Equestrian War Games

From Shadows

To the south of the Equestrian Empire was the Dead Sea, a massive expanse of water that went on for a many miles. It received its name from the large amount of seaweed that grew on its floor so thick and long it chocked all life out of the very water. The seaweed decayed over time, turning giving the sea a sickly blackish-green color and poisoning it. It was above this sea, miles from the Equestrian coast, floated the enormous War Dome. It hovered in the air with several pipes protruding out of the bottom; the pipes sucked the water up, purified it and then poured it into the arena, before dropping back into the ocean. The sky was filled with black, enormous clouds, which dripped with rain down into the dead ocean below them and crackled with thunder. The top of the arena was open, allowing the rain onto the arena floor.

The arena was its basic tough dirt floor, but today there were several short and round slabs of stone dotting the arena haphazardly. Pouring from vents on the arena walls, water rushed down onto the floor, flowing with a furious current towards a drain in the center. The four metal gates were guarded from the water by an overhanging rock, pushing the rushing water to either side of the gate and had a small platform rising slightly above the water. This allowed a window to view into the arena directly ahead of the gates, pointing towards it’s polar opposite. The announcer’s box flew in the sky, swarmed with the many crystal-cameras that observed the fight for the crowds. The observation boxes flew in the air slightly below it, at the edges of the open arena, filled with the usual crowd of bloodthirsty creatures from across the empire. A booming gong rang out, silencing the eager crowds, as they turned their attentions towards the giant viewing screens.

The Announcer flickered to life upon the giant magic crystals, bearing his usual crazy grin and checkered suit. “WELCOME CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE, TO ANOTHER ROUND OF THE EQUESTRIAN WAR GAMES, LOCATED ABOVE THE BEAUTIFUL DEAD SEA OF POISONOUS WATERS!" he boomed "TODAY ITS A VERY WET FIGHT BETWEEN TWO PONY WARRIORS; AND IF YOU TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NORTH GATE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THEM NOW!" The metal gate slid downwards, revealing a MASSIVE gray earth pony. His muscles flexed and bulged as he made large steps forward; multiple scars could be seen splattered across his being. His mane was a dark-gray with random spots of red, and fell down to the base of his neck, tied back in a pony-tail and his eyes were a blood red. Around his neck was a simply cloth necklace with a small white crystal in the shape of a pony skull. He wore large, iron horseshoes with studded spikes; his cutie mark was a black stone cracked in half. "HERE WE SEE THE MASSIVE BEAST KNOW SIMPLY AS EARTHMOVER. MOST OF YOU THINK THIS BIG GUY IS A SURE WIN IN HUH? WELL, WELL JUST HAVE TO SEE IF THE COMPEPITOR CAN OVERPOWER OR OUTMANEUVER THIS WALKING MOUNTAIN. FOR TO THE SOUTH WE CAN SEE OUR NEXT LOVELY FIGHTER!" The southern gate slammed down into the ground with a dull clang. Behind it stood a thin, white unicorn stallion with observant green eyes. He had a sky blue mane and was adorned with tough cloth armor, blue in color. It wrapped around his body, only letting small slivers of his coat show. A bit of the armor formed a scarf around his neck, but this piece had an image of his cutie mark sewn into it. His cutie mark was a spear made out of light blue ice, with a dark blue at the tip. “THIS LADIES AND GENTLECOLTS IN THE MERCANERY ICY SPEAR! AS HIS NAME SUGGESTS, HE’S ONE COLD SON OF A BITCH, AND ICE IS HIS ELEMENT!” The Announcer happily exclaimed. “ONE GIANT BEHEMOTH WITH UNMATCHED STRENGHT PLUS ONE ICE MAGE PLUS ONE WET ARENA EQUALS ONE AMAZING BATTLE! ANY LAST WORDS YOU TWO?

“When I’m through with this walking trash heap, there better be a bar round this place where I can get shit-pissed!” yelled Icy “Then I’ll fuck your cunt of a mother till she shits out her ear!” pointing at Earthmover.

The Announcer broke into a roaring laugh and put his hoof to the side of his head. Regaining what little composure he possessed, he responded “I LIKE YOU KID! AFTER THIS I’LL HAVE TREAT YOU TO A DRINK OR TWO! PROVIDED YOU SURVIVE OF COURSE! AND WHAT ABOUT YOU MUSCLE MASS?”

The hulking mound of flesh that was Earthmover grimaced, opened his maw, breathed in and said… “Ugh, and you call yourself a sentient being? With manners like those one is nothing more than a common animal” with a distinct Trotish accent. “I suppose if I must have to lower myself to fight a common ruffian such as yourself so be it. I will me munching on your insides and painting a masterpiece with your blood soon enough, sir, for insulting the good name of my family.”

The Announcer let out a faint chuckle as Icy stood there with his mouth hanging open. The crowds roared with laughter at both of the combatants, for understandable reasons. Snapping his mouth shut, the unicorn scowled and said “Ah hell no, don’t tell me your some kinda stuck-up noble shit? I’ve had enough of your bull already back in the big city!” (At this a bull in the crowd snorted) “Now I gotta deal with some rich snob on steroids? Well, at least I’ll enjoy shattering your skull into frozen bits all the much more!” Icy then proceeded to leap out of the small overhanging towards Earthmover, but as he reached the edge he slammed face first into a magic shield.

“UH UH ICY! I HAVEN’T SAID MY BIT. BUT BECAUSE WE’VE PUT THIS OFF FOR LONF ENOUGH, WITH THE BLESSINGS OF OUR QUEEN, LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE!!” Roared The Announcer as a flash of thunder went off behind him.

The two combatants began to move forward, each at an especially different pace. Icy bounded forward and leaped across the rushing rapids and landed on a nearby slab. His horn lit up, and Icy was launched into the air via a large pillar of ice that appeared from under his hooves. He sent several quick blasts of ice at the slow moving Earth pony, who was calmly walking forward as if he had naught a care in the world. The magic blasts hit him across his torso, leaving plates of ice covering Earthmover, who simply flexed his immense muscles, shattering the ice.

Letting out a snort as Icy landed on another platform, Earthmover stepped into the water, his massive bulk preventing the fast current from whooshing him away. He then began to charge at Icy, gaining speed. Letting out a massive roar, Earthmover suddenly moved at an incredible pace ramming towards Icy, who leaped out of the way. However, as he attempted to do so, his hind legs clipped against Earthmover’s face, sending Icy hurtling into the water. Pushed by the currents, Icy attempted to regain his lost balance, but was tripped by the water each time, moving ever so slowly to the center of the arena. Earthmover continued to move forwards, attempting to slow down, but instead ran right into one of the Dome’s walls. Slowly turning around, he charged at Icy again, albeit at a slower pace. As he neared Icy, a blast of cloud air rushed over him, which froze the water under Earthmover’s hooves and tripped him. Icy leaped out of the ice and threw shards of ice at Earthmover, leaving small cuts across his body. The ice shattered, and Earthmover got up to his hooves. He snorted and then suddenly reared up on his hind legs and brought his forelegs to the ground with a thundering smash! The arena shook and Icy once again lost his balance, but this time he was standing on one of the slabs, so he recovered quickly. But in the bowels of the War Dome, Earthmover’s mini-quake activated a bit of machinery, which changed the arena drastically. The many stone plates began to shake, and were suddenly hurtled into the air by the water pulsing up from beneath them.

As this occurred, Icy was launched high above the arena floor, where he quickly took advantage of his sudden flight. He used his magic to form a Spell Barrier, causing the rain from above to freeze into razor sharp pieces and drop into the arena, before beginning to fall himself. The razor hail cut Earthmover’s outer layer of skin, but could not pass through his tough muscle, causing the ice to get stuck in small, shallow cuts, and became nothing more than a painful nuisance to the massive Earth pony.

“Is that all you have got, as I believe the commoner’s saying is?” questioned Earthmover “If you truly wish to succeed, than you must try much harder than that you ruffian.” He then crouched, building up pressure in his legs. He pushed upwards, leaping at Icy’s falling form at impossible speeds. Icy tried to swerve around Earthmover’s incoming attack, but was too slow. Earthmover’s armored hooves wrapped around Icy’s barrel, before flinging him into the center of the Dome, shattering the drain and causing Icy to drop down into the ocean below.

“AND IT LOOKS LIKE ICY IS DOWN FOR THE COUNT, EH FOLKS!?” The Announcer yelled. Earthmover dropped to the ground, and the crowd began to roar its cheers of both disappointment and excitement; but suddenly the air began to grow colder and colder. The ocean below began to turn to ice, and frost ran along the water pipes protruding from under the arena until SNAP! The metal pipes shattered from the sheer intensity of the cold. The arena became a skating rink, and the geysers became spears of ice. “BUT ONE CAN NOT JUDGE AN OUTCOME JUST BY LOOKS ALONE…” The Announcer said with a wide grin.

With a resounding crack, Icy leapt up out from underneath the frozen sea, through the broken drain, before bringing a hammer of ice directly upon Earthmover’s skull. He landed on his hind legs, and formed large chunks of ice upon his fore hooves and slammed them into Earthmover’s face repeatedly. Icy then jumped and went into a spinning kick, and formed long shafts of ice on his rear hooves and proceeded to smash them into Earthmover’s face. Icy attempted to finish is barrage of ice with a slash to Earthmover’s neck with a giant blade of ice, but as the blade connected with his neck, it shattered upon the unbreakable shield that was Earthmover’s muscles.

“I WILL FUCKIN KILL YOU!!!!!” roared Earthmover, his eye going into a bloody haze. With a furious roar, he smashed Icy with his hooves through several of the ice geysers. “I WILL RIP OUT YOUR SPINE AND PULVERNJFD ASH URTOR ADIFH!!!!” Earthmover charged at Icy’s prone form, smashed into the wall all the way across from Earthmover, building up speed and yelling furious nonsense. With a final push leap, Earthmover leaped at Icy, and smashed his hooves onto the considerably smaller unicorn. Icy's ribs snapped with a blood-curdling Crack and he gasped in pain. Earthmover picked up Icy's limp body, and tossed it into one of the many frozen water jets, bringing the entire thing down upon the mage. And with a roar of victory and hunger, Earthmover descended upon Icy's corpse and began to tear into it with his teeth, which had been sharpened to a razor point. The crowd cheered with approval and disappointment, bits changed hooves and brawls broke out, as per the norm.

"AND IT SEEMS BRAWN HAS OVERCOME AGILITY IN TODAYS FANTASTIC MATCH FOLKS!" bellowed The Announcer "AS THE VICTOR IS EARTHMOVER VON TROTTINGHAM!!!" Earthmover let out a primal roar, shaking the War Dome and inciting the crowds to scream louder. "WHY DONT YOU TAKE YOUR MEAL TO GO, ROCKY, AND DRINK SOME EGGS OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO... he's fuckin huge dude, like what the fuck? ANYHOW, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN CITIZENS OF THE EQUESTRIAN EMPIRE AND THEN SOME, FOR JOINING US, ON ANOTHER, EXCITING BATTLE, OF THE EQUESTRIAN WAR GAMES! COME AGAIN, AND WITH THE BLESSINGS OF OUR SOLAR QUEEN, WHERE OFF!!"