Chapters In the middle of the scorching Saddle Arabian desert, a large dome of transparent white crystal soared in to the sky. This was the War Dome, home of the Equestrian War Games. With a nearly indestructible frame and the capability of flight, it was the site of battles between Equis' finest warriors. And today was another day of competition. The magic viewing boxes were filled with the roars of blood-thirsty fan from across the world, collected here to view the deaths of the competitors for their own sick amusement. The crystal cameras zoomed through the sky, broadcasting the event all across Equis to those who could not attend. The arena was a tough dirt floor, covered with a light layer of sand. Rocky pillars rose out of the ground at random intervals, rising up to tremendous heights and each capable of allowing a full grown stallion to stand comfortably on them. On all four sides of the arena, each at a different cardinal point, lead to the waiting rooms, where the fighters prepared for battle. On the center of the arena, floating in the air was the announcer box, and private seats for Queen Flare. Multiple screens floated above the crowds, showing them shots of the gates that the fighters would enter from. A booming gong sounded across the battlefield, silencing the crowds. As they turned their attention to the screens in the sky, a light brown Pegasus with an oak brown mane in a checkered suit appeared, grinning madly.
"PONIES, GRYPHONS, ZEBRAS, HORSES, DIAMOND DOGS AND OTHER SPECIES ALIKE, PREPARE YOUR EYE-HOLES FOR A GLORIOUS BATTLE BETWEEN TODAY'S TWO COMBATENTS!" yelled the pony known simply as The Announcer. To the north of the arena, the metal gate slid into the ground, revealing a bright red unicorn mare with a jet-black mane. Floating in the air beside here was a silver scythe, with black leather wrapping around the handle. She wore various patches of a black metal across her body in random locations and a white blood-splattered scarf around her neck. Her cutie mark was a scythe swinging through the air, leaving a trail of blood in its wake.
"TO THE NORTH WE SEE BLOOD REDD, A LOVELY MARE WITH A PASSION FOR SEVERING HER OPPONENTS HEADS FROM THEIR TORSOS!" boomed The Announcer. To the south of the arena, the gate slid into the ground, revealing a light-gray Gryphon with dark gray trimmings at his paws, head, and at his tail. Over his left eye, he wore a white bandana emblazoned with a grey pony skull. Strapped underneath his wings were two steel short swords, held in tough leather sheathes. He also wore light white pieces of armor at his claws, paws, and torso, and was adorned with a white metal helm with a sapphire set in the forehead.
"AND TO THE SOUTH OF HER IS THE RETIRED SOLDIER AND SURVIVOR OF THE GRYPHON MASSACRE, HAWKEYE SONGBIRD!!" exclaimed The Announcer. The two fighters walked forwards until they stood atop a metal circle that then rose ever so slightly into the air. "ANY LAST WORDS YOU TWO!?" questioned The Announcer.
"...sigh*" was all that came from Blood's maw.
"AND HOW BOUT' YOU, HAWKY?!" The Announcer asked, directing the question the Gryphon.
"This is for my people, you damn pony scum!!" roared Hawkeye.
"WELL THAN, WITH THE BLESSINGS OF OUR QUEEN, LET THE GAMES COMMENCE!!!" responded The Announcer.
Leaping off the platforms, the two combatants charged across the arena, drawing their respective weapons. Hawkeye took off high into the air above Redd, and swooped down at her with a dual slashing motion. Redd raised her scythe up to block, and blasted Hawkeye back with a wave of magical essence. Spinning her scythe, she leaped from pillar to pillar, using her magic to throw her scythe at him as she ascended closer and closer to his hovering form. She suddenly leaped off a pillar and grasped her scythe between her hooves and slashed down at him from above. But suddenly, Hawkeye let out a blood-curling screech, sending Redd soaring into the air. He then made several slashing motions with his swords, each one sending out a wave of concentrated sound strong enough to cut diamond towards Redd.
Recovering from her sudden flight, Redd teleported out of the way, reappearing behind Hawkeye. However Hawkeye was ready, stabbing his blade through her chest from under his arm. But surprised to feel no resistance as his blade entered her body, he turned around to see a magic copy fading out of existence. He was then hit from behind with a blast of raw magic force, sending him smashing through several of the rocky pillars. Picking himself up, Hawkeye exclaimed "you'll pay for that you bucking whore!!" "...sigh*" was Redd's response. He then span in a tornado like motion, sending a wave of sonic slashes around him, slicing down multiple pillars, making them crash around him. Redd charged at him, keeping her scythe close to her being and began to spin it in front of herself. A shield of red magic formed around the spinning weapon, becoming a magic battering ram. Hawkeye stood his ground until the final second, when he leaped out of the way of the speeding pony. He let out a screech, sending a blast of sound towards Redd, only for her to deflect it with her scythe and rip a gorge into the ground. Redd spun around and blocked Hawkeye's blades from lopping off her head, and pushed him back with another wave of magic. She teleported away, and repapered on a stone pillar; and so did another Red, and another until there were twenty Redds in all.
The clones, each wielding an ethereal scythe, flew down towards Hawkeye with their weapons spinning close to their bodies. Hawkeye stood their surprised for a moment, then slowly reached up to his bandana and removed it. Yanking it off, he let it flutter to the ground and stood there with his left eye closed. Suddenly it flew open, releasing and icy blue glow and Hawkeye vanished without a trace; no flash, no sound, no anything. The clones were then all slashed in half before popping out of existence, leaving the true Redd alone on a pillar, startled by Hawkeye's sudden disappearance. Hawkeye, without so little as a whoosh, appeared behind her and quickly slashed his sword through Redd's right hind leg. Redd let out a scream of pain and collapsed down onto the pillar, while Hawkeye disappeared and reappeared on a different pillar.
"I bet right now you little pony mind can't comprehend what just happened. Whelp, you see, my Demon Eye allows me to view the world in a different way than most creatures; it allows me to see the world at an incredibly slow pace, which in turn-" Hawkeye was cut off as a blast of magic slammed into his face . He screamed and slipped of the pillar, collapsing to the floor below. Redd rose up into the air, with a look of pure rage across her face.
"...die" she whispered "... just DIE!!!" She swung her hooves apart, and thousands of red ethereal blades formed in the sky, of all shapes and sizes. Swinging her hooves in a crossing motion, the blades began to hurl towards Hawkeye. "DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!"
A cocky grin appeared on Hawkeye's beak but vanished when one of the quicker blades nicked his shoulder as he tried to dodge; Redd was countering his Demon Eye spell! But as soon he realized this he began to fly towards Redd, and with an extreme display of acrobatics, avoided each of the blades, though by inches. He threw one of his swords at Redd, but she simply moved her head to the side and the projectile flew right by her. Hawkeye took his remaining sword in his paws and slashed at Redd as he came incredibly close to her. But with a flash, her scythe appeared in her mouth and blocked Hawkeye's sword and the two fighters became locked in a battle of strength. *SHANK* with that sudden noise Redd froze in the air and slowly looked down. Piercing through her stomach was Hawkeye's other sword, glistening with blood.
"Right now I bet you’re trying to understand what just happened." Hawkeye sneered "Ya see, ma blades and gauntlets are magically connected, allowing me to recall ma blades to me at any moment. And now... you’re finished ya damn whore." Hawkeye let go of Redd and watched as her corpse fell unceremoniously to the ground. As the crowd began to cheer and applaud, Hawkeye slowly floated over to his bandana and wrapped it back in its place over his left eye.
"AND THATS THAT FOLKS" shouted The Announcer happily "WASN'T THAT FIGHT JUST SPLENDID MY QUEEN?" The camera changed from The Announcer to a view of Queen Flare, who gazed off screen towards The Announcer with a look of disdain. The camera panned back to The Announcer, who had a terrified grin on his face "he-he-he um never mind... ANYWAY TODAY'S CHAMPION IS THE SWORDSGRYPHON, HAWKEYE SONGBIRD!! HAWKEY, YOU GO AND REST YOUR WEARY BONES!! YOU HAVE MOST CERTAINTLY EARNED IT!!" Hawkeye exited out of the arena through the south gate, which slammed shut behind hum with a resounding boom. "WELL MY LITTLE PONIES, STAY TUNED FOR OUT NEXT EXCITING MATCH!! THIS IS THE ANNOUNCER OF THE EQUESTRIAN WAR GAMES SAYING, HAIL THE QUEEN OF THE SUN!!"
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 defense that was Earthmover’s muscles.
“I WILL FUCKIN KIL 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 sought to crush Icy Spear with his iron-clad hooves- SHIRK!!
A large spear of ice formed from Icy’s horn, and using Earthmover’s own momentum against him, pierced straight through his body and out of his plot. Earthmover’s furious face contorted into a confused one, and his eyes lost their bloodlust. He looked down at the ice spike stabbed in him, blood gushing from his fatal wound. With a gasping wheeze, Earthmover’s eyes began to slide shut… only for them to be stabbed out by two spears of ice. Screaming, frost began to cover Earthmover, both inside and out as Icy climbed to his hooves with a malicious expression, his horn glowing white. Bringing his right fore hoof back, it grew even brighter as Icy strengthen it with his magic, then slammed it into Earthmover’s chest, shattering the giant Earth pony into tiny ice cubes.
“AH-HA-HA-HA!!! NOW WASN’T THAT A SPECTACUALAR, IF NOT CHILLY, BATTLE! I LOVE IT! AH, BUT COLD WEATHER, HOW I HATE THEE… BUT NOW IT’S TIME FOR THE ACCURSSED FORMALITYS! THE WINNER OF TODAYS EQUESTRIAN WAR GAME IS ICY SPEAR, THE NORTHERN MERCANARY! YO ICY, MEET ME AT YOUR PREP ROOM, AND WE’LL GET SOME BEER! AFTER YOU CLEAN UP ALL THIS ICE OF COURSE! HA HA HA!” The Announcer boomed over the roaring crowds and clattering hail.
“Ah go do it yourself ya shit!” was Icy’s tired yet angry reply.
“Well that was just plain rude…” The Announcer muttered, but his voice quickly gained in volume “AND SO MY LITTLE PONIES, STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT EXCITING MATCH!! THIS IS THE ANNOUNCER SAYING, JOIN US AGAIN AND HAIL THE QUEEN OF THE SUN!!”
Earthmover VS Icy Spear: Alternate Ending
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!!"
