> A not so Deadly Battle > by Lieral > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1- Psychic Nightmare > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Somewhere in the Land of Equestria there is an closed and dark place where apparently nothing moved or make a sound. It was hard to see anything, the overwhelming darkness hid even the shadows of a single big table, which apparently are the only thing inside such specific place... "Okay, okay we got the picture," A very distinctly high pitched voice cut off the narrator and suddenly all lights in the room were turned on at the same time. "Who do you think you're surprising with that description? We're not even the main stars today," The owner of the voice said nonchalantly as she rolls her eyes. "Yeah," A second voice agreed. "Let's put this show on the road already," "Well said Rainbow Dash," Pinkie Pie sat down with her Hooves on the table and an big smile on her face as always, a big pile of paper in front of her. "Many fanfics were made in this site. Many amazing stories of romance and adventure. Of friendship and brotherhood. Of horror and perver... You know, let's jump that one. Anyway, and sometimes, we just want something far more simple," "Like which character can punch the other stronger," Rainbow Dash hit the table ruining a perfect pile of blank paper that was close to her.  "That's exactly right Dashie," Pinkie Pie took a mug from apparently nowhere and drank the hot cocoa inside. "Questions like who would win in a battle exists since the very beginning of the fiction. And many have tried and answered some of these questions. Then why not us too?" "You betcha Pinkie," Surprisingly Rainbow Dash nodded solemn and rested her head on her United hooves. "So many people, aliens, ponies and races from so many universes are there, just looking cool, and some still refuses to see their potential to violence. But we won't ignore them. From now on I, Rainbow Awesome Dash and my friend Pinkamena Diane Pie will focus and try to analyze many amazing and unexpected characters and their most interesting and awesome powers and feats to determine who would win in a battle to the death!" Rainbow punched the table and almost split her mug. "That's not exactly right Dash," Pinkie Pie interjected seriously. "What? You promised if I help you study and making nerd stuff I could see bloodshed!" Rainbow yelled furiously. "And I'm pretty sure you will have your chances," Pinkie Pie nodded with her hooves crossed. "But not EVERY battle will end in bloodshed. We're not savages. The circumstances of a battle not always have to led to the death of somepony to determine who's superior. And YES, the fact that some battles will not be to the death CAN and WILL change some results, and we will always talk about it. But I don't want this fic to end up in solely mature rated fics. When people go there they're usually not after battles," "Okay, I see your point," Rainbow rolled her eyes. "But we can have bloodshed today, right? C'mon, it's the first episode! We have to make a good first impression,"  "And we will try our best Dashie. And what's better to start than using somepony from our very own world of Equestria?" Pinkie Pie grinned at the camera. "Like our very first frenemy, the one and only, NIGHTMARE MOON! The corrupted form of our beloved Princess Luna," "And the Most Powerful Science Project of Pokemon History: The Psychic Pokemon Mewtwo!" Rainbow Dash grinned from ear to ear. "Let's dig around their past and present to decide which is the most powerful creature around," "Our story started way before the eternally young protagonist of the Pokemon world was even born," Rainbow Dash spoke with a serious tone. "Deep inside the forest of Amazonia (whatever is this place) a lone Pokemon left behind a small trace of his DNA. That was Mew," "After long search from the scientists of the evil Team Rocket they finally found it and started their own journey to create the most powerful Pokemon of them all, and THAT'S today's participant: Mewtwo," Pinkie Pie drank from her still hot cocoa. "Now, don't let the lazy name fool you, if they managed to make him the most powerful Pokemon is discussed nowadays, but boy they definitely did a good work," "Mewtwo did not started like the tall and imposing Pokemon he is now. He started far smaller and cutter, sharing his conscience with three other clones like him and more importantly, the mind and conscience of the daughter of the scientist leader dr.Fuji: Ai," Rainbow throw aside the first page of her big pile of notes aside. "She was a small girl whose body died, but her, already crazy by his loss, father decided to force her conscience inside a virtual and shared world until he could create a perfect body for her to live again," "And inside this shared world she met the young Mewtwo. She teach him everything she knew about the outside world, the skies and lifes and mainly about the feelings and wonders of a happy life," Pinkie Pie sighed. "But of course, things couldn't just stay this way. Not long after befriending Mewtwo, her conscience started to fade away, and she gave him one of the saddest farewell a kid could ever give to someone," "And the young Mewtwo didn't take that very well," Rainbow interjected. "Feeling for the first time the sensation of sadness, emptiness and hopelessness his conscience almost faded away into nothingness too," "But Dr.Fuji had finally lost his daughter, and he couldn't just accept the loss of his most precious experiment of all too. So he brutally took away every little memory of the young Mewtwo so he could stabilize again. And from now on, Mewtwo grew alone with the sensation of sheer emptiness and unexplained loss," "No wonder he got kinda crazy," Rainbow chucked dryly. "Years later Mewtwo was complete, and the first thing he did was to MURDER every single scientist and destroy the entire surface of the island he stood," "He did that using only his sheer psychic powers, and that's definitely not even close to his limit. Mewtwo's arsenal is wide and wild," Pinkie giggled. "See what I did there? Anyway, he can use Psychic, Psyshock, Psycho Cut and many other mental attacks with various effects and functions such as reading minds and attack in the future with future sight. Swift is an attack that basically never miss. Shadow Ball to hit even ghosts, Ice Beam, Confusion, Rain Dance and MANY others," "Speaking of Rain Dance," Rainbow continued with a wild grin. "One time he did a Rain Dance so powerful it covered the surface of the Pokemon world on the very first movie. He can also fly, levitate, teleport and many other stuffs," "Like Recover his own injuries and Protect himself from damage a few times. And of course, his signature move: Psystrike. An attack that is literally a meteor made of sheer psychic power," Pinkie looked at her companion. "Do you want to have the honor?" "Thanks Pinkie," Rainbow Dash took a deep breath before almost yelling. "AND THAT WASN'T EVEN HIS FINAL FORM!" "That's true. You see, a few select Pokemon can evolve even further from their final form. That is called Mega-Evolution," "Most Pokemon can only access the mega evolution when sharing a bond with their trainer, with only one exception: Mewtwo himself," Rainbow said proud before turning to look at Pinkie. "Or would be herself? The one we saw using the mega evolution had a clearly female voice, while the one we had been using had a masculine one. Wait, can we even consider that," "First of all, yes, it had been implied that there were more than one project Mewtwo, so we usually would have to choose one version," Pinkie Pie turned a few pages. "But this time we are going to look at the maximum potential a Mewtwo can have so we will use what we call 'compost' Mewtwo. Taking feats from various different sources so we can finally determine his maximum potential," "For sample, if we take the Pokedex from Mega Mewtwo X we know that Mewtwo's simple grip strength has 1 Ton of force," Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes and read her paper again. "Really? One Ton just by closing his fist? That's ridiculous! And in Pokken Tournament we actually can see that Mewtwo X is capable to stretch his body to reach further," "That's truly terrifying, but I dare say that his Y form is even more impressive. Besides the fact of acquiring the ability Insomnia, his Pokedex says that he can compress an entire skyscraper with just his psychic powers. And she can also fly fast enough to see the time slowing down around her and fly to the atmosphere while carrying Genesect," Pinkie cleaned the sweat from her forehead. "But Mewtwo's biggest psychic feat is probably from the Game Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon when using her Y form she helped other legendary Pokemons to STOP THE PLANET TO GET CLOSER TO THE SUN!" "And in the X and Y manga, Blaine used a Mewtwo that could change between the Form X and Y DURING a battle," Rainbow Dash put her papers down. "It was so worthy bringing this guy to start this. He's almost perfect," "Sadly, almost is the perfect word. Mewtwo is not flawless and had been defeated or captured in almost all media's besides movies and Super mystery dungeon. He has notable weakness to Ghost type attacks, Dark and insect too. Without counting Flying and Fairy in his X form," Pinkie Pie took all her notes and put it down. "But it would still need an absurd monster to put Mewtwo down for good," "And well, speaking of monsters let's talk about our next competitor," Rainbow Dash throw away the rest of her papers over her own shoulders. "Do you still have cocoa? Mine's over," "The land of Equestria. Oh, how much I love it!" Pinkie Pie squealed In delight. "But things weren't always rainbow and awesomeness or Rainbow Awesome Dash. A VEEEEERY long time ago, the world was tormented by a tyrant, ruthless, cruel, bizarre creature," Rainbow said trying to stop her laugh. "Wait, wait, wait," Between the two locutor a strange zipper appeared and literally open a space in the air. "It's the first chapter and you're already making fun of me?" The Lord of chaos looked angry at Rainbow Dash. "At least tell everyone I'm nice and sexy now... Wait, I always had been sexy. But you didn't look like you were going to tell nice things about me," "And that tyrant was no other than Discord," Pinkie Pie continues as if nothing happened. "That part of the story everyone knows. Two Princesses fought alone against the powerful tyrant until they found the powerful Elements of Harmony and sealed him in stone," "Really? That's all you're gonna talk about me?" Discord asked offended. "Nah, don't worry, you can talk about her with us or wait your time against something weird," Rainbow shrugged. Discord snapped his finger and after a blink he was sitting in a comfortable red velvet sofa between the ponies with a pair of glasses, tuxedo and a pile of papers. "I will take the offer. I am always in for a chaotic scenario anyway," He smiled as he played with his goatee. "Anyway, back to the princess. After Discord's defeat, each sister assumed the paper of controlling or the sun or the moon. Moving the celestial orbs EVERY single day," Pinkie Pie said as she gave more hot cocoa to the rest. "Oh I love that part," Discord grinned and cleared his throat. "But not everything was sunshine and rainbows. Anger and hatred grew inside the heart of one of the sisters. Luna got envious of the love her sister received and ended up giving her heart to the darkness, becoming the one and only: Nightmare Moon," "Nightmare Moon is nothing more than the darkness unleashing Luna's true potential, and BOY she has potential," Rainbow Dash said with an impressed nod. "Right, something that many people usually forget is how powerful the two sisters are, and Luna is not exception. She gained her Cutie Mark when she raised the moon for the first time, but she was already an Alicorn when that happened. And no one talks about it," Pinkie Pie turned her head toward Discord. "Do you have any idea how? They said one must become worthy of being an Alicorn, but what can be more worthy than RAISING THE MOON?" "No idea there Pinks. I never asked or cared before," Discord said as he drink the mug leaving the cocoa floating on the table as if it was still inside something. "But I know she has all the standards 'I am a powerful' stuff. She can shoot laser beams, teleport, fuse with shadows to move in a different place of reality to avoid attacks, make simple objects become insanely resistant..." "Like that time when Rarity was possessed by the Nightmare Fog and become Nightmare Rarity and Luna makes AJ's rope so strong and bigger that she throw it on the moon and brought it closer to Equestria so we could go there walking?" Pinkie Pie asked excitedly. "That is one thing, yes. And that bring us to two other things," Discord lift his finger and opened his mouth to talk... "The Nightmare Fog and her own ability to make creatures sleep," Rainbow Dash interrupted him and ignored his frown. "The Fog can make every creature be trapped inside a psychological nightmare about their worst fear," "Don't even talk about it," Pinkie murmured while hitting the table in a strange rhythm. "But luckily, if the creature has willpower strong enough they can break through it, like we did," "But that's nothing compared to her capacity to put the others to sleep forcefully, like she did with DISCORD in the comics," Rainbow said that hitting him with her elbow playfully. "I hate to admit it, but yes. I can control even the fabric of time, space and even reality, but she managed to put me to sleep against my will and got inside my dreams too. And she also can get inside one's head while awake too, like when she invaded my mind as Accord, the one that wanted absolute order to the multiverse. And that is after her shield blocked completely his powers from reaching her," "Her magical power is really something. When Nightmare Moon and Celestia fought so long ago, just a little bit of their magic was absorbed by a passing meteor," Pinkie Pie imitated the tragect of a meteor with her hoof. "And a thousand years later this meteor fell in Applejack's farm and the magic was strong enough to forcefully create life. All the apples of the orchard started an armed revolution to defeat Ponyville," "Did you notice that weird problems Are always gravitating around us? Speaking of gravitating, during the comic issues "Reflexes" Princess Celestia was missing for a week, and Luna moved the sun alone while pretending to be her sister and fooling all Equestria," Rainbow Dash turned a few pages and grinned at it. "How do we got fooled by that? Her disfarce was ridiculous!" "Because you girls are not really smart," Discord grinned as Rainbow glared him furiously. "But as everyone must know by now, magical power is just part of it. Luna is also impossibly strong. She is effortlessly stronger than both Big Mac and Applejack, that can carry an entire house with a few tons while jumping like Pinkie Pie and throw a stone even heavier kilometers away respectively," "Oh, hey Dash, remember when King Sombra came back in the comics and you tried to hit an enemy with your Sonic Rainboom? Didn't you miss the target and went straight to Applejack's buck? Didn't her kick actually defeated your Sonic Rainboom and throw you into that jail?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Don't remember me of that..." Rainbow Dash said with a heavy frown. "But yes, that's true, and Luna is even stronger than her. And Luna herself managed to repeatedly scape from my Sonic Rainboom when we got evil because of that weird water too. But wait a minute, aren't we talking too much about Luna and not Nightmare Moon?" "Yes and no," Pinkie Pie was the one to answer. "The fact is that Nightmare Moon has not many feats before being defeated, but she is basically Luna without any moral brake and even more powerful, so it is not a mistake to talk about her feats as well," "Then can we talk about how old she is? (I love calling somepony old) She is the second older Alicorn of all and the most combat focused one too. Before becoming Nightmare Moon she helped Celestia to defeat Sombra and make Equestria a Land so fearsome that the centaur king, Tyrek's father, is simply horrified of the small idea that Celestia would go against his realm, saying that she would 'burn his lands' alone and decided to go apologize personally to avoid a total war because a SINGLE pony was kidnapped," "Really?" Both Pinkie and Rainbow asked. "How do you know that?" "I was there," Discord grinned. "These two definitely make a good reputation back then," "Ooookay," Rainbow Dash decided it was best to drop the subject. "I know that even today she still is responsible to hunting big monsters at night, that's how she even met her pet," "But one thing must be clear," Pinkie was strangely serious as she said that. "The feats might be shared, but the one fighting is still Nightmare Moon, which despite giving her a few new powers such as resistance to mind control and mind intrusion she still has some real problem with her personality. She's arrogant and self confident beyond any logic, which is never a good idea in this type of scenario," "That's true, but it's still clear that she was not kidding when she said she wanted to bring eternal night, because she definitely CAN do it," "You better be cautious when dealing with some creature like her," Discord grinned and prepared his fingers. "Or else, this nightmare is the last one you will be seeing," He snapped his fingers and all the lights faded away. In the dark of a cave lies a lonely Pokemon. Mewtwo had his eyes closed and senses actives. The cave he choose was not uncomfortable, but it definitely was not the best he had ever been. The sound of a giggle echoed around. Mewtwo knew something was coming, but he was certain it was not a matter of worry for him. He opened his eyes to be received by the wide grin of the playful Hoopa. "What is your matter with me?" Mewtwo asked using his telepathy. The small Pokemon let go of a single ring that grew in size until become as big as Mewtwo himself. From there a portal opened and an insane amount of evil energy crossed it. Mewtwo looked at it slightly uncomfortable with his temple trembling with unexplained rage. That kind of malice makes him remember even the darkest of mankind. And he hated it. He stood up and slowly walked toward the portal just stopping to give one last look at the small Pokemon that seemed slightly uneasy with the evil energy and he finally understood. Whatever is on the other side might come here, and Hoopa wants something to stop it. Mewtwo sighed. He won't be able to have a good sleep until he feel he had dealt with this. So, he looked ahead and crossed the portal. The cross was not uncomfortable for him, and just a second later he stepped out of it. He looked around and found himself inside some kind of very old castle that barely had a roof anymore. "Who is there?" A feminine but very authoritarian voice asked really loudly, echoing through the entire castle. Mewtwo turned to the origin of the voice and steeled his will. He saw the dark form that was clearly the root of all that malice beside two thrones. "Who dares to stand against Nightmare Moon?" He kept staring her in silence but slightly moved his left hand in small circles. "Thou refuses to tell? Well, we will make sure thou cannot tell anything anymore,"                   FIGHT Nightmare Moon shoot four lasers from her horn toward the Pokemon but Mewtwo easily took flight and avoided the attacks that burned and destroyed much of the room. He looked at her and used Psychic. Nightmare Moon couldn't see what hit her, but some kind of force exploded on her chest sending her back. She looked at her enemy with renewed hatred in her eyes. Her horn glow and two pillars of the castle were easily broken from their spot and sent them flying to hit Mewtwo, but the Pokemon created a barrier to block the debris. He grinned as the pillars exploded in smoke and dirty without even touching him, but he failed to notice the beam of magic crossing the smoke and hitting him like a cannon. "SHIT!" Mewtwo cursed as he broke the remaining walls of the castle and was sent to the sky, but not even a second had passed and he had regained his balance. His eyes glowed as he used Future Sight to attack in the future, but barely avoided a second laser shot by the dark Alicorn. "No running away little one," Nightmare Moon floated until she was staring him in the eyes. The sky turned black with clouds called by both fighters and not long after a heavy rain started to fall. Mewtwo glared at her and used Swift. A lot of small stars went in straight line in fast speed, but Nightmare Moon laughed before teleporting away. "Childish trick," she as she appeared behind him already shooting another laser, but surprisingly he also teleported and to her surprise the attack she had dismissed not long ago appeared in front of her eyes and hit her, but grinning she took all the attack and laughed, but above her Mewtwo launched a powerful Shadow Ball that hit her back with an explosion of smoke. "THOU!" She fell in high speed from the impact but spin in the air shooting a far more powerful beam that cut the castle before hitting Mewtwo that groaned in pain as he was sent away to the sky but he stopped his own momentum with his psychic power just to see a meteor getting closer. He was going to teleport, but Nightmare Moon hit him like a truck with all her body and sent him flying above even the sea of clouds. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She laughed insanely as the thunders echoed on the background, but a light in the sky caught her attention and suddenly the clouds dispatched and falling like a true meteor Mega Mewtwo X came hitting her back with a powerful spinning kick. Nightmare Moon screamed in pain as she was sent flying toward the dark forest below. Mewtwo used Recovery and healed his wounds but did not waste any time and used a Psycho Cut that sliced every tree in his way toward the enemy. He took a deep breath before noticing a strange shadow running in high speed through the forest before suddenly disappearing again. He had no doubt that the shadow was his enemy, so he closed his eyes and focused on trying to read the mind of her whatever she is... But he couldn't?  He opened his eyes in surprise as he noticed that his enemy has an abnormal mental resistance and searched around with his eyes again, but what really caught his attention was a sound just behind him. Mewtwo instantly turned around with a powerful roundhouse kick and another Psycho Cut to take down his enemy, and he finally turned he saw that he was indeed correct and she was there, but he hit nothing. Nightmare Moon grinned as both of his attacks trespassed her shadow body without damaging her, instead cutting and breaking the ground below. She used this chance to hit Mewtwo with both her forehooves with ferocious strength. Mewtwo groaned in pain as he was launched to the ground breaking the barrier of sound, but he spin his body and landed on his feet, creating a ridiculously big depression on the ground. He actually used his momentum to spring himself up again with an Ice Punch, but he was received by a strong barrier that blocked his attack. Nightmare Moon charged her horn but Mewtwo kicked her shield and spring himself back to escape from the next laser, but instead of a laser an strange dark aura surrounded his body and he was thrown away again against the ground, increasing the size of the already insane crater. The aura kept him in place and soon he noticed why. His new Fighting Type has given him a new weakness that barely was being held by his Psychic Type. A big wave of lasers was suddenly shit by Nightmare Moon like a rain toward his frozen form. So, he closed his eyes again and a new change happened. Transforming in his other form gave him so much Psychic power that he managed to break free from her magical grip and the lasers seemed in slow motion to him. He elegantly floated away from the lasers leaving afterimages of himself behind and again went toward the sky, but this time he was decided to determine the battle. The lasers exploded the ground but Nightmare Moon was aware that this was not going to be enough to take her pray down. And she was proven right as a small trace of purple and white avoided her attacks and floated until eye level. "Changed again?" Nightmare Moon asked with an air of superiority as the thunders roared behind her. She had just tried to put him to sleep, but to her surprise it did not worked, and with a small trace of her old honor she asked. "Futile effort you low creature. But I admire your spirit to fight until this point. What might be your name?" Mewtwo put both his hands together as if he was charging a Kamehameha, and indeed a blue aura was forming. "I am Mewtwo, the strongest Pokemon of the world. Stronger even than Mew," "Whatever is that 'Mew' thing is of no importance. We just wanted to say we will try to remember thou foul name in memory of your brave efforts," Nightmare charged enough energy for hundreds of lasers in her horn. The two stared each other in silence, but the rain was making more than enough sound. But then, a lonely thunder enlighten the sky.  "AURA SPHERE," Mewtwo sent a wave of aura spheres toward his enemy. Hundreds of spheres of sheer power were shot like machine gun. "BEGONE!" Nightmare Moon yelled and shot her lasers to counter it, and the sky was painted in dark blue and soft blue from their attacks. Hundreds and hundreds of explosions shook the sky as both opponents charged at each other again. Swift, Ice Beam, Psychic, lasers, shields, reflects, teleports bucks and kicks. A wild battle took place in the skies amidst the beautiful and deadly explosion of their attacks unfolds in less than a second. Both Mewtwo and Nightmare Moon were hit over and over again by their enemy and the only thing keeping them conscientious was the solo thinking of defeating their enemy. One last and more powerful explosion separated the enemies. Mewtwo was sent toward the sky where he stood floating while holding his left arm and His right eye was closed due to his wounds. He took a deep breath and used one last recovery while thinking: 'I need to end this now!' Nightmare Moon, on the other hand, was sent toward the ground where she landed panting with rage. She turned her head skywards and set her mind in a single thought: 'I will end This now!' Finally both of them charged their strongest attack. Nightmare Moon gathered a simply absurd amount of power on her horn and channelized it with all her feelings of hatred, sadness, envy and sheer will power. Mewtwo raised his arm and used all his psychic power to create a single giant projectile that kept growing more and more, until the point it got even bigger than the castle below him. And the last thunder roared. "PSYSTRIKE!" Mewtwo lowered his arm and yelled as loud as he could with his telepathic voice as his literal meteor of psychic power fell toward his enemy. "WRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Nightmare Moon also sent all her magic toward the meteor, and when the attacks clashed a big shockwave happened. The sky cleaned as the clouds were destroyed, the castle crumbled and the forest was thorn to pieces around them. The clash continued for very precious seconds. Mewtwo sweats furiously as he give his all to push his power downwards, and with a final push he managed to make the attack even bigger than before, renewing the last shockwave over and over again, devastating the land around like nothing in their fight did before, and at the same time the Future Sight attack he used at the very beginning of the battle finally hit her that yelled in pain. But in the next second a laugh echoed. Nightmare Moon laughed as she put more, more and more power into her attack, pushing the meteor back few by few. "I-impossible!" Mewtwo groaned as he was pushed back too. "I am the strongest Pokemon of all. I AM MEWTWO!" "THOU ARE STRONG MEWTWO!" Nightmare Moon gave her last cry and a wave of power covered Mewtwo's meteor and destroyed it completely, following straight to the psychic Pokemon that watched in silent horror as the mortal power covered his body. He screamed in pain as every particle of his body was obliterated by the last attack he will ever be seeing.  The beam of dark magic reached even the moon in a single murderous pillar of power before fading away slowly. Nightmare Moon panted heavily over and over again, but soon a wild grin appeared on her features. "But not strong enough,"                    K.O. "Sweet Celestia, that was crazy," Rainbow Dash said with a shocked expression, but soon this changed to a big grin as she raised her foreleg and opened her wings. "I LOVED IT!" "That match was interesting in many points, and if you look fast you can even say that Mewtwo would win, and I can't judge you," Pinkie Pie crossed her forelegs thinking. "Let us be honest here," Discord interject. "Mewtwo apparently held a great advantage in a matter of physical prowess, and to certain extent that is true. Mewtwo X was powerful with that 1 ton grip power, but honestly, that is nothing Nightmare Moon cannot compete. She is stronger than Big Mac, Rockhoof and Applejack, all of witch have feats with tons of force, but we know that grip power is not full power, so Mewtwo could have the advantage here, but she definitely can keep up," "The same happens with Speed and versatility," Rainbow Dash decided to take the matter with her own hooves. "Mewtwo Y can even see the time slowing down and reach the atmosphere, but Luna can easily avoid my Sonic Rainboom, and we didn't say that before but she also has her own version of the Sonic Rainboom as shown in Nightmare Rarity, so she clearly can keep up too. And sure, Mewtwo is A LOT more versatile than Luna had ever shown, but that versatility serves nothing if it can't actually take her down," "And Luna's shield are reeeeealy powerful, not even Accord could break it, so there's no way Swift or other useful attacks would be able to break it,"  "You might be asking: Hey, Mewtwo can heal or put her to sleep to use his final attack, why didn't he stall her until she dies?" "First of all, recovery had limited uses and did not heal all wounds, only a part of it," Discord assumed. "And putting Nightmare Moon to sleep would definitely not be a good idea. And other thing is that both could teleport and stop the other from entering in their minds, so a vast part of arsenal is lost there, but what really gives Nightmare Moon the victory was something far more simple. Sheer and absurd power," "Let's take a look at their biggest feats," Pinkie Pie make a graphic appear from nowhere with a solar system. "Mewtwo's biggest feats is definitely when he helped to hold on the Pokemon world in place, which is ridiculously powerful, sure, but two things stand out," "The first one is that he HELPED. He did not do this alone," Rainbow Dash said. "All the legendary Pokemon from around the world helped in a way or another, including the likes of Xerneas, Dialga and Palkia," "Meanwhile, Princess Luna proved she can move the moon AND the sun with her own power. And if Luna can do this, we can't even imagine what Nightmare Moon would do with this kind of power," "How do we defeat her again?" Rainbow Dash asked scratching the back of her neck. "Looking at her like this makes this sound so absurd!" "Absurd or not one thing is clear, Mewtwo could keep up an amazing fight, but in the end, the dreams of the psychic Pokemon were turned to dust against the sheer power of the corrupted Princess," "The winner is: Nightmare Moon. Probably next battle: The Crystal King VS The Ghost King > Chapter 2- The Shadow King VS The Spectral King > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Royalty. Symbols of command and power," Rainbow Dash spoke with a deep voice. "But sometimes this power is not entirely used for good, or not used for good at all, like with our old enemy: King Sombra, also known as The Crystal King," "And Nico Di Angelo, the legit son of Hades and refered as The Ghost King," Pinkie Pie adjusted a black tie. "Just to be clear, Nico is definitely in the first category, he did some mistakes but deep inside he's on the right side," "Good to know, we already had more than enough problems with royalty creature," Rainbow show a poster with pictures of several old enemies. "Princess Luna, Queen Chrysalis, Prince Tyrek, King Sombra, Just to name a few," "Now that you mentioned that... That's strangely true," Suddenly a door opened startling the two ponies. "Hey girls, Rainbow said she wanted the new Daring Doo book and that I should bring it here... What are you two doing?" Twilight Sparkle asked as she looked at the big table, lots of papers and a professional television camera in front of her friends. "Hey Twily," Pinkie waved at her friend. "We're discussing who would win between King Sombra and Nico Di Angelo," "What? Why? And more importantly, are you discussing a book character and didn't call me?" She teleported between the two and conjured a couch for her own. "Now we can start," "I don't know if I'm surprised or not that you're so eager," Rainbow Dash chuckled. "Anyway, let's get started," "I think is very safe to assume that everyone here knows who is King Sombra, but not all know about who he was before becoming the king we know," Pinkie Pie flipped a few pages. "But I think Twilight would be the best one to explain that," "Thanks for the word Pinkie," Twilight cleared her throat and assumed a very serious tone. "More than a thousand years ago, close to the borders of the Crystal empire, a lonely Colt was found by imperial soldiers. They tried to talk with him and ask from where he was, but he answered them with the just one word, and it doesn't matter what they say, he always replies the same thing: 'sombra'," "Really?" Rainbow asked. "And how do you know that?" "I've read his diary," "You what?" "Anyway, the soldiers decided to take him away from the cold and take him to an orphanage. There, they decided to give him a name, and as such they gave him as name the only thing he could actually pronounce. In the orphanage, he was teach how to properly speech and study to become a better pony," "We know that didn't really worked," Rainbow chucked. "To be fair, that wasn't entirely his fault. He suffered constant abuse from other foals, from the orphanage or not, for being strange and a Blank Flank too," "Oh, poor thing," Pinkie Pie looked sad, but a second later she assumed a thoughtful expression. "Did any of you noticed that Equestrian kids are usually pretty mean? Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Tempest's old friends, Fluttershy's bullies and the list goes on," "Despite that being a good debate let's get back to what really matters today," Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Of course. There he befriended a girl like him, she was Radiant Hope. She was also a blank Flank and called strange and as such, suffered a lot of bully too," "Told ya," "They quickly became best friends," Twilight continued as if she had not being stopped at all. "They lived together, played together with some 'fairy' that only Hope could see and make plans for the future. Especially to one day see the Crystal Heart during the Empire's biggest celebration, but their plans were quickly destroyed as in the very day of the celebration Sombra felt really bad," "He was taken to the hospital where he agonized for hours, until the celebration stopped, and finally he fell asleep. And even more sadly, that repeated again in the next year and every single year after that," "Wow, I can't imagine how obsessed he became in seeing the Crystalism," "The answer is: A LOT. He wanted more than anything to be like the others and see the celebration with Hope, but one year, things got even worse. His body was almost consumed by darkness and shattered, but Hope managed to help him with her magic, and finally earned her Cutie Mark as a healer. And not long after that, she was called to study with the Princesses," "Princesses? Not only Celestia?" Rainbow asked. "Yes, both princesses. Anyway, he knew she was going to left him behind, and ran alone to the cold desert. There he found a black rock that was used to seal the threats that were once known as Umbrum. They were a dark race of monster like creatures that even Queen Chrysalis was scared of them. And they told him that he was one of them, destined to become their king and free them from their prison. With his newfound origin he unleash his total powers. Despite the lack of any cutie mark, he is amazing with dark magic," "Finally I can have a part," Rainbow complained. "He can use magic like most unicorns, from the basic very powerful laser beams, teleport, teleci-something I don't care, and many other stuff," "Like mind control, turning ponies to stone like he did with Princess Mi Amore after he learned about his tragic future, torture his enemies using traumatic memories and even become almost entirely made of sheer shadows to become giant," Twilight took a deep breath after saying all of that. "And his magical energy was insane, a thousand years ago he lost to Luna and Celestia, and when he returned with Hope's help he still could keep up with Princess Celestia," "Sure, Celestia is clearly rusty and even more than her sister to be entirely honest. But she's still an insane monster," Pinkie Pie faced Twilight. "We can say that, right? Is a compliment," "I'm not so sure it's a compliment..." "Anyway," Pinkie ignored her. "As every good monarch, Sombra can summon his fellow Umbrum to battle. They're ferocious creatures that looks like it came from Madoka Magical, but they're numerous and despite being really ugly, they definitely can do some good damage together," "And one of his signature moves are his anti magic black stones," Rainbow Dash assumed. "They're almost impossible to destroy and can be summoned at will, that ignoring the fact that it can even break the tree of Harmony," "Sombra might be mean or whatever, and even if his past doesn't justify everything he did, there's no denying he's a terrifying king," Twilight nodded solemnly. "During most of his life, Nico Di Angelo thought he was just a normal kid, but spoiler alert: He wasn't," Pinkie Pie rolled her eyes. "I mean, if he was just Normal, he wouldn't be here," "That's... Actually true," Twilight spoke thinking. "Anyway, Nico was a young boy, living with his sister, Bianca Di Angelo, in a very strange hotel/Cassino called Lotus," For some reason Pinkie Pie frowned and crossed her hooves. "In this hotel, time flowed differently, and the two kids that lived during the second war lived a very normal live there until they're rescued and sent to an intern school, where they met the one and only Percy Jackson around 2010," "Their lives were about to change that day. Until then, they had no one besides one another," Rainbow assumed the speech. "They were rescued from a Manticore by Percy and met the Artemis Huntresses..." "AND BIANCA JOINED THEM DESPITE BEING TOLD THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE HER BROTHER ALONE!" Pinkie Pie hit the table in an outburst of fury. Both Twilight and Rainbow Dash stared Pinkie with wide eyes and a slightly scared expression. "Well, that's actually true but..." "NO 'BUT' SPARKLE," Pinkie yelled and both her friends hugged each other in fear. "SHE'S A HORRIBLE SISTER AND THE FACT SHE DIED TO PROTECT PERCY DOESN'T MAKES HER BETTER!" "Okay Pinks, let's calm down a bit okay?" Rainbow tried to interject, but a single angry look from the pink pony makes her shut up. "You know what, if you want to talk go ahead, we can wait," "OF COURSE I WANT!" Pinkie Pie took a deep breath and cleared her throat. "Anyway, after the loss of his 'sister'," She quote with a heavy frown. "Nico discovered that his powers might be bigger than he ever imagined. His rage opened the ground and summoned the corpses of dead warriors, and after that, he was claimed as the ONLY son of Hades himself," "Yes, that's true," Twilight finally let go of Rainbow Dash and cautiously sat down on her own couch. "Nico found a way to the underworld, where he finally met his father, and mainly, finally started to learn about his own powers as well," "And surprise, he was powerful as hell," Rainbow Dash grinned. "He could control the corpses of anything around him, or summon help from the underworld. He can teleport with shadows, even if doing this for long distances tires him out. When angered the stones and ground around him shatters and breaks apart, the air gets colder and even other demi gods like him avoids even being around, like Jason Grace admits, he would rather being around an unpredictable God than being around a furious Nico. Man that's something," "And to help him out he uses a sword made of iron from the underworld that not only gets bigger after absorbing the souls of his victims, but can hurt monsters and even cut the shadows itself," Pinkie Pie smiled as normal again. "And he also has an excellent eyesight capable to see far in the distance and also can sense not only his enemies but also the 'death aura' that allows him to notice when someone close to him is about to die, making him perfect to locate enemies for sample," "Indeed, and he has somewhat resistance to illusions since he was capable to see the Tartarus of his universe as it truly is for days," Twilight said. "And if you're wondering why this is important, let's take in comparison another insanely powerful demi-god, Percy Jackson. He saw what Tartarus looks like for less than a minute, and the almighty son of Poseidon almost went crazy. And Nico saw it like this for DAYS!" "And that calls for Nico's biggest feat. His INSANE willpower. He avoided becoming crazy with Tartarus and was only captured when the monsters in Tartarus's heart managed to take him down. He lived in coma for days inside a jar, and when he got better he summoned the corpses of many warriors so he could kill them again to regain his strength, and remember the shadow travel? He used that on himself, Rayna, coach Hedge and a 12 meters tall statue to travel through miles and miles, crossing countries in seconds," "That's true, but he had a small help from Reyna to endure the burden, and he also had to sleep for hours to regain his strength, but he did this so many times that he almost dissolved inside his own darkness," Twilight adjusted the glasses that weren't there a second ago. "But despite not showing any real endurance feat, his willpower definitely shows how far he can go," "And he's also extremely good in combat. To the point where he can defeat 8 Romans in less than 10 seconds," Rainbow was almost bouncing on her couch. "But his most dangerous power is one that he gained through his heritage," "Oh yeah," Even Pinkie looked excited. "The Spectral King received this name for a reason. He can kill anything," "You might be thinking: 'Of course he kills. He has a sword!" Twilight spoke as if she was another person, just for comedy effect. "And we'll, sure. He can kill with his sword, but his biggest power is the one that just kills. His wrath will paralyze his victims in fear and then the ground will open to lock him in place and then he will turn you into a ghost by force and sent you to be tortured in the underworld without judgement, without pity, after all, like he said. In the underworld there's only... Justice," "That's creepy as hell," Rainbow pretended to shiver. "And so fucking awesome. As we already saw, many of Nico's powers can tire him out very quickly, but he had proved time and time again how fierce the son of Hades can be," Slow, strong footsteps echoed in the dark corridors of a castle so dark as that all the ghostly light that illuminates it seems even weaker than a dying candle. The underworld will hardly be a place to have a very positive vibe, but it was not something that bothered the young boy who was walking towards his father's throne room. Nico Di Angelo walked calmly with his hands in the pocket of his aviator jacket while his black sword hung beside him. After a myriad of dark corridors she finally reached his destination, and as expected, on his great throne made of bones and souls Hades was waiting patiently. "Good to see you boy," He said with a wry smile. "What do you want?" Nico replied dryly. "You wouldn't have called me here without a reason," Hades scratched his beard. "Can't I want to spend time with my son?" Nico's response was only to frown, making the God of the Underworld sigh. "But of course it wouldn't work. I have a task for you. Far from here there is an enemy that needs to be taken down. He didn't follow the script's fate, and it needs to be eliminated," "Understood," Nico turned on his back ready to use the shadow travel to teleport, but a big black portal appeared in front of him. He turned and saw his father with a somewhat concerned look. "Good luck boy," he said in a rueful voice. Nico turned towards the portal and entered without looking back. Nico cautiously left the portal, already looking around for any threats. Apparently, he had been transported to some kind of large crystal square in front of an even bigger castle. The other houses were far away and spread out in a circular fashion, almost forming some kind of weird arena. The portal behind him closed and he cautiously put his hand on the sword hilt. He looked towards the north and found a large staircase that went towards the castle. At the top, stone statues of two horses or ponies that had pegasus wings and unicorn horns were frozen in an eternal expression of surprise. "And who would you be?" From the top of the stairs a strong, cold voice questioned. Nico watched him silently and had to admit that it definitely looked like a black unicorn with a red cloak and armor talking to him. "Why do you come to MY kingdom with a sword in your fists, young boy?" The unicorn asked and slowly and dignifiedly started down the steps towards the square. "Before asking my name, why don't you tell me yours?" Nico retorted, wielding the styrene sword. "Haha, it seems fair," The unicorn laughed dryly. "I am King Sombra, Sovereign of the Umbrums ... And of you as well," "I'm sorry, majesty," Nico felt a familiar shiver down his spine. The feeling of knowing that the aura of death is present in the fight ... But he didn't even know which side it was on. "But I will not bow to tyrants like you," "We will see that, boy," FIGHT Sombra's horn shone with an almost putrid black color and immediately afterwards three laser beams were thrown from it in a straight line and with mind-boggling speed. Nico rolled to the right and dodged the first one, and with a curse in ancient Greek he threw all his caution aside and ran towards the tyrant. Sombra descended the steps of the palace with a small and arrogant smile of superiority on his face when he saw the boy struggle to escape his simple attacks, but he was slightly surprised to see him manage to leave the first assault intact. Nico continued running towards the King with his sword drawn without ever taking his eyes off him, but suddenly a small flash happened and in the next second, Sombra was no longer there. He refrained as soon as he noticed a presence behind him and without even thinking twice he turned his body attacking with the sword, and for a microsecond he saw Sombra’s evil smile before he disappeared again without being hit. Nico searched for the enemy with all his senses on high alert, and with much displeasure he felt a presence just above him, and in the next second a powerful blast of energy hit the place where he was raising a heavy cloud of dust and dirt. Sombra lightly landed a few meters away from the last attack as if he had already won the battle, but frankly, he was fully aware that the boy had survived. He doesn't seem to be the type to fall easy, so all he had to do was wait and see where the boy would attack from when the smoke dissipated. And soon his patience was rewarded. On the left side of the smoke he began to see a body forming and with extreme speed he invoked a series of black spines to impale his opponent. He smiled when he saw that there was a deformed body at the brutal ends of his last attack. So it was with great displeasure that only the corner of his eye noticed something coming out of the right side of the dirt cloud. Nico advanced with lightning speed and reached the King before he could even react, and attacked with the sword first with a thrust that pierced Sombra's armor as if it were butter and continued to attack from the left and the right making many deep cuts in his body and ending with a rotating attack that cut across the tyrant's left flank. Sombra screamed in pain and hatred with each new attack he received and teleported away again attacking with a new shower of lasers from his horn, this time his eyes shone with malice and pure black magic. Nico defended two of the attacks and rolled on the ground to dodge two more, but unfortunately three or four attacks hit him on his arms and chest, and many more seemed to be coming. Then, he jumped in the shadows and disappeared. Sombra made a surprised expression when he saw him disappear and started looking around, but found nothing in the distance anywhere, when suddenly from his own shadow the boy appeared, brandishing his sword and almost hitting his neck. He jumped back several feets and stopped breathing hard, but a satisfacted smile was growing on his face as he watched the boy having problems breathing too. Sombra raised his head with dignity. "You are a very good boy," He took a few cautious steps towards his opponent. "Very good. What do you think about joining me?" "Will I join you?" Nico gave a single dry laugh. "But of course. A beautiful idea. How about putting me on a leash and calling me a slave at once?" Sombra shook his head slowly. "You have courage. And power. But wisdom would be welcome. With our powers and an army, nothing would stop us, you already noticed that, didn't you? I am the Prince of Umbrum, I can give you the power you want," "King Sombra. Prince of Umbrum. You seem to really like royalty," Nico spin sword and held it with both hands with the tip pointed towards the ground. "But I don't even see a subject to give you the nickname for those titles," "A subject you say," Sombra smirked, showing his canine teeth. "Well, you want to see my subjects. I will give you my little monsters," The air around him trembled for terrible seconds, and little by little monstrous and bizarre creatures began to form in front of Nico, who cursed in ancient Greek, and before long a powerful army of Umbrums was present, alive and strong like ruthless monsters watching him, hungry for the boy clear in their eyes. Nico screamed and pierced the ground with his sword. The ground split and the square opened. Skeletal hands and hooves emerged one after the other in a frightening display of power an army of the living dead rose and faced the enemy army with its empty stares as the floor closed again. "So you also had an ace up your sleeve," Sombra gave a single dry laugh as Nico stood up with sweat dripping from his forehead. "Well then. If it's an army battle you want. UMBRUMS: ATTACK!" He stood still while his entire army advanced with the resounding sound of thunder during a thunderstorm. "ATTACK!" Nico cried out with his arm outstretched and his own personal army of demigods and dead ponies advanced on his enemies. He stood up and removed the sword from the floor, breathing heavily for a few seconds, but soon he followed his army with a determined look. And so the battle began. Spectral umbrums destroyed ends of skeletons and zombies, but soon they were also destroyed in a frightening numerical deadlock. In the meantime Nico and Sombra were lost to sight. The boy was looking for the tyrant with his powerful eyes, but the enemies were very numerous. He decapitated two umbrums and dodged a third by kicking him away with a kick. But many more were soon arriving, so with another determined shout he advanced on a dozen Umbrums with the sword firmly in his hands. Sombra was not much different. He was far more capable than any skeleton alone, and destroyed one after the other with lazers and with great ease created shields of magical energy to protect himself. He scanned the surroundings looking for the main opponent, but found nothing until something rolled up to his leg. He looked down and saw the beheaded head of an Umbrum a second before it evaporated. He looked around coldly and noticed the growing corpses of his subjects and a growing anger began to overwhelm him. He was not sentimental to his servants. He barely cared about them, but seeing them dead, fallen and defeated in the chaos that was the battlefield filled him with hatred. They were HIS subjects. HIS PROPERTY! And to see them in such a pathetic state ... unacceptable. He conjured up his magic with all his hatred, and soon his body fell apart. He became ethereal and smoky, his horn and eyes glowed green and red as he grew in size and destructive power until he became almost as big as the crystal castle behind him. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He laughed wildly and conjured up giant lasers that obliterated everything in his view. Human skeletons, ponies, and even Umbrums, nothing was spared in his rage. Nico soon noticed the great destructive mass forming and for a second he was too shocked to intervene, until the mad tyrant began to destroy everything. Nico protected his eyes from the dust that rose in the room made up of the remains of creatures killed by the enemy. He clenched his teeth at hearing Sombra laughing and returned his eyes to the King. He ran towards Sombra who heard his accelerated steps and turned to face him. He again illuminated his horn and unleashed a colossal amount of black magic in a single ferocious attack, but Nico jumped several feet high and dodged the attack that destroyed most of the square and continued towards Sombra. He dug his sword deep into Sombra's chest which screamed in pain and confusion. How could he be hit in this form? Injured? Humiliated? He started to fidget violently in an attempt to throw Nico away and ended up crushing and destroying everything and everyone in his path. Umbrums, skeletons or even crystal stones, nothing could stand while he raged, but the boy clung firmly to the sword that opened the tyrant's chest further. After almost a minute, Sombra used his magic to grab Nico and hurled him onto the floor on his back with such force that the whole square cracked. But he didn't come out intact. Sombra returned to his normal form, coughing up almost as much blood as it dripped from his chest. He looked up heavily at the boy who was coughing when all the air was removed from his lungs on impact, but he was getting up again. Sombra felt his eyelids tremble with rage, but he gave a final cough before he composed himself. "You’re good boy. Very good," "We already had this conversation … Didn’t we?" Nico stood up with shaking knees while holding the side of his body with one hand and the sword with the other. "I'm going to say one last time, boy, join me," Sombra offered with a very... Sincere expression. "You are too powerful to die for something as futile as a fight for stubbornness," He took a weak step forward. "Accept my offer, and rule like King," "I'm sorry to disappoint you, King Sombra," Nico took a deep breath before smiling and looking at the king in the distance with pride and satisfaction. "But I refuse!" "Such a shame," Shadow closed his eyes and his horn lit up one last time, and at Nico's feet several black spines rose in a split second and pierced the boy in the ribs, left leg, right shoulder and left arm . Sombra took a deep breath again. Apparently his job was done. He walked limping toward the castle before looking at Nico again with rage. The boy was alive, he was certain of that. So, he decided to give one last parting gift to the boy that destroyed his army, wounded him and his pride, and even refused his generosity. Dying was too easy. He stared at him down again. Nico stared at the floor with an almost empty gaze. His body ached, the black stones that impaled him drained the rest of his life. Is that so? The end of Nico Di Angelo? He didn't like the thought. Failing a mission, losing a fair fight, all of this hurt him more than his external injuries. It was then that a sudden scorching pain hit his brain. Nico stared glassy as painful and disgusting memories assaulted him. The pain of losing his sister, the pain of being rejected by everyone. The fear and dread of seeing Tartarus in its true form for days. The pain of being from another time, his humiliating confrontation against Eros, and even the feeling of being useless when he saw his best friend Reyna hurt by that weak, frustrating demigod... Annoying. Nico closed his eyes. Sombra stood still watching the boy's life drain away. He had gone too far to just be left there. The king finally released the breath he didn't even know he was holding when he saw him close his eyes. "Long live the king," he intoned to himself. It was then that a shiver hit him. A chill in his soul that made even the last hair on his body stand up. He looked around and saw that the crystal walls started to freeze and freeze. He looked around for a cause. something was wrong, something was... Terrifying. An echoing scream cut through the night. Sombra turned and saw the demigod screaming with a sincere, cold and scorching fury. The black stones around him shattered with a sudden explosion of power and emotion and Sombra stared at him in terror. Nico walked towards him slowly with his sword gleaming at his side. Sombra tried to use his magic, whatever one he could think, but his brain seemed to have forgotten how to do it. He tried to shudder back when he saw the image of his own death walking towards him, but to his hooves the ground broke and trapped him. He tried to escape, to pull his legs, but his head hurt, his nose was bleeding, and every fiber of his body was filled with a new feeling as he raised his head and found the devil's calf staring at him from above... Terror. "You were right, Shadow," Nico raised his sword with a look as icy as the air that came out of his mouth steamed the air. And without hesitation he made a single quick and clean cut that beheaded the tyrant's head at once. "Long live to the king," KO Nico took a deep breath and held his side with his hand. He slowly walked away from the dead body of his enemy and used his shadow travel one last time, this time he did not appear anywhere close to Equestria, but went to the realm of his father to tell him that the threat had been dealt with. "Okay, I have an important question," Rainbow Dash raised a hoof. "How do we go about hiring this guy?" "To say that this fight was interesting would be the least," Twilight ignored her and started the explanation. “Despite the differing approaches, Sombra and Nico had a lot in common and what was needed to counter attack each other, " "For example, Sombra clearly had an advantage in magical arsenal and long-range combat," Pinkie began to speak. "It's true, but Nico had all the physical advantages and the short distance. Sombra never had a real physical feat, be it strength or endurance, but Nico certainly did," Rainbow Dash arranged a handful of paper by hitting them on the table calmly. "He was definitely stronger, faster and more resilient," "And even though Sombra can teleport, Nico can shadow travel, which nullifies the advantage," Twilight put the tips of the hooves together. "The same can be said about the army, even if unlike Sombra, Nico wears out when invoking them, mental resilience is his strong point," "Don't even tell me, Nico has in a few years gone through much more than demigods go through their life. He endured the real tartarus for days. Just by comparison, another demigod, Percy Jackson, also saw the real tartarus for a few seconds, and it almost drove him crazy, "Pinkie exclaimed. "Not to mention traveling miles and miles with two companions and a twelve-meter-high statue. Nico certainly gains in physical and psychological endurance," Rainbow added. "But you can ask yourself: What about the giant shadow form of Sombra? Shouldn't it be intangible?" "It should, but Nico has already been shown to be able to cut the Shadows created by a Giant made to suck the life out of anything, so it's not absurd that he can actually hit Sombra with his sword too," Twilight read her papers again. "Not to mention that Sombra loses almost all sanity in this mode," "In short, Sombra could do some damage to Nico from a distance, but Nico sure could take it, and once he gets close, well, he's going to do a LOT more damage to Sombra," Pinkie Pie took the final command. "And although they balanced on some points, it was only a matter of time before Nico used his maximum powers, and cut shadow straight into oblivion," "And the winner is: Nico Di Angelo!" Twilight announced with pride.