Stephen VS Meg
I just stood in the center of the arena with my blade drawn, trying to make her get impatient so she would make the first move. I had already decided not to attack her until I could get an accurate sense of her fighting style. Suddenly, she disappeared, and I instinctively ducked just before her nunchucks passed through the space where my head had been. “Pretty good reflexes, loser. And by the way, your blade got a name?”. “What kind of question is that?”. “You just seem like the type to name your weapons”. “Well, yeah, it has a name, but I think it chose the name itself”. “Oh, what is it then?”. “The Gilded Talon”. She just laughed and said “That's the dumbest name I've ever heard! You really are a loser!”. “You won't be saying that when I kick your ass, Ms. I think I'm sexy!. Yeah, right. About as sexy as a wet mop!”. Her face turned from one of smugness, to one of absolute rage. “OH, THAT'S IT, YOU ARE SO DEAD!”. So she stopped mouthing off and started attacking like crazy. I dodged most of her swings, but the rest were too fast for dodging to work, and I was forced back step by step until I hit the wall. She smiled, sensing victory. What happened next was something none of us could've expected, except maybe Pinkie Pie, cause, well, she's Pinkie Pie. My blade started to glow, and there was a sudden flash of light, and when I could see again, I was in an empty world, and my original blade was gone, but in it's place were two new swords. They were twin blades. What the hell? What are these blades? Why do they seem so familiar? “Been a while, huh Stephen?”. “What the? Who's there? Show yourself!”. “Jackass, we're right in front of you! Pay attention! This is the last time we can ever have a conversation with you so don't start being an idiot now!”. “Wait a minute, the blades are talking to me? I've gone insane, haven't I? And what do you mean this is the last time?”. “No, you're not crazy, but I'm guessing that you probably don't remember us. You can blame Akumu for that. And this is the last time because after this our spirits are gonna fade, but we'll last long enough to help you in this fight”. “Ok, but who's Akumu?” “Oh, sorry, you probably don't remember him either. Well, we'll leave that for later. Anyway, it's time”.“Time? Time for what?”. “Time for you to take up your birthright”. Suddenly, the blades in front of me somehow strapped themselves to my side. “Ok, now what?”. “What do you think? You fight, and you win! Oh, and remember to tell your mom we said hi”. “Wait, you know who my mom is in this world? Tell me!” “Can't. Only Akumu can reveal that, and that'll only happen if you win. So don't go getting yourself killed. Oh, and one more thing”. “What?”. “Might as well let you know this now. You weren't originally from where you thought you were. You wanna' know more, ask Akumu, cause we can't say anything more on the subject”. With that, I was suddenly back in the arena, only this time I had the two blades drawn, and Meg looked surprised. “What the? Where did you get those blades?”. “Oh, you mean these? Apparently they're my birthright”. “Oh yeah? They got names too?”. She was trying to sound cocky, but I could detect the fear in her voice. “Yeah, they do”. And I shouted their names for all to hear “上昇! 太陽と月の目!”. (Jōshō = Rise!)(Taiyō to Tsuki no me = Eyes of the sun and moon). I charged her, letting my instincts, or rather the blades' instincts, guide me. She swung, and I somersaulted over her and struck, knocking the nunchucks away with Tsuki no me, and Bringing Taiyō no me to her throat. She just stood there speechless. I smiled.”What the hell was that?”. “Game over, I win”. And then I put my blades away. “Why didn't you finish me off, loser?”. “Unlike you, I have no desire to take anypony's life”. “You think we wanted this? That's a laugh”. “Then why are you doing this?”. “Cause Akumu is the reason we're here, and we have no choice but to obey him, or die. He even warped our personalities to make us more 'effective', as he put it.”. So she told me the story of how the shadows became what they are now...
Christian VS Marco
I stared at Marco, and he stared at me. There would be no words exchanged between us. We both knew what was going through each other's minds. I am not gonna die here. My friends are counting on me, and that's all I need to know. He's going down. I rushed him, knife in mouth, and slashed quickly before he could draw his two swords. But he dodged and countered almost immediately, and I barely managed to avoid getting cut in half. I took to the air, hoping to use my speed to throw him off balance. As I was flying I noticed a weakness in his attacks, his right flank being completely exposed. I rushed to use that opportunity and attacked. Marco stared at me repeating the words “Ae shala sahs”. Little did I know that the whole time he was playing a mind trick on me, and suddenly he was gone. As I looked around trying to figure out what had happened, he attacked me from behind, giving me a deep cut on my back. I went into a rage, and started slashing around with my knife, but this was what he had wanted, and he easily dodged my uncoordinated blows, and inflicted several more wounds on my body. I thought to myself I need to calm down! This is the kind of weakness that he expects from me! After that I got my cool back, slowed down, and started analysing his movements. I slashed above his head a few times and made a cut on his face. He just said “Nice try, but that stroke of luck is going to be your last!” Then he started to say those words again. “Ae shala sahs”. But before he could play another mind trick on me I gave him two hooves to the face. He was lying on the floor for a couple of seconds before rushing at me with a fury of attacks. I flew up, easily getting out of reach, despite the pain my sudden movements caused. While I was thinking how to defeat him he was trying to get me with his swords. Then I thought of it. Sonic boom! I flew as close to him as I could without getting slashed and performed the sonic boom. Marco flew 6 feet backwards saying the words “I’ll be back! Count on it meathead!” before he hit the wall and lost consciousness. I looked at everyone and thought to myself… I haven’t disappointed them… I turned to see Stephen talking with Meg. What the hell? Does he have the hots for her or something? Nah, couldn't be. I know for a fact he's crushing on Twi, he's just too embarassed to admit it. Not surprising though, the last time he asked a girl out, she just laughed and called him a freak, but she had to shout it out to the whole school, didn't she? I doubt I'd want to ask someone out if that happened to me. But never mind, “I wonder what they're talking about?” “I'll tell you, though you probably won't believe me”. I turned to see Marco getting back up, though he was having trouble doing even that. “Alright, what's the deal?”. So he told me how he came to be a shadow...
Meadhbh VS ParallelTraveler
I looked Para, and all I could think was He thinks he's so great, probably thinks he's quite the ladies man. Yeah right. I'm gonna knock him off his high horse. Damn that pun was bad. Oh well, better get to... oh shi- I just barely dodged as his guitar crashed down where my head had been only a second earlier. “Ha, with reflexes like that, I'm gonna win for sure!”. “We'll see about that!”. I got my club out and swung it at his head. He just avoided it and started playing his guitar. “What the hell? Is this a fight or a kid's music recital?”. “Shut up and enjoy. After all, this is the last song you'll ever hear”. I kept swinging and he just kept dodging and playing. After a while, I started to feel really dizzy. My swings kept getting more sluggish, and he started to drive me back, making more than a few hits on me. Then his words finally made sense to me. The guitar's music is messing with my head! So it's more than just a source of annoying noise? Well, this just got fun! After figuring out his little trick, I knew just what to do. I struck out at his head, and he relflexively brought up his guitar to shield himself. But that's where I caught him! I had temporarily added a blade to the club with magic and I drew the newly constructed blade along the strings, severing them. He just stared at me with murder in his eyes. “YOU OWE ME A NEW GUITAR!”. He charged me, but in his haste he failed to notice my club before it smacked his head into the ground. “So sue me, dumbass”. I saw the others still fighting, so I just sat down next to his unconscious body, and while I waited for him to wake up I thought about what Akumu said before he sent me here, praying that it was a lie...
Riley VS Magsimum Impact
I drew my pistols and prepared to start shooting, and Mag did the same with her Yatekko. We stood there, waiting for the other to make a move. She shot first, and I created a wall to stop the shots. Good thing I learned how to create stuff using what was around me, gotta remember to thank Twi for that. I jumped out and began firing, my bullets heading right at their designated target. But they never made it to her. They just stopped in mid-air, mere centimetres from her face. “What the? How'd you do that? Those were dead-on!”. She just smiled sadistically. Alright, now I'm pissed! But I didn't have time to think as she immediately took up the offensive, forcing me back behind my makeshift wall. I needed time to think, so I turned it from a single wall into a hollow cuboid. Four walls, all the way up to the ceiling. That should give me time to figure her out. Ok, have to think, how did she stop my bullets? She's a pegasus, so that rules out magic. No, wait, not necessarily, not if she has a...that's it! I know what to do now! I could hear her, still trying to break through. And it was showing. The pillar was ready to collapse. Ok, let's see how you like it when I take away your little toy! Just as the first hole appeared in the wall, I dove out, barely avoiding her arrows. I took a quick look and found my target, a small bracelet attached to her left foreleg. I knew it! A shield charm! I took aim, and fired. It was a one in a million shot, hitting the bracelet dead center, shattering it. She was shocked to say the least. “That's impossible! How did you?”. “Nopony is a better marksman than me. Don't mean to brag, but I grew up learning the art of the marksman, and I'll be damned if some shadow is gonna show me up!”. I focused my energy into the pistol and created a tranq round. Even if she is with the bad guys, I won't take anypony's life willingly. I fired, and she crumpled to the ground, unconscious. I looked to see everypony else was still fighting. I decided to take the time to come up with a new battle strategy, for when this big boss of theirs finally decided to make an appearance...
Claudius VS Reaver
I stared at him with a weird smile, thinking What kind of cake should I bake with Pinkie for the victory party? He interrupted me by saying “Hey weirdo, we gonna do this or what?” “Yeah, just a second! So many types…. So many flavours!”. “What the hay are you on about? Ah forget it, just die!”. He charged at me, but I swiftly dodged it and continued to mutter to myself: “Maybe marzipan covered? Or fudge?” Just then I saw Pinkie Pie standing in front of me. I looked at her with a slight surpise. “Pinkie? What are you…?”. I suddenly got whipped in the head with a staff and I realised that wasn’t Pinkie, but Reaver himself. I realised he had transforming abilities! “Cool! Do me, do me!” He sighed and turned into a figure which resembled me! “Eh, I’ve seen better”. Then I wacked him with my scythe across the face adding a small cut below his eye. I charged at him, thinking about cake, when it hit me! Not the idea but Reaver’s staff. “Ouch! Ok you jerky-jerk-head! THE FOAL GLOVES ARE OFF!” I became enraged and smacked him with my hooves, almost knocking him out. I slowly approached him saying “You should have let me think about my cakes! Now you will meet your shadow maker!”. I smacked on the ground with my scythe as hard as I could, but I realised that I have only bumped his forcefield. He got up shooting magic at me, but I swiftly dodged it. Just then I thought up an epic and physics defying idea! Boomerang scythe! I tossed my sytche as hard as I could. I heard Reaver laughing at me “Hahahaha! Is that the best you got? Man, you su…!”. He never finished that sentence as the scythe smacked him in the head. “Boom headshot! Hehe!” And he was therefore knocked out, while I looked around and then it hit me! Not the staff but the idea! Triple fudge brownie cake!! I cheered myself and looked around only to see the others fighting. Should I help them? I thought to myself… Nah, they got it! I’ve gotta make a list of the ingredients! And so I started making a list…..
Author's Note: Thanks to Chris for writing the fights between himself and Marco, and between Claudius and Reaver. I had hoped to get some written by the others, but they were unavailable. Sorry about that. And If you're wondering why I haven't written anything about Pinkie breaking the fourth wall, it's because I'm never any good at writing that kind of stuff, it always ends up looking like someone gave a monkey a typewriter and told it to use it's ass to write the stuff. Anyway, now we can move on with the story, but I'll probably get in trouble with my parents since, while I was working on this, I was supposed to be studying for my college exams, which are on this whole week, but oh well. Could be worse. Anyway, I'll try to have the next chapter up ASAP. And to Zoom_The_Kid. The next chapter is where you make your appearance, so I hope you are able to read this! Till then "KEEP KICKING ASS!". "What the buck Pinkie. That's my catchphrase! You can't jsut steal it!". "Well you let Chris use my lines from when we fought those changelings. think of it as poetic justice". "Fine, now, can I please get back to finishing these notes?". "Can I do it? PLEEEAASSSSE?". "Fine". "YAAAAAAAYYYY! OK EVERYPONY, Mr Grouchy over here says that if I don't make this short, he won't let me be in charge of the victory party, so I hope you enjoy this". "Thanks Pinkie". "Okie-Dokie-Loki".