//------------------------------// // Chapter 9 A War of Gods (Reworked) // Story: Awakening Evil (Reworked) // by Bronyprophet //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle engaged her alternate self in conflict, where as Luna fought to the death with Nightmare Moon, now that they had their own bodies. The fight was horrifyingly brutal, and epic; the air in the battlefield was intense, and thick. It felt as if you made one false move, you would be killed. It was a life lived on a knife edge. Twilight Sparkle fired a bolt of pink magic directly at Twilight Shroud, but Twilight Shroud teleported behind Twilight Sparkle, and kicked her several feet back, then fired a beam of tainted black magic. The two Twilights were basically evenly matched, they thought the same and felt the same things, and the only opposites between the two were one was callous and cold and the other was caring and compassionate, one had purple eyes and the other had green eyes. The beam of magic was charcoal black, with a green aura surrounding the exterior of the beam. The beam of magic Twilight Shroud fired was blocked by Luna, who happened to be close to Twilight Sparkle at the time it was fired. Twilight Sparkle and Luna were in perfect synergy; their team work was remarkable since Luna’s revival. It was like they could read each other’s thoughts before they happened. Twilight Sparkle had teleported behind Twilight Shroud, and as she teleported behind her, she released a wave of pink magic sending Twilight Shroud veering uncontrollably through the air. As Twilight Shroud had been veering out of control, Luna fired a bolt of her navy magic at Twilight Shroud, but to no avail, as Nightmare Moon intercepted the blast, blocking it. Then she created six copies of herself around Luna surrounding her. Luna became briefly confused at this strategy. She needed a counter strategy, and she needed it fast. As this occurred, Luna yelled out “Isilme Dae!” and as she did, the moon rose, and the heavens opened up, revealing the moon in full. As they did, Nightmare Moon noticed Luna's horn start to glow white and her eyes also began to glow white, and before Nightmare Moon could react, a great white light exploded from all around Luna, wiping out all of the copies and hitting Nightmare Moon, causing her to fall to the ground. As Nightmare Moon hit the ground she felt weakened, and her body could barely move, her eyesight was blurred, she could only make out shapes and colours, and she could see a flash of light whenever she blinked. Luna fired another beam of magic at Nightmare Moon before she recovered from the previous attack, and Nightmare Moon received the blast head on, pounding Nightmare Moon into the ground, causing it to crack. Luna retrieved her lance from the ground where Nightmare Moon had fallen, Luna was about to deliver the killing blow, when Nightmare Moon recovered suddenly, and teleported behind Luna, and announced, “Dae anar!” and a darkness came over the land. It was pitch black, blacker than coal, everyone had been blinded except Nightmare Moon who could see as clear as day “You're not the only one who can use ancient magic. Now Luna, it is time for me to end your life, for good this time. HA, HA, HA,” Nightmare Moon announced amplifying her voice with magic and making her voice resound around Luna from all directions, in an attempt to confuse her. As she said this, a blast of blue magic shot out of the darkness, hitting Nightmare Moon directly; her guard had been down so Nightmare Moon could not defend herself quick enough, and Luna’s bolt of magic hit her directly, sending Nightmare Moon careening out of control. She hit what was remaining of Canterlot castle, breaking through the ruins, and becoming winded, causing her spell to break, allowing the light to return. “You talk too much, witch.” Luna said with venom in her voice before continuing, “How dare you use my late sister's magic against me.” “Why she’s dead, she has no use for it any more. Ha, ha, ha,” Nightmare Moon said thriving at the death of her nemesis. “HOW DARE YOU SPEAK SO CALLOUSLY ABOUT MY SISTER IN MY PRESENCE, I WILL KILL YOU?! THAT I CAN ASSURE YOU OF!” Luna concluded as her eyes turned bright white once again, and a powerful aura emanated around her, cracking the ground where she stood. Luna then stated her voice filled with godlike power, “You have forgotten about one thing, Nightmare Moon, my sister and I had a close bond, a bond so close that when she would perish, I would be given her power; it was a spell she cast on me when I was a filly, only now has it activated. YOU WILL DIE, BY MY SISTER AND I, AS ONE. THIS IS THE LUNA ECLIPSE.” “HA, how cute, just see how much power you have.” But as she finished her sentence, her jaw dropped as Luna began to levitate with the earth surrounding her, and she watched as Luna’s cutie mark changed to a crescent moon in front of the sun, and she watched as Luna’s coat turned the purest white that was so bright that it was blinding, and her wings turned white and she developed an aura of gold around her, and her eyes also changed; she now had one electric blue eye, and one magenta eye. Luna’s spike in power made both Twilight Sparkle and Twilight Shroud stop fighting and turn towards where the great magical pressure was coming from, both Twilights' jaws dropped in a simultaneous fashion, as they looked at the newly transformed Luna. After her transformation, the surrounding rubble around her that had been levitating with her was launched at Nightmare Moon, like a barrage of cannon fire. Nightmare Moon just shielded herself, but as she did, Luna had disappeared from sight; then suddenly, a bright gold light came down from the sky, hitting Nightmare Moon, sending her to the ground, causing it to crack further. Nightmare Moon struggled to get up. Bleeding from her mouth, with cuts on her body, she thought to herself, “This power, its unstoppable; I must steal it.” As she looked up and saw Luna levitating there, she summoned her elements of chaos, and she announced, “Karthus tal regnerack montaragon seldom.” and as she said this, her elements of chaos started to spin around Luna, and then a second later, six black beams of magic fired at Luna. Luna felt her energy being drained, and she couldn't do anything, except to accept what was happening to her. After several seconds passed, then Elements of chaos returned Nightmare Moon and then shot her with 6 blue beams, which were twisted with golden beams. Nightmare Moon collapsed onto the ground, and started laughing hysterically, and as she did, her eyes began to glow green, and her body was surrounded by a green aura. Soon after the transformation, the elements of chaos shattered and Nightmare Moon stated with a tainted tone, “SUCH POWER, HA, HA, HA, WHY DID I NOT KNOW OF THIS RESERVE LUNA, YOU WERE HOLDING OUT ON ME, LET'S TRY IT. TIME TO JOIN YOUR SISTER LUNA!” As she said this, her horn began to charge, and her eyes started to once again glow green. As Nightmare Moon released the charge of magic, Luna reacted by teleporting out of the way using her last reserve of power. Luna watched the devastating beam cut a line through Canterlot all the way to Ponyville, setting it alight. “HA, HA, HA, you cannot hope to win now, I will destroy you all, to inculcate my rule with my new ally, Twilight Shroud,” Nightmare Moon yelled, her voice sounding like a pure demon lord of hell. Nightmare Moon was invincible now she had more power then what anypony could dream of. She felt like she could do anything. Her mane and tale whipped wildly coursing with magical energy. Twilight Sparkle and her alternate self-had been fighting for hours now, and they both had been giving it their all. Twilight Sparkle and Twilight Shroud had been evenly matched in skill, with both swordsmanship and magic, and they knew exactly what the other had been thinking, or planning before it happened; it was practically a stalemate, a test of endurance. Twilight Sparkle charged Twilight Shroud with her sword drawn, and Twilight Shroud did the same thing, meeting in the middle, swords locked together. Twilight Sparkle fired a beam of magic at close range, and as she did, she caught Twilight Shroud by surprise, hitting her, and casting her to the ground. As Twilight Shroud careened to the ground, Twilight Sparkle thought to herself, “Thank you Spike.” As Twilight thought this, a tear rolled down her muzzle, as she remembered that he had died protecting her. While Twilight Sparkle was lost in thought, she was attacked by Twilight Shroud, with a bolt of magic. Twilight Sparkle recovered from the blow, and stared at her enemy and said, “Elen Lanta” and as she finished saying this, an asteroid plummeted at Twilight Shroud. Twilight Shroud anticipated this, and announced, “Arrna Tinechor”. As she did, a shield of lightning surrounded Twilight Shroud, arcing off every now and then. As it arced at the asteroid, it destroyed it into minor pebbles, then arced like crazy, hitting all the pebbles before disappearing. As they stared at each other, they charged their horns and released a potent beam of magic, so powerful that the ground began to levitate and a black aura surrounded Twilight Shroud, and a pink aura surrounded Twilight Sparkle, as their beams clashed in the middle.