//------------------------------// // Change of Face // Story: The Moment No Pony was Waiting For (A Death Battle Parody) // by TundraStanza //------------------------------// A/N: Maybe it's the hot weather in my area, but I'm feeling a bit moody today. Regardless of the Season 2 finale, in my opinion Nightmare Moon will always be my favorite villain. I'm a stickler for the classics. --- Said the guy who didn't grow up with comic books, classic Sonic, and old-school Mario. --- A/N: Oh, shut up. *sigh* Anyway, if you haven't seen the Season 2 finale (episodes 51 and 52), this may contain some spoilers. You hear that? It's called a "spoiler alert". On that note, enjoy. Properties belong to Hasbro, Screw Attack, and Netherrealm Studios. --- The Moment No Pony was Waiting For (8) ---Death Battle--- Well, I've picked on the director enough for now. Let's get on with it. In 3...2...1. Various pictures are thrown across the screen as the episode gets started. W opens, "This time on Death Battle, we're bringing in some shape-shifters." B adds, "The mutants or villains that always hide right under your nose posing as your best friend." "Like Shang Tsung, sorcerer of Outworld and Chrysalis, queen of the changelings." "He's W and I'm B." "And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." ---Death Battle--- A picture of an elderly man followed by a picture of the same man in his younger years is shown after the title card opens. "With the powers only Death Battle possesses, we've brought back the pawn of Shao Kahn for another round," says W. B smoothly states, "It was so much fun watching him get beat up by Akuma, we just had to watch it happen again." "Shang Tsung is the host of Mortal Kombat tournaments between Earth Realm and Outworld. He was cursed by the Elder gods to rapidly age until an untimely death. The only way to prevent his death is to absorb souls from his victims." A stat screen appears as B talks. "Like we said before, this allows him to heal up and use the moves of the form he copies." "Shang Tsung is adept at a form of pyromancy, shooting flaming skulls, teleporting through the floor with hot escape, and summoning flaming skulls from the floor." "He also hides a straight sword for surprise attacks and he can open portals between realms." "Whenever he does claim victory, it's always the result of cheating and manipulation." "What a dick." A scene of Shang Tsung walking on screen has him say, "Your soul is mine!" ---Death Battle--- A picture of a very cut-up alicorn with insectoid wings and a green aura about her takes the screen. "AAAAH!" shouts B, "Kill it with fire!" W holds the professionalism here, "Born from the dark boundaries of Equestria, Chrysalis is the queen of a race known as the changelings, all capable of transforming into whoever they see." "How many ugly *eff*s are there in Equestria?" Various factoids appear on screen as W picks up the description. "On her own, her magic is capable of blasting enemies, opening portals to the underground caverns, brainwashing, and levitation." "She's so ugly, how ugly is she." "As a changeling, Chrysalis is able to transform herself into any other pony she sees. Specifically, she tends to copy lovers' affection as she needs to absorb the energy of true love in order to keep her strength up. This is one of the reasons why she wants to take over Equestria, as its citizens hold the most true love in the entire world. Unfortunately, if too much love energy is present, it can repel her and all of her changeling minions out of a given city area." "Expecto Patronum!" shouts B, "...What?" A clip from an episode shows Chrysalis saying, "First we take Canterlot, and then ALL of Equestria!" ---Death Battle--- Cue W saying, "All right the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all." B says, "While we're doing that, I'm going to buy a new flamethrower." "What? Where did you get the money for a flamethrower?" "From the sales of our Death Battle T-shirts, guaranteed to make the wearer 30% sexier in 5 seconds flat. (No refunds.) Time for a Death Battle!" ---Death Battle--- A tall castle-esque hallway marks the stage of this Death Battle. From the floor, two fiery circles appear, one green and one orange. The changeling emerges from the green portal while the middle-age appearance of the sorcerer rises from the orange portal. No words are spoken from either of them. "FIGHT!" Chrysalis giggles before taking on the form of Shang Tsung. The real sorcerer quickly proves he's the real one by summoning a fiery skull just underneath his imposter's feet. The imposter Tsung is sent flying as two more skulls ram his back. Abandoning her game of pretend, Chrysalis regains her default, changeling form as she falls onto the ground. As she gets up, Shang disappears through the floor in a blaze before reappearing behind the alicorn wannabe. Shang then takes the form of the blue clothed Kitana. She pulls forth a couple bladed fans and starts waving them in front of her. This creates a mini-tornado that starts lifting Chrysalis. The changeling is not fazed by this wind as she quickly opens her bug-like wings and flies around the imposter Kitana. Chrysalis activates her green magic to open a green, burning hole in the ground. It absorbs the would-be Kitana who disappears from view. Chrysalis starts laughing before she notices an orange portal off to her side. The restored Shang Tsung jumps out of the portal to about Chrysalis' aerial position. He then changes forms to look like Liu Kang before delivering a series of kicks one would expect to perform while riding a fast bicycle. As Chrysalis falls to the ground in a heap, Shang Tsung lands on his feet. He then grabs the changeling by the neck, as his green aura starts absorbing the queen's soul. Chrysalis opens her eyes and barely holds enough energy to knock Shang away with a hoof. Now it's the sorcerer's turn to copy his opponent's shape. Only this time, he has the other one's power in addition to her form. Both changeling's charge up green magical blasts and fire them directly at each other. Drained along with some of her soul, the original changeling quickly runs out of charge and gets blasted by her look-alike. She's on the floor in a heap again. She appears to try another spell but it has no obvious effect. She slowly looks to her opponent, with fear in her eyes for the first time in this fight. Shang Tsung returns to his default form before walking towards the queen of changelings. "FINISH HER!" shouts a random announcer. Shang then takes the form of a generic clown, before pulling out a pistol. He aims it at Chrysalis before firing a "Bang!" flag and confetti. The changeling queen raises an eyebrow in disbelief. The clown then pulls out a second pistol. The camera pans in on the clown as this pistol fires an actual bullet and gunpowder. Imagination can fill in what happened afterward. The clown then laughs hysterically before taking a bow toward the camera. "FATALITY!" shouts that announcer. "K.O!" shouts the Death Battle announcer. ---Death Battle--- B says, "Well, I guess that's... kind of what I said about killing it with fire." W reflects, "While both fighters were capable of altering their appearance, only Shang Tsung was able to alter his abilities. Additionally, Chrysalis' magic requires her to absorb true love. Since Shang Tsung is centuries old, he has lost all touch with any true love in his life. Chrysalis' brainwashing spell has no effect on victims without love. This gave Tsung an opening for his more comical fatality." "Boom! Head shot!" "The winner is Shang Tsung." A picture of the robed sorcerer is shown with his name underneath. ---Death Battle--- "Got an idea for a Death Battle? Track and leave a comment below." "Thanks for watching." --- A/N: This time I guess I will open this story to suggestions. However, there is a slight chance that it won't happen. By the way, "end spoiler alert". ... Properties belong to their respective owners. This is a non-profit work. Good day to everyone.