:Encounter:

Sabrewulf leaped from the roof and landed feet first onto the ground, snarling at the six mares and cyborg that stood across from him. The werewolf narrowed his eyes at his seven opponents, choosing which to attack first. While the desire to rip flesh from bone was strong, he also knew that attacking Fulgore first would be the wisest choice. Attacking one of the Ponies and leaving himself open would be a fatal mistake, as the werewolf was already familiar with the destructive tools Fulgore had at his disposal.

"A...A werewolf?" Twilight Sparkle slowly backed away along with her friends. "I've only ever read about them in books, I've never actually seen one..." She stuttered.

Applejack chuckled nervously. "Hehe...uh, there's a first time for everything sugarcube."

Sabrewulf let out a mighty howl and slowly approached his prey.

Fulgore challenged him with a metallic growl, and stomped his way forward, Plasma Blades at the ready.

Not wasting any time, Sabrewulf rushed forward and jumped at the cyborg. Fulgore pulled his arm back and prepared to throw a straight punch, but Sabrewulf's speed was much quicker than he anticipated, as he swiftly circled around behind the cyborg and hammered his elbow into the back of his head.

Fulgore stumbled forward before quickly regaining his footing, turning around to face his opponent only to find Sabrewulf already in the air flying towards him.

The werewolf snarled viciously as he hacked away at Fulgore's torso with his claws, leaving slight scratch marks on the metal. Fulgore growled and thrust his foot forward into Sabrewulf's gut, forcing the fierce werewolf back a good distance.

Before Fulgore could even put his foot back down to regain his full balance, Sabrewulf was already back to his feet and rushing towards him on all fours.

Acting fast, Fulgore fired his eye lasers at the ground in front of Sabrewulf, attempting to force him to run right into them. Again however, Sabrewulf's instincts were much sharper than he gave credit for, as he ceased his running and barely avoided the lasers before jumping into the towards the cyborg.

Fortunately, Fulgore had him this time. As soon as the werewolf was about to strike, Fulgore pulled his metal fist back and hammered it upwards, delivering a powerful spinning uppercut that sent the werewolf into the air.

-Combo Breaker-

Realising his slow movement was affecting his capabilities, Fulgore raised his arms and opened up his chest, a bright red light started flashing inside as he began charging up his Reactor.

Knowing what his opponent was doing, Sabrewulf landed on all fours, not far in front of the six mares, who all shrieked in fear, and started rushing back towards the cyborg again.

Seeing him approaching, Fulgore ceased his charge and thrust his arms forward, firing several Energy Bolts at the werewolf.

-Reactor: 50%-

Sabrewulf manoeuvred around each of the blasts and, after dodging the last one, jumped forward. With his claws ready, Sabrewulf slammed his entire body into Fulgore, growling at the impact before standing over the cyborg. Without hesitation, the werewolf began hacking away once more with his claws, scratching Fulgore's metal body slightly, while leaving several open cuts on the few organic parts he had.

Knowing the werewolf was going to leave serious damage eventually, Fulgore quickly retaliated and fired his eye lasers into his opponents chest.

Roaring in pain at the burn mark on his chest, Sabrewulf jumped back and rubbed his chest before glaring daggers at the now rising cyborg.

Upon getting back to his feet, Fulgore raised his arms and disappeared into a cloud of black fog.

Sabrewulf's eyes widened, learning too late what his opponent was doing and howled in pain as he felt a large metal fist collide with his back.

After teleporting behind the werewolf to throw in his attack, Fulgore quickly opened his chest up to begin charging his Reactor again, leaving himself open as his body was surrounded by a blood red glow.

Twilight watched carefully on what Fulgore was doing while Sabrewulf was recovering from the attack, trying to figure out the purpose of the red flashing thing inside his chest. 'What purpose does that serve exactly? From what we've already seen, the werewolf is much quicker, its speed is letting it outmanoeuvre Fulgore due to his bulk and slow movement, but even with that speed, Fulgore is able to counterattack because he has more options for defence, close and long range combat. We've already seen the power he's capable of, so why isn't he ending this right now?'

-Reactor: 95%-

Almost there.

Fulgore's Reactor was nearly charged at maximum, but before he could finish charging, Sabrewulf was already rushing towards him. The cyborg growled and closed his chest, but his still slightly slow movement gave Sabrewulf the time he needed to jump forward slash his claws against the cyborgs head.

Little damage received. Though Fulgore knew it was only a matter of time before his opponent hit an important part of his body that would leave him crippled. He had to end this now.

Pulling his metal fists back, his Plasma Blades activated again. Fulgore lunged forward and started hacking away with his Plasma Blades, but despite the increase of energy from the Reactor, it wasn't enough to help him keep up with Sabrewulf's speed.

The werewolf continued to dodge his opponent with ease, waiting to find an opening to the cyborgs attack pattern.

As soon as Fulgore threw his slowest punch, Sabrewulf snarled viciously and grabbed his large metal arm before he could pull it back.

Acting fast, Sabrewulf pulled backwards and dropped himself to the ground, bringing Fulgore over and ontop of him. With his large feet pressed against Fulgore's metal torso, Sabrewulf mustered up all the strength he had and fired Fulgore overhead, sending the cyborg flying and crashing head first into the castle wall.

The six Ponies nearby all watched in shock as the cyborg landed on the ground, his large metal body remained motionless as the cloud of dust from the crash slowly faded.

Before they could run to his side to check on him, they all jumped back with a fearful shriek as Sabrewulf jumped in front of them.

"You girls get out of here! I'll hold it off!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she shot towards the werewolf.

Sabrewulf just snarled and smacked her aside with the back of his large claws before setting his sights directly on Twilight Sparkle. Narrowing his eyes at the lavender Alicorn, words from his 'master' burned in his mind.

"The ones that possess both a horn and wings seem to be in charge. Kill them on sight, and if any others get in your way, kill them too."

Growling, Sabrewulf stomped forward, his eyes still fixed on a frightened Twilight.

Acting fast, Applejack jumped in front of her friend and thrust her hindlegs into the werewolfs gut. "Back off ya no good varmint!"

Sabrewulf glared at her and grabbed her by the neck, growling viciously at the farm mare as he picked her up and threw her into Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie Pie frowned at the blue werewolf. "Well, if you think you'll be getting any parties thrown for you then you can think again! I don't throw parties for anypony who is mean to me and my friends and hurts other Ponies for absolutely no reason! I think you should apologise right now otherwise I'll have to-" Pinkie Pie was cut off as Sabrewulf clamped her muzzle shut with one of his clawed hands before tossing her aside into her friends.

"Back you savage!" Rarity, assisted by Twilight, both charged up their horns and fired beams of magic at the werewolf.

It burned, only slightly however, almost as if it was a laughably weaker version of the lasers Fulgore used.

Seeing the werewolf still closing in, Fluttershy slowly backed away as it closed in on Rarity and Twilight.

"Our magic is barely affecting him!" Twilight shouted as she tried to push the werewolf back with more powerful blasts of magic.

By the time he was within close enough distance, Sabrewulf lunged forward and grabbed both Twilight and Rarity by the horns, immediately putting a stop to their magic before lifting them into the air.

The two mares cried out in pain as the werewolf tightened his grip around their horns, with the intention of breaking them completely, then he would kill them.

Fulgore finally recovered from the previous attack and slowly rose to his feet. Upon seeing that Sabrewulf was currently distracted with the two mares in his claws, he decided to take the opportunity to finish charging his Reactor.

As he did so however, his scanners started picking up a massive energy signature.

Fluttershy looked back and forth between the three mares who were currently piled ontop of each other, and the two who were currently suffering in Sabrewulf's grasp. "How dare you..."

Sabrewulf's ears twitched slightly upon hearing her words.

"How DARE you...!" Fluttershy unfurled her wings and hovered above the ground as she flew in front of Sabrewulf, who was currently glaring at her curiously. "You think you can just hurt other Ponies and get away with it? Do you?!"

Sabrewulf's glare was slowly wavering and his grip around Twilight and Rarity weakened until he finally let them go, the two mares then quickly backed away while rubbing their horns to soothe the pain that was still present. Sabrewulf's full attention was now on the yellow Pegasus that was currently hovering in front of him, giving him a rather, scolding, glare, like the one a mother would give to her child when they did something stupid.

"You think that just because you're bigger than us, and scarier than us that you can just go around and hurt other Ponies whenever you want?!" Fluttershy added as she closed in slightly, her stare intimidating Sabrewulf into backing away slightly.

-Reactor: 100%-

Fulgore just watched on silence, still unable to believe that the energy signature his scanners picked up was directing him towards Fluttershy.

No matter how many times he tried to get accurate information, his scanners repeated the same thing over and over.

Subject Name: Fluttershy
Species: Pegasus
Method of Execution: Use Devastation Beam
Threat Level: LowMediumHighVery High Extreme

Fluttershy poked Sabrewulf's head with a forehoof, forcing him to take another step back. "Just because you're big and strong and scary doesn't mean you have the right to go around hurting other Ponies! Especially my friends! How would you like it if somepony bigger and scarier came along and started picking on you! Would you like it?! Huh?!"

Sabrewulf timidly shook his head, his ears drooped down and his eyes were now furrowed into a look of fear.

"That's right! You wouldn't would you?!" Fluttershy continued to scold. "Now I suggest that you go away right now and leave my friends alone or else I'll give you a whole new reason to be scared!"

Backing away, Sabrewulf nodded rapidly and turned to run away.

Seven steps was all he took before he realised what just happened. But before he could respond in any way, his earlier opponent teleported in front of him.

Eyes widening in shock, Sabrewulf tried to jump back but Fulgore had already grabbed his arm.

With his Reactor now fully charged, Fulgore tightened his grip around Sabrewulf's arm. Mustering up all of his power, Fulgore effortlessly removed the werewolf from the ground and threw him into the air.

Opening up chest, Fulgore wasted no time and fired his Devastation Beam into the werewolf in the distance.

Fluttershy and her friends all just watched in stunned silence as the large red blast of destruction collided with Sabrewulf's form and sent him flying off into the distance.

With the beam dying down to a complete halt, Sabrewulf was now but a dot disappearing into the cloudy sky and completely out of sight.

Victorious, Fulgore let his energy cool off before turning to Fluttershy.

As the rest of the mares trotted over to their friends side, Fluttershy just continued to keep her eyes locked with Fulgore's, looking up at him in fear before she decided to slowly back away. "Um...I..."

Fulgore would have narrowed his eyes if he could, as he watched in confusion as Fluttershy hid behind her friends.

'I may have to rethink my opinion on that one. It's possible she may very well be the most powerful creature in this Kingdom.'

Princess Cadence and Shining Armor galloped through the streets of Canterlot towards the castle in great haste after they witnessed the large beam breaking through the roof.

After they received a letter earlier today from Princess Celestia asking for their presence, they were more than happy to oblige and travelled by train.

It was only a few minutes after they arrived at the city that all Tartarus broke loose and everypony was running around screaming and barricading themselves in their homes.

When the two finally arrived at the castle, they were shocked to find all of the guards half dead. Some of the less injured were moving the more critical wounded to the medical ward, while the guards still fight worthy were rallying in the courtyard.

"What happened here?!" Princess Cadence asked as she and her husband reached the small group of guards that were gathered.

One of the Lunar Guards faced them and replied, "An intruder suddenly appeared in the castle and started attacking everypony in sight. We believe he has made his way to the throne room but any remaining passages there are blocked by rubble and we have no Unicorn or Pegasi guards to spare."

"Let's go!" Shining Armor nodded to his wife and teleported to the upper wall of the castle, followed closely by Cadence who used her wings to keep up with him.

It was like the guard said, most of the hallways were blocked off by rubble. Something must not have wanted them to get to the throne room.

Fortunately, Cadence and Shining Armor were able to teleport their way to the other side of the rubble, so they were able to keep moving on. They couldn't help but stop to spare horrified looks at several dead guards they passed along the way, whoever was responsible for this, Shining Armor and Cadence had every intention of making them pay for such brutality.

Celestia didn't mention in her letter why she asked for them, only that it was really important and it concerned the wellbeing of Equestria. Cadence knew from the last few times that letters with such words meant that something, or somepony dangerous had risen to bring ruin to Equestria and enslave its population. Much like Tirek not too long ago, and barely any different from King Sombra back at the Crystal Empire.

It was certainly not the Changelings, as none were in sight, and Queen Chrysalis wasn't foolish enough to execute a surprise attack twice after the last one failed.

The only other conclusion could be that it was a whole new force, and since they were currently unaware of any other past foe of the Princesses, they had no idea what to expect and merely prepared themselves for the coming storm.

As soon as they arrived at the throne room doors, Shining Armor used his magic to force them open and rushed in, followed by Cadence how hovered down to the floor.

Their eyes were immediately on the motionless form of Celestia, and the injured form of Luna, who was currently standing in front of her unconscious sister, struggling to stay on her hoofs.

Cadence and Shining Armor then turned to the only other occupant in the throne room. A bipedal skeletal creature with torn and ripped clothing on its...skeletal body, along with what looked like rope and half of a ships wheel attached to it.

An evil chuckle came from the creature as it slowly turned to the two new occupants in the throne room. In place of eyes, there were small glowing lights in the sockets that helped show little to no expression on its skeletal face.

The skeletal creature let out a loud cackle and, with its cutlass raised, charged the Prince and Princess.

Author's Note

I was in the mood so I decided to get this done. I know, I just happen to get this out a day after the last chapter was uploaded which took like a month if I remember correctly. Well, like I said in the last Author's Notes, I was dealing with things and I was just in the mood to get this chapter done. And of course, some of you predicted what I was going to do next, good job. I plan on having more characters show up but the next one might not be until after a chapter or two. We'll just wait and see. On that note, I'm planning on writing another Killer Instinct Fic, I won't say what, but I will say that I won't be starting it until this one's done first.