//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: The Battle of Blood // Story: Equestria Wars Episode XIII: Revenge of the Lunar Republic // by sonicdash123 //------------------------------// Charming Thunder and the group along with Shining, Clover, and Sunburst entered the room to see Cyber turning to see them. He sighed and began to chuckle as Charming Thunder looked at him with a semi-horror face at his appearance. "Welcome and as you can see, you arrived slightly early," Cyber greeted. "Oh well; I have two others to face you. LUNA!!!" Luna teleported to his side and she noticed the group and smirked. Celestia looked at her and gasped in shock. "Well, well, well," Luna said. "Looks like we have some pests who don't know when to quit." "I want to talk with Charming before the fighting breaks out." Charming Thunder looks at Cyber again and Luna nods. "I still have a hostage in my custody. If you surrender now, you won't have to fight and just allow me to win." "Who is your hostage?" Charming Thunder asked. "Ohhh...how could you have forgotten her so easily, Charming. After all...your face is truly something only a MOTHER COULD LOVE!!" A pink bubble suddenly appeared next to Cyber with Amidala in stasis inside. Everyone but Luna and Cyber gasped in shock. "Happy to see her again? I figured you would be." "What did you do to her?" Charming Thunder demanded. "Oh goodness, don't look at me. I'm not the one who had their fun of beating her up like a punching bag. Perhaps Sunset can provide an answer to THAT!!" Charming Thunder looked down from Cyber and they looked straight at nothing while Sunset had a look of panic. "What!?" Sunset said. "No! Charming; you don't understand--" Charming Thunder turned to Sunset with anger in his eyes and said, "YOU DID THIS TO HER!?!" Sunset began to back up nervously away from Charming Thunder. "Charming, just calm down for just a moment--" Charming Thunder jumped at her, pins her down to the ground and a lightsaber at her throat. Please, don't do it! I wasn't in control when I was beating up Amidala!" "I'm going to make you have dinner with Mephiles in Tartarus tonight Sunset!" "Oh goodness!" Cyber said. "Have my own brother kill off his own friends and allies! This was easier than I previously thought!" Charming Thunder got off of Sunset and looked at Cyber. "We are going have to talk later. Now you better let her go before I cut your throat and feed it down your mouth." "Oh no! Charming is going to kill me! Whatever shall I do? Are you sure you should do that Charming?" Danny grinned as the bubble turned blood red. "I don't think mother would be very happy about that!" There was a blinding white light and everyone but Cyber covered their eyes. When the light dimmed, everyone looked at Cyber and sees him on high hooves with his front hooves crossed. The environment was now a very massive room with a simulator of being on a beach. "FOOLS DIE... AS YOU WELL KNOW." There was a loud 'thump' sound coming from behind the heroes. Luna looked at the source with shock while Cyber looked at it before looking at the group and an evil laugh. Everyone turned around; seeing the source to be none other than a giant form of Amidala. "GIVE IT NOT A SECOND THOUGHT." Amidala gave out an evil laughter before her horn ignites with power. "I think you should have kept your tantrum to yourself, Charming," Cadence said. Luna's horn ignited and a squad of Shadowbolts and NLR soldiers appeared around the group. "We have you surrounded; at least on this side!" Luna shouted. Night Thunder drew his sword as Charming Thunder activated his lightsaber. "I'll take care of Night," Charming Thunder said. "You guys handle my mother and Luna." Charming Thunder walked up to Night Thunder as he aimed his sword at him. "Brave of you, Charming," Night said. "Haven't you learned your lesson since you created me?" "I can be a slow learner." Charming Thunder leaps in the air and strikes at Night Thunder and begun their clash. The force of Charming Thunder's attack catches Night slightly off balance. Charming Thunder was then driven to a palm tree and ducked as Night was going for a slash attack causing the tree to fall. Night charged towards Charming Thunder, but was pushed towards a trunk to a tree by Charming Thunder's force push. "I made you. I can destroy you, too." As Night was gripped to the tree, Charming Thunder used the force to grip his arm that was holding the sword and slowly moved it towards his neck. Night tried to resist as his own blade came closer and closer. Celestia dueled her sister Luna while Twilight and the others handled the giant Amidala. Luna noticed that Night was in trouble and used her magic to blast Celestia away from her and rushed on over to help Night. Charming Thunder knew that Luna was behind him so he released Night and clashed. He shoved her away as Celestia arrived to help. They stood back to back facing their opponent. They turned to look at each other and nodded then began to switch opponents. Twilight flew in the air and used her magic to distract Amidala while Geo handled the Shadowbolts and the NLR forces as he took cover behind a rock. Luna clashed blades with Charming Thunder while Celestia handled Night. Luna won the clash and was forced away past Charming Thunder and landed face first in the sand. Night charged at him and gave him a couple of strikes then got punched in the face by Charming Thunder which caused him to impact on a rock and drop his sword. Charming Thunder then continued his duel with Luna and blocked the strikes and dodged an incoming heavy attack then clashed their blades together. "Your father was so weak when you last saw him alive during the Lunar Wars when he sacrificed himself himself to save you from Chrysalis' wrath," Luna taunted. "And then he died in your arms as you made your escape. How does that make you feel, Charming." "This was how I felt, Aunt Luna," Charming Thunder said as he raised his hoof to beak the trunk of a palm tree. He then stood back and the tree collapsed on Luna. When the sand cleared, Luna was unconscious under the trunk of the palm tree and Celestia approached Charming Thunder. "Go help the others," Celestia said. "I'll deal with Luna and Night." Charming Thunder nodded and rushed on over to help the others fighting Amidala. Rainbow Dash flew in the air holding an NLR soldier and when she was high enough, she dropped the soldier and impacted on the sand. Cadence joined Twilight as she fired magic at Amidala. She then noticed Charming Thunder heading their way and flied over to him, but got hit by Amidala's magic and impacts to the ground. "CADENCE!!" Charming Thunder shouted. He rushed on over to his sister and cradled her in his arms. "Cadence? You alright?" "A little cooked, but I am okay," Cadence replied. She tried to get up, but failed as she laid in Charming Thunder's arms. He then became furious and looked at Amidala who was still fighting Twilight and the others. He closed his eyes for a brief moment and opened them again then got up. Cadence was shocked to see him this angry and tried to stop him with what he was about to do. Charming Thunder's horn glowed as he walked towards the action. Twilight was still firing magic beams at Amidala, but they had no effect on her. Without knowing it, lightning hits Amidala which came from Charming Thunder. Amidala suddenly began to shrink down to her normal size as she was being electrocuted by his magic. A blast then hits him and pushed him away towards Celestia and the redeemed Luna and Night while the blast only disintegrated the Shadowbolts and the NLR forces. Cadence rushed over to him as Celestia turned him over and Luna used her magic to heal him. Charming Thunder groaned and slowly got up off the sandy floor. The area then turned back into the simulation room as the smoke cleared to reveal the struggling Amidala as she got up. Twilight and the others got into their battle positions in case anything went wrong. "I'm alright," Amidala said as she walked up to them. "What did he do?" "I don't know," Twilight said as she turned to look at Charming Thunder. "But what matters is that you and the others are with us again." "That was AWESOME!!" Rainbow shouted as she flew over to Charming Thunder. "Not only you shrunk your mother back to size, you even redeemed her in the process." "I will explain that later, but we have a brother to deal with," Charming Thunder said as he turned to see a portal left opened. "And Cyber already left us a way to where he is."