//------------------------------// // Princess vs. Princess: Fire and Lightning // Story: The Moment No Pony was Waiting For (A Death Battle Parody) // by TundraStanza //------------------------------// Please make sure that the "Formatting" setting in the top right is set to "Dark", not "Light". Thank you. Well, it won't be as glamorous as the last chapter, but I'm pretty sure somebody wanted these two fights somewhere. ... Properties in this chapter belong to Hasbro, ScrewAttack, Nickelodeon, and Sega. --- The Moment No Pony was Waiting For Season 2 (24) Fire in the hold! Modern media has taken great efforts to ensure that the position of princess does not always equate to damsel in distress waiting to marry a stranger who happens to be a prince. Heck, if you even tried to save these princesses in that way, you'd get your *ss set on fire... or electrocuted... or magically blown to cinders. Honestly, I'm not sure which would feel worse. Princess Twilight Sparkle may be downgraded now, but her fighting isn't over yet. She must defend her title against two fellow princesses, each with pyrokinetic mastery. Blaze the Cat from a parallel Sonic universe. And Azula, daughter of Fire Lord Ozai. Thanks for the ideas, 19th Oak Tree that happens to be white and 58th Model of Iron-Man! He's B and I'm W, and it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win this one-against-two Death Battle. ---Death Battle--- Princess Twilight Sparkle -Official title: Princess of Friendship -Species: Alicorn -Flight and magic -Well-read and developed in study methods and subject expertise -Teleportation, Conjuration, Levitation, Illumination, Wind and Water Manipulation, Analyzation, Memorization, Spell Replication, Alliteration, Ramification, Yes-I-am-having-too-much-fun-with-words-that-rhyme-with-nation -Can get caught up in her own thoughts of worst-case scenarios and possibilities -Easily ticked off when order is removed from the equation Now that we've turned off her DBZ powers, what does this pony have left? Actually, she seems to hold quite a bit of power on her own. Even without the other princesses backing her up, her beams of magic are enough to inflict pain onto larger beasts. Plus, she can levitate several objects in her magical field all at once. Yeah, she probably has enough to lift every body part of my ex-wife. Within her versatile spell list, the spirit of the Element of Magic can teleport great distances with several other ponies at once, conjure objects from other locations, bring light into dark areas, control elements such as wind and water, create shields that can deflect the master of chaos's touch, and even use a semi-intangibility spell. She's also come a long way from crashing face first into the dirt after her first practice flight. In lieu of physical stamina, Twilight's mind is one of the strongest muscles she has. She can analyze situations thoroughly, memorize book information almost instantly, and replicate the effects of spells of other practitioners that she has previously observed. While versatility and intelligence are nice, she kind of has trouble making her trains of thought stop. These adorkable moments tend to make her stress out over the most inconsequential details. Plus, she loses her temper at things that can't be explained by one of her books on the magical order of Equestria. Of course, destiny never asks for perfection. It only asks that one is willing to do what she needs to do. In this pony princess's case, her life calls for her to talk like Tara Strong and sing like Rebecca Shoichet. "~Let the rainbow remind you That together we will always shine~" ---Death Battle--- Blaze -Princess from the Sol Dimension -Species: anthro cat -Speed, pyrokinesis, and hand-to-hand combat -Extreme reflexes, enhanced jumping and acrobatic skills, and can sense Sol emeralds and dimensional disturbances -Axel jump, Axel tornado, Burst dash, Burst hover, Fire Boost, Fire claw -Pretty well-balanced in comparison to other Sonic characters -Has a fear of heights In a dimension parallel to Mobius, Blaze serves as Princess and guardian of the Sol Emeralds. She considered herself "cursed" being born with the power of the flames. Because of her role, she isolated herself from companionship and pushed others aside. Why would pyrokinesis be a bad thing? I would think it makes you feel hotter. Please stop hitting on the furries. I make no such promises! One fateful day, the dimensions went in flux and allowed Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends to go through a tear in the space-time-continuum. Then, the Sol Dimension's version of Dr. Eggman, Eggman Nega stole the Sol Emeralds. This inadvertently sent Blaze to Sonic's dimension. After a quick battle and apology thereafter, Blaze joined Sonic's rush and eventually learned the value of friendship. This fiery kitty has a well-rounded understanding of hand-to-hand combat. By combining swift punches and kicks with a few bursts of fire, she can hold her own against anybody she fights. She can spin herself in the Axel Tornado, increase her speed with Burst Dash, imitate jet boots with Burst Hover, and slice up flammable enemies with the Fire Claw. Blaze has extremely fast reflexes, can perform several acrobatics in the air, and can jump to superhuman heights. She can also vaguely sense the presence of nearby Sol Emeralds and detect disturbances in the dimensions' stability. It's too bad that detection doesn't always work when fighting faster or stronger opponents. Similar to Sonic's connection to the Chaos Emeralds, Blaze's powers increase immensely when combined with all seven Sol Emeralds. Burning Blaze can utilize fire into concentrated blasts and can fly for extended periods of time. And just like Super Sonic, the DBZ rip-off powers end after a full minute without enough power rings. You know, not everything is a Dragon Ball rip-off. Anyway, Blaze has a slight case of acrophobia and she is easily irritated if someone so much as looks at the Sol Emeralds the wrong way. ...or if somebody calls her "Highness". Does that have to do with her fear of heights? I doubt that's related. Well, long story short, don't pet this kitty. "Fear the power of the flames!" ---Death Battle--- Ah, what a lovely day. Without the men eager to fight anywhere around, Twilight Sparkle had safely returned the princesses' magic back to their proper owners. Perhaps now, she can catch up on her latest reading material. But just as she finds a comfortable reading spot, something quite typical on Death Battle happens: a misunderstanding that leads to a fight. As Twilight is about to turn a page, a flame burst flies down out of nowhere and completely incinerates the book. Reasonably, she lets out a yelp and jumps back away from the fire. She stares up at the figure standing in the center. As the fire dies down, another purple figure looks around before her cat eyes lock onto Twilight's. Twilight clenches her teeth in determination. Anything that tramples a defenseless book will face retribution. "FIGHT!" The princess... (Wait a minute. They're both princesses. That's going to get confusing.) The alicorn lights up her horn vibrantly as a similar aura surrounds the anthro cat. Blaze yelps as she's suddenly lifted off her feet and flung into the air. But the surprise is not long-lasting. Within an instant, Blaze performs a flip to right herself and slows her descent with a stream of fire blowing down underneath her shoes. Twilight Sparkle fires off a few magical blasts into the air. By conjuring flames left and right, Blaze manages to propel herself out of the way of the incoming attacks. She voluntarily stops her jet boots to quicken her fall behind the pony. Soon after, a small tornado of flames surrounds Blaze as she spins on a single foot. Adding injury to injury, Twilight takes the impact of both fire and kicks. After falling on her side, Twilight quickly gets stands back up. Though, she winces against her newly acquired burn. Blaze runs over and delivers a few of her well-trained punches and kicks. However, she finds her attacks are getting brushed off by a magenta barrier surrounding her opponent. Undeterred, Blaze rushes in with another fiery tornado. But Twilight switches her magic into a slightly different cast. The sound effects guy plays with the "rushing wind" clip while an invisible current rushes through the battlefield. The tornado's spin slows down and the fire actually falls back as Blaze's spinning is halted. Blaze attempts to conjure another fire in front of her, but the exposure to extra oxygen causes it to blow up in her face sending her back a few feet. The wind calms down to a gentle breeze while Twilight keeps up a determined stare. "Why?" she asks, "Why are you doing this?" "There was a dimensional disturbance right in this area," answers Blaze, matter-of-factly. Seven rectangular prisms in the colors red, yellow, silver, violet, blue, green, and cyan start floating around. Blaze raises an open palm toward the circling Sol Emeralds. Her fur starts flashing between her natural purple and a glowing red. "Are you not the cause?" Blaze inquires accusingly. "What? No!" outbursts Twilight, "That strange mystic left yesterday." "Wait, what?" The emeralds rain around Blaze's feet as the flashing fur stops. "He already agreed not to disturb the dimensional rift between his world and ours," explains Twilight. The screen briefly blacks out for the purpose of skipping a long chain of exposition. --- Several minutes later... "Oh... I'm sorry about your book." Blaze looks away in shame. Twilight lets out a sigh before looking back up. "Just don't mention it again and be more careful around precious information." "Might we be able to... start over?" asks Blaze while extending a hand. Princess Sparkle smiles gently and nods. "FRIENDSHIP!" "Friendship? Again?" ---Death Battle--- I suppose even a fire cat can be declawed if given the chance. While both Princess Blaze and Princess Twilight are prone to acting upon misunderstandings, they are also both quick when it comes to realizing their own mistakes. Thus, it's not beyond possibility that they would exchange a few warning shots before realizing the lack of any desire to actually fight. Blaze knows kung fu but Twilight knows magical hacks. Blaze can control fire, but Twilight can control air (a component necessary to keep a fire going). In other words, both combatants had counters upon counters that they could implement into a battle to the death. Even if we had allowed Blaze to utilize the Sol Emeralds, getting attacked would mean running out of power sooner and Twilight could've avoided the worst of it via teleporting. It could go on for mind-numbing hours. I just remembered that I'm watching a kids' show. This battle is a draw. ---Death Battle--- Just when the friendship begins, a dark and blue flame collides with Blaze from offscreen. She manages a shout of shock and pain, but nothing else. She lies on the ground, struggling to keep her eyes open against the pain. Twilight looks distraught and chances a look in the direction from where the blue blast had come. A tall, thin woman in garbs a black and red outfit runs forth. She appears to be guiding lightning in her very fingertips. As she points in front of herself, she lets out an insane laugh. ---Death Battle--- Azula -Princess of the Fire Nation, daughter of Ozai and Ursa -Species: human (... I think) -Firebender; blue flames burn hotter than most benders' red flames, despite her cold heart -Can also bend lightning, the "cold-blooded fire" -Sadist, manipulator, power-hungry strategist -Mentally unstable -Paranoid of betrayal Azula was the Fire Nation's princess and favored child of Fire Lord Ozai. However, she still felt underappreciated, feeling that her mother Ursa loved Zuko more than her. Spoiled rotten b****! She grew up very sadistic, manipulative, and power hungry. She would even set fire to things that did not fit her liking. The fact that she was proficient in firebending, strategy, and combat did nothing to settle her mental health. Some time later, she started chasing the Avatar alongside her childhood friends Mai the moody and Ty Lee the chi blocking circus performer. D**n, she knows how to pick 'em. Her training in firebending became so advanced that her fires actually turned blue. Hotter than red flames, blue fire can reach temperatures over 1600 degree Centigrade or 2300+ degrees Fahrenheit. Additionally, she has trained in separation of positive and negative chi, the necessary step to bend lightning. A hot woman with an electrifying personality! What will they think of next? Remember when I said her mental health wasn't settled? Azula actually harbored a very deep well of mental instability. She was raised to be no less than perfect in her father's eyes and the betrayal of her best friends pushed her over an edge. So to prevent any other betrayals, she pretty much fired all of her servants. Preemptive unemployment at its finest, folks! After a humiliating loss against the team of Zuko and Katara, she was placed under mental rehabilitation. ...which didn't do her much good. She was planning her next betrayal almost immediately after she was released. Basically, you'd better hope she never points her attacks at you. "Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way. Even you fear me." "No, I love you, Azula. I do." "Rrrrrgh!" The mirror shatters. ---Death Battle--- "No!" Twilight hollers as she runs in front of the injured cat. A magenta shield surrounds them both. The incoming lightning bolt hits the shield and dances around before being grounded. She stares both in fear and in anger at the intruder. Azula stops her laughing and tightens her lips. Preemptively, Twilight teleports Blaze somewhere a safe distance from the battlefield. She then returns to face this newest attacker. Something about their gaze tells Twilight that this is no misunderstanding. The woman is deliberately trying to destroy. "FIGHT!" Azula lifts her hand and a stream of blue flames shoots upward. She follows up with a running karate chop. The fire stream itself acts an extension of her motion. As the flames make contact with the grass, the fire changes from blue to red no longer in contact with Azula's will. But before they can reach her opponent's position, the pony princess vanishes. Rather than acting in confusion like a normal fighter would, the Fire Nation's princess spins around and starts punching to create flames all along the grass behind her. As the alicorn reappears, she yelps at the high temperature she stands in. Immediately, her magenta magic takes her away again. She appears standing next to a river. She is trying to catch her breath. Once she succeeds, she concentrates her magic on what lies behind her. The water streams into three separate orbs, defying gravity's pull in favor of the alicorn's. In the instant of a thought, the orbs are sent forth. The other princess smiles smugly. She thrusts her right index finger one way, then points her left hand above her, and then delivers a kick to the left. Blue flames shoot out of all three movements. These flames make contact with the incoming watery projectiles. Hissing noises are heard as all of the water turns into steam. Azula holds her fingers in a pinching position and follows an imaginary arc motion in front of herself. Bluish sparks seem to dance along this arc. Meanwhile, Twilight focuses the magic in her horn again. The next instant showcases Azula shooting lightning at her opponent while Twilight responds with a beam of pure magic. Electricity meets energy at the halfway point, resulting in a boom. The explosion creates a shockwave in the air. Twilight has to hold up a wing to protect her eyes from the rush of smoke and dust. Meanwhile, the fiery lady uses this moment to rush to her enemy's position. With moments to spare, Twilight barely conjures a shield in time to block the barrage of close-quarters attacks fueled by blue fire. The alicorn notices a pause in the onslaught and tries throwing a couple more orbs of water. Azula simply turns these into more steam. "So you're a peasant too!" shouts the Fire Nation's princess. "Then, burn like trash that you are!" Azula slides under for an uppercutting flame. The screen briefly cuts to black. ... Solid green eyes with purplish smoke at their corners gaze at the camera. The river suddenly explodes into a large structure of ice. It is transparent enough that we can see the combatants standing within. Magenta magic flows along Twilight's horn. She then proceeds to trot to the river's side, as if the solid ice isn't even there. She uses this time to take some deep breaths. Azula, however, just stands in that crouched position, still staring in madness. "K.O.!" ---Death Battle--- Now that's more like the Death Battle show I know and love! Azula was clearly underhanded from the very beginning. She could pretty much overpower and outsmart her enemy similar to how she undermined the Dai Lee. Instead of waiting for Twilight to reappear, she set up the field to her advantage. Plus, her flames were hot enough to effortlessly boil that water. However, creating these fires requires her to perform physical motions. With her body stuck in ice, she couldn't move anything that could potentially melt the ice. But where did Twilight get the ability to make ice? Evidence of her entire life's studies points to two things. She is fascinated by the legend of Starswirl the Bearded and his magical findings. One of these findings involved the Windigos and their ability to freeze a pony as cold as the hatred within their heart. The second point is that she has learned to wield dark magic even before ascending to alicorn. A thoughtful and innovative spellcaster like her wouldn't take long to connect the dots. And she has a partial intangibility spell which can let herself or others float through a crystal wall like it's nothing. Oh, well. At least Azula finally learned how to chill. The winner is Princess Twilight Sparkle. ---Death Battle---