The Burning Traveler

by Dramize the Salamander


The Orchard part 2


Applejack and Frozell were both rushing Nagative trying keep her from attacking with her katana but when Applejack threw a miss timed punch Nagative made her move grabbing Applejack's wrist and judo throwing her into Frozell who caught her bond only to have to dodge Nagative's blade rush.

"Your good." Nagative said mid rush alternating from slashes to thrusts forcing both kirin back faster. Frozell and Applejack both escaped the rush small cuts on their arms the bonds looked at each other before Applejack went back in with a high knee into an elbow strike following into a roundhouse kick which caught Nagative off guard sending her into a stone tree while Frozell summoned the wolf heads again.

"Angelic Chaos." Frozell said switching with Applejack freezing Nagative with her ice breath moving the Wolf heads on each side of Nagative. "Divine howling devastator." Both heads released their blasts at the same time pulverizing the frozen Nagative leaving nothing but ice and dust. "We did it."

"Almost but I'm behind you. Demonic Chaos." Frozell raised a silver shield while Applejack ran in to back Frozell up. "Gorgon Zone." A wave of dark green energy pulsed out from Nagative passing through Frozell shield spell and washing over both of them than all was quite as Frozell's shield dropped. "Now I take this slow." Nagative walked to Applejack who was trying to move in any way. "Stop trying. I've paralyzed your less important muscles and dampened your magic so just sit back and enjoy the pain." Nagative stabbed her blade into Applejacks shoulder slowly pushing until the blade a exited out the other side before twisting it a pulling it out. Inside was scream because she couldn't do that on the out side. "That's a good hole now let's get you to match on the other side." Nagative was just pressing the tip of her katana on Applejacks shoulder when a orange arrows came out of no where forcing her to move back. "What the. Plasma arrows?" Nagative looked up to see Fluttershy in kirin form holding a weird bow with an draw string made of lighting.

"Nice job shy you've gotten used to the upgrades rather quickly." Said a new voice from the shadows as the rest of the main six ,Huntshy, Ashenvail and most of team duality came out from the shadows each ready to attack if Nagative made any move.

"Wait I know that voice anywhere, is that you my lovely little colt?"

"Hello mother." Dramize said stepping into the light. "It's been a while."

"Nagative Demonic you have been found guilty of taking part in the creation of the whisper virus and the death Blaze Demonic the pestilence as the main hellhound it is my job to take you in to the king for interrogation and execution." Ashenvail said pulling out his straight sword and a shot gun. "Do you plan on resisting?"

"So how is my little filly?"

"She's fine mom she's doing the proving week now."

"DON'T JUST IGNORE ME!" Ashenvail yelled only to be silenced by the look both mother and son gave him. "Sorry." He said putting away his weapons.

"Sigh, I guess theirs no chance of you letting me go."

"No not this time I'm going to take you down here and now." Dramize drew both his katanas stepping in the ring his friends had created.

"Very well then let's see you try little colt." Nagative and Dramize circled each other eyes locked complete silence blanketed the battlefield. The spectators were getting restless waiting for ether to make a move. Fluttershy had changed back into pony form and separated her bow into her scimitars which she sheathed before sitting on a stone branch. Then it happened Dramize stepped on a stone leaf breaking his concentration for a split second and Nagative caught it dash in with a thrust aim at Dramize's shoulder only to jump back when Dramize parried the attack and was about to counter with a slash that would have cut her in half but Nagative didn't even flinch and went right back in with a slash at twice the speed so her sword was blurred only for Dramize to block that with ease and counter with a stab to Nagative's chest only for her to shift her position dodging by a few millimeters. Using her wing Nagative smacked Dramize with enough force to shift his balance enough to get away without taking damage only to have to put up a defense because Dramize started to give chase keeping the duel going. The ponies watched in aw at the sword play preformed the only sounds that could be heard were the clashing of metals and the shifting of hoofs as the two kirin, mother and son dance around each other not giving the other even the smallest of openings even as both fighters took to the air with out even a pause in their deadly dance.

"This is beautiful." Rarity whispered to herself wipe a small tear from her eye.

"But like all beautiful things it must come to an end." Logic said watching for the mistake that would end the duel and after a few minutes it happened Dramize dropped his guard at the wrong time letting Nagative get a few quick slashes in before she backed off.

"Demonic Chaos." Nagative said letting lose a pulse of dark green energy right at Dramize which he didn't even attempt to dodge. But as soon as the pulse got near him it dissipated almost like it was burned away.

"Erase the world so it may be rebuild from the hardened ashes. Demonic Chaos." Dramize said crossing his swords which started to glow bright red before he charged at Nagatvie who tried to shield only to have her spell vanish then block to only to have her knocked away as it snapped from on contact from trying to block Dramize just before she vanish and reappeared behind her sheathing his katana. "Origin Destroyer." Nagative just fell her wing burned away fully with in seconds but Dramize caught her.

"You've gotten so strong and you avenged your father death I'm so proud of you my little demon." Nagative said weakly but with a smile

"Mom please you embarrassing me." Dramize said with a smile but with tears flowing free from his eyes.

"I know I'm am like I know you will only get stronger now here pass this on to my little filly so she can make me proud to." Nagative said as she summoned gave Dramize a scroll with her flickering magic

"Ok mom we'll miss you."

"I know baby I know." Nagative raised her disintegrating arm showing her fist to her son. "A Demon's flame."

"Burns the longest." Dramize fist bumped his mother just as she fully disintegrated and was blown away by the wind. Drying his eyes Dramize landed and took his mother Katana pieces before turning to the speechless group. "let's go."