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A Rowdy Rumble

After a few minutes, the group arrived in the training area where the two star warriors planned to duel.

"Now that we're here, need to know the rules of the duel." Star Knight said, "What weapons will we use, how will a winner be chosen, and should we hold back on our power?"

"No holding back." Meta Knight said almost immediately, "We will use our swords, and the whoever disarms the other, is the victor."

"That's reasonable." Star Knight said as he and Meta Knight entered the ring and got into position.

"Be sure to give me your all." Star Knight said before pulling out his sword (The blade was curved and the hilt was star shaped, making the entire sword resemble a shooting star).

"I was about to tell you the same thing." Meta Knight said back as he removed his cape from around his body (revealing that he wore gloves similar to Sword and Blade Knights', gauntlets above the gloves, and purple plated boots) before pulling out his own sword (The blade was gold in color and had four tines).

"Gentlemen, are you ready?" Princess Celestia asked from the sidelines, earning a nod from both knights, "Then you may begin!"

Instead of rushing towards each other like everyone thought, the two knights simply stayed still, staring at each other in the eyes.

"Hey what's the big idea!?" Escargoon called out to the two knights, "You two are supposed to have a duel, not a staring contest!"

"They're not having a staring contest, they're both waiting to see who will make the first move." Sword Knight spoke up.

"Meta Knight taught me and Sword Knight that the best way to beat an opponent is to learn how they fight." Blade Knight added, "And the best way to do that is to let your opponent have the first move."

"Whatever the reason, those two better get to it, we don't have all day!" King DeDeDe said, not taking his eyes off the duo.

While it was had to spot, Princess Celestia noticed that King DeDeDe had seemed a bit tence ever since the two knights drew out their swords. She also noticed how he would at times glance towards Star Knight at times as well. While she was curious about this, she decided to question him about it later.

Back on the ring, the two knights continued to stare at each other, waiting for the other to make a move.

For a while longer, the group waited for the two knights to make their move (some of them becoming bored/impatient as they waited).

Glancing around the training area, Spike noticed a leaf that was being blown by the wind make it's way into the ring. The leaf continued to move through the air for a moment before it finally fell to the ground.

Almost immediately after the leaf touched the ground, the two knights leaped towards each other, catching the group off guard.

Once they were close to each other, the two knights swept their swords towards each other, causing the blades to create a spark of light when they clashed. The two knights fought for dominance for a moment before pushing each other away.

Not allowing the other to have a chance to breathe, the two knights charged at each other again, clashing their swords again as they passed each other.

This was repeated several times so quickly that everyone in the sidelines were barely keeping up with the two knights.

"Whoa!" Spike said in awe, "So cool!"

"I find it amazing how those two could move so fast." Twilight said before thinking to herself, 'Despite the fact that they're so small and wearing armor.'

"The two of them are star warriors after all." Sword Knight reminded Twilight, "It's expected of them to be incredible in battle, no matter the circumstances."

Unknown to everyone else, King DeDeDe would let out small winces every time the dueling knights' swords clashed and caused a spark of light, which in turn caused him to look more intensely at the two knights (more specifically Star Knight) with a small glare in his eyes.

After a few more moments of dancing around each other, the two knights clashed swords and fought for dominance yet again, this time they were right by the sidelines.

As the two knights struggled against each other, King DeDeDe suddenly jumped into the air, holding his hammer behind his head as he did so.

Noticing that the king was about to slam his hammer onto them, the two knights jumped back, just barely avoiding being flattened.

Everyone stared at King DeDeDe in shock as he lifted his hammer (glaring at Star Knight as he did so), having been taken completely off guard by this sudden attack.

"DeDeDe, what is the meaning of this?!" Princess Celestia demanded.

Instead of answering, King DeDeDe let out a loud roar, which caused a barrier to form around the ring, blocking Meta Knight (who had jumped out of the ring in order to avoid DeDeDe's attack) and the onlookers out.

"What's this?" Spike asked as he approached the barrier, only to be pushed back when he touched it.

"The ring was enchanted to form a barrier around it's edges whenever someone or something dangerous enters it." Princess Celestia explained, "And the barrier can only be disabled once the enchantment decides that the threat is neutralized."

Hearing this made Star Knight tence a little.

"King DeDeDe, I do not know what you are planning, but I suggest that you stand down, otherwise, I'll be forced to use force!" Star Knight warned.

Taking Star Knight's words as a challenge, King DeDeDe let out another roar before charging towards the star warrior, holding his hammer behind his head as he did so.

Ruler of Dream Land, King DeDeDe

Seeing that he had to take the ruler of dream land down, Star Knight got into a battle stance, before he seemingly began to charge up an attack.

Once King DeDeDe was close enough, he tried to smash Star Knight into the ground with his hammer, but the star warrior dodged out of the way before spinning his body around with his sword out, catching the king and causing him to twirled around for a moment before being sent flying a few feet away.

After recovering from the attack, King DeDeDe jumped into the air before landing onto the group with enough force to create a shockwave (which Star Knight avoided by jumping high enough to allow the shockwave to pass underneath him), before repeating this several more times.

After DeDeDe stopped, Star Knight spotted what appeared to be a large star that appeared after the king stopped his onslaught of shockwaves.

Wasting no time, Star Knight ran towards the star before stopping in front of it and pulled his mask upwards enough so that only his mouth could be seen. Opening his mouth, a vortex of air came out and sucked in the star, causing Star Knight's body to bloat up once he closed his mouth, confusing everyone.

Taking this opportunity, Star Knight spat out the star towards King DeDeDe (pulling his mask back down after doing so), turning the star into a projectile that hit the king right in the face, causing him to stagger back in pain.

Growling in anger, King DeDeDe opened his mouth which in turned created a much larger vortex of air that threatend to suck Star Knight in.

Not wanting to find out what will happen if he were to be pulled into the kings mouth, Star Knight ran away from King DeDeDe, slowly being pulled closer as tim passed.

Fortunately, King DeDeDe gave up trying to suck Star Knight in and closed his mouth before jumping towards Star Knight with his hammer behind his head yet again.

Deciding that he should end this, Star Knight poured some power into his sword before firing a beam of energy at King DeDeDe, knocking the ruler of dream land out of the air and knocking his hammer out of the ring.
(Stop music)

King DeDeDe proceeded to bounce off the ground a few times before finally stopping, his body sprawled on the ground.

"It's over." Twilight said a hint of relief in her voice.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Meta Knight said, "The barrier is still active, which means the battle isn't over yet."

After immediately after Meta Knight said that, dark energy began to pulse out of King DeDeDe before he began to float upwards into the air, his limbs hanging limp as this happened.

"W-What's going on?" Spike asked uneasily as he and the others (sans Star Knight and Meta Knight) suddenly felt a sense of dread in the air.

Spike's quickly was quickly answered when King DeDeDe was moved upwards, before his stomach suddenly opened like a mouth full of sharp teeth, revealing a large sphere of dark energy that had one large eye.

"What in the word is that thing!?!?" Escargoon exclaimed loudly.

"Dark Matter." Meta Knight replied simply, "An evil force that wants to engulf the entire universe in darkness. It was one of the main treats that the star warriors fought in the great war hundreds of years ago."

"If that, thing, is so dangerous, why is it here and why is it inside King DeDeDe?" Spike asked.

"More than likely, it's here to eliminate Star Knight and me, being that we're quite possibly the last remaining star warriors in the galaxy." Meta Knight responded, causing everyone else (sans Star Knight) to grow worried expressions on their faces.

Ignoring the conversation, Star Knight glared at the Dark Matter as it glared at him back.

"Dark Matter scum!" Star Knight angrily said to the Dark Matter, "How dare you reside on this planet!"

In response to Star Knight's yell, the Dark Matter closed King DeDeDe's mouth before allowing the king to drop to the floor with a hard thud as he landed on his feet.

The possessed King DeDeDe let out a roar before raising his right arm up, causing a sphere of dark energy to form above his hand. After charging for a moment, the sphere changed into a large axe that the possessed king grabbed before taking a few swings to show that he was ready to continue fighting.

Axe wielding, Possessed DeDeDe

Accepting the challenge, Star Knight charged towards the possessed King DeDeDe, having his sword to his ready as he did so.

To everyone's surprise, the possessed King DeDeDe spun to his right, gracefully dodging Star Knight's attack and retaliated with an upwards swing with his axe, knocking the star warrior into the air.

The possessed King DeDeDe then jumped into the air and hit Star Knight with another nasty swing from his axe, causing the star warrior to crash into the ground, before being knocked back even more when the possessed King DeDeDe landed and created a shockwave.

"Uh no!" Spike exclaimed, "Star Knight is losing!"

"Don't loose faith yet, Spike." Princess Celestia said, "From what I could remember when I first met Star Knight, it'll take a lot more than that to take his out.

Proving Princess Celestia's point, Star Knight stood back up, looking as if he hadn't taken a lot of damage.

'It seems the Dark Matter has given King DeDeDe moreagility than he normally does.' Star Knight thought to himself, 'Looks like I'll have to take this seriously.'

With that in mind, Star Knight reached into his cape before pulling out a vial full a red liquid with a label that had the image of a star with a fire inside it.

Lifting him mask so that only his mouth was visible, Star Knight threw the vial into his car before swallowing it.

Before anyone could question why Star Knight did that, a gold band appeared from underneath his mask wrapped around what would be his forehead before connecting at the back of his head, causing a large roar of fire burst out of his head, which for some reason everyone thought it resembled a hat.

Once that was done, Star Knight lifted his sword towards his "hat", causing the flame to spread onto the blade, turning the star warrior's curved sword into a sword made of flames.

"...What just happened?" Escargoon asked, confused about Star Knight's transformation.

"That's Star Knight's copy ability." Princess Celestia spoke up, "Should he swallow anything that has unique properties, he could copy those properties and use them in combat."

"That must mean whatever was inside that vial must have been super spicy if he got an ability from it." Spike said.

Back in the ring, the possessed King DeDeDe charged towards Star Knight before lunging at him, attempting to bodyslam the star warrior.

Star Knight responded by jumping back (barely avoiding the attack by doing so), before lifting his mask enough so that only his mouth was visible and began to breath fire onto possessed King DeDeDe, causing the possessed king to scream in pain before rolling away from the flames.

After getting away from the flames and getting back on his feet, the possessed King DeDeDe began charging energy into his axe before swinging in Star Knight's direction, causing beams to be flung at the star warrior, who responded to this by charging energy into his sword and sent beams of him own at the possessed king (that were also on fire).

When the two beams collided, Star Knight's beam cut right through possessed King DeDeDe's beam and struck the possessed king in the chest, knocking him off his feet in the process.

While possessed King DeDeDe was able to get back up, he was barely able to do so and was having trouble standing straight.

Deciding to finish him, Star Knight charged towards possessed King DeDeDe before suddenly being engulfed in flames and shot towards the possessed king's face.
(Stop music)

Upon contact, the possessed King DeDeDe was again knocked off his feet and was sent flying towards the barrier (his axe being knocked out of his grip and in the process), before bouncing off and landing face first into the ground.

The possessed King DeDeDe tried to push himself back up but was too weak to do so and simply fell down again, his body becoming limp.

With the king down, dark energy began to leave his body and began to build up above him (the axe also became dark energy and was absorbed) until the Dark Matter appeared.

The Dark Matter glared at Star Knight before charging towards him.

The Dark Matter suddenly stopped in it's tracks, it's eye widened as if in surprise.

Confused, the onlookers looked towards Star Knight, only to see that the star warrior now had his sword above his head, looking as if he had taken a swipe.

Looking back at the Dark Matter, the group was surprised to see it spilt evenly from the middle before disappearing in a dark fog.

"It's over." Star Knight said as she sheathed his sword.

Suddenly, Star Knight jumped up and down, shuffling around and spinning like a ball before unsheathing his sword and jumped into the air, raising the sword up in victory.

Shortly afterwards, the barrier around the ring deactivated, leaving the onlookers speechless.

"...What. The heck. Was that?!" Escargoon asksd with a lot of confusion in his voice.

Princess Celestia giggled before responding, "That's Star Knight's victory dance. Whenever he defeats a powerful enemy, he usually does that dance afterwards. Although I'm still surprised that you still do it now."

"It's as the saying goes, it's a force of habit." Star Knight responded before sheathing his sword again.

With that done, Star Knight's "hat" flew off his head, resembling the the symbol on the vile he swallowed, and bounced on the ground for a moment before disappearing.

"What was that all about?" Spike asked.

"Since I no longer needed my fire abilities, I discarded it." Star Knight responded as he approached the group.

"But what if you end up needing it again?" Spike asked.

"Don't worry Spike, I have a lot more viles at my disposal." Star Knight said, "And as I'm sure Celestia has already told you, I have different ways to get abilities."

Just then, the group heard groaning coming from the ring. Looking towards the source, everyone saw King DeDeDe roll onto his back before sitting upright.

"Uhh, why does it feel like I was hit in the head by a meteor?" King DeDeDe asked as he clutched his head.

"Sire, you don't remember anything?" Escargoon asked.

"All I remember was watching the duel, after that, my memory became blurry." King DeDeDe responded as Sword Knight and Blade Knight helped him to his feet, "What happened anyway?"

"It would appear there are a few questions that require answers." Star Knight said, "Before we begin however, perhaps it would be best if we went somewhere more comfortable."

After everyone voiced their agreements, they exited the training area and made their way back to the throne room.

"...and that was when you regained consciousness." Princess Celestia said, having finished explaining what happened to King DeDeDe.

"Uh, all the information is too much to take in at once." King DeDeDe said, "And what makes it worse is that my head still hurts from the beating I apparently received from Star Knight."

"And I apologize about that, it was for your own good." Star Knight spoke up before saying, "Though I must ask, do you recall encountering the Dark Matter, or anything that fits the description we gave you?"

King DeDeDe thought about it for a moment before responding, "Know that I think about it, I remember the night before I sent the letter to Celestia, I decided to get myself a midnight snack. Just as I was making my way back to my room after helping myself with a sandwich that was in my castle's fridge, I remember seeing this dark cloud from the corner of my eye. Before I could do anything, everything went dark. The next day, I woke up back in my bed and just dismissed the experience as a dream, though I did feel a bit different since."

"Tell me, were you planning on sending the letter, or did the thought suddenly appear on your mind?" Star Knight asked.

"I was writing the letter that night, but became too sleepy to finish it, so I decided to finish it the following morning." King DeDeDe responded.

Thinking about this information for a moment, Star Knight said, "While this is only speculation, it would seem that the Dark Matter wanted to come here."

"Why would it want to come here." Twilight asked.

"So that it could possess Celestia." Star Knight responded, "You all saw how powerful King DeDeDe became once the Dark Matter gave him access to it's energy, just imagine how powerful it would become if Princess Celestia was under it's control."

Hearing this made everyone feel uneasy.

"W-What would happen if more Dark Matter showed up?" Spike asked.

"That would be highly unlikely." Meta Knight spoke up, "Most of the Dark Matter had been eradicated during the great war. Even if did duplicate since the war, it would be spread too far apart for a large mass of it to come here."

"That's a relief." Twilight said.

"That doesn't mean we should put our guard down." Star Knight said, "Who knows what fate could bring. All we could do now is be ready for anything."

"Well I think we should worry about all of this later." King DeDeDe spoke up, "I for one had enough excitement for today and would like to spend the remaining time of my visit by relaxing."

While everyone stared at King DeDeDe for suddenly change the subject, they couldn't help but agree with him.

"Very well, let's make our way to the garden." Princess Celestia said, prompting everyone to follow her as she made her way out of the throne room.

Later that night after King DeDeDe and his subjects left, we find Princess Celestia and Star Knight standing outside one of the castle's guest rooms.

"There was no need to do this, Celestia." Star Knight said, "I could of summoned my ship and slept inside it."

"Of course I do." Princess Celestia said, "You're my friend, it would be wrong if I didn't give you your own room."

Opening the door, the duo saw that the room had a medium-sized bed with a cabinet next to it. The room also had a a set of glass doors that led to a balcony.

"I apologize that there isn't much inside." Princess Celestia said as the duo entered the room, "If I had the time, I would of had more furniture added in."

"No need to apologize." Star Knight said, "I did just arrive today, there is no way could of done so much on such short notice."

Princess Celestia giggled before saying, "I suppose you're right."

Just then, a letter appeared in front of Princess Celestia before falling to the ground.

"A letter from Twilight, at this hour?" Princess Celestia said to herself before grabbing the letter with her magic and reading it's contents, "...This should be interesting."

"What is it?" Star Knight asked.

Instead of answering, Princess Celestia summoned a piece of parchment and a quill before writing something onto the parchment and teleported it away.

"It appears that I have an assignment for you already." Princess Celestia said.

"Oh, what would that be?" Star Knight asked.

"I still can't believe Princess Celestia is making me do this." Twilight grumbled to herself.

"I'm sure you realize she did this for your own good." Star Knight said.

"I'm certain Nightmare Moon is a bigger problem than me needing to make friends." Twilight said.

Currently, Star Knight, Twilight, and Spike were on a chariot, making their way to a town called ponyville. Twilight and Spike were asked to check the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration that was going to be held there while Star Knight was asked to be their personal escort until the event was over.

"Come on Twilight, you need to learn to relax every now and then, why not focus on the Summer Sun Celebration for now?" Spike suggested.

"Alright, I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then I'll get to library to find proof of Nightmare Moon's return." Twilight said.

"Then will you find some friends?" Spike asked.

"While I will do my royal duty, the fate of equestria doesn't rest on me making friends." Twilight responded.

"It would be best if you settle this later." Star Knight said once he saw ponyville come into view, "We've arrived."

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MLPMekarm

MLPMekarm #1 · Apr 24th, 2019 · · ·

wow. so at the beginning. nice. very nice.

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MLPMekarm #2 · Apr 25th, 2019 · · ·

hey are you taking Kirby oc requests for this story??

castroedgar316

castroedgar316 #3 · Apr 25th, 2019 · · ·

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It depends on who/what the OC is.

MLPMekarm

MLPMekarm #4 · Apr 25th, 2019 · · ·

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Sort of new friends for star knight. Like twi & the rest. Like a bonkers' a GIM ' a bio spark & a poppy bros jr. is it also possible to put in bandana waddle dee as well??

castroedgar316

castroedgar316 #5 · Apr 25th, 2019 · · ·

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Bandana Dee will be in the story later on, and sure those could work. Now, who is this OC and what is it's abilities?

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MLPMekarm #6 · Apr 25th, 2019 · · ·

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The ones I mentioned. Are they ok? Because there personalitys are a little different then how they are shown in game like bonkers being as kind as flutter shy.

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