The Dangers of Stupidity

Chapter XXVII: How The Mighty Will Fall

"Don't even think about laying a hand on them." I snarled. "If you do, I will strangle you with your own entrails and rip your body in half with my bare hands."

"Are you okay?" Celestia asked me.  I glared at her, sheathing my blades.

"I have an idea."

The same white glow as the Bro Fusion spell came to life around myself and the Princesses.  Time stopped again as I prepared the technique.

"Darkness and Light, harmonized by Exile."

"The Hope of Equestria, and Humanity as well." Celestia spoke the ending's first half.

"Once they are combined, We will destroy you with style!" Luna practically laughed in Sephiroth's face before we finished the spell together.

"We hope you'll enjoy eternity in Hell!"

Celestia and Luna's bodies transformed into two clouds of energy, and they poured themselves into me.  Our fused form appeared similarly to that of Bensarrick in terms of clothing, although the electricity swirling around us constantly shifted.  At one point, it was golden yellow, in which my hair turned the same color and pointed straight above me.  Occasionally, it changed to a navy blue that caused my eyes to become a swirling expanse of black and brown.  My skin took on this coloration as well, and my now pristine white hair flowed behind my head.  I looked almost like a human version of Nightmare Moon.

"What..." Sephiroth questioned, "was that?  Your little wardrobe change doesn't intimidate me."

"That was not a 'wardrobe change'.  We are a new being, the hope of the universe.  The answer to all living things that cry out for peace.  We are the Protector of the innocent.  We... are Celunick!"

"Ha!  Do you truly think that a new name will do you any good?"

"No.  But this will.

Widowmaker Flare!" We blew a stream of solar fire at Sephiroth, forcing him to abandon his attacks, then grabbed the tyrant by the throat, lifting him into the air and squeezing hard enough to nearly break his neck.

"H-How do you have that kind of power!?  All of my observations showed that you were nowhere near my level!"

"You can't use calculations to measure the strength of a person's heart."

"You're right.  I surrender." Sephiroth bowed to us, placing a small box at our feet.  We picked it up and he immediately stabbed us in the chest, breaking our Fusion.  Or at least partially.  Celestia's body separated from ours, but Luna and I stayed as one.

Luna, you got anything?

"Yes.  Pay close attention."

Our hands began to shine with a strange black light.  With a quick burst of flight, We uppercutted Sephiroth into the air and kicked him back down.

"Requiem of The Thirteenth Hour!"

We launched a ring of dark fire onto the ground at Sephiroth's feet.  In but a few seconds, it exploded, freezing him in place and transporting us to what I assume was another dimension.

"Face it, Sephiroth.  You don't stand a chance against us.  You and We could not be more insignificant in this unprecedentedly infinite universe.  If one of us died right this second, nobody in other worlds would care.

But Time..." We spun in a circle and saluted.  Exactly thirteen gigantic clock hands with seemingly razor-sharp tips materialized around him.

"Marches on." We snapped our fingers, and twelve of the hands darted through his body, practically ripping it to shreds.  The thirteenth and final "clock blade" slammed into his back after he fell to the ground.

"Your little game ends here!" Sephiroth impaled us with his sword, pinning our body to the wall.  He twisted the blade in circles, tearing through our chest.  We knocked him back with a somewhat powerful Ki blast, standing completely still and healing ourselves after removing the katana.

"You'll pay dearly for that." He grabbed us by the shoulders, pulling with disturbing strength.  He was trying to break the Fusion by himself!  Finally, Sephiroth's attempt succeeded.  He split Luna and I apart, throwing her over his shoulder and keeping an iron grip on me.

"Twilight, now!" The Elements blasted Sephiroth in the center of his torso, causing him to release me and kneel in place.  In an instant, the energy hit me in the head.  It sent me flying away, where I landed in the middle of its source.  The Elements of Harmony themselves began to combine their power with me.

"Twilight, I have another idea.  Follow my lead."

I started another Fusion spell.  Twilight rose into the air in front of me, her lips curving into a wicked grin.

"From one to another, another to one."

"A mark of one's destiny singled out alone, fulfilled."

"From all of us together..."

"Together, we're friends."

"With the marks of our destinies made one..." The seven of us ended the Fusion incantation in unison.

"There is magic without end!"

The sensation that coursed through my body was an unbelievable one.  At that point, I realized that what I felt was the essence of truly ultimate power.

"How?" Sephiroth was only able to speak one word before I tackled him through a wall, slamming him into the silver stone floors over and over again.  After hearing about five separate cracks, I removed my hand from his arm.  A familiar pair of voices echoed through the room, forcing me to laugh at their exclamation.

"Surprise, motherfucker!" Benson and Vinyl jumped through the room's single window, shattering it.  Benson landed on top of Sephiroth, stabbing him in the back with a weapon he couldn't have been wielding: the Blade of Artemis.  Vinyl slid to a stop beside me, clutching my leg with her magic to slow herself.

"Vinyl, how'd you get here?"

"Funny story, actually.  Benson got launched out of this place through a trapdoor on the roof, then he fell onto my brother's awning and landed right next to me.  When I asked him what happened, he just brought me here.

Hang on just a second.  What's with your hair?  And why are you glowing?"

"I used a spell to infuse myself with the power of true Harmony, so that I would be able to defeat Sephiroth."

"That... is so awesome!"

"Yeah, I guess it is." I cracked my knuckles, a personal habit of mine whenever I got into a dangerous situation.

"Benson, c'mere!"

"What?"

"You ready for some more Bro Fusion?"

"Seriously?"

"No," I replied sarcastically, "I just wanted to screw around with you."

"Let's fuse up, man!"

We performed our handshake again, although it was much longer than before.

"Super Bro Fusion!"

"GO!"

This time around, our combined form had a similar style of clothing, minus the bandana.  However, our gi took on a rainbow coloration, with a set of red and purple robes.  Our body held a strange texture to it, almost like a shimmering rainbow.  Wrapped around each of our wrists were two golden bracelets.  One more seemed to have placed itself on our neck, holding a gem in the shape of a small orange apple.  The final Element, that of Magic, had transformed into a simple crown, the lavender star hanging precariously between our eyes.

"What the hell is this?"

Super Bro Fusion.  I said it already, so I assumed that you knew.

"Not that.  I meant the jewelry."

Those are the Elements of Harmony.

"I thought the Elements were ponies!"

No, they just call them the Elements.  The Elements of Harmony are a set of mystical artifacts that have been used to save Equestria four different times.

"And now it's going to be five."

"Time for a Kamehameha, Equestrian style." We charged a multicolored ball of Ki in our hand that nearly shone brighter than the sun itself.

"Ka...

Me...

Ha...

Me...

HA!" We launched the attack in a slight downward arc towards Sephiroth, creating a massive explosion that seemingly pushed him to the edge of death.  We halted our flight, landing gently on the floor.

"That's what you get!" We taunted, kicking Sephiroth in the ribs.  He grunted a bit and rolled away from us.

"We've got a bit of advice for you, Sephiroth.  And you'd better take it.

Don't mess with Bensarrick.  Tell all your friends when you get to HFIL." We fired a narrow purple beam at Sephiroth's back, swiftly ending his life.  The Fusion ceased, causing us to once more become two separate beings.  I picked up his Masamune, tossing it into the air and swinging my blades at it a few times.  Ten shards of metal fell at my feet.

"What was that for?" Benson looked down at the diced sword in slight confusion.

"I cut it into ten pieces.  One for each of the Elements, two for the Princesses, one for Vinyl, and one for my bro.  I'm keeping the handle for myself."

As we strolled away from Sephiroth's dead body, I contacted someone quite important.

I finally did it, Cloud.  Sephiroth is done for.

"Excellent.  You certainly have a... unique form of combat."

You're damn right, I do.

"You're... not getting away!"

"What the fuck!?" I screamed in anger. "I thought we already killed you!"

"You were wrong." Sephiroth rose to his feet again, drawing a knife from his belt.

"Oh, come on!  Twilight, get over here." The young mare climbed up my arm, jumping over my head as I performed the last Fusion.  As I looked above me, I noticed that her eyes held a strange black and green aura, and she was grinning evilly.

Badass Twilight equals total domination. 'Nuff said.

"The battle within our soul..."

"Is simply what makes us whole."

"Without it, we are nothing."

"With it, we are everything!"

I still retained my body, minus the fact that my skin had turned purple, as did my hair.  For quite a while, I hadn't noticed that I had a pair of wings protruding from my back, alongside a horn perched atop my forehead.  The Element of Magic found a similar place as it had with Bensarrick.  The gem attached itself to a small chain that looped underneath my horn, causing it to almost hang in front of my mouth.

"Holy crap!" Benson cackled. "You look like what would happen if Twilight and Spike had a kid!"

"Shut it." I fired a small lightning bolt at his chest, paralyzing him for a short time.

"Now, for you." I rose my hands to the sky.  A massive amount of electricity poured into my palms, charging my entire body and giving my hair a bright yellow glow.

"This is your end!" Sephiroth charged at me, but I intercepted him by releasing every last bit of energy inside me with one combination of electrokinesis, Zeus' Thunder, and an immense magical discharge.  Sephiroth's body disintegrated, leaving behind nothing but a charred navy blue wing spattered with blood.  Twilight's body separated from me on its own.  She jumped to the floor and began stomping on Sephiroth's wing, laughing sadistically.

"Twi, stop!  He's dead.  You're kinda beatin' a dead horse there." I bit my tongue after realizing the dangerous levels of stupidity within my comment.  She turned around, giving me a look of pure rage.  I slid behind her and lightly grasped her tail.  A small electric jolt traveled down my arm and through Twilight's body, making her drop to the floor like a rock.

"Well, that takes care of that."

I walked forward, plucking a feather from Sephiroth's wing and slipping it into my pocket.