Fire vs. Love: A Battle for Supremacy

by UnweptSchlipps

Lunacy

Twilight’s head rested on the cobblestone, watching as the Princess wailed on her former foalsitter. Part of her wanted to feel sorry for Cadence, but the exhaustion had pushed her over the brink and into the mystical land of “I Don’t Give a Buck”. Ever since Celestia had begun absorbing the sun’s energy, the unicorn had slowly been recuperating, and she was glad that she didn’t have to use that blasted siphoning spell. Frankly, she was a bit peeved that Celestia didn’t just use the sun’s energy from the beginning without the whole “Making Twilight Feel Terrible” side effects. But the same principle applied anyway, “I Don’t Give a Buck”.

As minutes passed and Celestia continued to lay a heaping pile of smackdown, Twilight became mildly concerned. Not so much for Cadence’s well-being, but for Celestia’s…different approach to the situation. The pony had never seen Celestia try to intentionally hurt somepony (although rumors said otherwise). Neither had she really witnessed her mentor harvest so much power from the sun. Those two combined left Twilight feeling very awkward, to say the least.

But Cadence kept coming on back to fight; a trait Twilight had always admired. She couldn’t help but smile every time the pink alicorn tried to retaliate, even though every attempt lasted for about a second. Part of her knew she had to stay loyal to her mentor, but was it so bad to cheer for the underdog? And after what Celestia had put her through, Twilight found it hard not to cheer for her super favorite foalsitter.

This is why when Cadence casted that love spell, Twilight chuckled quietly. That’s my foalsitter for you, the unicorn thought. Even in a fight, she spreads love.

But then she moved her eyes to the horizon, and found something odd. There was something wrong with the clouds. First of all, they weren’t moving, which was curious considering the giant gusts of wind the two princesses had been spewing all day. But second, far off in the distance, something caught her eye. It was almost like a…a rip. A tear in the clouds like one in Rarity’s dresses. Twilight shook her head, not believing what she had seen.

For a moment, she could have sworn she saw a star.

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How could I have fallen for such a...a cheap parlor trick?, Celestia thought, her ethereal mane singeing for the first time in a while. She was quite angry at herself, if not a teeny bit embarrassed. After all, she had almost given into the urge to cuddle her niece and slobber her with kisses in front of all her subjects. And that would be…well…yeah.

The embarrassment was soon replaced by pure awe as the goddess turned her gaze back to her niece. “What is this?” the princess gasped, for something extraordinary was taking place before her eyes. Cadence was glowing blue, her eyes were shining white, and her beautiful mane flowed in all directions. That in itself was odd. But what’s more, Celestia noticed something hanging out of her niece’s vest. A small, familiar little bauble with a hole cut out of the middle. It was a dazzling jewel, and it made the princess gasp.

“Luna?...” was all she could get out before a magical beam hit her hard in the chest. It sent her flying at high speed, knocking her straight through one of her clay targets. Now there was only one target left floating, but that wasn’t the celestial ruler’s biggest concern. Her niece was slowly levitating towards her, every cut on her body beginning to magically heal itself one at a time. The look printed on her face showed complete and utter wrath.

“Cavallo male. Sei una…una cagna,” Cadence spat, the curse making most of the spectators cringe despite not knowing a single word of what she said.

But for some reason, Cadence’s frightful stare began to soften, and anger quickly subsided, leaving room for a sad frown. With a remorseful look, the glowing princess cleared her throat and said quietly, “Mi dispiace, I’m sorry. This isn’t what I wanted to happen, you know. I never wanted to battle you, Tia. I never imagined we would be up here, trying to hurt each other. I…looked up to you, Auntie. I still do. And when you said you wanted to battle me, it broke my heart.”

“Now, after seeing what jealousy has made you…now I see what I have to do. And although it pains me to do this…I need to knock some sense back into that stubborn head of yours.”

Her entire body began to swirl with the blue magic, eventually culminating into a ball of light at the tip of her horn. Then, in an almost apologetic voice, Cadence said, “Arrivederci principessa. Well, at least until you get your memory back. Hopefully.” Then she released her attack, a rapid fire Gatling gun of pure night magic. Every single blast hit its mark, sending the regal ruler twirling and spinning through the air. This time the tables were turned, and it was Celestia who impacted against the ground.

There was the sound of something shattering as the sun goddess landed. When she opened her eyes, she scanned the floor around her. And there, broken in two, was her beautiful jeweled crown. Oddly enough, the memory of Chrysalis sending her sprawling sprang to mind. Seeing her glimmering symbol of power scattered across the ground made Celestia’s blood boil. And now, she didn’t care if anypony tried to stop her; not Cadence, not Luna, not anypony.

“ENOUGH!” she shouted in a rare bout of Royal Canterlot Voice. The princess flapped her swan-like wings, and came face to face with the glowing pink alicorn.

“I don’t care if it’s forbidden or not, I absolutely refuse to be beaten by YOU!” Princess Celestia knew the energy she had taken from the sun was waning, so she only had one shot at this. This was her trump card, her ace up her sleeve, her coup de grâce. And it happened to be forbidden. By her, no less.

Without hesitation, Celestia launched an orange beam up into space, its destination known only by her.

“Wait…what are you doing? What’s happening?” Princess Cadence inquired, anxious for what Celestia was doing. Unfortunately for her, the best/worst was yet to come.

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For the past few minutes, Luna looked upon the duelers with a smirk on her face. She was in her element now, with her trusted stars and moon filling the skies. The princess relished in the beauty of the glimmering tapestry hiding behind the cloudy veil, cherishing the darkness in a way only she could. She had drawn power from the night just as Celestia had done with the day. Only this time, she was giving to somepony who needed it more.

She had thought everything was going according to plan. Cadence’s powers combined with hers should have been nearly unstoppable. Both felt rejuvenated and full of energy. It should have been a piece of cake.

Everything change when Celestia shot that orange beam.

“Oh no. She wouldn’t,” Luna uttered, fear laced in her voice. She glanced up at the atmosphere, knowing all too well about what was going to happen. “She promised she’d never...”

Sensing Her Majesty’s urgency, Shining Armor asked, “Why? What’s she doing?

“She’s-she’s…opening a portal to space…”

“Wait, you don’t mean-.” At that moment, a neon blue portal materialized in the middle of the courtyard, and all things went to hell.

Her eyes wide with shock, Princess Luna shouted, “She’s sending Cadence to the moon!”

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Daymn straight! What...is...up bronies? Just wanted to thank everyone for being awesome readers and for all the comments and favorites and whatnot. I absolutely appreciate it. And of course, don't forget to clickity-clack that green thumbs-up button up there! Tune in next time for the epic climax of Celestia vs. Cadence. Who will win? How will they get back to earth? Will they ever get back to earth? Find out next time in this...BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY!

Comments

[KaijinZero]

oh fuck.

[Chaos Light]

AW SHIET

[shutaro]

Ah, exile on the moon. I guess it's like summer camp for alicorns.
They probably have a revolving door up there by now.

[Twilicorn]

To the moon!
Bwahahahahaha!

Okay, but I saw that coming from the start. A good twist nonetheless, just slightly predictable. I'd love to see Cadance on the moon, with all the love vanishing from Equestria. That'd be good.

[bokka93]

portal 2 reference

[UnweptSchlipps]

947325
True, a bit predictable. But considering the way I've written things, I simply could not write this story without sending them TO THE MOON!
947246
Summer camp for alicorns eh? I'll have to use that one...