//------------------------------// // Rarity: Rarity v.s. Discord?+Epilogue // Story: Fighting is Magic: Story Mode (Mane Six Edition) // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// "I did this for you Sweetie Belle." Rarity thought to herself as the crowd cheered wildly. It took Rarity every bit of will power she had to not start boasting. She had to remember the real reason why she had entered this tournament. Fame and glory were not as important to her, even if she wished it were so. "Mare and gentlecolts, children of all ages. It's the moment you've all been waiting for." Princess Celestia said addressing the crowd "Rarity Belle please step forward." Rarity did so with grace and elegance. Princess Celestia levitated a trophy depicting two ponies fighting each other. "The winner of the Equestria Battle Tournament is" "Stop right there celestial scum!" an unfamiliar voice said "I'm afraid I can't let you do that. That last fight, if you can even call it a fight, was a joke. I could've beat either of you in my sleep. And of course a fight like that hardly seems deserving of such a prize. A mistake that won't happen again." There was a sudden blinding flash of white light that lasted for just a second, and when it had faded the trophy and the prize money were gone. "Give back that trophy and that prize money this instant." Rarity demanded "You don't know how much I need it right now." "Oh boohoo." the voice said "I'd love to play you a sad song on the world's smallest violin, but I can't right now." "Are you making fun of me?" Rarity asked. "Now what would ever give you that idea?" the voice asked. "Where should I start?" Rarity asked sarcastically. "Haha, very funny." the voice said "Leave it to you to spoil my fun. Oh well I guess." "What do you want from me?!" Rarity demanded "It had better be good!" "Oh it is." the voice said "You want that trophy, and the prize money that comes with it, correct?" "It's like you can read my mind." Rarity said "But yes. So what's the catch?" "It's simple." the voice said "You have to agree to face me in my own dimension." "Don't do it Rarity, I've got a bad feeling about it!" Applejack said. "You can find another way to help Sweetie Belle." Fluttershy said. "Don't do something so stupid!" Rainbow Dash said. "It's a trap!" Pinkie Pie said "I know it is!" "It's not worth the risks!" Twilight said "Please listen to us!" "Wait just a minute here." the voice said "Haven't you ever heard of the phrase 'Silence is Golden'? I guess not. Oh well perhaps it's time I did something about that." There was another blinding flash of light, and when it had faded, all of Rarity's friends had duck tape across their mouths. "Stop picking on my friends, you ruffian!" Rarity said. "The only way to stop me is to face me!" the voice taunted. "Well if that's how you want to play then fine!" Rarity said "I accept your challenge." "Ah, good." the voice said. There was yet another blinding flash of light and when it had faded Rarity had disappeared. Rarity could not believe what she saw upon opening her eyes. The town and buildings looked exactly like Ponyville except for the fact that they were upside down. The ground was made up of alternating black and white checkerboard tiles. And chocolate rain poured down from pink cotton candy clouds. This whole place clearly had no sense of fashion, or order. "Where are am I?" Rarity asked "And what am I doing in this horrible place?" "Horrible? How dare you insult my own dimension!" the voice said, revealing its form to Rarity in a blinding flash of light. "Oh my Celestia!" Rarity gasped "I've never seen a creature quite like you before!" "Amazing aren't I? The name's Discord" the figure said "You are right when you stare." "You look so ugly." Rarity said "Were you born that way, or did something happen to you?" "Ugly?!" Discord said "How dare you insult me!" "I'm just stating the truth darling." Rarity said "It's not my fault if you can't handle it." "You clearly don't know who you're talking to." Discord said "Well allow me to fill you in on the details. You're dealing with the spirit of chaos and disharmony." "A spirit huh?" Rarity said "Well I'm not impressed." "Hmph, you clearly don't know true beauty." Discord said, gazing at his figure in a mirror he had pulled out of nowhere "But enough about my looks." he threw the mirror away, the sound of shattering glass breaking the silence. "Can we talk about this?" Rarity asked. "Sorry but I don't think so." Discord said "Now let's get down to business. I brought you here for one reason. If you ever want to see your friends and family again, you must agree to face me." "And if I beat you I get the trophy and the prize money correct?" Rarity asked. "You catch on fast." Discord said "But before we begin allow me to lay down some rules. Since this is my dimension I can make any rules I want. The only rules I want to propose though are quite simple." "And they are?" Rarity asked. She was almost afraid to ask. "We will only fight one round. With a time limit, not that I think it matters." Discord said. "Is that all?" Rarity asked. "That's all." Discord said "Do you accept?" "As much I would like to say no, I know I have no choice." Rarity said "Let's just get this over with already." "Fine by me." Discord said. "I'm ready if you are." Rarity said. "Round 1, Fight!" Discord said. "Ladies first." Discord said. "You'll regret that Discord!" Rarity said. She then attacked him with a karate chop. "How's that?!" "Ouch! I think you broke something!" Discord said "You play too rough for me!" "Then why don't you just surrender now and save us both the trouble?" Rarity asked. "Cause you're a sap!" Discord said "To tell you the truth I didn't feel a thing." "You're lying!" Rarity said. "Am I? Am I?! Let's find out!" Discord said. "Try this on for size!" Rarity said, unleashing her gem locating attack on Discord. She had already learned not to question the logic behind it. After all she was hardly one to look a gift horse in the mouth. "So you can throw a few gems around." Discord said "Whoop de frickin doo." "Do you seriously mean to tell me that even that didn't phase you?" Rarity asked. "Of course!" Discord said. "You've got to be bluffing." Rarity said. "You just keep telling yourself that." Discord said. The fight continued on for quite a while. Despite her best efforts nothing Rarity tried to attack with seemed to phase Discord. Discord meanwhile frequently attacked her with blasts of concentrated chaos that dealt massive damage. It wouldn't have taken a genius to figure out that Rarity was fighting a losing battle. But Rarity refused to give up, even as she grew more and more fatigued as time passed. Discord meanwhile didn't seem to have a single scratch or bruise mark on him. "This is almost too easy." he taunted. "You're just getting lucky." Rarity said "And your luck is about to run out!" She fired off a fully charged magic blast. "How about that?!" she asked. "That, was, pathetic." Discord said "Were you even trying?" "B-but how? T-There's no way you could've" Rarity said. "Aw, am I too violent for ya?!" Discord said "Well don't worry cause this will all be over soon." To prove his point he pulled out a glass from seemingly nowhere and began to fill with the chocolate rain. "Now's my chance." Rarity thought to herself. She tried to attack Discord with a karate chop but he dodged it with ease. "A sneak attack huh?" Discord said "Well it didn't work. But this will." He then threw the glass of chocolate milk at Rarity. "I hate you so much." Rarity said as the blast enveloped her. Surprisingly enough she let out a high pitch scream that sounded nothing like her. "Huh? That sounds so familiar to me but I don't know why." Discord said. "You got lucky Discord." Rarity said. "You still believe that huh?" Discord said. "Yes." Rarity said "And for the record you ruined my beautiful coat." She then fell to the ground. "K.O.! I win!" Discord said, he then pulled out a pair of sunglasses from nowhere and put them on "Well Rarity. It looks like it's, game over. Yeah!" He then began to laugh wickedly. "This can't be happening." Rarity thought to herself "I just lost to someone I've never seen before in my entire life. And to think I was so certain that I had it all in the bag. I don't believe this." "Rarity? Are you okay?" a familiar voice called out. "It can't be." Rarity thought "Sweetie Belle?" "Yes." the voice said. "Where are you?" Rarity asked. "You mean you can't see me?" Sweetie Belle asked. "No." Rarity said "But I can hear you." "Well I suppose that's better then nothing." Sweetie Belle said. "What's going on?" Rarity asked. "Your guess is as good as mine." Sweetie Belle said "I just had a feeling you were in trouble and I tried to reach out to you. Looks like it might have worked." "To some extent." Rarity said "But what exactly can I do now? In case you haven't noticed Discord is insanely powerful. Nothing I try seems to phase him. He's invincible." "Invincible?" Sweetie Belle asked "I don't think so. I don't even know what that means." "Then how do you know he's not?" Rarity asked "For all I know you could be wrong." "I just know these things." Sweetie Belle said "And in any case I thought the whole reason why you entered this tournament was because of me?" "Well that's true but" Rarity said. "No buts!" Sweetie Belle said "Sorry I just had to say that. But you can't give up Rarity. Not with everything that's at stake." "But how am I suppose to defeat Discord?" Rarity asked. "I don't know." Sweetie Belle said "But Discord must have a weak spot somewhere. You'll just have to find it on your own. Gotta go now." "Wait! Sweetie Belle come back!" Rarity pleaded. "I'm sorry Rarity but I can't." Sweetie Belle said "I know you can beat Discord though. I just know it." "Really?" Rarity asked. "Yes." Sweetie Belle said "Good luck." "Sweetie Belle?" Rarity called out, but there was no reply. Sweetie Belle was gone. She wanted to cry but she willed herself to stay strong. She was so focused on Sweetie Belle that she almost didn't notice her wounds somehow being healed, and her stamina being restored. "Well isn't that sweet?" Discord said "Your own little sister really believes in you. Too bad she's so naive." "Stop right there!" Rarity said "I will not allow you to insult my little sister! I love her so much and I will not let you mock her!" "And what are you going to do about it?!" Discord asked "After all I doubt you're in a position to be making threats." "But this isn't a threat." Rarity said "I entered this tournament because of my little sister and I could never live with myself I gave up. Not to mention it would set a bad example for Sweetie Belle." "Ah that's so sweet that you care so much about her now." Discord said "And yet you sure seem willing to shoo her away in real life." "Just because I love my little sister does not mean I don't find her annoying." Rarity said "And when I shoo her away, which is not often mind you, it is so that I can work on a dress and get it finished. After all, the more profits I make the more I can send to support my family. And right now Sweetie Belle could use all the support she can get." "So what?" Discord said "You gonna make something of it?" "I most certainly am!" Rarity said "And this time, you don't stand a ghost of a chance!" "Hey! I'm the only one allowed to make jokes around here!" Discord said "But if you're that eager to lose then I'll be glad to assist you." "The one who's going to lose is you Discord." Rarity said. "Round 1, Fight!" Discord said. Right from the get go Rarity was determined. And this confidence was reflected in her moves, which packed an increased punch. "Not bad, not bad." Discord said "But now the kid gloves are coming off. It's time to chew bubblegum and kick some serious butt, and I'm fresh out of bubblegum." "Bring it!" Rarity said "I'm not afraid of you." "You should be." Discord said as he threw a glass of chocolate rain at Rarity. She caught it with her magic and threw it right back at Discord. "Not so tough when your own attacks backfire on you huh?" Rarity asked. "Why you little" Discord said but was cut off as the chocolate rain exploded. Discord screamed like a little girl and Rarity chuckled. "That is just so funny." Rarity said. "Oh really?" Discord said "Well you wanna know what else is funny?" "What?" Rarity asked. "This!" Discord said, firing off a blast of concentrated chaos. Rarity dodged it. "You're getting sloppy Discord." Rarity said. She then attacked him with a karate chop. "Oh that's it! Now you've asked for it!" Discord said. He began to pull Rarity towards him. "Let me go this instant you ruffian!" Rarity said "I have half a mind to start whining now." "Go ahead and whine all you want." Discord said "I can take it. In fact I could use some whine with my cheese." "You asked for it!" Rarity said, but before she could start whining Discord began to strangle her. "Not so tough now are ya huh Rarity?" Discord asked. Rarity tried to respond but she couldn't find the proper words to express her hatred. And despite her kicking and squirming she was unable to break free of Discord's grasp. "Looks like I win again." Discord said. But then suddenly he saw Rarity's horn light up, this time with a brighter light blue aura. Before he had a chance to react he was overwhelmed by a new supercharged magic blast. Rarity was surprised by this. She never thought she'd been capable of doing that. Of course not willing to let her advantage go to waste Rarity followed up the surprise blast with some karate chops, a kick, and then a supercharged gem locater spell. Discord was completly overwhelmed and fell to the ground. "Frickin unbelieveable. Absolute madness." he muttered. "K.O.!" Rarity said, she barely resisted the urge to say the words "I win! Flawless victory." "I can't believe I lost." Discord said. "Well you did." Rarity said "Now give me back the trophy and the prize money." "Oh I'll gladly do that." Discord said "But first I have a rule that I forgot to mention earlier. Since you beat me you can request any one thing from me. Anything at all be it fame, money, power, glory, or something else entirely. You name it, I can grant it." "I see." Rarity said "And I'm sure the request is final and that there are no take backs right?" "Now who's the mind reader?" Discord said "But yes. So I'd think carefully if I were you." "I don't have to think." Rarity said "I know what I want from you." "Okay then." Discord said "So how much fame and publicity do you want for Carousel Boutique? Name your price." "Not so fast." Rarity said "I never said that's what I wanted." "But I thought you" Discord said "Well you thought wrong." Rarity said "What I want more then anything is for you to ensure that my little sister Sweetie Belle won't have to transfer schools. I want her to able to continue visiting me and hang out with her friends." "Are you really sure that's what you want?" Discord asked. "Don't try to make me change my mind." Rarity said "My decision is final. Now grant me that wish!" "As you command." Discord said, snapping his fingers "There, your sister won't be leaving Ponyville any time soon. Happy now?" "Most certainly." Rarity said "But of course I'll be even happier when you return the trophy and the prize money. Now!" "Ask and you shall receive." Discord said, snapping his fingers again. But what he didn't tell Rarity was that he had decided to erase the tournament's events from the minds of everyone, even her. They would all just assume it had been a dream and wouldn't remember anything. Discord began to smirk with triumph as he laughed to himself. "Soon all of Equestria shall know my name." he said.