//------------------------------// // Chapter 16: The Fallen Hero - The Fallen Hero Part 2 // Story: My Little Pony: Clash of Dragons // by RobtheMorpherPony //------------------------------// Previously, Spike had easily beaten Blue Ember to stop the war and was able to do so with so much ease, that something didn't feel right. Sure enough, this feeling was right, when the legendary justice hero Rob Snowden showed up. Rainbow Dash saw something in Rob's eyes that caused her to challenge the justice hero to a battle, but it seemed that this was a battle she could not win. But now, one has to wonder, what just occured? Flash Back to after the Tornado Incident Three Months prior "You can't just quite like this Rainbow Dash." Spitfire said. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't." Rainbow Dash said. Spitfire was notably silent. "That's what I thought." The cyan mare said. "If your so detirmined to quit. I'll race you for it. If I win, your staying in the academy. But if you win, then I'll let you go." Spitfire said. "Fine. But this won't be like the Equestria games." Rainbow Dash said. "I'm winning this time." She added. It was a bit later that during the race, Spitfire was worried that she would lose, but somehow, as she watched Rainbow Dash keep up with her, something clicked within her. And that allowed her to push ahead of Rainbow Dash and win the race. "...I lost. I guess I'm staying on." Rainbow Dash said. "But please, don't do something like Lightning Dust again." She added. "I did that to try and get your ego in check. But it seems that I didn't realize how reckless Lightning Dust really was." Spitfire said. "...And for that, I apologize." She added "I...I see." Rainbow Dash said. "But the fact of the matter is I still lost to you, Captain." She added. "...Actually Rainbow, during the race I saw something in you. For the longest time, it seems I've lost sight of what it means to be a wonderbolt. But as I looked into your eyes, I felt a sense of familiarity. It gave me hope that, maybe there are still those out there that wish to inspire others." Spitfire said. "And I won't lie, if I didn't get that hope back, I would've never have beaten you today." She added. "Th-thanks Captain, that means a lot." Rainbow Dash said, before giving a hoof to shake. Spitfire then hugged Rainbow Dash. "No Rainbow Dash, thank you. You've given me a reason to hope for the good of the wonderbolt's future again." Spitfire said. Rainbow Dash said nothing. But she could tell, she had healed Spitfire's heart. Present day... And when Rainbow Dash looked into Rob's eyes, the mare could tell that the fox was hurting. And that he needed to let go. Which meant it was up to her to do for him what she did for Spitfire. But Hyperbreak quickly proved too much at first, so Rainbow Dash was defeated...or so it seemed. No! I can't lose like this...if I don't beat him...he'll never heal... Rainbow Dash thought to herself and started to move. "Stand down, know when you're beaten." She heard Rob say. I don't care. I can't lose. Not now. I won't let him hurt any further! Rainbow Dash thought to herself, not realizing a familiar aura was surrounding her. "Bring forth the Blue Dragon--" Rob was saying further. "NO!" With a bright Rainbow Light, Rainbow Dash then came out of the rubble, and smacked Rob as some music played in the background. As the music started up, Rainbow Dash managed to hit Rob again. She was moving even faster than ever before, and it brought confusion to the onlookers. Rainbow Dash hit Rob once more and stopped soon. That got everyone a good look at her. She had unleashed Hyper Break. "N-no way!" Dr. Krono said. Rainbow Dash continued to hit Rob before they got into a back and forth blow fest that no one could follow, before Rainbow Dash used a back leg to hit Rob where she then hit him again a few times before the music took a bit of a different tone. Just as the different tone changed, Rainbow Dash was in front of the sun, causing Rob to go wide eyed. Soon, Rainbow Dash unleashed a laser that Rob had to counter with one of his own. This led to a beam struggle that lasted for a while. But then, Rob gave off a small smirk before he stopped his laser and depowered. Just as the music finished up, he was struck by Rainbow Dash's laser. "D-did Rob just lose?!" Dr. Krono exclaimed, not believing his eyes. Rob was knocked into the same mountain, but wasn't buried like Rainbow Dash was. "...Why'd you hand me the win? You could've clearly kept going." Rainbow Dash said, flying down to Rob, before she too depowered. "...It wouldn't have changed the outcome. You would've won regardless. I just decided to go with the option that would've saved lives." Rob said. Rainbow Dash smiled. She did it, she could tell: She healed him. "So, guess that means you won't kill Blue Ember now." Rainbow Dash said. "...Kill her? I was never going to kill her." Rob said. "Who told you I was even coming and told you that I would kill that blue dragoness?" He asked. Wind Rider was waiting patiently with a tied-up Changeling. "Grr, how long does it take for news of Rainbow's defeat at the hands of the legendary justice hero to come up?" Wind Rider asked. "As soon as it does, I'm going to be here with you, and then pin everything on you. You really think I'm going to let changelings live with Ponies? You wish. Your parasites. Disgusting nasty parasites." He added. "That's all I needed to know." Rob said before Wind Rider was grabbed in Rob's magic. "You've been caught red handed for trying to frame a changeling for a crime they didn't commit and got involved with official JHF business. Your under arrest." Rob said. "...Ah crud..." Wind Rider said. Later, Wind Rider was loaded up into a space ship that was designed like a police car with a place in the back for criminals. "Clear Skies, it's nice to see you again." Celestia said. "It's nice to see you too, Princess Celestia." Clear Skies said. "So, your Lightning Dust's brother huh?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yeah. Her older brother mind you. I guess her recklessness is because I left to persue a different career path then her. I'm now part of the IPF. which stands for the Intergalactic Police Force." Clear Skies said. "And having attempted to cause problems with the image of a JHF member; JHF standing for 'Justice Hero Federation' by the way; it means his crimes fall under our jurisdiction which is above even Princess Celestia's clearance." He added. "I guess that's fair. So, what's going to happen to him now?" Twilight asked. "He'll be taken to the IPF Prison Compound where he'll be carrying out an eternal life sentence for his crimes. It's not that different from him getting locked up in Tartarus, I'll be honest with you." Wind Rider said. "So then why not send him to Tartarus?" Rainbow Dash asked. "The IPF Prison Compound is more off the radar then Tartarus. And you'd have to be a fool to break into there." Wind Rider said. "...Didn't stop this one space viking from doing it though. But that's been the only incident we've had." He added. "And how do you know that won't happen again?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Our security has been beefed up since then. The likelihood of someone being able to pull that stunt off a second time is going to be much harder and would risk that person getting caught. We were caught with our pants down as some creatures of the meta-verse would say with the Space Viking incident." Wind Rider said. "So your learning from your mistakes and doing your best to improve them. Interesting." Twilight said. "Well I have to go now. I'll be in touch with you later, Princess Twilight." Wind Rider said before getting on the shuttle and leaving. "Shame we couldn't say goodbye to that Rob guy." Moondancer said. "I have a feeling we'll be seeing him again real soon." Rainbow Dash said as she looked to the sky where the shuttle took off to. The Fallen Hero THE END