//------------------------------// // FF at 20 (Bonus Chapter) // Story: Tonight, We Hunt // by ShadowFall //------------------------------// Warning: Language alert from very, very salty League of Legends players. It was rather late at night when Twilight Sparkle had gotten a letter from Princess Celestia. Funny enough, since Rengar had made his appearance, letters flowed in towards her. Citizens wanted to know about this lion, and whether or not he was a danger to them, especially after the hydra event that shook Ponyville to its core. She had visited Rarity and Applejack to check up on how they were doing. To say the least, seeing the newly reunited siblings together brought a tear to Twilight's eye, and each of them told her that the next time they saw the hunter, that she give him their thanks for saving their sisters. Even Rainbow Dash said that she owed Rengar "big time" after he rescued Scootaloo. When school was back for the fillies, every single student wanted to know what happened to the five fillies in question, but together, they didn't exactly want to talk about what they had to go through. Except Scootaloo. She told tales of a giant lion beating up the mercenaries that captured them, and how he saved Sweetie Belle from her death. As such, even more letters from the townsfolk came to Twilight's inventory. So much that she and Spike would have to take shifts for an entire day to read through every single one of them and respond before tiring out. The difference now was that Celestia had sent this letter, urging her to come to Canterlot right away. It talked about... spectating a battle within the League of Legends? Now that was research that she could never turn up. "Alright Spike, I'm going to be gone for the night. You sure that you can handle the rest of this mail? It does seem like a lot.", Twilight's eyes stared at a huge pile of letters in the corner of the map chamber. "Ah, I've had to work through a lot more than all of this. Just go and catch up with your alicorn friends!", he waved and smiled as he was moving a desk over, so that he could comfortably get to work. "Thanks Spike. Hopefully I won't be gone too long." Twilight's horn illuminated, then with a purple flash, she disappeared from sight. Spike sat down at the desk and stared at the pile. "Alright, first letter..." The Princess of Friendship met up with the other two alicorns, the Princess of the Sun, and the Princess of the Moon. The other two deities welcomed Twilight with a smile. "Good evening, Twilight. How have you and your friends been holding up after all that has happened?", Celestia put a hoof on her shoulder. "It's... been going okay. Applejack and Rarity's sisters are still a bit shaken up, but Scootaloo's been doing surprisingly fine. Guess that camping trip with Rainbow dash really gave her a renewed sense of courage.", Twilight replied as she walked with the two princesses. They kept talking as they walked through the chambers of the gigantic castle of Canterlot. They began to share their experiences about Rengar and the newly found Kindred. Eventually, the subject switched back to the topic about the League of Legends. "So... not to interrupt or anything like that, but didn't you send me a letter to come to spectate a 'League of Legends" match?", Twilight looked up at Celestia. "As a matter of fact, that's what we're heading off to do. Trust me, as violent as it may be, you will find it incredibly fascinating of what goes on in these sorts of battles.", Celestia explained as they stopped as a door that blocked entry to one of the deeper parts of the castle. "You'll see why spectating has been our favorite pastime ever since.", Luna opened the door with her magic, and closed it behind the three. Inside was a room that contained four pillows, of which to lounge on, and a massive crystal sphere in the center where Twilight could see something billowing inside. "Wow, I've never seen this room before...", Twilight approached the giant orb. "Please, take a seat Princess Twilight." At her former teacher's beckon, she did so. Twilight scooted closer towards the sphere and gazed inside. "So, while we wait, is there anything you need me to explain to you?", Celestia comically levitated a bag of popcorn over towards herself. "Actually, yeah. Everything. How does this all work?" Celesia and Luna nodded as they prepared for a lecture to the young princess. "In a League of Legends match, specifically this match, a normal battle, champions from all over their world will participate daily in battles within the League's most renown war ground: Summoner's Rift. Locating on top of a great mountain and absolutely teeming with magical energy, the battleground is divided into several sections.", Celestia began. "Sections?" "Yes. Three lanes, two bases, two rivers, two separate jungles, and the Dragon and Baron pit." After Luna named the parts on the map, Celestia levitated up an image of Summoner's Rift: Twilight examined the map. She could now get where the "lanes" were located now as well as the "jungles". "What are those towers in the lanes?" "Those are the turrets. Incredibly powerful and stop champions from advancing too far into enemy territory. They also provide a safe haven for champions that are too battered or weak to fight. However, from help by the Rift Minions, champions can destroy the turrets. Doing so will slowly push their advance and let them fight towards the base, where the Nexus awaits." "Nexus?" "It's the central powercore of the respective team's base. Destroy the Nexus, and it's game over. That's the only way to win. Or... they enemy team could surrender if they are getting battered hard enough." Twilight stared at the image and tried to take in what Celestia had said. "It's..." "A lot to take in. I know. But watching a game will surely ease the confusion you are experiencing-" "Sister! It's starting!" Celestia smiled at Luna. "It's time to sit back and watch. I hope you brought a pad and pencil. There will certainly be a lot of notes for you to take...", Celestia crunched on a kernel of popcorn. Twilight brought up a scroll and stared at the sphere. Peering at it, she could see what was... ...a human. But it wasn't exactly like the humans she met in another dimension, as well as what she was turned into. This human's body structure was much more evenly distributed, as well as the other humans around him either having a paler or dark skin color. "Summoner's of the League of Legends!", the robed human announced high up top a platform, surrounded by many different banners with various patterns and symbols. "See that Luna? Our banner will join among those one day...", Celestia whispered to her sister. "The Rift has been primed! Our summoners are at the ready! Our champions are prepared!", the man continued, "Welcome to the League of Legends! From all factions that are spectating, from the noble and justice-seeking Demacians to the dark and frightful Shadow Isles, we all welcome you to the League, as well as be glad to host and resolve your political strifes so unnecessary conflicts may now come to an end." "Political strifes?", Twilight asked. "Remember how Rengar said that the League was made so that nations could allow their own brave champions to fight instead of hundreds of faceless men? It ended wars and only the strongest can make a difference." Twilight scribbled down her notes as the human continued talking. Trumpets blared as the human took out a scroll. "Our summoners shall now check in to make sure that they are ready! Ten summoners, five on each team, ready up!" Then, ten squares appeared as a magical image in front of the man. Instantly, one by one they filled up with a blue hue, indicating that the respective summoner was ready. Every one of the squares lit up... ...except for the last one. Celestia and Luna groaned, seemingly knowing what was going on. "This happens a bit, Twilight. Honestly, if a summoner queues up for a game, why would they bother to not hit 'accept'?!", Celestia fumed. The squares reappeared, and began to fill up again. Thankfully, all ten squares blinked blue. The summoners were ready, and it was time for them to summon their champions. "Now Twilight, say that a Demacian champion were to be on the same team as a Noxian champion. Both nations are bitter enemies ever since they were created, but the reward that will go to the winning team's champions and each of their nations far outweigh them loosing. It's to make sure that champions don't betray each other on the rift. If a champion displays traitorous behavior, they will become heavily sanctioned and often loose glory to their own nation. If a summoner shows bad behavior, if it's intolerable, other summoners can report them to the Tribunal to await judgement.", Luna explained. "I see. Fascinating! There's this whole other world that I haven't even discovered yet? And this is where Rengar was from originally? I'm going to be up for weeks gathering research!", Twilight beamed with glee, earning a giggle from Celestia and Luna. Then, several lines of text arose from magical displays, indicating that the summoners were communicating with one another. "For this match, the blue team will be the main center of attention for us. Be sure to root them on, Twilight!", Celestia smiled. Before Twilight could replay, text came over the sphere. B Summoner 1: Mid B Summoner 2: Mid B Summoner 4: adc B Summoner 2: fk B Summoner 2: Top B Summoner 3: jg B Summoner 5: sup "What are they saying?", Twilight asked in confusion. "They are calling their role on the team. Blue Summoner 1 got Mid Lane, 2 took Top Lane, Summoner 4 is the Marksman at Bottom Lane, as well as 5 being his support, and number 3 is the jungler." "So... determining roles is more or less a first-come-first-serve?" "Mainly in regular play. In more organised matches, summoners are more familiar with roles and will often become those roles. Mid means Middle Lane, top means Top Lane, 'jg' means Jungler, adc is short for "attack damage carry" also known as marksmen, and 'sup' is support for the marksman." Twilight then got an idea from Celestia's explanation. "Oh! So roles on the team correspond to positions on the Rift?" "Yes! You're getting it now.", Celestia grinned and nodded. "Oh, and what does 'fk' mean?" Luna laughed. "He called his role to late. It's a short abriviation for 'fuck'." Twilight's eyes widened in embarrassment. "Sheesh..." B Summoner 1: mrry christmas everyone B Summoner 2: same B Summoner 4: wat are u, 12? B Summoner 1: ? B Summoner 4: just watch me carry all of you scrubs, I went 15/2/8 last game B Summoner 5: but that was last game B Summoner 4: stfu and support me Celestia and Luna groaned again. "Great. Your first spectating of a game and the summoners are already bickering in the lobby.", Celestia put her hoof on her face. Then, the summoners began to pick their champions. Portraits of different characters began to appear over each summoner's icon, indicating which champion they have selected. BLUE TEAM: B Summoner 1: Malzahar, The Prophet of the Void B Summoner 2: Malphite, Shard of the Monolith B Summoner 3: Pantheon, The Artisan of War (Dragonslayer Pantheon) B Summoner 4: Ashe, The Frost Archer B Summoner 5: Braum, The Heart of Freljord RED TEAM: R Summoner 1: Yasuo, The Unforgiven R Summoner 2: Renekton, The Butcher of the Sands R Summoner 3: Master Yi, The Wuju Bladesman R Summoner 4: Kalista, The Spear of Vengeance R Summoner 5: Thresh, The Chain Warden "So that's what the Blue Team is up against. Yasuo Mid Lane, Renekton Top Lane, Master Yi as a Jungler, and Kalista Bottom Lane with Thresh as her support.", Celestia's eyes moved over each portrait for the champions. "Any of them more dangerous?", Twilight still wrote her notes down. "Master Yi will become a gigantic threat if he either gets kills early on, or if he's freely allowed to slay monsters in the jungle.", Luna explained. Then, Twilight asked one of the most import questions of all. "So... champions get more and more powerful as the game progresses?" "Precisely. You see, by killing minions, monsters, and even other champions, you will earn a gold bounty for each kill. You then trade in the gold at the shop within your base to power up your champion with magical items.", Celestia started. "Then if a champion kills another, will that put the other one behind?" "Tremendously. You earn a lot of gold when you kill another champion. Hopefully, Blue Team, who we will be rooting for won't feed the enemy at all." "Feed?" "It's terminology for dying a lot and giving gold to the enemy." "But wait. Can champions actually come back to life?" The two other princesses nodded. "The summoners have such amazing abilities... even bringing those that have died back to life. Albeit if they had died in a relatively short amount of time. They can bring someone back to life with just the tiniest piece of them." Twilight's eyes grew wide with fascination. A league that stopped wars and mages that could bring back the dead? "It's all so amazing...", Twilight muttered to herself. Then, the game started. Appearing at Blue Base, Malzahar, Ashe, Braum, Malphite, and Pantheon spawned inside of the fountain stairs within the base. "Ah, another day, another battle.", Braum smiled warmly as she stretched his muscles, "So, it looks like I'll be keeping you out of trouble this time, Ashe." The frost archer smiled back, "Glad to have you on my side, Braum." "Tell me Ashe, how has your husband been treating you?", Braum and Ashe began to head out of the base towards bottom lane. "He's been pretty rough on me lately... just how I like it.", Ashe smirked towards the strongman. The two shared a hearty laugh as the two natives of Frejord headed down. Then, Malzahar floated into the air, connected with the very essence of the void. His eyes flashed s he surveyed his surroundings. Summoner's Rift. This place never grew old for him, despite the countless times he had fought here. "Oblivion awaits.", he spoke to himself as he floated towards Mid Lane. The gigantic figure of Malphite shook, running off a few pebbles from his back. He looked around, and made haste to stomp his way towards Top Lane, just as his summoner directed him to. "Going.", he bluntly spoke to the command. Lastly, Pantheon arrived. Oddly enough, he didn't speak too much as he too started up and headed towards the bottom of the jungle, next to where bottom lane was. Shield and spear in hand, he made way towards Ashe and Braum, who turned around to face him. "Let me guess, you need a leash?", Ashe strung a solid ice-crystal arrow on her bow. Pantheon only nodded through his helmet. "Then help we shall!", Braum clapped his hands and picked up his shield, or rather, a gigantic frozen door that he had torn off a gate to use as his weapon. Back in Canterlot, Twilight asked for another question after overhearing the conversation at bottom lane. "What's 'leashing'?" "Leashing is when a champion will assist in the slaying of the first jungle monster. It's often the pair of Krugs, two gigantic insects made of pure stone, like the cragadiles of the Everfree, or the Gromp, a huge magically mutated frog.", Luna explained. Pantheon, as well as the bottom lane duo waited at the spot where the Krugs will spawn. "So... Pantheon. I love that new armor you have. It's a bit less... revealing than your other one. Tell me, where did you get it?", Braum tried to start a conversation. Pantheon still remained silent. Then, the summoner directing Pantheon typed a single message in the all-chat, allowing the enemies to look at what Blue Summoner 3 had to say: Blue Summoner 3: :^) Immediately, the summoners responded. Blue Summoner 1: Same Blue Summoner 4: no one cares kid Blue Summoner 2: kek Ashe and Braum looked above them. "I wonder what the summoners are saying up there...", Ashe turned to Braum. "Probably discussing strategy so complex that we would never be able to understand...", Braum scratched his head. Then, the Krugs rolled out from the wilderness and uncurled in front of the three. Giving a roar that blasted stones from their mouths, the quick skirmish began. Braum's fist grew a layer of ice to it, and with it, he slammed into the bigger Krug, applying his Winter's Bite to it. Followed afterwards with Ashe's arrows and Pantheon's spear strikes, the Krug that was hit by Braum immediately flash-froze after being attacked three more times after he had been hit by Braum. The adc and support backed away to let Pantheon get the killing blow, of which a single pea stab secured it for him. Instantly hitting level 2, Pantheon turned to engage the other Krug as Ashe and Braum headed towards Bot Lane. Minions have spawned. Then, small figures of constructed magic, wielding objects such as axes, hammers, shields, and wands began to march out of each team's base. They seemed diminutive, and puny compared to the champions. Just as Twilight discovered. "Celestia, what are those things?" "Those, Twilight, are minions. Do not be fooled by their diminutive structure. They are essential to winning the game. Remember that when you kill minions, you gain gold. Kill a lot of them, that means you also get a lot of gold. Sometimes kills don't even matter at times if you can kill more minions than the opponent. However, remember what I talked about with turrets?" "Yeah, turrets. Those big towers in the lane that could easily kill a champion?", Twilight reponded. "You're picking tings up pretty fast. You see, if minions walk into turret range and 'tank' the turret shots, it allows champions to freely attack the tower and eventually bring it down." "Eesh... the minions just take all the fire like that? I kinda feel a little bad for them." Luna looked over and addressed her concern. "Minion's aren't even living. They are purely manifestations of magic created just for this purpose.", she explained as the minions began to pour into their respective lanes. In Top Lane, the big and hulking Malphite now got a glimpse of his lane opponent, essentially someone who he will mostly be fighting for the next 12-18 minutes. Renekton, the giant crocodile took his steps towards the living rock. "Malphite, you're next on the chopping block! Here, we'll see if rocks can bleed!", Renekton's massive blade whirled around as he pointed it towards Malphite. Malphite response was a lot more blunt than Renekton's. "You will loose." Then, the minions arrived at Top Lane, and clashed blades and spells with minions of the opposing side. Here, a big role of the summoners directing each champion comes into play. The champions can only gain gold by landing a killing blow on a minion, but the champions themselves have no way of differentiating which minions are on lower health than others, an ability that summoners have. Malphite simply stomped on the minions as they were about to die, earning a steady income of gold for his disposal. The living mountain concentrated on killing as much minions of the opposite side as he could. However, Renekton had other plans. As Malphite was busy killing minions, Renekton seized this as an opportunity to punish the rock. He ran up his opponent and with command from his summoner, gladly tore several gashes into Malphite with his blade. Not even the rock-solid structure of Malphite could stop the incoming damage. With a circular slash of the croc's blade, Renekton retreated away, just as Malphite did away from him. "I see that Renekton is punishing Malphite for attacking minions. But he has to be careful.", Celestia told Twilight, "Minions will attack those who ham champions on their side. Though the damage that they deal is completely negligible later on in the game, early on, they can still hurt." Twilight was busy scribbling down notes as she watched the battle top lane. It appears that Malphite was far more of a passive fighter right now, once in a while hurling a rock at Renekton and backing off as he focused purely on killing minions. Renekton was another story. The crocodile abused every single chance he could get to stab at his opponent and dash in and away. Hitting and running. "Princess Celestia. I just realised. Renekton is a bipedal intelligent animal. Just like..." "Rengar. Yes, you are right. However, they come from very difference ancestry. Renekton is an ancient Shuriman god. Rengar is lionkin." Twilight watched with intense devotion to the quarrels happening top lane. Until then, she just realized that there were two other lanes and a jungle to witness. "Let's look at Middle Lane.", Twilight suggested. "What do you say, sister?", Celestia rose and eyebrow at Luna. The darer princess took control of the crystal sphere, and shifted it so that they were now spectating Middle Lane. Malzahar, the Prophet of the Void wasn't having such a fun time against Yasuo. Yasuo kept using his Sweeping Blade technique to quickly dash around the battlefield, using Malzahar's own minions as launchpads to quickly maneuver around at blinding speed. Malzahar tried to focus on afflicting minions with a contagious affliction, Malefic Visions, from Malzahar himself to kill them and earn him gold. If her saw Yasuo get too close at him, he hurled pure void energy at the disgraced samurai, lightly 'poking' him for damage. But if he got too close... "Hasag!", Yasuo shouted as his katana whipped out with the force of concentrated wind behind it, stabbing at Malzahar. Once he stabbed, he quickly dashed back to the safety of his minions or his own turret. "Suffer!", Malzahar recovered from the injury as he inflicted another dose of Malefic Visions to minion, watching in satisfaction as it died, and spread the affection to the other minions around the lane. Yasuo kept away from the infected minions, as directed by his summoner. If he stood too close to them, he could catch the infection for a while if that said minion died. Quickly, Yasuo dashed in and out, stabbing minions or Malzahar at every chance he could get. Looking at this void-warped human, he shook his head. "I know I've had to go through some hard times... but you... I think you need a drink more than I do.", Yasuo taunted the prophet. "You won't be laughing after I destroy what feeble mind you have!", Malzahar retorted as he infected yet another minion with Malefic Visions. Yasuo looked at the enemy minions around Malzahar. They were lined up leading up to him. Perfect. Celestia seemed to know what was about to come as Yasuo quickly dashed through the minions, closing in towards Malzahar at blinding speed. The Prophet of the Void had recently used his Malefic Visions on a minion, and thus, he was unable to use it again right now. "Hasag!", Yasuo shouted as he quickly cut a minion down, drawing in the surrounding wind towards his katana. "Cho!", the samurai dashed onto another minion and stabbed it down, drawing even more wind into his blade. Immediately, Malzahar turned around to head back to the safety of his tower. If Yasuo had gathered enough wind into his blade, something very bad would happen to hi if he didn't avoid what was coming next. Luna spoke up, "Oh no, Yasuo just received his Ultimate!" "Ultimate? What's what?", Twilight asked as she saw Yasuo close in towards Malzahar. "When champions kill minions or are near them when they die, they gain experience to level up. Yasuo just hit level 6. That means that his ultimate ability is ready. You only use your ultimate ability when the time is right... like now.", Celestia watched Yasuo close the gap. The wind around Yasuo's blade suddenly enveloped into a tornado, of which Yasuo blasted out towards Malzahar. Wind with the power to cut flesh and rend bones sliced its way towards hi opponent in a vortex. "Hasagi!", Yasuo's Ionian tongue repeated the ancient dialect as he sent the wind of death towards Malzahar. The tornado connected, knocking Malzahar into the air, the same air that carried Yasuo straight up towards the helpless champion. Unshathing his sword, three slashes were all that were needed to slice apart Malzahar into three separate sections. "Sorye ge ton!", Yasuo shouted as he mercilessly hacked apart Blue Team's Midlaner. Blood sailed down to the ground as Yasuo impacted back down on his feet. First Blood! Satisfied with his kill, he pulled up a flask of rice wine, and recalled back to base. When Yasuo recalled, a spell channeled for 8 seconds before he returned back to base to spend the gold that he had earned from killing Malzahar. Then, the chat messages filled up with summoners speaking to one another. Red Summoner 1: gg, easy kill, easy game Red Summoner 4: lol Blue Summoner 1: Cocky, aren't you? Blue Summoner 4: omg gg this team is such trash Blue Summoner 5: pls just play the game In bottom lane, things weren't going any brighter for Blue Team. Kalista, the enemy marksman (or markswoman) had done a very good job of farming enemy minions and even getting a few thrown spears chucked at Braum and Ashe, while Thresh kept the opponents from touching Kalista, just as a good support should. "Ugh! Why isn't my summoner telling me which minions to kill?", Ashe fumed as she returned fire against Kalista, hitting a pretty good shot into her, but negligible from the harassment that Kalista, Thresh, and the minions all gave to her from their attacks before. Apparently, the summoners also wondered why Blue Summoner 4 was missing every minion. Blue Summoner 5: Dude, you're missing all of the minions Blue Summoner 4: I'm at 2000 ping. I have 23 Steam updates in the background. Blue Summoner 2: wtf????? Blue Summoner 1: why?! you're playing League of Legends! As Ashe was struggling to figure out if enemies were in range, she decided to act on her own. "Braum! Keep them away from me! I'm going to get a few shots in on the enemies!" "My shield is here for you!" Ashe fired off a volley of ten arrows from her bow, each bristling with icy particles. Impacting on Thresh, but more importantly, Kalista, they found themselves growing a layer of ice around their legs, slowing them. Having received their Ultimates as well, Ashe and Braum decided to use them now. Because Kalista had already hopped away with her martial prowess, Ashe pulled back her bowstring. Crystallizing from the air, a huge arrow of solid ice crystal materialized from thin air, and launched itself at Thresh. The summoner that should have been guiding Ashe wasn't responding due to his "lag". Nonetheless, the arrow connected against Thresh, freezing him solid as he tried to retreat towards Kalista and the turret they could find refuge under. Now, instead of crystal arrows, Ashe now let loose a flurry of icicles in rapid succession towards Thresh, stabbing into his frozen figure and causing substantial damage. When Thresh appeared to have finally thawed out, Braum used his Ultimate. Slamming his door into the ground, a wave of ice blasted underneath towards Thresh, knocking him into the air and allowing Ashe easy shots onto Thresh. When all seemed to be going well for Blue Team's Marksman and Support, the tables quickly turned. Master Yi, the enemy's Jungler sprinted out from a nearby bush, his sword blowing in ancient and mystical energies. If Ashe's summoner had seen before, he would have warned her of Yi's approach. "Huh? What's Master Yi doing Bottom Lane?!", Twilight gasped as the situation bot lane escalated into Red Team's favor. Celestia finished the popcorn in her mouth before replying. "The Jungler can choose to 'gank' a lane. That means that they come from the jungle and ambush the unsuspecting laners to turna fight into a two versus one, or in bottom lane, a three versus two...", Celestia dreadfully explained as Ashe and Braum's eyes widened at the approaching Master Yi. Kalista decided to use her Ultimate, pulling Thresh away from the enemy in an almost instant manner, turning him into an ominous vapor . Reforming back, Kalista pointed towards the now caught-out of position Ashe and Braum. "Go..." Thresh reformed right in the middle of them, blasting them with unholy energy and knocking them away from each other. Finding that he was now in a good position, Thresh jostled his lantern to form a pentagonal wall of spectral magic around his foes. Infamously nicknamed "The Box", Ashe tried to pass through the wall to get to the safety of her tower, but when she touched the wall, it collapsed and sent paralysis down her spine. Falling to the ground, Kalista brought a spear to form in her hand, and hurled the deadly projectile of unholy energy at Ashe. With a gasp, Ashe was impaled. An ally has been slain! Not even Braum could escape as Yi's sword swung out and Alpha Striked towards him, with Yi becoming invisible for a brief second as he reappeared in from of Braum. Braum collapsed with a lethal wounded across his chest that seemed to appear there instantly from Yi. An ally has been slain! Yi looked over the two dead bodies, satisfied with a kill towards himself, the marksman, and two assists for the support of his team. "Once again, the ways of Wuju never fail me." Kalista nodded towards the badly wounded Thresh. "Recall now and heal. We'll join again and slay the enemy team some more..." The Red Team summoners certainly had a lot to say. Red Summoner 4: lol ashe u fucking suck Blue Summoner 4: all lag u faggt Red Summoner 5: gg scrubs go back to bronze As Thresh decided to walk over to the enemy's bodies and hold out his lanterns to collect the souls of his fallen foes, he felt something... ...approaching. Master Yi could feel it too, just as well as Kalista. "Where is that coming from... it isn't the souls...", Thresh muttered in his dark and echoing voice. Then, Master Yi looked above. Barreling down towards them in a fiery course was Pantheon, the Jungler of Blue Team. His spear was outstretched and his shield was gathering fire around it as if he were a meteor approaching from space to impact down into the surface. Thresh used the souls within is lantern to for a shield around himself from the impact, but it was no use as Pantheon instantly disintegrated him when he crashed down right on top of him. Blue Summoner 3: :^) Turning around, Pantheon's spear caught ablaze, and sent it towards Yi. Master Yi decided to return the fight by Alpha Striking towards Pantheon, avoiding the spear. Unfortunately for Yi, Pantheon's shield met Yi's sword, negating the attack. With another spear pulled from the rack on Pantheon's back, he stabbed down into Master Yi's neck, sending his flaming spear straight through the body of the Wuju Bladesman. Blue Team Double Kill! Immediately after that death, Pantheon's summoner blessed the entire summoner chat with his sacred message. Blue Summoner 3: :^) :^) The Red Summoners were quick to respond. Red Summoner 5: omg shut up Blue Summoner 1: gj Pantheon Pantheon grunted as he lifted the spear out of the corpse of Master Yi, and turned towards Kalista. She had done the smart thing and headed back to her tower after seeing her allies fall. There was no need to give Pantheon another kill. Twilight sighed. "Wow... good thing for that warrior guy to show up, or Red Team would have walked away with two kills under their belt." At this time, Twilight had realized that she just referred to points as "kills". This game was barbaric... but at the same time, featured a sort of orchestrated strategy that resonated from summoners to their champions. Red Team seemed to be more coordinated than Blue Team, but the summoner who was assisting Pantheon was altogether something else than his allies. The young Princess was cut short when she head the dreaded: An ally has been slain! Looking top lane, Malphite lay defeated in a crumpled pile with Renekton standing on the top of him. Apprently, Renekton all-ined him after getting Malphite low on health. Once the crocodile assaulted, there was no escape. Celestia watched the crystal orb with great interest. "Red Team has a healthy amount of kills for everyone. Only Pantheon on Blue Team has kills. This is going to be a very interesting match..." As the game neared the 20 minute mark, a few things began to change. Yasuo's summoner began to get a little cocky after he had managed to slay Malzahar another time, and immediately dove for him when he came back to lane. This time, Malzahar was ready. He afflicted his Malefic Visions on Yasuo, threw down a Null Zone that burned away at Yasuo's feet under him, and worse of all for the samurai, Malzahar used his Ultimate. Nether Grasp kept Yasuo locked down into place over the Null Zone, twitching and spasming wildly as energy seeped out from Malzahars eyes into Yasuo's. Then, Pantheon erupted from the bushes, and secured the kill after Nether Grasp ended with a single spear toss. Blue Summoner 3: :^) Malzahar briefly thanked Pantheon for his assistance, and as such, Pantheon himself left without a word. Malzahar preferred it that way. Apparently, when Master Yi attempted to gank Top Lane, Pantheon used his Ultimate as well to blat into the sky and crash down straight onto Yi when he arrived top. With Malphite's Ultimate, Unstoppable Force to barrel straight into Renekton and Master Yi, Pantheon sailed straight down into a well planned combo. Pantheon secured both kills with a flurry of spear strikes and a single toss of a javelin to finish off the fleeing crocodile. Blue Summoner 3: :^) :^) Wherever Master Yi went, it appeared that Pantheon simply knew where to find him a if he had some sort of "anti-Yi" tracking device installed in his crotch-guard. His superior map-awareness corresponded to that fact that whenever Master Yi died, Pantheon invaded into Yi's Jungle and started to slay the monsters inside of it, starving Yi of gold and experience. He left behind warding totems to reveal the area around the Jungle so he could see where the enemy Jungler would go next. Pantheon even caught Yi out when he was fighting monsters in the "safety" of his jungle for a quick and unforeseen kill. Bottom Lane, however remained the same. Blue Summoner 4 continued to blame everyone else but himself when his champion, Ashe met her doom, and Braum quickly followed afterwards as he desperately tried to protect Ashe who kept getting torn apart by the deadly duo of Kalista and Thresh. It eventually got to the point where if Thresh landed his hook on Ashe and began to pull her in towards Kalista, it was too late for him to save her. The Marksman was one of the most valuable assets to the team, ad the marksman controlling that very summoner wasn't making things so easy. Twilight watched everywhere was bloodshed was inescapable. She honestly felt bad for Ashe and Braum as they kept getting destroyed by their opponents, Kalista and Thresh. Pantheon was too busy disabling the enemy Jungle, and even at this point, she feared that Pantheon might not even be able to take on Kalista and Thresh. Grabbing another kill on Master Yi, Pantheon's summoner once again typed: Blue Summoner 3: :^) Celestia, Luna, and Twilight never took too much mind towards the little emoticons that Pantheon's summoner sent, until the summoner who controlled Master Yi responded with so much salt that the world's supply of potato chips would be over-flavored. Red Summoner 3: shut the fuck up you fucking asshole I will murder your family in their sleep and skin you alive you fucking bitch To of which Blue Team responded: Blue Summoner 1: jesus calm down kid Blue Summoner 4: that's right fggt get rekt Blue Summoner 2: It's just a game, dude Twilight got a strange feeling. Those little emoticons slowly tilted the enemy summoner with how often Pantheon would kill them and every single time he got a kill... he would always type ":^)". Was this intentional? At this point, she thought it was. "Celestia, what's the rule of harassing people through messages like that?" Celestia looked back at Twilight. "They could always mute someone if they don't want to listen to them... but for some reason, summoners just don't do that.", Celestia shook her head, "It baffles me sometimes." Oh wait, Pantheon managed to get another kill on Master Yi by literally waiting in a bush inside of his Jungle when he passed by. Blue Summoner 3: :^) Red Summoner 3: FUCK U Slowly, but surely, Bottom Lane was beginning to make a come-back. With Pantheon now camping down at the bottom of Summoner's Rift, Ashe, Braum, and Pantheon quickly turned the tables on Kalista and Thresh. Even Yasuo roamed down from Middle Lane to go help. Even more, Renekton used a teleport spell to join the fight bottom lane. But when Ashe began to secure kills for herself with the assistance of Braum and Pantheon, the others were forced to retreat away in fear that Pantheon would pick them off. Things were beginning to turn around for Blue Team. All the while, Malphite was still busy farming, or killing minions Top Lane for gold to purchase more enchantments at the shop. As he went untouched, he began to smash down turrets as his minions took the tower shots, getting his lane pushed towards the enemy base and having less and less turrets for the enemies to fall back on if they got caught out (by Pantheon, mainly). Even then, Pantheon got so many enchantments from the gold he earned by killing that even tower-shot couldn't do much to him as he would simply dive under the turret to slay his foes. Then came lategame. Towers on both sides had crumbled after various attempts at pushing down lanes. Numerous times champions had met their end. And most of all... The more tilted the Red Team became after Pantheon's summoner kept spamming those little emoticons. All the while, Pantheon himself remained silent after every single kill. Every single slay. He was just a silent killing machine that was carrying his team through their misfourtunes. However, the game-deciding point came when the entirely of Blue Team headed into the enemy jungle, dropping wards where they could to gain vision of the dark place. "Hey... what's Blue Team going to do?", Twilight asked as her notescroll at this point had run out of space. Luna gasped. "I think they're going to fight Baron Nashor." "Baron Nashor?" "A gigantic worm-like beast that nests in Summoner's Rift. Though this is merely a weakened construct of the real deal, if a team slays this gigantic monster, then they will gain a game-changing enchantment for each champion on their team. It Increases their power and allows minions to suddenly grow in size and become nearly impenetrable to tower-attacks and even champion attacks. Only for a limited time, though.", Celestia explained. "But this might not be a good time for Blue Team to fight the Baron. The enemy is still up. There could be the chance that the enemy could ambush Blue Team while they are fighting Baron, or even steal the kill for the enchantment.", Luna replied. Right after Luna had spoke, everything went wrong for Blue Team. When Ashe was going to ward, a tornado from Yasuo hurled out from her and sent her airborne. Before she, or her summoner could react, Yasuo had sliced Ashe to pieces. It turns out that he, along with his team had been hiding around the jungle in hopes to catch out an opponent. And catch one out they did. Then, the teamfight started. From there, Kalista jumped out from a bush and hurled spears straight into the chest of Malzahar who came to investigate. Before Kalista could rend the spears from his chest remotely, Malphite stormed in with his Unstoppable Force and blasted Kalista into the air. Combined with Malzahar's Malefic Visions and his Ultimate, Nether Grasp melted down Kalista's health bar to zero. With two key Ultimates down, Red Team sprung their trap to avenge their fallen Marksman. Thresh wound up his hook and sent it flying towards Malzahar, hooking him and allowing Thresh to drag him towards Master Yi, who broke out from the tree lines with him dashing at incredible speed. One Alpha Strike was all that was needed as Master Yi blinked between Malphite and Malzahar, killing both on the spot. Braum immediately turned to fire off a Winter's Bite at Master Yi, who quickly dodged the incoming ice blast. Renekton sprung up behind Braum and cackled as he sliced up his back with Yasuo quickly following close behind. Sadly, the Heart of Frejord was cut down in a brutal display. At this point, Pantheon's summoner instructed him to back off away from the enemies. Not even he could 1v4 the enemy team. While retreating, Pantheon managed to get in a few stabs of his spear and a couple of javelin tosses to weaken the enemies as he beelined back toward his base to heal. Satisfied that they had cleaned up Blue Team pretty well, Red Team, even though noticing tht most of their champions had only half to 1/3 health left, made their worse mistake of the entire game. They decided to fight the Baron. Celestia, Luna, and even Twilight couldn't believe their eyes. "They're all so low on health... how could they possibly think that fighting the Baron now is a good idea?", Twilight asked. "Well... if they manage to slay it, then that's pretty much the game for Red Team. They'll push into the Blue Base with enhanced minions, and not even Pantheon will be able to stop them..." The giant purple creature roared the the sight of enemies and began to hurl acidic ooze from its mouth at his opponents. The Red Team was slowly, yet surely chopping down the health of Baron Nashor. At that point, Pantheon had gotten back to base and sat on the stairs of the fountain, restoring his health. Then, when his health was full, he got to his feet, took he shield, took his spear, and headed out towards the Baron pit. Twilight had learned that by killing enemies, whether minions or champions, champion would get gold. However, they would also get experience to level up and upgrade their abilities. The maximum level was 18. Pantheon just hit level 18. Every single one of his abilities was maxed out, including his Ultimate ability. He had reached his full item and enchantment build from the gold that he had gotten from slaying monsters and champions. "Wait... is he...?", Twilight asked as Pantheon headed towards the outer edge of the Jungle. "He is.", Celestia nodded. Pantheon braced himself. He clutched the spear and shield in his arms and activated his Ultimate that he had used numerous times this game. His Grand Skyfall once again sent him into the air, fire enveloping around him as he sailed towards the Baron pit. When the area of impact appeared around the enemies fighting the Baron, The enemy team kept fighting instead of backing off. They will slay Baron Nashor if it costed them anything. But at that point, Master Yi realized a grave mistake he had made beforehand. When Rengar and the Elements of Harmony fought against that terrifying Hydra that attacked Ponyville, Rengar finishe dit off with a special spell that could only target monsters. That spell was called: "Smite". Yi Smited the Brambleback earlier for health regeneration. That meant that the Smite spell, the same that Rengar had used to kill the Hydra was now on cooldown and wasn't available for use. As Pantheon was the Blue Team's Jungler, his Smite was ready. As Pantheon sailed towards the enemy team, now suddenly realizing what was above their heads, Pantheon's summoner displayed the infamous message in chat with a slight alteration. Blue Summoner 3: >:^) Pantheon blasted down straight into the Baron Nashor, using the same Smite spell that Rengar used to disintegrate the Baron Nashor's health down, as well has the impact of his Grand Skyfall to earn Pantheon the famed Baron Nashor kill. The impact of Pantheon's crash instantaneously killed Thresh as he was blasted to pieces. Turning to the dazed and shaken Yasuo, Pantheon sent a volley of spear thrusts at the samurai, filling his entire body with bleeding holes, earning him another kill. Master Yi and Renekton had attempted to flee the scene, but Pantheon was right on top of them, using his second special "summoner spell" other than Smite, Flash to instantly teleport next to Renekton and stun him with a shielded bash against the back of his head. Several stabs was all it took to fell the massive crocodile. Master Yi was left, and was still attempting to flee the scene in order to salvage what was left of his destroyed team. Pantheon merely took the spear in his hand, and hurled it at Yi. With an impact through his heart, Master Yi died. Blue Team Quadra Kill! Pantheon took the spear from Yi's body as his summoner typed in chat what was obviously to come: Blue Summoner 3: :^) :^) :^) :^) Immediately after that, the summoner who was aiding Master Yi disconnected from the game, as did Yasuo's summoner as well. They tilted so hard that they couldn't stay in the game any longer. With the new Baron buff at his disposal, Pantheon lead the charge of enhanced minions through the gates of the Red Base and tore through the towers and inhibitor protecting the objective of the game, the Nexus. Pantheon then got to kicking the structure of the Nexus, the building that once destroyed would win the game for Blue Team. Before Pantheon kicked the last bit of structure away from the Nexus, he spoke. Not the summoner, who spoke. But it was Pantheon himself. Straightening himself, he put both fists on his hips and spoke in a hearty decree. "You know, I always wanted to be a baker." With that said, he kicked the Nexus once, and it fell into rubble. The game ended. And of course, with one last message from Pantheon's summoner, everyone said their farewells. Blue Summoner 1: gg Blue Summoner 4: gg ez Blue Summoner 3: :^) Red Summoner 2: gg Red Summoner 5: gg Pantheon op Red Summoner 4: gg wp Blue Summoner 2: gg Pantheon add me Celestia and Luna breathed a sigh of relief. "I though Blue team would have just been destroyed had it not been for that summoner and Pantheon...", Celestia threw away her popcorn box after it was empty. "What a way to win... getting carried like that.", Luna smiled, "That was a fun game, wasn't it?" Celestia nodded. "Definitely. Imagine if we were Summoners, we could be just as great as Pantheon and his summoner... minus those little faces." Twilight was on her pillow, completely exhausted. "Dear Celestia... that was just too close... and just to even watch that...", Twilight breathed as her notes were sprawled all over her. The other two Princesses bursted into laughter. "Do you want to watch another game, Twilight?", Celestia offered. "I... think I'd better get going. Spike's answering a ton of mail for me, and I'd better get back to him." Twilight said her goodbyes to the Princesses and teleported out of Canterlot. As Celestia and Luna cleaned up the place from the smell of popcorn, Luna spoke to her older sister. "Such a great honor to become a summoner... imagine what we could accomplish with champions from our world. Even Rengar had pledged his allegiance along with us. Even- oh no, we should have told Twilight about Shining Armor's intentions about joining the League as a champion. She knows of the painful and continuous deaths that League games offer. How do you think she will feel?" Celestia stared out towards the stary night that her sister had created for all to see. "Shining Armor was a royal guard beforehoof. That meant that he could become injured, or worse. Twilight never like him doing this, but she knows that it's what he wanted to do to serve his own nation. If he were a champion within the League, I'm very confident that Twilight will have matured enough for her to allow her brother to do this." Luna nodded. "Such a remarkable bond that siblings can hold..." Celestia's wing wrapped around Luna. "It really is so."