The Dangers of Stupidity

Chapter XVI: Continuation

Fire. Death. Blood. Sephiroth.

We arrived in Canterlot only to find that Sephiroth had beat us there and was flying through the sky, raining Meteor spells across the city and occasionally diving down to cut apart a group of citizens. The once beautiful sidewalks of Canterlot were now dotted with craters and spattered with the blood of innocent ponies. My very soul was boiling with a massive pool of unbridled rage, and my shout reflected it clearly.

"Sephiroth! Leave them alone! Come down here and fight me like a man, you soulless bastard!"

He flew down onto the street and landed a few feet away from us. I turned to the others, my lips curving into a wicked smile.

"Go get the princesses. I`ll hold him off."

"But he`s going to kill you!" Twilight cut in.

"No, he wont. Ill make sure of that. Now go!"

They ran, and I drew my Blades of Exile, turning back to Sephiroth.

"So, it looks like your mouth overpowered your common sense. No bother, this will be over soon." He taunted, readying his Masamune. I crouched down and prepared to block his first attack. The sky darkened, and I almost felt like there was something telling me exactly what to do.

"Don`t you know when to quit?" He asked as he charged at me and used Flash. I blocked the attack with a massive spinning slash, hitting him in the back and knocking him onto the ground. I ran towards Sephiroth and swung a blade upward, knocking him into the air as I jumped up towards him, slashing with every bit of power I could muster. After numerous slashes, he teleported away and reappeared behind me. I spun around, countered the attack, and ran a blade through his chest, twisting it before pulling the weapon from his body. Sephiroth shouted in pain as I began to repeatedly impale him with the Blades of Exile until they caught on fire and I began slashing again. I frontflipped, bringing the blades onto their chains and slammed him onto the ground, leaving a trail of blood through the air behind him. He landed against the concrete with a loud thud, creating a hole in the ground. Sephiroth rose to his knees to address me, a thin line of blood trickling from his mouth.

"You truly think that you can defeat me? You need to realize that I am supreme. I reign over all!" He began cackling like a madman as a gigantic mound of stone rose up underneath him. At this exact moment, my friends came running through the city, Celestia and Luna trailing behind them. They stopped as we all witnessed what Sephiroth had risen from the ground: a temple shaped like an immense cube resting on its vertex. Sephiroth flew into the air and fell downward, straight into the temple`s core.

"Well, looks like we`re heading that way." I declared, thrusting a blade outward toward the temple. "Sephiroth, here. We. Come!" I started to run to the door, but was caught by a golden magic field. Celestia walked towards me as she released me from her telekinesis.

"Wait just a moment. If you think that youre going to enter that temple and fight him yourself, then youre going to be disappointed."

"Celestia, I have to do this myself. I started the battle with my own powers, and I have to finish it with my own powers. But," I continued, forming a shit-eating grin. "my friends are a large part of my power. Let`s go, everyone!"

"Wait," Twilight stepped in. "Shouldn`t we have a plan before we go in?"

"Youre right. Lets have everybody go through here in one group of four and two groups of three. Celestia, Twilight and Rainbow Dash, you three form a group. Benson, Fluttershy and Rarity, you three form a group. Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Luna, you guys go with me. Everybody good with that?"

A simultaneous "Yes" was given by the group, followed by a reluctant one from Benson.

"Alright, let`s do this!"