"Soren, don't you dare do what I think you're going to do," Rainbow warned. Her, Soren, and their five friends were standing in the library. Soren came back because he wanted to explain that he was about to fight Nightmare Moon...but at a cost.
"I have to, Rainbow," he replied. "We both know it's the only way."
"Well, it's the way I don't want!"
"Rainbow, it'll be alright," Twilight assured.
"No it won't! Soren is about to fight Nightmare Moon. NIGHTMARE. MOON. And he's going to do it alone!" She looked at Soren. "We're going with you. We can easily defeat her again."
"Rainbow, did you ever once think that the idiotic things I do have a reason behind them?"
"I...I guess I haven't."
"Did you forget about a certain princess that may or may not be gravely injured?"
"But what about—?"
"No. Princess Celestia needs you girls. If Nightmare Moon...defeats me, the six of you can finish her."
"Soren," Twilight joined, "think about what you are doing. What if Nyra fights you as well? Only a supernova could take those two out at once!"
"Isn't that a funny thought?" Soren grinned sadly.
"Soren!" Rainbow was furious now. "You're not killing yourself to try to win this fight!"
"Goodbye, everyone. Wish me luck." With that said, Soren teleported to the fields around Ponyville.
Looking at the town, he smiled with sadness. Hearing noises behind him, Soren turned around and saw Nightmare Moon, guards in tow, flying straight at him. She screamed a battle cry as she was yards away from Soren. Smirking one last time, Soren teleported away yet again. Nightmare landed where Soren used to be and kicked the ground in anger. Her eyes widened when she actually hit something.
Curious, Nightmare looked down and noticed a strange rectangular device. She tilted her head when she saw a note attached to the top of it. Using her magic, Nightmare levitated the note in front of her so she could read it.
Hit the red button.
-Soren
Arching her eyebrow, the evil mare looked for said button and pressed it once she found it. It began to play a message. A stallion clearing his throat was the first thing that was heard.
Hello, Nightmare Moon. Soren here obviously. I would just like to say that I will be at the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters if you want to find me.
Purposefully, Soren began to poorly imitate Nightmare's voice at certain points.
'Why should I fall for your trap?' you might ask. The answer is simple: If you don't, then the princesses and I will be finishing our spell to basically destroy you. Now you may be thinking 'How could he have Princess Celestia with him when I left her in Canterlot?' Well the answer to that is even more simple than the last one: I have a TARDIS. Bottom line: I'll see you at the castle. Bye~!
Yelling in frustration, Nightmare Moon lifted a hoof and slammed it down on the recorder, breaking it into many pieces. "GUARDS!" she yelled with newfound anger. "KEEP THIS TOWN PRISONER! THE ALICORN'S HEAD WILL BE MINE! NO PONY OUTSMARTS ME!" The tens of guards saluted and Nightmare Moon teleported away.
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Nightmare arrived at the ancient castle almost immediately. Stepping through the front doors, she quickly began tracking Soren using magic. Her magic locked onto his aura quickly, so she sprinted through the halls. Grinning evilly, the mare of darkness snuck up to a familiar room. There was only one exit, except for the windows or teleportation of course. 'No escape this time, alicorn," Nightmare Moon thought as she exploded the wooden door off of its hinge. She discovered that she was in the Elements of Harmony Shrine, but ignored the fact when she saw Soren relaxing on the other side of the room.
"SOREN!" Nightmare boomed. The white alicorn opened one lazy eye at her from across the room. Before Nightmare rudely interrupted him, Soren was laying on his back, one leg over the other, and with both hooves behind his head.
"So you finally made it," he stated as he slowly got to his hooves. "I could have taken a nap because of how long you were taking."
"STOP THIS FOOLISHNESS, ALICORN! IT'S TIME TO END THIS!"
"Such anger! You may supposedly be powerful, but your cool snaps easier than a twig." Yelling, Nightmare Moon sent a fast stream of white magic at Soren. The spell impacted his chest and slammed him against the wall behind him. After falling to the ground, Soren stood up and looked at Nightmare, who was carefully but surely advancing on him. 'She assumes I have the upperhoof right now,' Soren smirked.
Soren illuminated his horn, as did Nightmare. Deciding to attack first, Nightmare Moon casted a spell that removed all of the light in the entire room. Soren couldn't see anything, yet he knew what he had to do. He tried to cast a basic spell to light the tip of his horn, but his magic was seemingly blocked. A hoof then punched Soren square in the jaw and sent him Celestia-knows-where. He believed he was standing straight up as he attempted magic once again. The room was lit up for a split second due to a spell being sent at Soren. It impacted his side, but Soren smiled. The spell tore a hole in his right saddlebag, and it was sent back to its caster as a result. The room regained its light as Nightmare groaned because of the spell that struck her.
"What happened?! How did you deflect that spell?"
Soren began to chuckle as he piled the three saddlebag items in one tiny area. He looked at the pile and picked up what caused the spell to bounce off of him. Removing his one and a half saddlebags from his flanks, Soren then put on the creation that can deflect certain spells.
"You see, Nightmare Moon," Soren began, "I was very prepared for this fight. I even had each of my friends give me something that could help me during this moment. The reason your spell was deflected is because I had my friends Twilight and Rarity design a vest that is temporarily resistant to magical attacks." Soren puffed out his chest so Nightmare could see the black vest that was faintly glowing with purple aura. "Ever since I went to Canterlot to get your attention, I had the upperhoof in this conflict of ours. Now it is truly time to end this."