"... that is not possible..."
Shadow Sky slowly approached the window of the main room, that specific window pointed to Canterlot.
"This... is impossible... what do I do?"
With a trembling voice he wondered to himself what he would do if "it" was Discord.
Through the window he could see Twilight and her friends desperately running to the train station.
"¡¿How are we supposed to get to Canterlot in 1 hour?!, It's impossible, even if I fly as fast as possible I might get there in about 8 hours!, The train ride takes 13 hours!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she ran with her friends.
"You're right!... stop it!, I have an idea!" Twilight replied.
They stopped right there.
"I have practiced this spell for a long time, I will try to teleport us directly to Canterlot."
After seconds of consideration, Twilight managed to execute the spell correctly, Shadow Sky watched from the window very scared.
"...n-n-n-no... nononononononononono... ¡¡¡I have to figure out the equation now!!!" With nerves and fear he began to despair.
He turned and started to head towards the study...but halfway-
"Where in such a hurry... Shadow."
Discord appeared behind him, Shadow Sky froze, he didn't take another step.
"...why so quiet old friend, I thought you'd be happy to see me."
"...D-d-d-discord..."
"Yep, that's me."
Shadow steeled himself, turned to Discord and looked at his face.
"Wow, I thought you were crying, but look at you, you have a totally straight face."
Just as he steeled himself to look at it, he also steeled himself to hide the fear he felt at that moment.
"Well?, Aren't you going to congratulate me?, ¡I'm free!, This calls for a celebration, right?"
"Discord... leave the games, I know you're not here to celebrate your release."
He said seriously and firmly.
"...come on Shadow, I kept those ponies and Celestia entertained just to come party with you."
"Entertaining?...define "entertaining"."
"Oh, you know, just one click and I already have a clone to 'entertain' them for quite a while, speaking of which...hahaha, Twilight thinks the items are hidden in the maze hahaha"
"¡That's enough!, ¡¿What do you want?!"
Fear turned to pure anger.
"Hey, why so angry?" A small mocking tone left his mouth.
"... Why?... ¡¿WHY?!, ¡¡¡YOU WERE THE DAMNED GOD OF CHAOS WHO WANTED TO BRAIN WASH ME SO THAT I'D FREE YOU FROM A STONE PRISON!!!, ¡¡¡STONE PRISON THAT IS IN ANOTHER DAMN DIMENSION!!!, ¡¡¡YOU BROUGHT ME HERE WITHOUT MY CONSENT!!!, ¡¡¡AND NOW YOU WANT TO KILL ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO OBEY YOU!!!, ¡¡¡YOU ARE A DAMN PSYCHOPATH!!! , ¡¡¡HERE THE ONE WHO SHOULD WANT TO KILL SOMEONE SHOULD BE ME!!!"
"Do you think I care?, What's next?, Are you going to cry?"
"¡¡¡¿Do you even know how many tears I have saved myself?!!!, ¡¡¡Since I was a child I have lived in cruelty!!!, ¡¡¡My family was killed when I was only 11 years old!!!, Because of my stupidity I ended up in a bloody "adventure" that led me to meet the murderer of my family, ¡¡¡only 1 year after the death of the people I loved the most!!!, ¡¡¡¿Do you think I have want to cry Discord?!!!, If I could last that long without crying, believe me, ¡¡¡I won't cry right now either!!!"
"So if you want to fight?"
"It's the reason you came, right?, You told me in that dream, it's what you want, don't take me by surprise Discord, I'll be a kid, but one with a few years of experience in this damn world full of cruelty."
"...*snaps*"
Everything was dark, you couldn't see anything at all, Discord appeared from the shadows and began to surround Shadow Sky, he didn't want to lose sight of Discord, so he began to follow him with his eyes, turning on his own axis.
"Great!, That really is having courage."
"..." Shadow followed his movements with seriousness and anger.
"I can't believe a kid challenged me, this is amazing... I bet you're wondering, "why don't you just take the chaos magic out of my body and return me to my dimension?", answering your question Ethan, I am unable to extract your magic, in fact, I already tried, but I did not succeed, do you know the reason?"
"..."
"You have a seal Ethan, something blocked the chaos magic in your body, something is using the chaos magic I gave you to become even stronger... still don't understand?"
"..."
"You have your own magic Ethan, since you were born, do you recognize the magic that comes out of your eyes when they start to glow red?, That is your own magic."
"..."
"But... I can't allow it, if you only had my magic, you would be an ordinary opponent, after all, the only thing you do with my magic is materialize things, but you are dangerous, the magic that comes out of your eyes is strange, this throughout your body, but only present in times of dire need, you are dangerous to our multiverse."
"... Danger to the multiverse?... or maybe I'm just dangerous to you... tell me something... are you afraid of me, Discord?..."
Discord's face turned off, he left his characteristic nefarious attitude and put seriousness on the table, they stared at each other, until discord stopped at a specific point, he disappeared right there, everything was silent, absolutely nothing was heard, Shadow stood I was observing the point in which Discord had disappeared, there was no more fear, only resentment, the darkness began to cease slowly, you could see the house again, Shadow Sky remained looking towards the door that led to the backyard, there was disappeared Discord.
"................."
"¡Behind you Idiot!"
Discord's voice echoed in Shadow's ears, he was behind him at the time, Shadow Sky quickly turned back, but, Discord gave him a blow that would send Shadow Sky flying towards the wall, destroying her in the process, from the blow a shock wave came out that transformed everything around him, all of PonyVille was being turned into the "capital of chaos", Shadow Sky had been hit with enough force to travel 3 kilometers, on the way he crashed into bushes, trees, even rocks, perhaps he would have traveled more kilometers if it were not because a giant rock perched at the foot of a mountain stopped him, it left a trail of destruction, the trees with which he had collided had a hole, some were felled by the impact , the affected rocks were cracked and some retained a little of Shadow's blood, the rock that stopped Shadow had a hole in the center, Shadow Sky was stuck to the rock for a moment, after a few seconds he fell to the ground, revealing the hole in the rock, which was completely dyed red, the sweatshirt that Shadow Sky cherished so much was torn, if the color of the sweatshirt was white, it would be completely dyed red.
"Wow, ¡you're still alive!" Discord exclaimed in astonishment.
With just a snap Discord appeared in front of Shadow Sky, and with his appearance also came the transformation of chaos that transformed all of PonyVille into meaningless chaos, Shadow Sky was lying on the ground, seeing with difficulty as the place where he was right now it was becoming a disaster, those views that gave him so much satisfaction, became pink clouds, purple speckled ground and more nonsense things.
"You're still in one piece, that means you're resistant, one of those blows would have made even Celestia lose limbs."
Shadow began to get up with extreme difficulty, one leg was broken, one of his two wings was completely destroyed, a fracture of at least 8 ribs, his eyes drew blood from the tear ducts, coughing up blood only indicates the tearing of some internal organ , his entire body full of cuts due to the branches and splinters of some trees with which he crashed.
But even so, Shadow Sky managed to get up, the broken leg was the hind leg, it slowly supported itself with its front legs, the pain was hellish, crying was not an option, it just bowed its head and kept breathing deeply, it seems that one of the lungs had been affected, it was difficult to breathe properly.
"That's the strength of a true god of chaos Ethan, I don't see the need to keep getting up, just die and that's it, in that state maybe you'll do it in a few minutes."
"........"
"You're not thinking of defending yourself, are you?, We both know that would be a serious mistake."
".........."
Shadow Sky remained reflecting with her head bowed as he continued to stand with difficulty in front of Discord, only her empty eyes could be seen, her long bangs prevented the sun from bothering her eyes, her mouth was relaxed, her entire being asked for He might be dead at the time, but he was still standing up against the most powerful threat in the multiverse.
"You won't say anything?... you'll just stay there doing nothing?, waiting for me to finish you?, so why did you get up?"
"..........................."
His entire body asked for death, at least only his body, deep inside him was a small flame that was still burning, patiently waiting to light the wick, from the outside we observed Shadow's completely destroyed body, but his eyes... they were beginning to light up slightly, a little flash of scarlet.
"Aren't you listening to me? It's time to end this..."
"..."
~~~~~~~~ Discord Thoughts ~~~~~~~~
I have never threatened the life of any pony, or of any existing race, he is the only exception, I will be the god of chaos, but I am not a monster, that's how things have to be... but... what would happen if I attack what matters most to him?... how would scarlet magic act?... what would happen if I attacked what he loves most?
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"Hey kid, maybe you should drop this, you know the consequences could be worse?"
"........"
"That little filly is your friend, right?, Her name is Sweetie Belle."
"¡¡¡!!!"
Shadow Sky's eyes widened, the rest had gone, having her eyes half closed indicated her tiredness and pain, but upon hearing those words her eyes widened.
"So if you care…in that case, what would you do if her life was in danger?"
~~~~~~~ Flashback ~~~~~~~
"Good afternoon, my name is =#@%, nice to meet you."
"........"
Mom - "He's my couple."
A chill came to me at that moment, he told me not to trust him, I didn't, but it still ended this way.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
A damn scream of intense pain, was what I heard when I ran back home, these memories are blurred.
Ethan - "Mom?... grandma?... brother?... wake up... please... please... please..."
On the floor... lay my family... they didn't move... they didn't breathe... they just... ceased to exist... on top of their own pool of blood.
My hands were full of blood, my clothes were too, I could only remember what we went through together, everything we lived through... I could only see how they vanished in my hands...
~~~~~~~ End of Flashback ~~~~~~~
I swore that day that my family would not be harmed... not again... not like that...
"Well?..." Discord asked nonchalantly.
Suddenly Shadow Sky stopped feeling pain, his body began to heal on its own, not only his eyes glowed red, when he rested his four legs on the ground, they also began to glow scarlet, his broken wing began to heal in the same way... there was no more pain... there was only anger in his eyes... uncontrollable anger.
"Maybe it'll work if I say it straight... ehem... Ethan, ¿do you want to know what I'm going to do to your dear friend Sweetie Belle if you-"
A flash hit Discord's face, just like Shadow Sky, it had crashed into everything in front of it, a blow of the same magnitude as Discord's blow, it traveled a long distance, a mountain was in charge of stopping his tour.
Shadow Sky recovered from his fractures and charged at Discord, as quick as a flash, a scarlet red flash, Discord had done it, he managed to light the fuse.
"Do you know a little about my past?..."
Shadow may not be able to teleport, but he can fly at very high speeds, arriving in an instant at the place where Discord crashed.
Discord was lying on the ground badly injured, but due to his peculiar anatomy the damage had been minimal.
"*Cough*So you chose to defend yourself, and to your question *Cough*, no, I don't know."
"Well...I swore an oath a long time ago...I won't let you harm my family...I'll be the one to take care of the problem if it happens...I said so..."
Discord got up without much difficulty after that.
"Sweetie Belle took care of me since I got here, no one else did, I could be dead if it wasn't for her... do you think I'll stay doing nothing?"
Shadow Sky was standing in front of Discord, no pain, no fear, just willing to fight, Discord was staring at him, Shadow was surrounded by a scarlet aura, his eyes glowed red, Shadow stared at him, with a straight face and eyes of death, conserving the blood in the face that he had lost at the beginning, with his torn sweatshirt and with an absolute determination.
"I guess I should have guessed, this was going to end this way... where the two gods of chaos would face off... Okay... ¡¡¡LET'S BEGIN!!!" Discord exclaimed as he tried to strike.
Shadow Sky was willing to show him that he was not just any rival, he dodged Discord's blow, and answered with a kick to the back that would send Discord flying to the other end of the plain full of trees, he thought it would be easy, but Discord he opened a portal to his side, where he would hit Shadow Sky in the face again.
A great rage seized Shadow, he flew like lightning towards Discord, where he would strike back and forth with rapidity, but Discord managed to cover the attacks, punishing Shadow with an attack from below, hitting him in the stomach, suffocating him in the process, in that moment Discord take the opportunity to hit him again in the face, causing Shadow Sky to crash again far away.
"¡¡¡Enough!!!" Shadow Sky exclaimed in anger and frustration.
He again flew like lightning, reaching Discord in seconds, this time he wouldn't make the same mistake, instead of attacking head on he would move to the right for a surprise attack.
"I know tha-"
It was part of the plan, he went to the right, but when he was already on the right he decided to move quickly to the left, where he would manage to land a blow, but this time he hit the blow in a way that Discord did not shoot, he kept it Right there, with that blow to the side, Discord suffocated, making it easier for Shadow to hit him, hitting him in the face, stunning him for a moment.
"She moves too fast, didn't I break her wing?, Even though he's fighting with her pony appearance, he performs very well, I manage to get confused and change her body's trajectory 3 times, that speed is crazy."
Discord thought while he was dying of pain, Shadow Sky had managed to hurt the god of chaos, the most powerful being in the entire multiverse.
"W-want to play with speed kid?, If that's what you want, ¡¡¡then here I go!!!"
"¡¡¡¿?!!!"
Discord recovered quickly and struck too fast, a punch just as fast as Shadow Sky's, he had struck with an upward strike to the foal's stomach, causing Shadow to cough up some blood, as if in slow motion, while Shadow he was stunned, Discord hit him with his tail, sending him away again, at that moment Discord would have taken the opportunity to continue hitting him, but he stayed in that place, he kept recovering, Shadow Sky was starting to get tired of all this, so the fury answered instead.
"¡¡¡IT'S ENOUGH!!!"
Shadow scream with anger and thirst for blood, a flash is seen from between the trees, this is already serious, Shadow Sky flew imbued with a scarlet aura that increased its speed, reaching Discord in a fraction of seconds, when he got closer he hit him with a hook straight in the jaw, causing Discord to rise more than 6 kilometers into the sky, the fight would now be in the sky.
"...¡¡¡d-don't think you're the only one who can fly at that speed!!!" Between moans his anger began.
Hurt and humiliated by a child, anger seized him, he did not realize that Shadow had already removed a tooth, Shadow Sky chased him up to the sky, when he sees a flash approaching him, an almost unrecognizable flash, Discord was approaching at the same speed that Shadow had managed to travel, the real fight begins.
A large number of blows attacked Shadow, he managed to defend himself, and counterattacked with the same amount of blows, they were no longer covering the attacks, they were blocking the attacks with their own attacks, moving at high speed they managed to go from one side to another, flying miles and miles as they fought, the clouds around them dissipated from the force they exerted upon hitting each other.
Shadow Sky lost concentration a bit, Discord took advantage of the moment to grab him by the tail, dragging him towards one of the many mountains that were in the place, a little stunned he turned to look up, Discord had fired a highly charged spell that hit directly with the mountain, destroying it in the process.
Discord watches from the heights believing that he was the winner, to his surprise, Shadow Sky came from behind.
"Wow, ¡¡¡I didn't know magic was allowed!!!"
He transformed into a unicorn, and executed an attack spell, charging it to the point where it could be compared to Discord's, throwing it quickly transformed into a pegasus again, Discord received a bit of the spell, but not fully.
"W-W-WHAT THE HELL?, DID IT NOT RECEIVE THE LIGHTNING I SHOT ON THAT MOUNTAIN?"
Discord thought for a moment, realizing something.
"Wait!!!, If he got the attack!!!, ¡¡¡¿Then how the hell is he still alive?!!!"
The fight had been resumed, this time, Discord used magic to attack Shadow, but Shadow interspersed his unicorn version and his pegasus version, transforming over and over again, Shadow maintained a perfect balance between magic and flight, Discord was beginning to get tired and Shadow didn't seem the least bit tired.
The two of them were still moving at exorbitant speeds, but now combining the blows with magic, reaching a point where they were both taking the blows at the same time, neither of them was safe, both were taking each other's blows at the same time. Over time, they reached a point where they no longer cared about covering them, they just wanted the other to lose once and for all.
"¡¡¡Dammit!!!... ¡¡¡I reached my limit!!!, If this continues... ¡¡¡I will lose!!!" The Draconequus exclaimed with concern.
Discord reached his limit, and fatigue played against him, in an oversight Shadow flew over him, in slow motion Discord turned to look up, observing how Shadow was about to strike, a blow that would return him to the ground, Shadow hit him on the head, causing him to fall directly to the ground, defeated and dejected, he stared at the sky, while a scarlet flash approached him.
"¡I was always considered a hero in my dimension!, ¡I will never give up on my promise!, ¡¡¡I will never lose what I love the most!!!"
Between tears, Shadow was approaching Discord at great speed, who was lying defeated on the ground, with a swooping blow, Shadow hit Discord for the last time, with a stronger blow than the first one that Discord gave him, with that blow the whole the around began to return to normal, a shock wave spread returning to normal around Shadow Sky, he succeeded, Discord was defeated, Shadow Sky rested for a moment, the shock wave did not reach PonyVille, but it was enough to know that Shadow has the ability to inhibit Discord's chaos.
"That... was it..."
Shadow Sky thought that he had finished him, but he was wrong, he stood in front of him, with the same serious face that he had before the fight.
"Enough...I give up...¡¿is that what you wanted to hear?!"
"Can I know that you won't come for me again?"
"... Twilight is back from Canterlot...it's time to go..."
"¡¿Just like that?!"
"Oh come on, you know perfectly well you can't fight anymore."
"..."
"I have some business to take care of with that purple pony, so don't bother."
Discord snapped his fingers and disappeared, Shadow could only sigh with relief, the damage from the fight was very noticeable, but Shadow's body was more so, he wasn't as hurt as at the beginning, thanks to the fact that he suddenly healed, but now He was very worn out, after Discord left he was almost on the verge of fainting, but he resisted, his wings couldn't take it anymore, so he walked all the way home, more than 4 kilometers walking without rest.
He was about to arrive, he could see his house from afar, he was limping closer, his eyes about to close, his face covered in blood, not only from him, also too from Discord, he walked on the rubble that was created when Discord flew him through the wall with a blow, he entered through the huge hole that was in the wall, little by little he entered the house, until he couldn't take it anymore, he fell exhausted in front of the fireplace, motionless and without strength, he closed his eyes slowly, until everything turned black...
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Writer's Note:
They don't know how complicated it was to write the fight part, (70% of the chapter x,D).
The truth is, I was looking forward to writing this chapter, it was somewhat complicated but I did it, I hope you liked it, (Next chapter soon).
- If you want to know what happened in the Flashback here is the story: (It is not finished)
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/526992/shadow-sky-a-diary-of-pain-and-memories
Curious fact:
-Blows they received:
Shadow Sky took: 6,723 hits and 7 magic attacks.
Discord took: 5,956 hits and 24 magic attacks.
No... it's not a joke :3