A few minutes after returning to the waiting room, Pinkamena joined Pip with a noticeable smile on her face

“Very nicely done out there, Pip. Though the fight did not last long, I managed to gather quite a bit of important data in support of my hypothesis. No normal pony could be as dexterous as you were.”

Pip sat up and swished his tail, enjoying being praised for once.

“Gee, thanks Pinkamena; though according to the other colts, I still have three fights left.”

“Yes, that is true. And I intend to test out a new spirit for each fight you participate in,” she said, producing a syringe with a bright orange fluid to it.

“Sweet Celestia, you mean there are three more of those?” Pip asked closing his eyes and looking away as she inserted the needle into his flank and injected him with it, nearly fainting from the thought.

“Yes, but if your goal is truly what your friend told me, then you should be eager; for each of these injections increases your fighting ability far beyond a normal colt. But I must take my leave before the guards notice me. Your next fight is in thirty minutes.”

And with that, Pinkamena took her leave, returning to her seat in the stands and watching the current fight. Pip took deep, careful breaths as the new spirit began to appear to him in the form of an orange earth pony wearing a straw hat.

“Well howdy thar par’ner, I reckon you might be wonderin who I might be,” the spirit said in Pip’s head.

“Yes ma’am, I am feeling a little curious, since you’re inside of me now.”

“It’s good your bein’ right friendly, par’ner. The name is Apple Gnome, an’ I’m the element of Earth.”

Gnome, upon finishing her introduction, was swiftly tackled by Sylphie, who gave her a big hug.

“Yaaaay! I have a roommate now! Wanna be bestest friends, Gnomey?!”

Pip couldn’t help but chuckle as the scene played out in his head, and Gnome struggled to breath due to how tight she was being hugged.

“Well, it’s good you two are getting along in there, but I’m going to need your help soon, Gnome. Can I count on you?” Pip asked as Gnome forced her way out of the hug, panting a little.

“Sure ya can! I might be the element of Earth, but I’m also tha element of dependability!” she said with a salute as the two spirits faded from his vision, leaving Pip to practice in the room as he awaited his next match.

A few minutes later, Pip heard the cheer of the crowd as yet another colt surrendered to the changeling. After the colt was dragged out of the coliseum, Pip was told it was his turn again, so he got up and made his was back in to the pit.

“And after racking up an amazing one win streak, Gran Celestia is proud to present: Pipsqueak of Celesburg!” the announcer exclaimed to the crowd of ponies, among which Pip saw Pinkamena in the front row yet again with her note pad.

The guard ponies lifted the gate to release the next changeling for Pip to fight, and out stepped one of the strangest sights Pip had ever seen: a changeling that had donned the disguise of a Dullahan, otherwise known as a headless horsemare. Though, seeing as how they were all ponies to begin with, it was debatable as to if this was instead a horseless headsmare.

The changeling was clad in armor, and held its head in one hoof, along with a large sword in the other.

“Hmm, a colt who managed to actually win a fight? You shall certainly give my sword arm some fun!” she said, stepping forward with her sword raised high.

Pip drew his own black sword and prepared to fight.

“Woah thar, par’ner. I reckon this here is where you want me to step in? Just relax yer mind, fella, and picture that yer some kind of unstoppable mountain!” Gnome said as she took control of Pip’s body, granting him the strength of her Earth element.

The Dullahan swung her sword down with all her might, and Pip held out his sword, blocking the swing mid-arc.

“What is this? A colt as small as you shouldn’t be able to block this!” she said, swiftly swinging her sword and hitting Pip in the side, giving him a painful cut.

“Oops! Sorry thar, fella! You won’t feel that right now, but you probably will when I give control back.” Gnome apologized to Pip as she made him swing at the Dullahan in retaliation, cutting through her armor and making it fall off

“What?! That armor cost me one hundred bits you little runt!” the changeling yelled in anger, swinging withal her might at Pip, who cut her sword in half and left her speechless.

“You are now unarmed and unarmored; I kinda think you should leave now, miss,” Pip said, feeling proud of his new strength that Gnome gave him. The changeling sneered and ran back to her holding area, not wanting to risk being hurt.

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“I must say, you’re doing quite admirably, my subject,” Pinkamena said, entering the challengers room with Pip once more, her notepad covered with writings now.

“Thanks, doc,” Pip replied, rubbing his side where he had been cut, only to notice he seemed to be completely unscathed now. “That’s odd, I was hurt during that fight.”

“Ah, that would seem to be the power of an Earth Spirit, so my hypothesis was correct.”

Pinkamena jotted down more notes, before taking the final two needles out from her coat, one filled with a bright blue fluid, and the other with a bright red.

“Wait, two at once? Are you sure that’s safe?” Pip asked, looking worried and closing his eyes.

“Oh Pip, who’s the one with the medical license?” Pinkamena said with a smirk, cleaning off the needles.

“Actually, come to think of it, I don’t recall ever seeing your- Ouch!” Pinkamena quickly injected him with the final two syringes, the sensation making him faint for a moment before slowly sitting up. Looking around, he saw his partner had quietly snuck back to the stands

“Ow, geez my head feels light” Pip rubbed his forehead with his hooves, as two figured began to appear in his head: a blue pegasus who’s body appeared to be made of goo, and a Blue unicorn wearing a red cape and magician’s hat

Attempting to talk at once, the two spirits introduced themselves.

“Well hey there, hows it hangin’?” the pegasus said, offering Pip a high-hoof as a greeting.

“Greetings, lowly earth pony, Saly is proud to introduce herself,” the unicorn said with a royal bow.

“Ah!” Pip put his hooves over his ears as the sound of two voices at once hurt his head. Realizing the problem, the Pegasus stayed quiet for now.

“Saly is sorry that the Pegasus saw fit to talk while she was talking. Allow me to introduce myself, I am The Great and Powerful Salamander, elemental Spirit of Fire!”

The blue unicorn said, taking off her cap as a greeting.

“Erm, thank you, I think?” Pip said, a little confused at the way she talked. Looking over at the Pegasus, he asked “And who are you, miss?”

“Oh, the name is Raindine, elemental Spirit of Stayin Cool and Goin with the Flow! Though, you might know it as water” she said, her gelatinous body jiggling a little as she moved.

From the corner of his eye, pip saw Sylphie Pie pounce at Raindine, only for her to dodge and make the pink spirit fall on Saly instead.

“Arg, get off of me, you nuisance!” the element of fire yelled, making Sylphie catch on ghost-fire and run around, her hooves flailing before she ran out of view, a loud splash sound being heard as Raindine dropped a ball of water on her.

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Once Pip had finished getting acquainted with his final spirits, the guard escorted him once more in to the arena for the grand finals.

“Fillies and gentlecolts, I hope you are all excited for the first colt to make it to the finals in our fine coliseum! Hailing from Celesburg, Pipsqueak the Hero!”

The announcer called out to the crowd, who gave him a standing ovation. Pip gave a bow to the crowd, then drew his sword in preparation for the fight. After a few moments, the door to the monster pen was opened once more.

“And now, I’m proud to present to you fine ponies today, Hailing all the way from Neighpon: Tamamo!”

Stepping out of the monster holding area, and looking very annoyed, was a short, bipedal nine-tailed fox girl dressed in a kimono and holding a fan.

“What the hay are you supposed to be?” Pip asked, having never seen something like this before.

“I’m Tamamo, and it’s okay to be confused. I was sitting in my house, enjoying lunch in my pseudo-Christian-European world, eating some fried tofu, when the author pulled me in to this universe because he couldn’t think of a cameo for me!” the kitsune said, stomping on the ground and leaving a dent in the dirt

Pip, being the only pony in this universe who was aware of the strange situation, scratched his head in confusion.

“So, I guess it’s time for us to fight?”

“Yeah, lets get this over with. I’m still hungry, and If I win, you’re going to be my dinner to make up for my tofu getting cold!”

The kitsune rolled up in to a ball with her tails, rolling after pip like a giant marble.

“Pip, here’s where I step in,” said a voice in his head, and he calmly stepped out of the way, letting Tamamo crash in to the side of the arena .“All you have to do to win is be chill. Then she can’t hit ya!” said Raindine.

“Wait, why wouldn’t she be able to hit me?”

“Because, dude, you’re chill!”

Glaring at Pip for missing, Tamamo flailed her nine tails at him, each one making a loud crash against the ground as he leaned out of the way of each, resembling some kind of trench-coat wearing action movie star. Getting increasingly agitated, she rolled up in to a ball once more, and began chasing him; running in to the sides of the arena repeatedly and making the columns begin to collapse.

As the building began to shake, ponies started leaving the stands in order to get away safely, the building beginning to fall.

Tamamo finally fell unconscious after hitting the wall for the thirtieth time, cartoonish stars above her heads while Pip escaped from the arena as well, meeting up with Pinkamena as the building collapsed upon itself.

“Easy as cake!” said Salamander in Pips head, laying back casually.

“You don’t get to say that, you didn’t do anything!” Raindine said, dropping a bucket of water on her and ruining the unicorns magician outfit.

“Excellent work, my test subject. I believe that will suffice for field testing my invention. You did quite well at destroying the coliseum as well,” Pinkamena said with a smile, beginning to walk away.

“I didn’t mean to do that, though! Do you think everypony is ok?” Pip asked, worried.

“Of course they are, and if anypony didn’t think to run away, then I would consider that to just be natural selection, agreed?” she replied coldly, opening her umbrella again after putting away her notes. “By the way, do you have any input about these tests results?”

“Well, when will the voices go away? They hurt my head a bit.”

Her ears perking up, she turned to him with a scary smile.

“Oh! Do you hear the voices too?!”

“Well, I guess. There’s four of them now, and they say they are elemental spirits.”

Looking sad, Pinkamena returned to her casual stroll beside Pip.

“Oh, you mean those. Yes, those are kind of permanent. Though, those are not the same as my voices.”

Looking confused, Pip looked over at her.

“Well, what are yours like?”

“Oh, they are just the normal kind. You know, they say to cut up other ponies and bathe in their blood. You know, the usual. That’s why I chose necro-science as my profession!”

Afraid of saying anything else, Pip walked back to the mansion with Pinkamena, feeling significantly more worried than before.

Author's Note

I hope I covered the 4 elements personalities fairly well, and they somewhat match up with how they act in the game. Sorry, I couldn't come up with a cameo for Tamamo, so I just used her xD