It’s been a couple of weeks since the battles, I really was the only one happy with them, because of my revenge against Twilight. As it turned out though, all the audience don’t even remember the battles, thanks to the battle master’s mind control. Although, those who fought could remember the battles, due to the pain they received.
I was walking through Ponyville, carrying some heavy bags of animal food for Fluttershy. Fluttershy was walking next to me, carrying some saddle bags full of other animal stuff. “Thanks again Connor for helping me out.”
I rolled my eyes at the fact that she thanked me 24.547 times already. “It’s nothing Fluttershy. I love helping out animals.”
Before Fluttershy could say anything, I quickly ran to Fluttershy’s house, dropped off the bags, and the stuff she was carrying, before running back and pushing Fluttershy out of the way of a meteor crashing right where she was. “Oh my.”
“You okay Fluttershy?” I asked, after the meteor crashed. All I got was a nod, and I got into a crouching position in front of her. “Listen. You need to be brave, and get Twilight and the others.” Fluttershy responded by hiding behind her mane. “Please Fluttershy. If this goes bad, your animals might get hurt.” Fluttershy shot up, and flew away, faster than Rainbow Dash could ever hope for.
After making sure back-up plan 589547 was in place, I stood up, before walking over to the edge of the crater. As I got to the edge of the crater, I felt a powerful energy coming from the meteor. I sensed destruction, fire, evil, but what bothered me most, was the familiarity I sensed off the creature.
Before I could do anything, a burst of energy came out of the crater, striking me in the chest. As I was flung back, I quickly landed back on my feet, gripping the small burn mark on my chest. ‘That was cosmic energy.’ I noticed a figure walking out of the crater.
It was humanoid, but I could sense that it was a Cosmic Being. He wore a blood red shirt, and wore dark grey pants. But my eyes were focused on his face. “You!”
“Yes, ‘Cosmic King,’ me.” He said. I quickly scrolled through my memories, trying to figure out what his name was. But I didn’t know his name when I had my powers, and before I had my powers, I had terrible memory when it came to names.
I was taken out of my thoughts, as I barely dodged a few beams of destructive cosmic energy. I started running closer to him, noticing how familiar his cosmic energy is. ‘He’s got the exact same cosmic energy as me.’ “How did you get these powers?!”
“Simple really.” I fired a few blast of electrified cosmic energy at him, and dodged his fire-enhanced energy blasts. ‘It seems we both know that our regular cosmic energy won’t harm each other.’ “When you got your powers, I was in close proximity to the lightning bolt. While you got the title, and the ‘light’ powers, I’ll was given destruction and ‘dark’ powers.”
He emphasized this by slamming his foot into the ground, sending a torrent of dark energy at me, which I wasn’t able to dodge, and was ensnared in a bunch of dark tendrils. I sent out a burst of light magic, disintegrating the tendrils. I quickly turned into my lightning form, delivering several thousand FTL punches at him, before he managed to hit me, sending me flying.
I caught myself, turning back to normal and quickly flying down to the battlefield. “It seems you haven’t lost your touch. Although I remember the punch being stronger last time.”
“I am only at a very small fraction of my original power. I choose to split up so I wouldn’t destroy my universe.” He charged at me, and I was barely able to dodge his punches.
“That just makes myself stronger than you!” I gave a small smile, before expertly dodging all of his punches. ‘He’s predictable. Only one fighting style.’
“What that point of strength if you can’t hit your target? I’m not as strong, but I’m much faster than you!” With a roar of rage, he disappeared in a flash of red light, before delivering a massive punch to my face.
I was sent flying through several buildings, before he caught up to me, kicking me hard enough to send me flying high enough to break the atmosphere. When I finally was able to stop myself, I got a good look at him.
His body was now made of a hellish red aura. ‘He has a cosmic form. Wait, that aura, I remember it from my nightmares. I can’t let that event happen!’
I quickly flew down to the planet, and when I landed, I saw the mane six trying to fight him. Emphasis on ‘try.’ They were being flung around. I caught Twilight before she hit the ground, and gently put her down, putting some of my energy into her wound to close it.
“Connor, who is that?” Twilight managed to ask.
“That was the person who originally killed me.” Twilight’s eyes widened. “I don’t remember his name, but he has a third of my powers. He was too close to the lightning bolt when it struck me, allowing him to get a third of the powers I would have had. So essentially, he’s my brother, since we’re made of the same cosmic energy.”
I started walking towards him, as he threw Pinkie away from him. “So, you have a cosmic form? Since we’re essentially brothers, you should at least tell me your name.”
“How do you not know my name! I knew yours!” I roll my eyes.
“Lots of people knew my name. I was one of the most annoying kids in school. Besides, when I was human, I had a terrible memory when it came to names.”
“Fine! My name’s Murphy Derum.” My eyes widen at the hidden word in his name.
“But since you have a cosmic form, I guess I should use mine.” A flash later, and I was cosmic, and expertly dodging his strength based attacks. “What did I tell you! What’s the point of strength if you can’t hit your opponent!”
“Who needs strength when you got this!” He jumped back, before a flash of light appeared in his hands. He pointed it at me, and I felt my knees buckle, as I was taken back by overwhelming fear.