWarGreymon was going to appear, BlackWarGreymon instantly vanished from sight. Then as the grey armoured Mega appeared in the sky, the berserker Digimon appeared behind him. The larger Mega then bashed his smaller foe on the head. Sending him crashing into one of the risen ground pillars. Being pinned, the clone was left vulnerable as BlackWarGreymon charged in to slam his foot against his chest. The smaller Mega loudly gagged in pain from the amount of force behind the attack. Then as he backed off, BlackWarGreymon roared in fury as his faint white glow exploded into his surging black aura. With his hands trying to form into fists, proceeded to relentlessly punch ChaosBlackWarGreymon further into the pillar with explosive force. Afterwards, he grabbed his clone by the face with his right hand and flew upwards. Forcefully scrapping him up through the pillar. Then flying further upwards, BlackWarGreymon’s hand began to glow in black energy.
“TERRA…”
After stopping high in the sky, BlackWarGreymon raised his arm up. Lifting ChaosBlackWarGreymon high above his head.
“…OBLIVION!!!”
As he threw ChaosBlackWarGreymon down back towards the ground, his same hand fired a small dark ball of energy that further pushed the Mega down. Colliding into the pillar before exploding. Everything within the vicinity of the blast was reduced to dirt and rubble.
‘Song end’
The echoes of the explosion and the collapsing pillar filled the air before all falling to silence. BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode continued to watch down from high above. His violent hate-filled gaze never tearing from the destruction below. As for the onlooking ponies, they watched on in silence. Curious if ChaosBlackWarGreymon survived such a beating.
The answer revealed itself as the dust settled. Emerging from the pile of stones and rubble, ChaosBlackWarGreymon rose to his feet. But he was in bad condition. His armour was damaged and scratched. Covered in bruises and cuts. And oil leaking from his body. What’s more, huffing from exhaustion. He looked almost as bad as he was back in the fight at the Crystal Empire. But there was a big difference. Back then, ChaosBlackWarGreymon was in a lengthy battle and even brought BlackWarGreymon to his knees at one point. But before their very eyes, it was his first fight of the day, and he was losing badly.
But seeing his opponent standing back up was causing BlackWarGreymon to growl in anger. Then with a mighty roar, flew down to fight more. Surprised that his aggressor still had tremendous energy to spare, ChaosBlackWarGreymon looked up in the air before leaping out of the way. Leaving BlackWarGreymon to crash to the ground with an echoing impact.
As he recovered, ChaosBlackWarGreymon looked back as BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode rose back up from the crater. His crimson red eyes were filled with mixed emotions. He was indeed afraid. But with it, he was determined. Determined to set the Artificial Digimon right. So when the enraged Mega charged at him again, he sprang into action.
“ENOUGH!!!”
Pointing his gauntlets at BlackWarGreymon with all his claws glowing green, ChaosBlackWarGreymon was putting out every ounce of magic he could into forming a single spell. Then as BlackWarGreymon got within just a few feet of the clone Digimon, he suddenly came to a halt. Much to his surprise. The smaller Mega’s plan had worked. Shrouded in a green magical field, the berserker was immobilized. Held in place by the magical spell. The onlooking ponies were speechless at what they were seeing. But they could see that by using magic so excessively was putting a toll on ChaosBlackWarGreymon. The Mega grunting as he felt incredible tension in his arms. Which was made worse from BlackWarGreymon trying to break free. Grunting loudly while trying to move to get closer to his clone.
With no options left, ChaosBlackWarGreymon tried once more to talk to BlackWarGreymon. Desperation in his voice.
“Please stop this madness!! This is not you! I know you’re in there, BlackWarGreymon! You need to come out!”
Unfortunately, BlackWarGreymon roared as he tried to force himself forward. Stretching his claws out to get closer.
“I know you’re furious! But you need to snap out of it! Remember! Remember why you’re here! The promise you made to yourself!! You said that you want to protect this world!! Your new home!”
But with his words not reaching to BlackWarGreymon, ChaosBlackWarGreymon had one more option in mind. He turned his sights to the onlookers. Surprising the group.
“Just look at those ponies over there!! All of them are your friends!! Can’t you see that what you’re doing is scaring them!?”
Turning his sights back to BlackWarGreymon, ChaosBlackWarGreymon tried to hit him where it really hurts.
“Aren’t you supposed to be their saviour!!? THEIR FRIEND!!!?”
The ponies were stunned at ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s words. He was right. BlackWarGreymon was their friend. He was their saviour. But more importantly, what he was doing was truly scaring them. Never had he acted so violently towards them before his transformation. In fact, by having the clone himself declaring them friends of BlackWarGreymon, they felt touched. They began to hope that the words spoken would be enough for BlackWarGreymon to get back to his senses.
But to the dismay of everyone, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode seemed to be getting even angrier. Seething in fury as he began to resist the holding spell. But the most frightening thing of all, was what he said. Words that stung their hearts and crushed their hopes.
“I…don’t… CARE!!!”
With a mighty roar and a thrash of his arms, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode broke free from the magical hold. The backlash of the spell caused ChaosBlackWarGreymon to be stunned. Giving BlackWarGreymon time to reach out and grab a tight hold on him. The huge hands of the giant pinning the clone’s arms to the sides of his body. With his arms restrained, the shaken ChaosBlackWarGreymon had no defence to what was about to come. Opening his toothy maw wide, BlackWarGreymon lurched forward and began to bite down on the smaller Mega’s left shoulder. Despite wearing armour, the sharp teeth pierced through the Chrome Digizoid. ChaosBlackWarGreymon crying out in pain from the sharp teeth digging into his skin. Trying to thrash about to free himself. The ponies were left horrified at such an animalistic attack. He truly was becoming more like a ferocious beast that matched perfectly with his new body.
But the worst was yet to come. As he tried to fight back the pain, ChaosBlackWarGreymon began to feel BlackWarGreymon’s mouth getting sharply warmer. His eyes widened in horror as to what was going to happen. Which widened even further from feeling a white-hot burning feeling in his shoulder. Piercing through his armour and into his body. He screamed in pure agony from the worst pain he ever felt. Even worse than having his arm broken.
The ponies were all seeing it too. One of the worst forms of torture possible. With his mouth locked onto the clone’s shoulder. BlackWarGreymon was using his Nova Scream attack point blank. The devastating results were further shown as the back of ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s shoulder began to glow. Then to the horror of the witnesses, the Nova Scream beam emerged from the other side of the shoulder. Exploding against the ground.
In a horrific move, the Nova Scream beam burned straight through ChaosBlackWarGreymon’s shoulder… and out through the exit wound. Giving the digital clone excruciating pain as what felt like being burned by a blowtorch.
ChaosBlackWarGreymon continued to wail in complete anguish. Unable to fight back the unbearable torture being inflicted. Then as BlackWarGreymon stopped his attack, he released his hold. Letting ChaosBlackWarGreymon take staggering steps back as he tried to cover his new wound with his right hand. Crying out in pain all the while. Some of the ponies held onto their mouths in shock. Never had they seen such a horrific way to attack someone.
Then as ChaosBlackWarGreymon looked at BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode, the latter was ready to attack with the same ability. With no defence, the digital clone took the full force of the forthcoming Nova Scream. The beam slammed him into the ground before pushing him towards the edge of the forest. BlackWarGreymon continued his assault as his opponent disappeared into the trees. As the beam continued, it began to set off explosions. Until the whole section of trees erupted in a massive explosion. Ceasing his attack, BlackWarGreymon roared in victory. Knowing full well that he had won the fight.
Then as the berserker turned away, all the ponies looked to where ChaosBlackWarGreymon was sent to.
“Did that… just happen?” Shining Armor asked.
“He… he defeated him,” Rainbow Dash uttered.
Then Twilight spoke up.
“This is far worse than we’ve ever imagined! If even ChaosBlackWarGreymon can’t stop him, than… what can we do!?”
With their thoughts back on BlackWarGreymon, they all turned their sights onto the said Digimon. Only to see that he was walking away. Much to their surprise. But their thoughts were less on where he’s going, and more on what to do.
“We can’t talk to him. And fighting back just makes him angrier and stronger!” Pinkie Pie said. Joined by Rarity.
“But what can we do?”
Some of the ponies turned to either Twilight or Celestia. Hoping that the two Alicorns would come up with some ideas. However, the two could think of nothing.
“I’m sorry. I... I don’t know. I never imagined that this would ever happen,” Celestia admitted. But Twilight tried to hold on what little hope there was.
“But the Tree of Harmony. That prophecy was about BlackWarGreymon. He can’t be the one who will cause the Greatest Calamity.”
Then Fluttershy spoke up.
“Everypony? Where’s he going?”
All eyes brought their attention back to where the Mega was heading to. But after a careful glance with her sharp eyes, Rainbow Dash gasped in fright.
“He’s heading to Canterlot!”
The group all gasped in horror. If BlackWarGreymon entered the city in his Berserk Mode, countless ponies would get hurt or worse. The sight was made more shocking as BlackWarGreymon stopped walking. But the distant city was clearly in his line of vision.
Seeing that the city of Canterlot was BlackWarGreymon’s prime focus, the ponies were desperate to think of a way to stop him. But how could ponies stop an out-of-control Mega who’s so strong that not even a magically created Mega could do it?
“We need to think of somthin’ now!” Applejack announced.
“But what!?” Cadence asked. She and the others were beginning to panic.
Celestia tried her hardest to think of something as quickly as possible. If BlackWarGreymon were to attack Canterlot, or even set foot in it in his Berserk Mode form, ponies would view him as a monster. And if they were able to bring him back to his senses by then, no pony would ever trust him again. The real BlackWarGreymon would be devastated.
She was so worked up in her worries, she failed to notice that her younger sister just took off. But hearing the other ponies calling her out snapped her to her senses.
“L-Luna?” She asked as she turned to her side where she last saw the blue Alicorn. But seeing that she wasn’t there, she snapped her head to where the others were looking.
“Luna!!”
To her shock, the Princess of the Moon was flying across the field as fast as she could. Heading straight towards BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode.
“Luna! No!” Twilight called out in great concern.
But Luna didn’t listen. She wanted to try everything in her power to stop BlackWarGreymon and get him back to his old self.
As he gazed at the distant capital, the berserker Digimon spotted a distant airship balloon arriving at the city. Seeing a potential target, he slowly opened his toothy maw as light began to flash within. Preparing to attack.
“NOVA SCREAM!!!”
Just as BlackWarGreymon was charging up to attack, Luna made a hasty landing beside him. Almost stumbling over as she screamed at him.
“BLACKWARGREYMON!!! NOOOO!!!”
“Huh!?”
Luna’s outburst caused BlackWarGreymon to flinch. Throwing off his aim just as his Nova Scream fired off into the air. Narrowly missing the airship balloon. Moving so quick that the ponies onboard didn’t see it. But while they heard it, they assumed that it was some speeding Pegasus.
After watching the energy beam narrowly miss its target, the frightened Luna turned towards BlackWarGreymon. With the Mega glaring his featureless sights onto her. The giant growled in anger as he turned to fully face her before taking a couple of steps towards her.
Despite the towering berserker moving towards her. Despite the ever-growing fear and sadness within her. Luna stood her ground. Eyeing up the Digimon with her distraught eyes as approached her. Then he stopped. The giant Digimon looking down at her as she looked up at him.
“BlackWarGreymon,” She said softly to him. Her voice effected by the sadness she was feeling.
Feeling concerned for her sister, Celestia attempted to rush towards her. But to her surprise, Cadence stopped her. Raising her hoof to block her.
“Wait, Celestia. If you rush in, you might provoke him.”
The white Alicorn didn’t want to admit it, but her niece was right. BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode could lash out at anything that would get close without caution. But unknown to the Sun Princess, Cadence had another reason for stopping her.
‘It was Luna getting hurt that started his transformation. Maybe… she’s the one who can help him change back.’
Both Luna and BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode continued to look at each other. For the Digimon, it was to see what the Alicorn would try to do. For Luna, it was from thinking of what to say. She was somewhat surprised that he didn’t lash out at her. But a part of her felt as though there was a reason for his pause. It was when she began to think. That maybe… beneath all that fury and rage… the true BlackWarGreymon was there. Just trying to get out. With a firm belief that her favourite Digimon was inside the violent berserker, she spoke to him.
“BlackWarGreymon? I-It’s me. Luna. Your dear friend,” She said softly. Reassuring the Mega that she was not his enemy.
But BlackWarGreymon continued to stare at her. Letting out quiet but hostile growls. Luna however began to feel that trying to reach out to him was in vein.
“D…Don’t you remember me?”
Luna began to feel scared. Not from what BlackWarGreymon had become. But from him forgetting about her. All the things the two went through. The joy. The hardships. Their time together. The connection the two forged. The deep trust they shared. She began to fear that all of it was lost. That BlackWarGreymon gave it all up to get the power he unlocked.
The very thought of the possibility frightened her. She began to feel sadder. That the Digimon she had come to cherish. That she had come to admire. That she had come to love. Was gone.
“S…Surely you must! The Grand Galloping Gala. The Crystal Empire. That night on Hearts and Hooves Day. Don’t… Don’t you remember any of that?”
Seeing no change in BlackWarGreymon’s expression only escalated Luna’s fear of being forgotten. Tears of sadness forming in her blue eyes.
“You… you really don’t remember me? But you must.”
She began to hang her head low. The sadness reaching ever higher.
“D-Didn’t our friendship meant anything to you? Please… B…Blackie.”
With Luna looking down with her eyes shut, she failed to see it. Upon uttering the nickname she gave to BlackWarGreymon, the berserker’s eyes briefly widened in surprise. Hearing the nickname just awoken something within the vengeful Digimon’s subconscious. He could… remember it somewhere. Somepony… special gave it to him. But who? Who was that special pony?
He began to pay closer attention to the Alicorn before him. Staring intently at her. Her appearance. Her voice. Her magical energy. It all… felt familiar. He knew that mare from somewhere.
Then as the princess briefly opened her eyes, revealing her beautiful blue orbs, the Digimon’s eyes widened further. He did know the pony. He knew who she was. His cloudy conflicted mind began to clear. Memories that were foggy began to come into view. Memories of… Princess Luna. The pony who truly understood him. He began to remember it all. The day when the two first met. When they shared their heart to heart. Their ordeal at the Crystal Empire. Her soothing his doubtful heart. All leading up to his first ever date.
Then one memory became crystal clear. It was when their date ended. Before departing, Luna drew close to him. And kissed him on the cheek. It wasn’t just the memory that flowed back. But the feelings he felt from that one special moment. The feeling… of love.
BlackWarGreymon’s expression made a drastic chance. For the first time since Dark Digivolving, he was no longer angry. His face showed… shock. Shock at what happened to him. What he had become. He then looked down at Luna. Who was still teary-eyed to see properly.
“You came here to have a new life. To not be the monster you feared of becoming. Please come back to us. Please… come back to me.”
As for the onlooking ponies, they were too far away to hear what Luna was saying or to see BlackWarGreymon’s change of expression. All they could tell was that Luna was beginning to break down. All the while uncertain about the Mega being so still for so long. That was then they saw him move. The berserker moving his arm slowly towards the blue Alicorn. His hand reaching down towards her.
Thinking that he was going to hurt her, some of the ponies were about to make a move. But Cadence, the only one who had a feeling of what was happening, stopped them.
“Wait, everypony!”
With the saddened Luna’s eyes closed, tears raining down her cheek, she failed to see BlackWarGreymon reaching down to her. Being as gentle as he could, the metal claws of his hands moved some strands of her mane from her head to the side. Feeling her hair being moved, Luna slowly opened her eyes to see what was happening. To her mental shock, the giant Digimon was trying to get a clearer look of her face. Then with her hair out of the way, the giant berserker moved his right hand further. His Digizoid claws avoiding her face as he gently caressed the side of his large index finger against her left cheek. Almost as if wiping away her falling tears.
Feeling the sudden tender touch from the Mega surprised Luna as she looked at his face. She couldn’t believe it. He was no longer angry. All the rage on his face was gone. In its place, was a neutral expression. In fact, he almost looked concerned himself.
Then to her disbelief, against everything she and the others thought possible, BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode spoke in a gentle tone.
“Lu...na,” He uttered as his white featureless eyes began to change. His original yellow orbs began to appear.
Luna’s eyes widened in shock and amazement at what she heard. BlackWarGreymon said her name.
“You remember me!?” She asked in a harsh whisper. Her sadness quickly fading away.
But before the happy feeling could continue, Luna was surprised when BlackWarGreymon Berserk Mode suddenly flinched. Grunting loudly as he pulled away.
“BlackWarGreymon!?” Luna asked in concern. Worried what was happening to the Mega.
As a burst of white light briefly flashed around his head, BlackWarGreymon loudly grunted as he quickly held onto his head. Thrashing and stumbling about as tried to steady himself. He could feel something within his mind breaking through. As if two halves were clashing with each other inside his head. Tearing apart everything in the process. As he struggled, his negative white glow faded away from his body.
“What’s happening to him!?” Fluttershy asked.
“I don’t know. But I think he’s trying to a grip on himself,” Shining Armor replied. Which brought a shine of hope to the other ponies.
“You mean… he’s turning back to normal!?” Twilight uttered. Hoping that their friend was coming back to them.
All eyes were on BlackWarGreymon as he fought with himself. Trying to control his powers and getting a hold on his emotions as he continued to grunt loudly. Almost in pain. He then briefly scared the ponies by letting out one more mighty cry.
“RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!”
Then he felt it. Almost as if by a snap of a finger, all the hate and rage within him was snuffed out. Gone. The Digimon stood there in total silence. As if he was surprised himself. His arms dropped down to his sides as he stared up at the sky above. Then surprisingly, his entire body was consumed in a bright white light. Every pony watched on in silent. Daring not to look away. Then to their surprise, his form began to shrink. As he did, his form began to change. His horns were aligned upwards. His oversized hair reduced in size. His Brave Shield was returning. His mouth was going away. And more importantly, his gauntlets were changing. Returning to the shape they recognized. Furthermore, as he grew smaller, his power was plummeting. All the energy he gained in his battle with Tirek, Ayumi and ChaosBlackWarGreymon was slipping away. As if he never had such staggering power.
After a few seconds, the bright light faded away. And to the massive relief to the ponies, the horror that was Berserk Mode was no more! BlackWarGreymon had returned to his original form! The fury and rage was no longer present. The ponies couldn’t believe it. They didn’t know what Luna said or done to achieve what brute force failed, but she had done what they thought was impossible. She brought back the true BlackWarGreymon.
“BlackWarGreymon’s back!” Pinkie Pie cheered. But to her surprise, only her and some of the others were happy. The others however were only watching in thought and wonder. And shockingly for a few, uncertainty.
Luna was about to call out to him to celebrate his return. But to her shock, BlackWarGreymon collapsed! Falling down on his front without any effort to stop his own fall. Almost as if he was unconscious.
“BlackWarGreymon!” Luna shrieked as she rushed up to him with no fear. Concern was written on her face as she tried to wake him up.
“Are you alright!? Please! Speak to me!”
Her desperate pleas were heard. BlackWarGreymon’s closed eyes twitched from the cries of distress. Then his yellow eyes slowly opened. His vision was blurry at first, but soon cleared. His sights caught the view of the worried looking blue princess.
“L-Luna?” He asked. Wondering if he wasn’t seeing things.
He gasped as his eyes then snapped open wide from seeing her awake. His expression filled with relief. Then to Luna’s surprise, BlackWarGreymon move forward and gave her a hug of relief. His right arm wrapped around her side. The startled mare stuttered from the surprise show of affection. But when the Mega spoke, she realized why he was so concerned.
“You’re alright! I thought I lost you!”
Luna looked at BlackWarGreymon in surprise. He was worried about her.
“What?” She uttered.
While she was glad that he was worried about her, showing that he cared, but she felt as though something was off. Because it was a while ago since she tried to step up against Tirek. Which was the only time when she got hurt.
Sensing her confusion, BlackWarGreymon pulled away before giving his reason for being concerned.
“Tirek. I saw him hurt you.”
As he mentioned the evil centaur, BlackWarGreymon paused as he looked to his side in confusion. Then to Luna’s confusion, the Digimon was looking around. As if he was looking for something. To which he revealed.
“Wait. W-Where’s Tirek?”
Luna stared at BlackWarGreymon in surprise and confusion. But before any more uncertainties would arise, Luna went straight out with it after gaining his attention.
“BlackWarGreymon? You… don’t remember what happened?”
The confused Mega looked at the Alicorn with a confused expression in his eyes.
“R-Remember what? Urrgh!” He asked as he felt a piercing headache coming on. Twitching in pain as a response.
Luna looked at him in complete surprise. BlackWarGreymon appeared to have lost all memory of what happened. Everything he had done after he transformed.
“W-What happened? And…”
BlackWarGreymon paused his sentence when he laid his sights on the other ponies behind Luna. While some were happy to see him, some however looked… uneasy. But the most striking sight of all was Rainbow Dash. Giving him a look that showed that… for whatever reason… she was afraid.
“…and why are they looking at me like that?” He asked. His tone carried the hit of worry and uncertainty. Almost afraid as he tried to get back up.
But his worries were interrupted by a sharp pain that travelled through his entire body. Making him collapse back on the ground. Concerned as to what was wrong with BlackWarGreymon, Luna took no chances.
“No! You need to stay down! You need to rest,” Luna said. Her tone was strict but carried great concern.
BlackWarGreymon could see both the seriousness and the worry in Luna’s blue eyes. Not in a position to argue, as well as not knowing why he was so tired, he agreed with her.
“Ok, Luna. I’ll rest.”
Being the first to step up to approach the Digimon, Twilight met up with Luna.
“Luna? What’s going on?”
The older Alicorn turned towards Twilight with news that took her by surprise.
“He doesn’t remember, Twilight.”
As Twilight gave her a surprised and confused look, Luna turned her attention back to the downed BlackWarGreymon. She could tell that he was too weak to even stand. The energy drain was possibly a side effect of turning back to normal. Wanting to help him the best she could, Luna came to a decision.
“Twilight. I’m taking him back to Canterlot Castle. He needs to recover.”
Then without a second thought, Luna instantly teleported away. Taking BlackWarGreymon with her. Leaving a surprised Twilight behind. But she wasn’t alone for long. Soon enough, the rest of the group met up with her.
“Where did Luna went?” Celestia asked her. Concerned to where her sister’s whereabouts were.
“She took BlackWarGreymon back to Canterlot,” Twilight answered. But was soon approached by an unusually nervous Rainbow Dash.
“And what about...? You know. Is he… back to normal?”
Twilight looked to her and the others with a look of confusion.
“Yes. He’s finally back to normal. But…”
“But what?” Fluttershy asked. Noting the pause in Twilight’s answer.
What the young Alicorn said next surprised the whole group.
“Before she left, Luna said that… BlackWarGreymon doesn’t remember anymore.”
“Remember what? When he went all crazy?” Pinkie Pie asked. Only for Twilight to nod to confirm it.
Just like the rest of the ponies, Celestia was startled.
“You mean… he’s forgotten everything that’s happened?”
“Yes. I think that’s what Luna meant,” Twilight answered.
The group all looked at each other in uncertainty. BlackWarGreymon had just achieved something that made him a dangerous threat to Equestria, but had apparently lost all memory of the experience. Feeling as though something must be done about it and hoping to find a way to resolve the issue, Celestia spoke up.
“We all must return to Canterlot. We need to know everything about what has happened.”
As the rest of the group all nodded in an agreement, Shining Armor approached the group with a look of determination on his face.
“What’s more. Could you all explain why there are TWO Twilights?” He said as he gestured over to the unconscious Alicorn lying on his back.
Seeing the battered Ayumi on the prince’s back, Celestia nodded.
“Yes. But it will have to wait until we reach Canterlot. She may need medical attention. Once there, we’ll explain everything.”
With their minds set and concern for Ayumi’s wellbeing, the group all began to make their way out of the field and towards the distant castle of Canterlot. Celestia and Cadence used a teleportation spell to transport the group to their location.
All… except one.
Without the others knowing, Twilight purposely held back. Allowing the others to leave and to be left alone. Her mind in deep thought. And a desire of doing something that her friends would all object to.
She turned her gaze back to the smouldering hole that lead into the dense forest. Remembering that it was where the clone of BlackWarGreymon was seemingly defeated. For he hadn’t emerged from the destruction yet. As she looked at the carnage, Twilight began to remember everything ChaosBlackWarGreymon said.
‘He knows what happened to BlackWarGreymon.’
Then without hesitation or a second thought, Twilight Sparkle began to head towards one of the biggest dangers in Equestria. Determined to get answers.