Change Of Pace

by SolaireE

Chapter 2

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When it comes to fighting games, reflexes are key in not getting stomped by your opponent. And I guess when it comes to fighting a thousand-year old lady whose practically a deity, reflexes is all I need just not to die. Rather unfortunate, the difference between Raiden and I is that he does have the instincts and reflexes not to get cut up by his enemies.

Jack leaned against the wall, holding his sword arm with his free hand, blood gushing from underneath it. "W-well...that was a clean hit." Jack groaned.

Nightmare Moon grinned. "Thou thought you could defeat me with such pitiful skills. Little stallion, we are far too seasoned to be bothered with the likes of you."

"And there goes the royal 'we'..." Jack replied with a strained chuckled. "Funny, it might be the blood-loss, but I feel dizzy and hot...what did you do to me?"

"Oh have thou noticed finally? Thou surely knows that Changelings are affected by emotions, correct?" Seeing Jack's slow nod, she continued. "The sword we conjured is not only sharp and deadly, it also was enchanted with our lust."

"...wait what?" Jack blinked in confusion...then his eyes widen. "Oh...you cheater! By slicing me, you're basically injecting the lust into me. That's not fair! I'm not a spider, tantric energies are forbidden in fighting!"

"All is fair in love and war." She quoted with a sadistic grin.

'Well shit, Pete, what do you do now? What would the Amazing Spider-Man do in this situation?' Jack's thoughts were interrupted when he noticed that she was coming in for another attack. He dodged to the side and swung his blade, only to curse as she disappeared into black mist. 'God, its like fighting Monsoon for the first time. Why the hell did I decide to be the decoy while Applejack and her friends do the easy work.

(FLASHBACK)

Jack blinked as he heard singing close by. He looked up at the sky. 'The hell? Its still night time, why would anyone be out singing in the forest at this time?' Curious, Jack followed the sounds of singing and found Applejack and five other mares in the forest. In particular, the pink haired mare was singing. When she was done, Jack made his presence known.

"'Giggle at the Ghosties'...huh, that's one way to do it." Applejack snapped her head towards his voice and smiled. "Hey Applejack, whats going on?"

"Well howdy Jack, what'cha doin' up this late?" Applejack asked curiously.

"Hey Applejack, whose this guy?" The Rainbow-haired tomboy asked rudely. Jack noticed that she, in contrast to Applejack, has a very streamlined body, very toned all over.

"Well this here is Jack Sears. Hes a friend of the Apple Family and our Resident Changeling." The purple-haired mare eyes widen.

"A Changeling?! Here?!" She exclaimed in panic. Jack noted that while she didn't have an athletic physique, she did have that sexy librarian look going, minus the glasses.

"Relax Twilight. Jack is about as threatening to us as a kitten is threatening to a ball of yarn."

Jack deadpanned. "Why thank you Applejack, way to squash what little manliness I exude." Applejack giggled. "So is anyone going to answer my question? Its particularly dangerous about and I hear old Leonidas yelping about. Did he get a thorn stuck in his paw again?"

"Oh...so you know that nice Manticore too?" A soft voice asked. Jack turned to the owner of the voice. Light pink hair, yellow complexion, and a super model body. Yep Jack is certain that this universe is some sort of twisted hell where he'll never touch but always can look.

"Yep, I met Leonidas around the second week of me being here. Pulled a thorn from his paw and then we went fishing."

"Let me get this straight darling," Jack noted that this mare had violet hair, and hot bod too. Though this one had an air about her that made Jack uneasy. "You go fishing wearing that?"

Jack looked down. He was wearing his cargo pants, hiking boots, and a vest. "Yes? Look I think we've gotten horribly off topic. What is going on?"

"Haven't you noticed that its still night out?" Twilight asked, now calm.

"Yeah, I was wondering about that, but then I thought it was like one or two o'clock in the morning or something." Jack said shrugging.

"Sugar-cube, we really need to get you a watch or something. Its almost Nine in the morning!"

"Huh...the moons out and its almost Nine...well fuck, who let Nightmare Moon out?" Jack asked annoyed.

"Wait, you know about Nightmare Moon?" Twilight blinked. She didn't think anypony knew about that legend.

"I did some studying. Its a long story. So whats the plan to stop her?"

"Well we need to get the Elements of Harmony..." Twilight began.

"Say no more, I'll go find her and run interference. You six do what you need to do."

"Are you sure Jack?" Applejack asked concerned.

"Hey, being generally annoying is one of my special skills. Just hurry up okay?" Before anyone else could say anything Jack grew his insect wings and took towards the largest source of magic. Oddly enough, he took glance back at Twilight. 'Wow she has a lot of magic...'

(End Flashback)

Jack tripped and fell down on the ground. The combination of blood-loss and what basically equated to an aphrodisiac finally made it hard for him to even move.

"D-damn it..." He grunted, sweating. He tried getting away but Nightmare Moon kicked him in the ribs sending him flying against the wall.

"Wherest thou bravado now, Changeling? Thou dared to believe that thou could best me?"

"W-well...that thought never crossed my mind. I was just looking for s-snack, y'know? You're the one who was all like 'Blast first' and never ask questions."

Nightmare Moon blinked. He was technically right. He just flew into the area and she began blasting him. "That may be so, but now you know that the Princess of the Moon is not some "snack"."

"...I think you broke some ribs...its getting hard to breath..." Jack panted, his vision swimming.

"We could heal you...for a price?" Nightmare Moon offered with a smirk. She frowned as she saw him stop moving. Jack eyes were losing their glow and his breathing was shallow. "The insect must of passed out from the damage. No matter, I have an Idea..."

A short-while later, Jack slowly came too. When he did he was in a room, what appeared to be a library. He could breath clearer and his body wasn't damaged at all.

"I see that you've finally awaken...Jack was it?" Jack's eyes focused a bit and he noticed that he wasn't alone. He saw Nightmare Moon...or her not so evil twin, hugging another mare. Applejack and her friends were there as well.

"What the heck happened?" Jack asked confused.

"W-well.." Applejack began stuttering. "We won sugarcube. We banished the darkness is Nightmare Moon's heart, save Princess Celestia, and reunited the Princesses."

"Oh...that'd sound awesome if it wasn't for the fact that you're stuttering. What. Happened."

"I will explain," the other mare, to which Jack guessed was Princess Celestia. "Nightmare Moon was impressed by you. So much infact that she marked you."

Jack blinked. "Okay...I'm not a complete idiot, but when you say mark, do you mean like "Haha, I own you now" kind of mark or "Haha, you're my mate for eternity" kind of mark?"

Twilight spoke up. "The latter."

"Oh...well...I'ma go back to sleep and when I wake up, there better be a solution for this thats helpful for both parties." Jack said calmly before fainting again.


Author's Note

The reason why the fight didn't go on (or was fully fleshed out) is simple. Jack is just a gamer and hes only had a Month to learn his abilities vs. Luna who has over 1000+ years of experience. There was no fight. If this was a game, This would be an event fight programmed for you to lose.

If you haven't guessed it, Jack is also a Comic Book nerd as well. You'll see that his personality is somewhat like Peter Parker, but not as snarky.

The emotions thing will come back to haunt Jack later - Unlike other changelings who find Emotions as a food source, Jack gets affected by the mood hes hit with. Fun fact: Spider-Man gets a boost of strength from Tantric Energy. Its the energy most associated with Spiders and the most known god for spiders is Anansi. Spider-man once cheated death by "shedding his skin" and reforming a new one. His old body was then devoured/inhabited by Pirate Spiders which formed into a Villain named Ero. See where I'm going with this? Check it out!

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