My Little Deathbattle

Basic foot soldiers are essential to any war effort. They execute their operations with deadly precision and speed.

Like Wind Rider, LUNA Sec ops soldier.

And Hestaria, Element of Hope.

I'm Nex and he's Aegis. And it's our job to analyze their weapons armor and skills to determine who would win a death battle!

Hestaria

Race: Bat Pony

Specialty: CQC

Weakness: Ranged combat.

Hestaria Blossom is a bat pony born and raised in Cloudsdale. Unlike most ponies, she was born with her cutie mark.

What!?

That's right. She was born with her cutie mark. But that doesn't mean she knew her talent since she was born.

In fact, she didn't know until she was almost twenty! In the mean time, she worked in the Cloudsdale Weather Factory in the Storm Wing.

Meaning she tested the storm clouds to make sure they wouldn't turn a tree to ash.

Shocking!

Anyways, Hestaria is one of the only natural born bat ponies left in Equestria not counting her mother. Who was also born with her cutie mark.

So it's genetic?

Apparently.

Wow. I guess that means the ability to kick ass is also hereditary!

Wrong.

Awe!

True, she's a natural born fighter.

Yay! Violence!

But unlike the normal soldier story, she didn't fight as a child.

Boo! No Violence!

She was however picked on for having bat wigs. The same reason she was rejected from Cloudsdale's Air Force, The Freedom Flyers.

Boo! Generic bully story!

Actually, no. We don't see a single instance of her being bullied other than being denied entry.

… No comment.

That's a first.

What?

Nothing. After the last rejection, her friend White Knight convinced her to follow him into the Royal Guard.

Only wanting acceptance, she follows him and starts training under Senior Master Sergeant Firebrand. Is he going to be a common trainer of fighters here?

No. She wasn't really trained under Firebrand. She was actually trained under Republic Deathbattle Champion Lunarus Nexus.

Oh yeah! Now I remember her! She was a bad ass!

After disobeying orders-

And beating up a few ponies with a wooden lance.

Hestaria ran after Nexus told her that she was being taken out of the guard. She was then tempted by Queen Chrysalis to join her instead and gain acceptance.

But being the protagonist, she denies her and she fights the black demon! Proving that she's-

No. She was saved by Nexus and learned that she was the Element of Hope. How do you forget that?

Hey! She's my character I can change her as much as I want.

Not in the death battle. That aside-

Buzz kill.

After Chrysalis flees, knowing Nexus could easily kill her, Nexus tells Hestaria that she can join the Evening Guard.

But only if she loses in a sparring match with lightning lances! Which is her main weapon. A four foot long staff tipped with a moon and spike spear head that arcs electricity.

The deal was that if she won, she could go and do what she wanted. But if she lost she had to come and give the Evening Guard a chance. It's here that she confirms that she can fight well. Well enough to go tow to two with Nexus- And win.

Well done young grass hopper. Well done. She also wears basic Guard armor.

But that's not the last thing. Her weakness is ranged combat. Due to the limited reach of the lance, even when she fights on two hoofs, makes anything outside of four feet impossible.

She's fast and agile to make up for that though. But the light guard armor slows her down tremendously.

But she's persistent. Her style of fighting is to overpower and out think the opponent.

She's strong, positive and always ready to kick ass. Here's to the bat pony that doesn't love Spitfire plot!

Yeah you're fired.

"Regardless of whether this world accepts me for what I am, I won’t turn my back on it. I may not have many, but I have friends, and they have my back no matter what happens. There’s always going to be a tomorrow and I can only hope it’s a bright one.”

Wind Rider

Race: Pegasus

Specialty: Agility

Weakness: Caution to the Wind

Wind Rider is a pegasus born in the Mild West to pacifist parents.

Ironic, considering how focused he is on combat.

Yes. In fact, he’s anything but your run-of-the-mill pegasus.

Of course not. Ever since a young age, he’s been studying martial arts in secret.

Didn’t he ever get caught?

Of course not! That would’ve been boring and stereotypical!

Wow, big words. Anyways, Wind Rider made his first kill saving a young filly from being murdered.

Who would do that?

Probably either Night, Lolk or Orion. Anyway, moving on!

His parents disowned him when they discovered that he’d killed a stallion, what with them being pacifists and all.

Having nopony else to turn to, he rounded up a bunch of colts and proceeded to lead them in raids against drug dealers that passed through the area.

Because of this, he ended up making a lot of enemies in drug cartels that might or might not have come back to haunt him.

Where’s the humor, Nex?

What?

You’ve been so serious.

That’s because Rider is somepony you don’t want to mess around with. He was trained by humans in combat and survival. They probably trained him in other things that went on the internet forever, but that's beside the point!

And there it is... From that point he moved on to join the Equestrian Army before being hoof picked for the Royal Special Forces.

He’s the sole survivor of Havoc Team and is the leader of Razor Team, neither of which you would ever want to mess with.

Exactly. He has fought many terrorist organizations around the world.

The best part is that he then became an undercover agent for LUNA, and now acts as a sleeper within the RSF.

He’s also a guy who pushes for racial equality. He pulled some strings in the RSF to allow all races in.

Because he's obviously part of the under privileged race. But on to the family.

Yup.... he’s the founder of the ‘Guardian’ Clan.

He’s headstrong, courageous, and well-equipped with the skills to survive just about any battle.

He carries a large supply of weapons to meet any challenge.

His advanced training makes him deadly with more weapons than a Boomstick Army Knife!

A what?

Unimportant. He carries a Katana, and a kamas, a cross bow for stealth and a carbine rifle.

He's fully skilled in using all of them and has no difficulty learning new skills and adapt to being in a fight with somepony he's never known.

He can also make a mean sushi roll and cook anything with C4!

He works for me, and even I bow to him. He is the Rider of the Wind.

Heh, I see what you did there.

Shut up, we need to move on!

"Slice ‘n’ Dice!”

Okay, the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all.

It's time for-!

A commercial break.

A what!?

Hey, Nex, you ever have trouble visualizing these death battles?

No, I'm the writer. But I know plenty that do!

Exactly, that's why we've agreed to allow YOU the fans send in animation applications. You will not be paid.

And if you stuck through our "catch-the-greedy-fuckers" test, then congratulations, you've advanced to the next stage.

The rules are simple. Take any bit of Republic Deathbattle you want and make a ten second animation so we can get a feel for you skills.

The styles can vary. From show quality to Deathbattle sprite animation, we'll take it all.

You can also take spots from the Podcast that you thought were funny and make them into animations as well.

But how are they to submit them to us?

That's easy. Nexus here will be making a video on his Youtube channel giving you the same low down when the dates for submissions are announced. Leave it as a video response there and be ready to be judged!

We'll be giving you ladies and gentle colts some time to create your masterpieces of art and DEATH. But now, for your procrastination; it's time for a RUPUBLIC DEATHBATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!

Under the cover of darkness, a gray bat pony in dark purple armor walked the halls of Canterlot Castle with her lightning lance not active on her back. Her yellow eyes glow in the dark lightly as she scans the halls for any threats to the castle. In the back of her mind, she's only thinking of her boyfriend up in the tower with the commander but the other is listening to everything in the castle. High above Hestaria however, a threat remained undetected. Unknown to her, the secret organization, LUNA, has called for her assassination; and her assassin stood above in the rafters with a small arsenal with him. Wind Rider pulled his cross bow and locked in a bolt with a click.

Hestaria's ears perked up instantly at the sound and she wheeled around to see the threat. A crack came from the direction of the click as Wind Rider released a bolt from his crossbow. Hestaria reached back and the magical charm in the lance caused the electricity enchanted tip to start to arc instantly as she swung it around. Her eyes acquired the bolt and she adjusted the speed accordingly. The tip of the arrow passed the head of the lance but the shaft didn't. The lance sliced the shaft in two. Hestaria's natural night vision gazed straight at Wind Rider.

"Evening Guard! Come on out." Hestaria shouted.

Wind Rider grinned and jumped down from his perch. He used his wings to slow down and keep from breaking his legs.

FIGHT!

"Hoofs up!" Hestaria shouted again as she approached quickly.

Wind Rider raised his hoofs but behind his back and pulled his carbine rifle when Hestaria was a few yards away. Hestaria's eyes went wide not having seen the weapon before and used her bat wings to jump out of his line of fire for a second. It was long enough to let her get within a few feet of Wind Rider. The pegasus squeezed the trigger and let out a shot. Hestaria twisted in the air to just keeping out of the line of fire. The grazed her back plate as she swung In front of her and as she spun.

Rider didn't have time to pull the trigger again. He tucked and rolled out of the way and drew his katana. Hestaria landed, having missed her attack, turned to meet Rider's katana with the tip of her lance. When the two connected, the electrical arc from the lance shot down the blade of his katana and into him. He shouted in pain as the sword fell from his hoof. Not wanting to waste the opportunity, Hestaria makes another wide arch with the lance and swings it at his throat.

Wind Rider was no slouch however, he leaned back far enough for the lance to pass just inches from his throat. As Hestaria took the lance in both hoofs and charged. Rider saw this instantly and drew his short kamas. He sidestepped the charge and slashed down at Hestaria's lance. The blade of the short sword cut the head of the spear off a foot from the metal. Hestaria came to a screeching halt before taking another stance. She got up on two hoofs and held the shaft of the lance back and against the back of her foreleg. Rider stood back, waiting to see what she'd do next.

The two stood there for a moment before Hestaria made the first move. She ran on two legs with her bat wings spread to keep some balance. Rider took a defensive stance as Hestaria drew closer. This time, she was ready to fight. Hestaria flapped her wings and threw herself over Rider. He wasn't prepared for the sudden maneuver and dodged left, expecting an overhead strike. But that's what Hestaria wanted. She swung down with the staff and hit the side of his kamas as he dodged. The force of the hit quickly knocked it away, this time, out the window. Rider was fed up with this show; he charged forward as Hestaria landed and grabbed hold of the shaft. He threw her forward and forced her to fight unarmed. He was far from it. He tossed the shaft of the lance away and started to draw his carbine again.

Hestaria spread her wings and threw herself up into the rafters as Rider unleashed a full-auto burst from his carbine. The shots were deafening as the bullets ripped through the wooden supports in the ceiling, hoping to find flesh to dig into. He released the trigger, not wanting to use up all of his ammo and shouldered the carbine. Hestaria limped about the rafters with a bullet in her front left ankle. She held the wound trying to keep any blood from dripping down and gritted her teeth to keep from screaming in agony.

She looked down to the ground and noticed Rider looking around the rafters for her. It wasn't long before he spread his wings and flew up into the rafters to be one hundred present sure. He didn't bother pulling his rifle, knowing that he could miss and be defenseless. He found her instantly and bolted towards her. Hestaria spread her wings and jumped over him. Knowing she couldn't walk anymore, she kept to a hover and charged him as he slowed to a stop to try and reacquire his target. But it was already in his face. Hestaria slammed into him and threw the two of them to the ground. Hestaria stood uneasily but still managed a bounding charge at him.

He was able to stand and get into half of a stance before she could hit him. She swung wide with a high kick. He put up his hoofs and blocked the attack easily before returning the strike. Hestaria was able to block with her good hoof while using the other as a counter balance for her attacks. For a few moments, the two traded blows and parried strikes repeatedly until Rider threw Hestaria back. She slid to a stop next to the head of her lance still arching in electricity.

She quickly grabbed it in her right hoof and started a final charge of desperation. Rider saw this and drew his carbine out of reflex and took aim. He squeezed the trigger the second his sights lined up on her. Two shots rang out in rapid succession as Hestaria let out a shout and fell. She twitched in pain as her blood spilled onto the ground. The last two bullets in his rifle embedded themselves in her lightly armored stomach and right shoulder. Rider tossed his carbine to the side and made his way over to his katana. The handle was still warm from the massive amount of electricity that had been sent through it. He took it in his right hoof and hovered over to her twitching body.

She looked up to him with an angry look in her eye. She swung at him with the head of the lance as he got in range, but slashed her hoof after he back up enough for her to miss. She dropped the lance and attempted to stand. She couldn't muster the energy to fly, but was able to get onto her pain stricken hoofs to try and fight for another moment. But it was pointless. Rider roundhouse kicked her to the ground and put the tip of the sword to her neck.

"Any last words?" He asked.

"Fuck you."

He didn't need to hear any more. Rider thrust the tip of his sword through her throat and watcher her body jolt as he cut her spinal cord. He withdrew the sword and sheathed it on his side.

"Sorry, you're a bit too dead for my tastes."

K.O.

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Yes.

But she's so cool!

Cool has nothing to do with it. Hestaria put up one hell of a fight, but was ultimately out classed in both weapons and skills.

She's a though one, but that's not enough to escape a sword to the neck.

She can hold her own in a close up fight, but get outside of her range and there's nothing she can do to stop you.

I love 'er but she lost fair and square.

The winner is Wind Rider.