Forever a Changeling-The lord of shadows

The two charging groups met in the middle of the hallway and somehow each of the combatants wound up in one-on-one fights. Shade and Rainbow had both shape-shifted their fore hooves into blades and were dueling above the brawl. "What happened to being more pegasus than changeling?" asked Shade, dodging a slash from Rainbow. "I needed a good comeback ok?!" replied a ticked-off Dash "Now stop talking and get back to fighting!" She yelled, charging at her opponent.

Meanwhile Arris was fighting Applejack. "Confound it!" Yelled Applejack "Quit flyin' 'round tryin' ta hit me with them little toothpick-shooters an' fight me face-to-face!" She demanded. "Make me!" replied a smug Arris, however the smugness vanished from his face when a lasso, which Applejack always kept under her hat, wrapped around his left forehoof and pulled him to the floor. "There" Chuckled the apple farmer "I made ya'". Arris reached behind his back and grinned "Do you really think that i'll got down just like that?"

Arris chuckled as he rummaged around behind his back. "What in tarnation do y'all think you're do......." Applejack was cut off when the albino changeling produced a hammer twice his size from behind his back. "Hammer time" Chuckled Arris, lifting the weapon with inpony strength. Applejack let out a strangled whinny of terror and ran, Arris hot on her heels, promising not to break every bone in her body.

Pinkie Pie and Twitchy stared at each other, then Pinkie asked the critical question "Do you like parties?" and Twitchy gave the standard response:"YES!!!". Of course most sentient creatures do net yell it loud enough to blast the pink party pony halfway across the room and into a wall. Before Pinkie could recover Twitchy had shoot across the room and started to bombard her with questions "WhydidyouaskmeifIlikedparties? Doyouplanparties? Whatsyourfavouritecolour? Doyoulikesuger? Canyoureadthis? DidIjustbreakthefourthwall? ShouldInotbreakthefourthwall?"etc. For once in her life Pinkie couldn't respond. (Halfway across Equestria a griphon named Gilda had a strange feeling that an annoying pink pony was getting a taste of her own medicine)

Twilight and Psi were having a magic duel in the middle of the hall. "How are you so powerful?" asked a shocked Twilight as Psi created a shield to counter a magic blast "According to my studies, a changeling drone shouldn't be capable of such advanced magic!" "It's all thanks to this beauty" responded Psi, tapping her double helix shaped horn. "Shouldn't two horns create conflicting magic auras?" asked a confused Twilight "Not when they are connected like mine" replied Psi, pointing out the DNA-style struts connecting her horns. "You know a lot about magic" noted Twilight, teleporting to dodge a beam of raw mana. "I know more than you think" Replied Psi, smirking "Including sleep spells" she casually added spraying a silver mist fro m her dual-tipped horn. "Uh ohhhhhh....." Moaned Twilight as she dropped off after inhaling the mist.

Rarity ,thanks to her special talent, had located the nearest crystals in the ground. She used her magic to pull them through the floor and faced her opponent:Mirra. "I take it that you are the ringleader of this plot" Said Rarity, sounding calm "I warn you, just because I'm a lady does not mean that I cannot defend myself" "I was about to say the same thing" Replied Mirra. With that Rarity hurled a gem at the proto-queen. A large Mirror shaped shield blocked the gem and sent it flying back at Rarity, who gave a yelp of shock and ducked. Without wasting a second, Mirra cast an illusion of the most ugly dress ever in front of Rarity, who fainted in shock. "Well that was easy" said Mirra, bored.

Fluttershy was staring down Bez,terrified to take her eyes off him for even a second, in the corner of her eye, she saw Arris dragging a knocked-out  Applejack with a lump on her head and Shade dealing a knockout blow to Rainbow (their arial swordfight had become an arial boxing match) Vax approched from behind "Bez, don't tell me that you're scared of an animal caretaker!" "I am not." Replied Bez, finally breaking his silence "She is just to small and cute to smash" Vax sighed "Alow me" he groaned walking over to Fluttershy and putting a hoof to her forehead. Just like what had happened to Rainbow, she was snoring in seconds.

"Flawless victory!" yelled Twitchy, standing over Pinkie Pie, who had fainted from question-overload.