“You can’t help them. They are weak and powerless before me!” Yoneko shrieked, waving her metallic foreleg in a dismissive manner.

“Technically, my powers that still affect them this very minute do help them, and have helped them in the past. And since I feel that they need it, I may as well bestow more of my power to them.” Discord replied, the tuft-fingers snapping but once. A glow overcame the forms of the weakened ponies, faint as it was, before all five cried out as pain racked their nerves.

Yoneko scanned the five as they forced themselves out of the mud, and she turned back to Discord whilst grinning. “Look at this! You call this helping them?” She asked, once more waving her metallic foreleg. “You’re hurting them more than helping!”

“That’s funny, I don’t recall my chaos magic doing that unless I so willed it--which I didn’t.” Discord murmured, scratching his chin with his lion paw. A brow was cocked at the display.

Yuuki was the first to stop screaming, her vision blurry as searing pain hit nerves in her head and coaxed tears from her eyes. “My...head...hurts…” She mumbled, taking a step forward on shaking legs. She blinked, trying to clear her vision without rubbing a muddy hoof in her eyes.

“So does my back…” Koto bemoaned, her legs even shakier than those of Yuuki’s. The poor dear could barely stand.

“My everything hurts…” Tenmei complained, eyes scrunched tight. He didn’t even make an attempt to stand.

“It seems I’ve forgotten a few things. Oh well, that’s easily remedied.” Discord commented, once more snapping his tuft-fingers.

Yoneko cocked a brow at the draconequus. “Define ‘easily remedied.’” She said.

“See for yourself.” Discord replied curtly. Yoneko looked around and, much to her surprise, the weakened ponies were bathed in another glow that steadied two, caused the other three to get back on their hooves, and it even renewed Tenmei’s glasses to the point they looked brand-new.

“I already knocked them down!” Yoneko protested, blinking. “How can they stand again?!”

“My chaos magic works wonders, dear.” Discord answered, grinning like a sly bastard.

Yoneko scowled, eyes narrowing. She turned back to Discord. “Once I’m through here, you’re next!” She hissed, stomping her metallic foreleg angrily.

“Here, have a parting gift.” Discord replied, still grinning as his tuft-fingers snapped once more. A literal winged pig appeared before him, and he grasped it in his mismatched forelimbs before hurling it at the alicorn like it was a dodgeball. Yoneko grabbed it and turned it to ash with her magic, not noticing Discord vanishing in a cloud of smoke as she did this.

“That was an unexpected display…” Raki mumbled, eyes wide at the display.

The alicorn snapped to her, eyes narrowing still. “Utter one more word, and you will be sliced into thin ribbons!” She threatened, pointing her blade at the unicorn.

“Why do you have wings?” Rekka asked, glancing at Koto. The mare did indeed have wings on her midsection now, the feathers matching the color of her mane.

“Same could be said about you!” Koto replied, noticing Rekka had the same anomaly on his frame, albeit scarlet in hue.

Yoneko directed her glare at the duo. “I’ll simply slice your new limbs off and cram them down your throats.” She hissed, spreading her pair wide and readying her blade before her, aiming to make good on her threat.

“You have a horn, Yuuki.” Nagare remarked, pointing a hoof at the mare’s new appendage. It was purple, the tip a darker shade thereof.

“As do you.” Yuuki replied, noting Nagare had the same thing happening to him, although green with dark green tip.

Yoneko turned to them. “Dammit! I should just end you right now!” She cried.

“Ah great, now what do I do?” Tenmei sighed, causing the alicorn to turn to him. He had both horn and wings--brown feathers and tan horn with brown tip.

“I will dismember you all!” Yoneko shrieked, rushing at the crossbow-user. Before her blade could connect with his body, a lightpost inexplicably appeared between her and him, grabbing the sword with its lanky limbs.

“You will not touch him!” Raki barked, horn still glowing. The lightpost was easily sliced in two after the blade was pried loose from its front hooves, and so vanished from the world.

Yoneko let off a howl, a wave of magic being released from her horn. This sent the unicorn and the recently-turned alicorns careening away again, all of whom landed in the mud once more. She turned around and charged at Yuuki, who was quick to flap her wings until she was airborne again. The purple mare barely dodged the sword by mere inches. Yoneko also took flight, swiftly punching Yuuki in the face as soon as she was within range.

The mare landed in the mud again, one nostril oozing a small river of blood. She barely dodged the blade, moving her head out of the way before it could impale itself into her skull. Yoneko howled again, putting her front hooves on the wings of the mare, applying pressure until she heard a series of sickening snaps.

Yuuki wailed in pain, just barely pushing Yoneko away with a quick kick of her back hooves. Her horn began sputtering and sparking, but nothing else would come from it. The cyborg quickly lifted her with her magic and threw her into the town hall, causing her to break a window in the process. She then used her magic to break the wings of the other four recently-turned alicorns, causing all of them to shriek in agony.

And then, one by one, she stabbed all six ponies in their legs whilst avoiding direct amputation. She made sure to drag Yuuki back out of the town hall and into the mud again.

After that, she broke the bones in the wings even more using the hilt of her blade. None of the winged five would be flying for a good while after this. For extra measure, she lifted all six into the air with her magical grip and gave the lot a series of shallow cuts on their bodies with her blade, throwing her claws into the mix every now and again until they were on the brink of passing out. The cyborg paused, eying her handiwork.

They didn't move a muscle. She smiled at that, as it told her she had achieved something in this struggle. She flew over to Rekka, hearing him emit a weak groan. Slowly, she moved her sword to the base of his horn.

Yoneko wanted to savor this moment, smiling darkly as the blade's razor edge just barely connected with the hard, bony base.

The blade was moved in a slow sawing motion, only to be inexplicably knocked away as the horn sputtered and crackled briefly.

"What's this?" The cyborg asked, cocking a brow at this mishap. She moved her sword towards the horn again, only for it to be knocked back before it could even reach his head. What in hell was going on? She should've cut off his horn by now.

The cyborg sighed and moved to Koto, who had yielded the same result. The cyborg scratched her head with her metallic leg, careful to avoid digging her claws in too deep in the process. "The fuck?" She murmured, brow still cocked. She attempted to use the blade with the other four, and they too had the same phenomenon happen to them. In fact, when she tried to saw off Tenmei's horn, the blade was knocked out of her magical grasp and straight into the mud. She glanced at the lot, still confused, noticing faint sputters and sparks marring the frames of all six horns.

If she had discernible pupils and irises, they would've shrunk by now. She yelped, feeling something land right between the wings. She glanced around again, trying to find the source of the attack.

None was to be had. It was just her, and the six ponies whom she'd been ordered to kill.

She was hit between the wings again, and the cyborg once more glanced around, only to find faintly glowing horns. Scoffing, she once more tried to sever the damn things, this time using her clawed leg. That too had been repelled, almost as if another entity was stopping her right in her tracks.

"What the hell?!" Yoneko cried, shaking her head and blinking. She tried to sever the horns yet again, and got another failed result. She then noticed all six horns had auras surrounding their frames, which only further confused her.

Hadn't she worn them out already, to the point they couldn't do anything but accept their fate?

The six horns were glowing all at once now, auras radiating a light that grew brighter and brighter. Without any further warning, bolts of magic flew from the points and rushed straight at Yoneko, connecting with her body quicker than she could react. She howled, still more bolts of magic hitting her like a whole cascade of iron bricks.

She barely heard another snapping of fingers, and found that, try as she might, she could not call forth her magic without getting another surge of pain. As a result, she dropped the barely-conscious ponies. Yet more bolts of magic hit her as they landed in the mud and passed out, finally bringing her down to her knees.

Discord appeared before the cyborg again. “You underestimated me.” He said curtly. He eyed the scene around him, snapping his fingers once more and causing the bleeding scars that Yoneko inflicted upon the lot to heal up quick as a whip. “But these six still need to hone their skills.” He added with a sigh.

Yoneko tried to stand up straight, only for her legs to slip from beneath her frame and land her in the mud. “What did you do to the magic Master bestowed upon me…?” She hissed, though her words came out in more of a weakened groan.

“I simply put a magic limiter on your horn.” Discord answered, pointing to the metal horn. Yoneko looked up cross-eyed, only to find a band of copper at the base of her appendage.

She looked back at Discord. “Damn you…” She moaned, eyes narrowed low. She fell after attempting to stand again, her non-altered muscles screaming at her to stop.

Discord glared back at the cyborg. “Judging by your appearance alone,” He started, tail swishing side to side behind him, “I’d say your ‘Master’ did some horrible things to you that even I wouldn’t do had I ruled this world with an iron fist.”

“Master did no such thing!” Yoneko barked, breathing turning ragged. “He and his subordinate simply enhanced my capability!”

“Through torture, from the looks of it.” Discord jabbed, eyes narrowing still. The fingers on his tail snapped, and before Yoneko knew it, an anvil dropped upon her head with enough force to knock her out before it vanished from the world. His tuft-fingers snapped again, and in his bird-hand he held a bottle with a label that read ‘knock-out medicine.’ He read the back of the bottle, only to frown when he saw that the medicine only lasted a few hours.

“I think I can fix this…” He murmured, tuft-fingers snapping yet again. He smiled as the label changed from a few hours to a few weeks or months. The draconequus then knelt down and opened the cyborg’s mouth, emptying the entire bottle into her gob before making her swallow.

A flash of light appeared briefly, and when it ended, Princess Celestia had stood before the town hall. She eyed the scene before her until she noticed the draconequus. “Discord, what happened?” She asked.

“The cyborg very nearly won the fight, quite simply.” Discord answered with a sigh. He looked up, noticing the sky was finally being cleared by the pegasi up above, revealing a half-moon beyond the veil. “Had I not intervened, we’d be looking at six dead ponies now.” He then returned to look back at the princess. “The lot still needs to work on their teamwork, though. They could barely hold a candle to this cyborg’s power--she was about to make sushi out of them, in fact.” He added, pointing his tail at Yoneko for reference.

“I see.” Celestia sighed, horn glowing for a moment in gold. A few moments later, royal guards of the pegasus variety complete with carriage that had some unicorns came swooping down. She looked at them. “Take the armed ponies and sole unicorn into Canterlot Infirmary immediately. As for the modified pegasus,” Celestia paused, pointing a hoof at Yoneko for reference, “take her into solitary confinement. Bind both her wings and horn; she cannot be allowed outside.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” The guards said, the unicorns in the carriage quickly setting to work in loading all seven in the vehicle.

“Um, Your Majesty, the modified pegasus already has a magic limiter on her head.” Stated one of the unicorns.

“Then add another.” Celestia commanded. “And bind her forelegs together.” She added.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Replied the guard with a nod of his head. With that, the armored pegasi began flapping their wings before taking off in the skies to Canterlot, leaving just the princess and draconequus alone.

“What of Little-Miss-Modified’s ‘Master’ and his subordinate?” Discord asked, cocking a brow.

“They’re in the dungeons as well, and shall be dealt with accordingly in a few weeks or so.” Celestia answered before her horn began glowing again, causing her to vanish in a bright light.

Author's Note

Yeah...

~Dragon