//------------------------------// // Rainbow Dash: Rainbow Dash v.s. Discord?+Epilogue // Story: Fighting is Magic: Story Mode (Mane Six Edition) // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash felt like she was queen of Equestria. Or at least that's how a lot of ponies assumed she felt as they saw the excited look on her face. It was obvious to everyone that at the very least, Rainbow Dash was thrilled with her victory. "Mares and gentlecolts. Children of all ages. It's the moment you've all been waiting for." Princess Celestia said, addressing the crowd "Rainbow Spectrum Dash please step forward." Rainbow Dash didn't need to be told twice. She was ready and waiting. Princess Celestia levitated a trophy that depicted two ponies fighting each other. "The winner of the Equestria Battle Tournament is" Princess Celestia said. "Wait just a second here!" an unfamiliar voice interrupted "Despite some tense moments that fight was pathetic. Hardly deserving of such a prize. A mistake I intend to correct." There was a blinding flash of light that lasted for just a second. When it had faded the trophy had disappeared, alongside the prize money. "Hey! What did you do with my trophy?!" Rainbow Dash demanded. "Your trophy?" the voice said "Please. Don't make me laugh. You call that fighting? I call it cheap acting." "You wanna make something of it punk?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Of course." the voice said "But not here." "Afraid to face me one on one?!" Rainbow Dash teased. "Hardly." the voice said "But I doubt you'd be so tough without a crowd around to cheer you on." "So what are you saying?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It's simple." the voice said "If you want that trophy back, you just have to agree to face me on my own turf. Beat me and the trophy is all yours. I promise." "Don't listen to that guy!" Pinkie Pie said. "You can't trust a word he says!" Applejack said. "Don't do it Dashie!" Fluttershy pleaded. "Just walk away. You don't have to prove anything." Twilight said. "That ruffian's just jealous of your fighting skills." Rarity said. "I'm sorry but I don't think I asked for commentary." the voice said "And as they say silence is golden." There was another blinding flash, and when it had faded all of Rainbow Dash's friends had their mouths duck taped shut. "Let em go!" Rainbow Dash demanded. "No can do." the voice taunted "Unless you agree to face me, that duck tape isn't going to come off." "Then I'll fight you!" Rainbow Dash said "And I'm gonna beat you so hard you won't know what hit you." "You'll regret that my friend." the voice said. There was yet another blinding flash, and when it faded Rainbow Dash had disappeared. When Rainbow Dash opened her eyes she was shocked by what she saw. The place she was in looked almost exactly like Ponyville, except the buildings were floating upside down. The ground was made up of alternating white and black checkerboard tiles, and chocolate rain poured down out of pink cotton candy clouds. "What is this place?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It's my own dimension of course." the voice said. Revealing its identity in a flash of light. "Just what in the world of Equestria are you suppose to be?" Rainbow Dash asked as she observed the odd figure standing before her. "So you haven't heard of me eh? Well we can't have that, now can we? The name is Discord." Discord said "I'm the spirit of chaos and disharmony." "So you're just as evil as Nightmare Moon!" Rainbow Dash said "Except you probably don't want to bring about eternal night!" "Don't try to compare me to that pathetic wannabe Nightmare Moon!" Discord said "I'm a spirit! And I could beat her in a fight with one paw tied behind my back!" "I'd like to see you try!" Rainbow Dash said. "Well, as much as I love hearing you talk, I brought you here for a reason." Discord said "Since we're fighting in my dimension we'll fight by my rules." "Your rules huh? Well it doesn't matter, I'll still kick your sorry butt!" Rainbow Dash said. "Your overconfidence will be your downfall." Discord said "Anyway the rules are simple. Instead of three rounds, with the first to take two winning, we'll fight one round, with a time limit of course. Whoever wins that round wins it all." "So if I win you'll fork over the trophy and the prize money? No questions asked? No strings attached?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Something along those lines." Discord said "And if I win, I'm free to do with you as I please. Oh, and if you win you also get to request one favor from me." "Well, someone's in an awful big hurry to lose!" Rainbow Dash said "I accept your challenge!" "Excellent." Discord said "But I should warn you that no one has ever bested me in a fight. And lived to tell the tale." "Your cheap scare tactics won't work on me!" Rainbow Dash said "So let's get this over with!" "As you wish!" Discord said. "Let's get it on!" Rainbow Dash said. "Round 1, Fight!" Discord said. Rainbow Dash didn't seem to think this fight would be even the slightest bit different from her previous fights, and instantly raced forward with the help of her wings. Intending to deliver a good strong kick. But Discord dodged it with ease, and delivered a counter punch that sent Rainbow Dash flying backwards. "That was a lucky move Discord!" Rainbow Dash said. "Oh I assure you, luck had nothing to do with it." Discord said. "Well it doesn't matter, because you'll still lose!" Rainbow Dash said. She quickly recovered and attempted to attack Discord with an uppercut. Discord dodged it and hit Rainbow Dash with a blast of concentrated chaos. She did not like how it felt. "That really hurts!" Rainbow Dash said "That should come with a warning label!" "Well if I did that it wouldn't be much of an attack now would it?" Discord asked. "Whatever." Rainbow Dash said "I'm not going to let some no good punk like you get the best of me! I will not lose to the likes of you!" "Oh how amusing. You actually think you have a chance." Discord said, chuckling slightly. "You're not even taking this seriously are you?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Not really." Discord said "Because where's the fun in being serious? As an agent of chaos it's my motto to never take things seriously, unless I'm forced to do so." "Well consider this the force you need!" Rainbow Dash hitting Discord with a fearsome mid level punch. There was a pregnant pause as Rainbow Dash waited for the result of her attack, To her shock Discord shrugged it off as though it hadn't even happened. "W-wh? But how?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I told you, I'm the spirit of chaos and disharmony." Discord said. His paw lit up and for a moment Rainbow Dash thought he was going to hit her with another blast of concentrated chaos. To her surprise however there was a slight poof, and a red flag with the word "Bang!" written on it popped out. Rainbow Dash breathed a sigh of relief. "Sucker!" Discord said, a second later the flag flew straight at Rainbow Dash. Forcing her to block with her hooves. But to her surprise, and confusion, it went straight through, as if it were an illusion. Discord for his part was laughing like crazy. But before Rainbow Dash had a chance to attack again, Discord hit her with a gaint red punching glove on a spring. "Oopsie daisy! Now where did that come from?" he said and laughed once again. "Enough of this!" Rainbow Dash said, she flew up into the sky. Preparing to build up speed for a "Sonic Rainboom". A fairly reckless move but one that if it worked could turn the tables on Discord. "A 'Sonic Rainboom' huh? Not if I have anything to say about it. And as a matter of fact I do." Discord said. He somehow managed to fly up into the sky with a cry of "Up! Up! And away!", all the while filling a glass with the chocolate rain from the pink cotton candy clouds. "Oh Rainbow Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash!" Discord called. "What?! What is it?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Special delivery!" Discord said, throwing the glass of chocolate rain at Rainbow Dash. "Words cannot express how much I hate you right now!' Rainbow Dash said. She then let out a scream that didn't sound at all like her as the chocolate rain exploded in her face. "I have a funny feeling I've heard that before." Discord said "But I don't know why." Rainbow Dash crashed to the ground, severly bruised but otherwise uninjured. "K.O.! I win!" Discord said, he then dawned a pair of sunglasses which he produced out of nowhere "Well Rainbow Dash. It looks like it's, game over. Yeah!" He then started laughing like crazy once again. "I can't believe this." Rainbow Dash thought to herself "I lost. And now it looks like this is the end. Looks like I'll never get the chance to be a Wonderbolt. Or see my friends again. I'm finished." "Don't give up yet my daughter." a voice called out. "Who are you?" Rainbow Dash asked "You sound familiar to me somehow." "It's me." the voice said "Your mother." "Mom?" Rainbow Dash asked "Is it really you?" "Indeed it is Rainbow." the voice said. "But how can you reach me?" Rainbow Dash asked "In case you aren't aware I was raised by Dad after you left us." "I know and I'm sorry that had to happen." the voice said "You don't know how much it pained me to know that I would never get to see you grow up. But more to the point, as to how I knew you were in danger? Well you can just call it my maternal instinct." "What do you want from me?" Rainbow Dash asked. "You're planning on giving up and throwing in the towel aren't you?" Ms. Dash asked. "So why should you care?" Rainbow Dash said "You left me while I was still young. You don't know anything about me!" "I know that even as a baby you were always a fighter. You never wanted to give up, not ever." Ms. Dash said "And I know that's something that hasn't changed." "Well even so you don't know what I'm up against!" Rainbow Dash said "Discord is too strong. And you don't know how much it pains me to say that." "That may be but that does not give you the right to give up." Mss. Dash said "The daughter I know would never give up. She would find a way to make the impossible possible." "But Discord is invincible." Rainbow Dash said "Nothing I tried seemed to phase him." "So that's your excuse?" Ms. Dash asked "Sounds pretty pathetic if you ask me!" "Why are you lecturing me on this? You gave up on trying to work things out with my dad! So you have no right to tell me what I can and can't do!" "Trust me when I say I never wanted to leave you. And neither did your father." Ms. Dash said "And the reason why we split was because we loved you so much. We both had different ideas on how to raise you, and we didn't want to shatter your spirit by letting you see us fight." "If that's the case then why did Dad make it so you could never visit me?" Rainbow Dash asked "And why did he try to erase any evidence of your existence?" "That is not something that I can answer." Ms. Dash said "If you want to know why you'll have to ask your dad. And while we're on the subject of your father I know he'd be disappointed to see his little Dashie give up." "But what do you expect me to do?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Do what you've always done." Mss. Dash said "Find a way to make the impossible possible. I know you can do it. And remember, I'll always be watching over you in spirit." "You're not leaving me are you?" Rainbow Dash asked "There's still so much we have to talk about." She didn't want to admit it but she missed her mother very much. "I'm afraid I am Rainbow Dash." Ms. Dash said "Just remember what I told you. I'll never forget you." "I won't forget you either mom." Rainbow Dash said "I'll make you proud of me." "That's good." Ms. Dash said. Her voice then disappeared. Rainbow Dash fought the urge to shed tears. As she did she felt her body somehow being healed, and her stamina somehow being restored. "Sounds like someone's got family issues." Discord said. "You don't know the half of it!" Rainbow Dash said "Not that I think you'd understand!" "I just can't stand seeing you look so glum." Discord teased "Come on. Put a smile on that face." "Oh I will!" Rainbow Dash said "Right after I defeat you!" "Defeat me?" Discord said "Oh you crack me up. But if you're in a real big hurry to lose I'll be happy to oblige." "I won't lose! Not to you!" Rainbow Dash said. "Yeah right." Discord said. "I'm serious!" Rainbow Dash said. "We'll see about that." Discord said "Round 1, Fight!" Once again Rainbow Dash raced forward, but this time she kept switching her fighting stances from kick, to punch, to uppercut, to confuse to Discord. She would then select whichever one seemed like it would do the most damage and hit Discord with it. Whenever Discord tried to attack her she used her speed and her wings to dodge or block depending on what she felt worked better. At one point he made an attempt to hit Rainbow Dash with a glass of chocolate milk, but Rainbow Dash cuaght it in her mouth and threw it back at him, Casuing Discord to scream like a little girl. Discord quickly began to lose patience as he failed to land any hits while Rainbow Dash continued to chip away at his stamina. "If you think I'm going to just keep letting you attack me you're crazy!" he said. "And what are you going to do about huh?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Do you really want to know the answer to that?" Discord asked. "It was a trick question." Rainbow Dash said with a groan. "I knew that." Discord said "I was just playing along." "I see you still aren't taking this seriously!" Rainbow Dash said "That's gonna cost you big time!" "We'll see about that." Discord said "You forget I have powers beyond your wildest imagination." "Oh I'm so scared." Rainbow Dash said sarcastically. "Big mistake pal!" Discord said. His paw suddenly lighting up. Rainbow Dash felt herself being pulled towards Discord. "What are you doing? Put me down this instant!" Rainbow Dash demanded "You hear me?!" "Oh what's wrong Rainbow Dash? I always thought you loved flying." Discord said. Depsite Rainbow Dash's best attempts to resist she soon found herself in Discord's grasp. "What are you going to do?" Rainbow Dash asked. "You'll see." Discord said, he then began trying to strangle Rainbow Dash. "You were in a real big hurry to die my friend." Discord said. "So this is how you want to win it huh?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I didn't want to do this but you forced my paw so to speak." Discord said "And now you shall pay the price." "Oh really?" Rainbow Dash said, squirming and struggling to break free. "How bout if I sock ya?!" In response Discord pulled out a pair of glasses and put them on "You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses would ya?" he asked. Rainbow Dash was not amused and blew on Discord's face causing the glases to fall off. "That's not hitting." Rainbow Dash said "And since you're no longer wearing glasses" she flew out of his grasp as a result of her distraction and delivered a sucker punch to the face. "Pow! Right in the kisser!" she said. Discord screamed like a little girl. Not one to let an oppertunity for attack go to waste Rainbow Dash quickly unleashed a flurry of kicks, punches, and uppercuts. Discord never knew what hit him. "Oh that's it! Now you've made me angry! Very, very angry!" he said. His eyes burning with flames. But despite his best efforts Rainbow Dash managed to dodge all of his attacks. "And now for the grand finale!" Rainbow Dash said "This will blow your mind!" She delivered a strong punch to leave Discord phased while she flew up into the sky. She then descended until she close to Discord and unleashed a variation of her "Sonic Rainboom" that she called "Sonic Rainnuke". "It's over Discord!" she said as she unleashed. "Wait what?! What is this?!" Discord asked as the blast descended upon him. There was a blinding flash, and a mushroom cloud composed of all the colors of the rainbow. When it faded Discord was laying on the ground. Bruised and battered. "K.O.!" Rainbow Dash said "I win! Flawless victory!" "How can this be? Discord the spirit of chaos, bested by some puny pegasus." Discord muttered. "Alright Dipcord!" Rainbow Dash said "It's time for you to fufill your promise!" "Do I have to?" Discord asked. "Yes!" Rainbow Dash said "And I know what I want to ask you. I want you to ensure that my parents will be okay. I want to be able to see them both." "I don't see why not." Discord said, he snapped his fingers "Everything will turn out okay for them. Happy?" "Mostly." Rainbow Dash said "Now give back the trophy and the prize money." "I have a better idea." Discord said and snapped his fingers. He erased the events of the tournament from the minds of everyone. Even Rainbow Dash would only assume it was all just a dream. He then began to laugh evily "Soon." he said "Very soon."