Twilight was busy looking through her library thinking of different spells and remedies to Nightwalker's terror. She had no idea in any realm what she could. Nightwalker was practically the dark and vicious version of Nightshade.
A loud quake shook her castle and she turned to see Alyra Shade with a scar over one eye and her spear drawn. Twilight jumped and sent a blast of magic at Alyra. Alyra rolled to the side and shot a blast of dark matter at Twilight.
The blast hit Twilight full on knocking her through a wall. The wall immediately began to heal itself. Twilight gasped wide eyed, "I didn't know the castle could repair itself!" she said. On the other side of the wall Alyra slashed viciously trying to break down the wall but the castle responded with blasting her with its own magic.
Alyra fell back sprawled out on the floor looking around weary eyed. Viral the beast man walked over her and rolled his eyes, "And here I thought you could do this easily on your own Alyra," he said. Armor began to clank over his body resembling his gunman from his realm.
With one strike Viral shattered the wall. Twilight was already on the other side of the castle finishing up her portal. The castle shuttered as Viral continued knocking down walls with his monstrous strength. Viral plowed through the last door and Twilight had re-opened the portal back to Canterlot High!
Viral sent a blast at her but another blast rebounded his own! Twinblade Firestar stood before Twilight dangerously glaring at the beast man, "Ya know… I'm not sure how you are shadow princess can hold your humanoid forms while in our realm but I'm pretty sure that it had something to deal with Nightwalker," he said. Twilight tried to say something but Twinblade motioned for her to go with his wing. Twilight nodded and quickly escaped through the mirror.
Viral snarled and lunged at Twinblade. Twinblade held up his sword and blocked the beast mans strike. On contact Twinblade's indigo blade sent a rebounding spark through Viral's armor shattering it! Viral's eyes widened as the energy from the sword coursed through his body violently.
Twinblade whipped around and smacked Viral far off with his wing. Alyra got to her feet and she charged at the pegasi but Silver Strings and Thunderwing blocked her path. Silver smiled sadistically, "You executed our friends mercilessly…. I think we need to return the favor in a less violent way. What say you Thunder?" he asked.
Thunder pulled out a staff and slammed the end of it into Alyra sending a bolt of lightning through her! Alyra spat out blood and fell back as Silver came forward with a massive strike knocking the warrior back! Silver's eyes had turned dark violet and his coat was now an oily shade of black.
Alyra stood once more and her negative energy fizzled as she grasped her spear. Silver appeared behind Alyra as he smacked her hard with his front leg. Alyra gasped and fell as she hit the castle wall. Thunder walked over to her fallen body and held a wand to her head. The young woman looked up with tears in her eyes, "Please! End it already!" she cried. Thunder murmured an incantation bringing the wand to life sending Alyra into a deep sleep…
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Viral didn't know what to think as this redheaded pony continued its vicious barrage of hacks and slashes! It was almost as agile and cocky as Kamina! But this pony didn't hold the same sense of honor he had. With a twirl Viral dodged the ponies next attack as he cut across Twinblade's shoulder.
Twinblade didn't flinch… He didn't even react to the pain… He turned and cut off the beast man's arm! Viral fell back wide eyed and worried as the pony stomped his hoof on the beast mans chest. Viral spat and glared at him, "Go ahead finish me!" he growled. As Twinblade moved for the final blow a hand of dark matter shot out of the ground and knocked Twinblade back. Twinblade's sword went flying to the side and the hand grabbed Viral pulling him back to the shadow realm.
Twinblade got to his feet and grabbed his blade to follow but found Nightwalker standing calmly before him. Twinblade growled, "What do you want?! If it's a fight you're looking for you've come to the right pony!" he yelled.
Nightwalker held up one hand, "As a matter of fact I merely came to thank and congratulate you dear boy. You showed me some interesting flaws in the use of the gunman armor and Viral's fighting style," he said.
Twinblade glared at Nightwalker and slashed forward at him. Nightwalker's eyes hollowed as he blocked the strike, "You stand no chance in anyone's right mind to fight me young pegasi… Be thankful I'm not in a killing mood or you'd be severed in half in front of Princess Twilight's Castle," he said disappearing. Twinblade blinked and shivered listening to Nightwalker's words and roared in fury having not finished the beast man.
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Nightwalker sat on his throne flexing his newly found muscles and sighed deeply. It had been too close of a loss with the ponies. It was obvious that the four remaining heroes of equestria had grown more vicious since their last encounter but for a pony alone to reach such a point was beyond thinkable.
Nightwalker's gaze shifted to a meter he had made on the wall detecting the different energy spikes between the realms. It seemed no one had recently traveled in or out of another realm that wasn't theirs….
*Wait…* Nightwalker raised an eyebrow as he saw a bit of the equestrian meter drop and the zodiac meter rise. The monster tapped his chin, "Now who would want to visit Onimak in a time such as this?" he thought. Nightwalker shrugged as he walked off towards his own medical bay to tend to Viral's wounds. There had been no sign of Alyra which probably meant she had died at the hands of the heroes… Oh well. A lose of no concern to Nightwalker. The monster had better resources than a scared little girl.