//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: The Battle of Light and Dark. // Story: Captain Underpants and The Deadly Shadows of Sombra // by Big Imagination E //------------------------------// Our heroes were still on the train heading to the Crystal Empire while the pegasi, George, Harold, and Captain Underpants were flying to the empire. After an hour or two they arrived. Our heroes went in the direction til they saw the Crystal Empire. But once they arrived they saw four shadows summoning minions and causing chaos. George and Harold instantly knew what was going on. "Oh no. Sombra was busy while we were fighting Shadow Krupp." Harold said. "He sure was. Now we gotta find him and stop his shadowy plans." George replied. "Right back at you boys. Let's go kick his butt back in the darkness!" Rainbow declared and flew off. The others followed behind and tried catching up to Rainbow. At the Crystal Empire Sombra had his four shadows doing his evil bidding. The shadows shot lightning at various houses and even did a few evil homework spells. Just like back at Jermone Horowitz Elementary they always to force homework on the kids. Sombra laughed evil seeing all the evil work they were doing. Suddenly he saw the gang heading his way and smirked. "So the ponies wanna play huh? Well then let's play!!" Sombra said turning into shadow and headed for them. The gang saw everything that was going on and once they saw the dark cloud above them they knew who it was. Then the cloud came down and formed back into King Sombra. He smiled evil at them. "Well, well, well. If it isn't Twilight and her friends. I see you brought the boys too. And in ridiculous costumes for that matter." Sombra laughed. "Stand down Sombra! Or we'll bring you to the light!" George replied. "Oh really? And how you gonna do that? Oh that's right. Nothing!!!" Sombra threatened. He instantly regret saying that as Harold used his rainbow rings and created a Shining Love Blaster 3000 and shot Sombra in the face. He yelled in pain from that and George flew around in circles making him dizzy. Sombra shook his head and saw Captain Underpants take out a fresh pair of underwear and glowed brightly and aimed at Sombra hitting him in the face again. He laid on the ground and groaned as he picked himself up. "Grr. Okay. I didn't expect you to actually have powers. But even so you cannot stop me. Minions assemble!!!" Sombra shouted as his shadow minions came. "Hah! What are your shadows gonna do Sombra? They can't even fight like Shadow Krupp who lost pathetically!" Rainbow smirked. "Oh really? You may have mastered being a small villain but can you handle a giant one?" Sombra thought. His horn glowed and he blasted a beam of dark magic and shocked his four shadows transforming them into a monster. The shadows started to merge into one and when the cloud got bigger it started to form into a hydra monster with the heads hissing like snakes! Then Sombra opened a portal and took out a copy machine and blasted a beam of dark magic making it come apart and onto the hydra. Once the transformation was done the hydra roared at the heroes. "HAHAHAHAHAHA!! How do you like my new pet? Meet the Shadow Hydra!! And guess what boys? It's like the Homework Hydra. But scary!!" Sombra told the boys. "Stand down Sombra!! It's time to vanquish you into the light and end your reign of darkness for good!" Captain Underpants said with courage. "Oh okay. Tell you what you giant baby with a cape on. Beat my Shadow Hydra and find me in the Crystal Empire. Then we'll see who's really a hero." Sombra challenged. "Your on Sombra! Get ready for a fight of light and dark!" Twilight declared. "Oh I'm really scared! Well good luck. Shadow Hydra! Take them out!!" Sombra ordered as he turned into shadow and headed for the throne room of the Crystal Empire. The hydra growled at the heroes and they got in battle positions ready to fight it. "Time to read 9 books tonight!!" Shadow Ribble yelled. "When were done we'll force you to do 500 word problems by tomorrow!!" Shadow Rustworthy growled. "And you'll be running a thousand laps once your down and out!" Shadow Meaner said. "Not happening Shadow Hydra! You won't force these innocent boys to do your homework slavery and stuff they don't like!" Spike yelled. "Yeah and as their friends we will fight you and stop Sombra!" Starlight shouted. "Really now? Ok. Then let's do this!!" Shadow Anthrope declared. Suddenly all the homework weapons started to be activated and once all of them were ready the hydra growled and our heroes were ready to fight. The hydra roared and everyone charged into battle but before the fight can begin the whole scene froze as George and Harold in their costumes came to the readers. "Freeze! Now like the last chapter the following scenes your about see are going to be a little violent and expensive that we can only show them using the technology known as Flip-o-rama!!" Harold replied. So he got the notebook ready for Flip-o-rama. "Ok so the battle started with the hydra giving Captain Underpants the foot." George replied making the pictures move by flipping the page back and forth. "Then Harold used his Shining Love Blaster 3000 to blind Shadow Ribble's eyes." Harold said. "But then the hydra covered him in many sheets of paper." George continued. "Captain Underpants and Starlight got Harold out of all the paper and blasted lots of magic at the hydra!" Harold replied. "But then the hydra shot pencils at the other ponies making them scared." Harold continued. "Luckily George used his hypno rings and made them go back at the hydra." George replied. "The battle lasted for a while but our heroes wouldn't give up. So they kept on fighting the hydra and to keep things dramatic they were getting a little tired." Harold said. "Then they were almost out of options to stop the hydra but Captain Underpants shot a glowing pair of underwear and it Shadow Meaner in the face." George replied. Then after he flipped the last page it ended the Flip-o-rama. "You still didn't tell me what the Flip-o-rama was!" Pinkie yelled. "It's something we have to tell the readers when something violent is happening! It's a friendly way to show the action! Now let's finish off the hydra!" Harold explained. "Okie dokie!" Pinkie agreed. The hydra was still going at it and our heroes were now having trouble trying to think of another idea to stop it then when Captain Underpants and the boys used a laser beam Shadow Ribble saw it and chased after it tying a knot into the others. "Boys did she just chased a laser?" Applejack wondered. "She sure did! And we have an idea! Teachers love chasing lasers as they love homework. So we'll just distract them with lasers and once the hydra is down we'll bring it into the light!!" Harold explained. "That's a great idea boys! Alright girls! Let's put on a laser show!" Twilight declared. So everyone put their plan in action as the unicorns created different laser beams for the heads to chase around and while they did that the boys used their powers to help the ponies. Harold used his rainbow rings to create a giant pool of rainbow paint and Captain Underpants flashed his eyes making the hydra blind and yell in pain. The heads of Ribble and Anthrope still chased the lasers not noticing the pool behind them. And once it was on the edge Applejack used all her strength and bucked it into the pool. When it got out it was covered in paint. It tried shooting some lightning but the boys dodged. Then Harold used his Shining Love Blaster 3000 and once it hit all the ponies they actived their Magic of Friendship spell and covered the hydra as it began to vanish into thin air. All that was left was the heads and they were cracking and light came out. "NOO!!!!" The teachers shouted and exploded into rainbow stars. Everyone came down panting heavy seeing the hydra defeated. "We did. We stopped Sombra's hydra! But it ain't over yet. We still gotta face the dark king himself and save the Crystal Empire!" Captain Underpants noted. "Your right. Come on gang. Let's stop King Sombra." Twilight said. "Tra la laaaa!" Captain Underpants said as he and the boys flew to the throne room. The others followed behind him and knew the final battle was approaching. Can they stop King Sombra or will the darkness consume the Crystal Empire? We'll find out soon enough.