Ponymon Anniversary- Twilight's Day of Glory

“Our next competitor, all the way from the Canterlot Tournament, and one of the most powerful beings in Equestria, will be facing Twilight Sparkle in fifteen minutes! Turn your attention towards the competitor’s entrance for our newest battle member, Discord, God of Chaos!”

The audience faced the tunnel that the competitors came from, to be rewarded with nothing, not even a tuft of wind. Confused, many began murmuring about themselves, some contemplating whether he chickened out and others praying he did not have a nasty trick up his sleeve. Catching all of their attentions, a large spark erupted several hundred feet above the field as a humongous boom echoed throughout the facility. Discord was in the middle, very ready for the occasion. His hair was slicked back, and his teeth very sharpened. The powerful demigod of a draconequus emanated a very powerful pressure around him and some of the ponies even cringed at the sight. He had the head of a pony, of sorts. Mismatched wings, feet, arms, horns and even eyes if you dared to look into them. His eyes squinted slightly and his focus pumped, ready for anything.

Twilight had gathered her strength and was ready for the final match of the day, the one that would determine who the most powerful being in Equestria was through rigorous battling and fierce determination. Twilight revved her magic and in a flash of condensed planar magicka transported herself between the planes and dimensions or reality, manipulating the entity that was her to instantly reappear on the battlefield before becoming reassembled and reintroduced in her regular plane of existence. Revealing herself before the crowd once more, she glared at her opponent who was all but ready to end her reign of victory then and there.

“This will be a one on one battle with no time limit. The battle will be limited to the stadium only, Discord, and protective fields will be in place for the audience’s protection. I will give the signal when you are to start.” The referee said to the two as they kept their battle stances up and ready. Discord’s had him lowered to the ground, one foot in front of the other. One hand was behind him to charge a spell while the other’s claws were sparking with raw energy.

Twilight had her head lowered and her horn reaching across the field. There were no two hooves that were touching or in line with each other, and she was ready to dodge at a moment’s notice. Several support unicorns were placing a protective field in place and sealing off the roof and below the ground to prevent escape.

“BEGIN!” The ref shouted and Twilight charged her horn and began making exact copies of herself to confuse Discord. Discord had keenly kept track of the true enemy and fired a sphere of pure blackness at the target Twilight, scoring a direct hit and causing the duplications to disappear from her loss of concentration. Twilight got up and shook herself off, getting her head back in the game. Twilight focused her archaic magic and manipulated the very essence and barriers of the dimensions that her opponent existed therein, focusing on abstract exotic partial matter to stretch and distort it into a wave of pure energy that cannot be manipulated to be stopped, resulting in a crash of damage that landed on Discord from a powerful Psywave attack.

Discord shook it off and began spinning and wrapping himself in a wave of shadows before condensing the growing veil of blackness into a pitch black electric flame that left a plasmatic trail behind it before extending his arms to direct the shot at Twilight. Twilight extended her legs and dodged the shot and saw in horror as Discord shot another at the spot where she was going to land. In fear and instinct, she teleported herself away and landed safely twenty feet away from the blast.

Twilight used her magic and started kicking up the dirt below them and grinding it to fine particles and whipping it all around her to create a Sandstorm that may slow him down. Discord saw that she could very well use this as a shield and hide underground away from the storm given the chance, and knew it had to go. He started gathering shadow energy from within him and spun uncontrollably to create another wave of darkness and instead of condensing it, he shot it outwards to nullify the effects and disrupt the Sandstorm in front of him with a Dark Pulse of energy. Twilight condensed the natural magic that flowed within the universe thousands of times over directly in front of her, combining that with a material magic that embedded her to create a Protective shield in front of her to keep the Pulse from hitting her.

Energy began to move and concentrate in front of her horn, giving an aesthetically pleasing look as five distinct ribbons of energy concentrated into a small sphere of blue-purple energy. The ball got bigger and bigger and suddenly the energy contained inside caused it to lurch forward in the direction its caster, Twilight, had commanded upon it. The Aura Sphere attack began condensing and getting smaller and more potent as it flew through the field, almost hitting Discord in the side as he lurched out of the way just in time. Discord was angry that she almost landed a super-effective move on him and did not like the way that rested on his mind. Not one bit.

Discord angrily forced the magic in his veins to seep out of his claw and paw and began juggling golf ball sized Shadow Ball attacks until he had several dozen orbiting his body, instead of one of her previous opponents, he did not throw them directly. Instead, he shot them around, barely hitting Twilight and destroying key structural points in the field that was left by previous battles and her favorable use of the move Dig. As Twilight was herded towards the center of the field, the final dozen Shadow Balls all landed in a ring surrounding her and destroying the caves underneath. The battlefield started collapsing and Discord used this opportunity to rush her and use a Focus Punch, scoring another point for the God of Chaos.

Twilight landed on the other side of the field, bruised, dazed, cut and crushed. She didn’t want to have to resort to what she never used before, but she would not back down. Not today, not to this chimera. She got up, shaking her legs before she stood up tall. Discord was shocked at how she even survived such a feat, much less wanted to fight afterward. He snapped his fingers and the rubble left behind of the battle started floating back into place, leaving a relatively clean slate due to the preciseness of his Psychic attack. Twilight looked Discord in the eyes before she began glowing. A sphere surrounded her as she began to alter her physical form, and emerged from the rocky shell to reveal powerful glowing eyes, a new set of wings, and a powerful Psybeam emerging from her horn. Twilight landed and flared her wings once again, focusing her mind and firing shot after shot of repeated Psybeam and Psystrike attacks, landing several hits per second for several seconds before Discord used a Protect spell to attempt to gain an upper hand. Discord jumped up from his protective barrier as it shattered, dodging all of the shots below before taking to the skies.

Discord gathered some clouds together, at first one or two, but the whole bubble that the stadium allotted was full and the demigod directed all of its energy towards a small target on the ground, whose wings earned her a special weakness to Electric Type moves such as the Thunder she was about to feel. Discord let the move fire and a bolt of electricity the width of a cow landed on Twilight’s Mirror Coat, which was activated by her in just the nick of time. The damage dealt did not get absorbed by the move, but she held on and recoiled double the damage taken during her shock, dealing an amazing shock of damage to the floating fiend. As Discord lost altitude and the clouds dissipated, Twilight did not take any chances and flew above him and firing a beam that sapped his life energy to replace her drained. The Oblivion attack did standard damage, but that was enough to fade Discord from the waking world as he collapsed on the ground in a pool of sweat and charred fur.

Twilight Sparkle landed on the ground as her wings and more slender appearance wore off, and she stood proud as she completed an entire year of battles without a single loss. The shield was removed to reveal a crowd madly cheering and stomping their hooves in response to the most powerful battle ever seen by the naked eye. Twilight Sparkle, personal student of the leader of the second largest nation on their planet, had stood up and defeated a demigod at his own game. The referee ran up and held her hoof high as she smiled to the roaring crowd above her. She felt accomplished, strong, and tired. A team of medical practitioners carried her to a stretcher and wheeled her to the infirmary while a team of ponies began to clean up and repair the field to its former condition.

Back in the infirmary, Spike was visiting Twilight as she recovered from her injuries, keeping her company while she was healed.

“Wow, Twilight! I knew you were good at fighting and all, but wow were you good! I mean you took on Discord! He is a demigod and you beat him up! I am glad I’m on your good side as your brother son adopted surrogate relative thing, Twilight.” Spike excitedly said as she giggled quietly at what the teenage drake had said. Twilight closed her eyes and fell asleep immediately, to be woken up by a nurse with a request.

“Twilight Sparkle? You have a visitor.” Nurse Redheart said as she led in a brown earth pony. He had a short brown mane and a gold hourglass as a cutie mark. He had a tie on with a small collar to keep it fastened. He was either well off or really liked ties, and he had a request.

“Twilight Sparkle? Time Turner here and I was very happy that you made it for a whole year without a defeat. Very impressive, for here at least. Twilight, I want to take you to the big leagues. You went as champion for a year straight, and that means that you have qualified for the ARC Tournament. This tournament has never been broadcasted yet because we are still rounding up the ponies to battle. It is the biggest and most powerful Ponymon tournament ever conceived and the accomplishment you just did is just the entrance exam. What do you say, Twilight? Want to make it to the big leagues?”