Life with the Sexy Shaman

The next morning, you and Zecora head to the train station to board the next train home. At the station, a few villagers, Zhara, and Rhani were waiting to see you two off.

“It was nice to meet you ma’am. You too lil sis,” you stated.

“I’ll miss you too. Though I see you’ll have more fun things to do,” Rhani winked.

This got a blush from you two. Zecora then turned to her mother.

“Farewell dear mother and sister; I’m glad this parting was better,” smiled Zecora.

“It was nice to see you again my daughter. I pray you next visit will be longer,” hugged Zhara. “So, when can I expect grandfoals?

“Mother!” shouted Zecora, with a deepened blush.

This got a chuckle from the other villagers.

“Uh...well...um...” you stuttered.

It was then you hear the train in the distance. You all look to down the track to see the train was quickly approaching. As the train pulled into the station, you grabbed your belonging and headed for the doors.

“That’s us dear,” you said.

With a nod, Zecora bid farewell to the villagers and her family.

“I wish you well, my dear,” she spoke, before turning to you and poking you with her hoof. “And you better take care of her, am I clear!”

“Yes ma’am!” you saluted.

This got a chuckle from your mare.

“I can assure you that my mate respects me. So polite to him should your temperament be,” spoke Zecora.

“I’m sorry, my dear. I can see with him I have nothing to fear,” smiled Zhara.

With a bow, the two of you then board the train. As it pulled away, the two of you waved goodbye for the final time. As you both made it your seats, you sit by the window and Zecora rest her head on your chest. The majority of the trip is just you two leaned against other and enjoying the scenery. After a while, the train conductor (a light brown unicorn stallion) stopped in front of you. With a cheerful smile, he pointed his hoof to you.

“Tickets please,” he requested.

“Oh yes,” you spoke, reaching into your pocket. “Here’s our tickets.”

As you handed him the tickets he briefly examined them. After a few seconds, he stallion punched the tickets and then gave them back.

“Thank you kindly sir; for doing your part in helping the bureaucratic process work,” the stallion spoke. “Getting off at Ponyville? It’s a nice town. I’ve been there a few times. A real close knit community.”

“Yes, we’re coming back from a working vacation,” you said.

“Really? What do you do if you don’t mid me asking?”

“Well, I’m a researcher while my lovely mare is our resident shaman,” you explained.

“I see…you to sound like you two live and interesting lives,” he chuckled

“That we do.”

“Do you live within the town limits?” he inquired.

“Well, I live with my friend in the local palace. But my beautiful it is a bit a ways from Ponyville. But not too far. Right dear?”

“It’s not too far of walk, maybe five or ten minutes away so definitely not,” she replied.

“So you have a quaint little home just out of town? How wonderful,” the stallion smiled.

“Yes, and I train with her daily. Though we live apart for now, I hope to one day share a home with my beloved shaman,” you confessed.

This got an affectionate nuzzle from your mare, which made the conductor grin from ear to ear

“Sorry, I’m having a hard time containing my excitement. To see such an honest and true young love is a hard to find thing these days,” he stated.

“Thank you. I hope you have a pleasant trip sir,” you replied.

“Of course...thank you. My job is can be somewhat mundane at times, but I believe today will prove to be a most eventful,” he spoke with a subtle flair.

“You think so?” you asked?

“Oh, I know it will,” he stated with an overly friendly smile. “Be well my friend.”

With a nod, he went back to the checking tickets.

“What a nice stallion,” you mentioned.

“And a quite very curious one too. The only ones he’s talked to were us two,” Zecora noticed.

“Really?”

You then looked to the stallion. To your surprised, he merely took the ticket of the other ponies and went on his way. It was then you noticed that he walked with a slight limp.

“Hmm, that’s odd. I wonder why he’s walking with a limp? Eh, must’ve been a work related injury,” you shrugged.

“I didn’t think this was risky work. Perhaps he had a bout of bad luck?” reasoned Zecora.

“Could be. Now, where were we,” you purred as you pulled you mare into your embrace.

They two of you then enjoyed the rest of the trip in peaceful silence.

As you drew closer to your destination, the two of were sleep in each other’s embrace. You were then jarred awake by the conductor’s loud voice.

“Next stop...Ponyville....next stop...” he shouted.

You then nudge your sleeping mare, to which she gently opened her eyes.

“We’re almost home my love,” you cooed.

With a nuzzle, she kept her place on your chest.

“I will be glad to be home and have this trip all done,” she smiled.

“Me too. Afterall, I owe my mare a date,” you winked.

She gave to a sultry smile, as if to state what the ending of the date would be. As the train comes to a stop, you both grab your belongings and head to the platform. As you stepped off the train, you both looked to see that all of your friends were waiting for you and your mare.

“Looks like we got a welcome party,” you chuckled. “Hey girls!”

They turned to see you waving to them.

“Nito! You’re back!” happily spoke Twilight.

They all then rushed over to you. Pinkie was the first to happy tackle you.

“NITO~! I suuuuuuuuuuuper missed you,” she said with her trademark lung crushing hug.

“I…missed…you…too…Pinkie…” you strained.

Before you passed out, Applejack was able to pry you from her grip.

“Calm down there, Pinkie. I’m sure they’re exhausted from their trip,” spoke Applejack.

“Oh right. Sorry Nito,” Pinkie apologized.

“No worries…Pinkie,” you said, trying to catch your breath.

You then saw Rainbow extend a hoof to help you to your feet.

“So, we heard from Twilight that you guys fought of some changelings where ya went,” pried Rainbow.

“Yeah it was tough fight me and Zecora,” you admitted, as you got to your feet. “Heh, we almost died back there.”

The girls let out a collective gasp.

“WHAT?! In your letter you told me that you fought the changelings not that it was a near death experience,” Twilight spoke, a bit upset. “Tell me everything that happened! How for the elixir did you have to use-”

She paused mid-sentence when she noticed something was missing. She performed a quick aura scan, before looking at you with her motherly gaze.

“Nito…where’s the flask?” she calmly asked.

“Oh that…I chucked it after I drank...it all in one gulp” you answered.

“What was that last part?” she inquired with an arched eyebrow.

With an audible gulp to you turned to her.

“I said I threw it away…after…I…drank it all in one gulp,” for replied with a sheepish grin.

A deafening silence fill the air as you saw your friend’s eyes twitch.

“YOU…DID…WHAT?!” she barked.

“Twilight…please…calm down...” you said slowly back away from her.

“Do you have any idea how dangerous that was?!” she yelled.

“Now Twilight, you must simply calm down darling,” Rarity spoke.

“Yeah, you might strain your egg head,” joked Rainbow.

She then took a deep breath and then looked to you.

“Why in Equestria did you drink all of it at once?” she questioned.

Before you could reply, Zecora spoke up.

“He only did it to save me and my brood, without that potion we would’ve been screwed,” she explained.

“I see. Well, since Nito here isn’t going to tell me, will you Zecora? What happened after he drunk it?” Twilight inquired.

Zecora then explained from what she could remember all that happened. She spoke of your transformation, your display of power, everything you conveniently left out of you letter to Twilight. As Zecora finished, the others stood in awe of what they were just told.

“I see...that’s quite amazing,” Twilight spoke awestricken.

Feeling a bit embarrassed at hearing your exploits again, you notice Rainbow was hovering around you with an inquisitive smirk.

“What?” you asked.

“I’m just wondering what you looked like. I bet it was awesome.”

“I guess…” you chuckled.

“I bet you turned then caught his hoof and made him beg for mercy!” Pinkie chimed in.

You turned to her in confusion.

“How’d you know that?” you asked dumbfounded.

“Easy…you see my left eye was all twitchy, while my mane deflated slightly, plus my back right knee was really itchy, at the same time I really craved shortbread cookies and wanted to swim in a tub of grape jello!” she explained with her trademarked cheesy grin.

You were just about to open your mouth to question her but soon closed it.

“Y’know what, I’m not even gonna question it,” you grinned.

Pinkie just smiled with infectious grin. At that moment, the stallion who was checking the tickets made his way over to the group.

“So terribly sorry to bother you, but it seems you’ve forgotten something on the train during your exit."

“Huh? I did?” you wondered. “What was it?”

The stallion then gave you a bone-chilling grin.

“Well...you forgot me…biped,” he darkly spoke.

When you heard that word, both you felt your body grow cold.

“No…girls run!” you shouted.

Before they could react, both the girls and Zecora were bound by a green slime.

“What is this?!” questioned Twilight.

“Ugh, ah can’t break free!” said Pinkie, as she struggled to break free.

As you turned back to the stallion you saw him launch scarlet aura tendrils at girls. When they wrapped around them, you saw that they slowly began to drain them of their energy.

“Ah...what are you doing?” whined Rarity.

“Hey lemme go!” barked Rainbow Dash.

“What the hay?!” yelped Applejack.

They watched in awe as the stallion’s disguise faded and reveal your hated foe, Shade.

“It’s been awhile, biped,” he darkly chuckled. “How’ve you been?”

“Shade?! Why are you here?!” you barked.

He then gave you a cocky smirk.

“Oh...just a bit of personal reflection after our last fight. So, felt I should travel and see some different places and snag some cattle for the hive along the way. You know; nothing too exciting for a Changeling. Just exactly what one would expect me to do,” he calmly spoke.

“Same old bug. Just begging to get squashed!” you scoffed.

“Aaaaannnnnd we're being racist again...you really should work on that. You just came from a village full of zebras. You really should have a real lid on that sort of thing,” he mocked.

You merely shook.

“This coming from the bug who kept referring to me as ‘biped’,” you pointed out.

“And it took you this long to call me out on it,” he noted.

“To be honest I didn’t cate as much as you did. I’m not that sensitive about it like you,” you retorted.

“If you can’t play a few mind game, where’s the sport?” her taunted.

“Whatever. So, you couldn’t get over your last beating so you came back for another one?”

“You mean the one you delivered only with the aid of chemical stimulant?”

“Magical elixir.”

“Semantics…”

“Hey a win is a win,” you shrugged. “Not my fault you were overconfident.”

“Oh? A win is a win? Care to say that to all my collateral?”

He motioned to show that his changelings have capture the populace of Ponyville. You then looked at him with a bemused scowl.

“Hmm...still need to resort to cheap tactics I see,” you spoke, as you took as fighting stance. “Why don’t you try that on me....bug?”

“Oh...that word doesn’t actually bother me. I just assumed that you being the white knight type you would be rattled for being called something demeaning,” he snorted, as he took and offensive stance as well.

“Not at all. When faced with an opponent that’s beneath me, I tend to ignore their jabs at me,” you jeered.

You saw that he slightly narrowed his eyes at statement.

“Beneath you? The situation says otherwise. Just look around, I’ve taken the village hostage and you haven’t done anything about it,” he pointed out.

“Not yet anyways,” you smirked.

With that, you charged for him. He patiently waited for you to reach him. As you threw a punch at him, he quickly sidestepped your assault and delivered a sweeping kick to your side. To his surprise you were able to block it with your free hand. He retreat abruptly but then leapt up to deliver another one. But, just as before, you easily blocked it.

“What?!” Shade spoke dumbfounded.

“What happened Shade? I thought you were stronger than this?” you grinned.

With a growl of annoyance, he then dove in for a headbutt. You braced yourself and took the impact without flinching. Before he could react, you delivered a powerful open palm strike to chest. The impact sent him careening through the other hull of the passenger car. As she rose to his hooves, he saw you were bouncing in place.

“Something wrong, Shade?”

“I don’t remember you being this strong,” he spoke with a surprise.

“What can I say, those zebra you called cattle are quite proficient at fighting. They taught me how to directly focus my aura into focused strikes. As you just felt,” you explained.

He then rose to his hooves.

“I guess I don’t have to hold back then,” he grinned, as he charged you.

As you took a defensive stance, you awaited your foe. Just as he lunged at you, with one fluid motion you grabbed his horn and hurled him through the air. He then landed a few feet away from you. As he got up, you could see the angry blaze in his eyes.

“That’s it! The kid gloves are off!” Shade barked.

As his horn the glowed with a lime green aura, you felt no sense of concern. He then fired a powerful aura blast at you.

“Nito, look out!” shouted Twilight.

With a smug grin, you block the attack with one hand which left Shade and the girls in awe.

“No way…” muttered Applejack.

“Since when did Nito get so cool?” pondered Rainbow.

“Nito…” spoke Twilight.

You then began to slowly walk toward shade.

“I’ll give one more chance to leave Shade,” you warned.

“Dream on, biped!”

As he took a step forward, you appeared in front of him. You then delivered a powerful kick to the jaw. He’s then sent flying toward the train. Just before reached the train, you appeared behind him and kicked him upward into the air. As he sailed into the sky, you jumped up to meet his ascent. Just as you reached him, you delivered an axe kick that sent him crashing into the ground. As you landed on the ground, Twilight and the others were left in disbelief of your new prowess.

“Well Ah’ll be a snowmare in the middle of July. When did Nito get this good?” spoke Applejack.

“I dunno. But he really putting that Shade guy in his place!” grinned Pinkie.

“What do you make of this, Twilight?” asked Rarity.

“I…I don’t know. His abilities have improved so much in such short time…”

You then fold your arm in boredom.

“Is this really the same guy I fought before?” you scoffed. “I can’t believe I had such a hard time with you?”

As Shade rose to his hooves, he began to darkly chuckle.

“I must’ve missed the joke, bug,” you said with an arched eyebrow.

“I finally found one…” he chuckled. “I finally...a one worth killing...”

“Huh? What in Equestria are you talking about?” you asked.

“I can finally use it…”

“Use it? Use what?”

“An ancient spell in which we changeling and achieve great power…”

“You don’t say,” you responded a bit skeptical. “Then why didn’t you use it against me before?”

“You weren’t worthy enough then…but you are now,” he declared with a dark gleam in his eye.

As his horn now glowed with darker aura, Shade began cast the spell. He is then engulfed in a dark green flame. The pain from this transformation caused his screams pierce the field. Through the flames you could see his flesh shed from his body like a reptile skin.

“W-What is this?!” you questioned.

As the flames began to die down, Shade tore the loosened layer of skin from his body. All his scars and bruises that he’d received earlier from the fight are made visible, detailed by what looks like glowing embers buried under his skin. He reached down and picked up the discarded layer of flesh and sears it with green flames. The mass bends, stretches and contorts into a small collection of fragile looking slabs of molted insect hide. Shade welds them onto his body, protecting his vital regions with the macabre armor. With his transformation now complete, you and the other were left in awe.

“What in the-” you uttered.

“What is he?” stated Rainbow Dash.

“Nito be careful,” warned Twilight.

Shade then flexed his limbs, fluttered his wings and then admired his new armor.

“P is for panic that's etched upon your faces. E is for example, soon you’ll know your places. R is how I’ll rrrrrelish your imminent demise. F is for how fucked you are. Now allow me to reprise. E is excitement just look at my new form.
C is for the chaos that your world will soon become. T is for tenacity that before you I will show. The name is Perfect Shade, and I’d like to say....hello,” sung Shade.

“Perfect Shade? Really? That’s what your going wi-” you scoffed at.

Before you could finish, you felt his hoof drive hard into your stomach. Your then launched into the train station.

“Nito!” cried the girls.

As you laid in the rubble, the reality that he’s gotten much stronger began to sink in.

‘Okay…that one hurt…’ you whinced.

When you emerged from the debris, you saw Shade had a mocking grin on his face.

“Okay…maybe that wasn’t just a fancy light show you did,” you spoke, wiping the blood from your mouth.

“Oh it was much more than that, biped,” he replied.

You then charged him. In a flash you were in front of him, but he showed no since of worry. As you drew upon you power, you delivered and aura palm strike to his chest. However, this time he doesn’t even flinch.

“Oh, crap,” you gulped.

“I believe I did warn you that the kid gloves were off, didn’t I?” Shade coldly spoke

Before you could react, he delivered a headbutt that sent you skidding backward. As you stopped, a small trickle of blood cascaded down your brow. With little time to recovery, Shade launched himself toward you. On pure reflex, you uses his own momentum to launch him into a nearby tree. He recovered and charged you for another assault. You were prepared to counter, but his newfound speed caught you off guard. He deliver a swift hoof kick to your ribs, which caused you to fall to a knee.

“In case you hadn’t noticed...you’re not doing too well against me,” he taunted.

You then looked up to him with a bemused scowl, as you cradled your ribs.

“That all you got bug...”

“Let’s find out,” he smugly spoke.

In one swift motion, he delivered a strong headbutt that knocked you to the ground.

“Hmm...guess not,” he scorned.

“Nito!” they girls cried out.

Shade then proudly loomed over you.

“Might as well get comfortable biped. It doesn’t look like you can do much else,” he sneered.

Against his mocking words, you attempted to get to his feet. Shade immediately stomped on you left knee, which caused to fall back to the ground and held your knee in pain. Shade then placed his jagged hoof on the side of your knee and began to dig into it.

“AH!” you wailed.

“Stop please!” pleaded Twilight

He then turned to them with a malicious grin.

“Oh right...sorry...how rude of me...” he spoke, as he walked away from you. “He’s not the only one here...and that fight sure built up an appetite.”

“You…keep...away from...them!” you seethed.

“Are you asking me to put you down first, biped?” he asked in a condescending tone.

Though you’re in a great deal of pain, you desperately tried to get to your feet.

“If you...touch...one hair on their manes...” you growled.

“What? You’ll just sit there and watch? Not much else you can do at this point. Besides, I did promise to make you watch me end the life the zebra that you’re so fond of,” he stated, as he licked his lips.

You then were able to make it to your feet.

“Over my dead body!” you yelled, as you charged him again.

This time however, Shade made no effort to dodge your charge. With all of your might you struck him with another aura palm strike.

“I won’t let you lay a hoof on them!” you declared with gritted teeth.

To your horror, Shade had taken your strike with little effort. Your then enveloped by his dark green aura and held in place.

“You’re right. I won’t lay a hoof on them,” he mocked, before he lifted you up and slammed you hard into the ground. “I don’t have to touch them to drain them.”

The force of the impact caused you to cough up a bit of blood. This made Rainbow to thrash about.

“Just wait ‘til I get out this thing!” she fumed.

To this, Shade merely rolled his eyes.

“Oh I’m truly petrified my prismatic mare. No if you’ll excuse,” he said.

He then approached your beloved mare.

“No...Zecora! Get…away…from…her…!” you grunted, as you tried to break free of his magical grasp.

After a brief chuckle, Shade noticed that you started to slowly get to your feet. As a result, he motioned a group of changelings to hold you down.

“You think you have a say in this, biped?” he taunted, before giving you a sinister grin. “Ok...fine. You have a choice. Who gets drained first?”

“I won’t let you drain anyone,” you snarled.

Shade then knelt down to meet you at eye level.

“It’s not a matter of permission, Nito. I don’t need your approval,” he calmly spoke as he booped your nose. “I'm just giving you a choice of which one of them dies first?”

“I choose no one,” you scowled

“No one? No...one...,” he pondered, as he pretended to go in deep thought. “OH! I get it! You’re being literal. No. One. It makes sense.”

He then gave to an ominous smirk.

“Then I’ll just kill all…of…them.”

You then felt you blood run cold as his word ran in your ears.

“What? No!” you said, still struggling to break free.

He then turn his attention back to the girls. He then began to scan the girls.

“Eenie meenie minie…you…”

He pointed to his prey, as walked over to your cherished friend Twilight.

“Keep away from her!” you angrily spoke, struggling against the drones grip.

“I have a theory to test out. You don’t mind do you princess?” Shade rhetorically asked.

Not waiting for a response, he then touched her horn with his. He then used it as a catalyst and began to slowly and painfully drain all of them. As you saw him you use your friend as a medium for his draining spell, Twilight’s face contorted to one of immense pain.

“GAH!” she cried out.

“Twilight! Stop...stop it now!” you demanded.

“You could have prevented this Nito. You could have picked one of them to die,” Shade darkly spoke. “You could have just walked away when I took that village. Maybe then I wouldn’t have had to come here. So no matter how you look at it…it’s all your fault.”

The truth of his words made you feel a sharp pain in your chest. He wouldn’t have come to your home if you hadn’t saved Zecora’s. You watched helplessly as he agonizingly drain each of your friends.

“Nito...” mumbled Fluttershy.

“I don’t feel...so...good,” groaned Pinkie.

“If I were free...you’d be...toast...” grunted Rainbow.

You frantically struggle to break free to save your friend.

“Stopitstopitstopitstopit!” you yelled.

As you saw you’re friend suffer due Shade, a familiar power began to swell inside of you. Shade then began to laugh triumphantly.

“If only you had your little elixir…then you might’ve put up a decent challenge. Oh well~” he derided.

“You’re just a coward, soon to be battered!” berated Zecora.

His horn then illuminated and Zecora was relentlessly shocked by electrical magic. Your rage was pushed to the limit, you as your mare in pain.

“Zecora! Stop it!” you fumed.

“Why are you mad at me? She brought that on herself. Pawns should be seen, not heard,” quipped Shade.

It was then you felt the dam of your rage break. With the horde of changeling on your being, you managed to get to your feet.

“I...SAID...STOP!” you screamed, as your aura erupted.

This got his attention as he quickly turned to face you. Still covered with drones, Shade felt a small tinge of excitement as he looked into dark violet eyes.

“Yes…” he grinned.

It was then your hair the flared upward and turned midnight blue.

“N-Nito...” Twilight spoke in awe.

You felt your muscles tighten as your skin tone quickly turned to dark tan.

“So...awesome!” said a jubilant Rainbow.

After a few seconds, you felt the power surge in your body. With a loud roar, you knocked off the drones with a powerful shockwave. Then area was then consumed with a blinding light. As the light faded, the girls looked in amazement at your transformed state. Your body gave off small flashes of electric discharge as your body is now engulfed in a dark blue aura. Shade couldn’t help but grin.

“Well now...look who grew a pair. Ready to step up for another round?” he asked.

Your response was a swift cross jab to his jaw, which sent him crashing through the train. Awestruck, the drones then turned to you with venomous glares.

“Stand…down!” barked Shade.

They all then looked to see Shade burst through the roof of the train. He then glared at you with a look of utter disdain.

“...He’s mine!”

You then turned your attention to your hated foe.

“I’m gonna enjoy breaking you!” you spoke with you words laced with malice.

“Ooohhhh...I’m shaking,” he responded with a sarcastic flare.

“You will be!”

You then teleported in front of him and delivered a strong punch to his abdomen. With a growl, Shade countered your strike with his own. You in turn countered with another strike. The two of you then continue to go back and forth with a flurry of high speed strikes. With each blow, a powerful gust of wind would emit for the two of you. The others watched in awe at the spectacle before them.

“Zecora...was it like this last time?” Twilight inquired a bit bewildered.

“This is a different rage, my dear Alicorn sage,” Zecora answered.

Back at the battle, Shade delivered a well-timed hit that caused you to skid backward. As you regained your composure, you smirked at your foes and spat out some blood you the side of you.

“That all you got,” you scoffed.

“It seems you’re stronger than last time,” Shade mentioned.

“Too bad for you, bug.”

Shade’s eyes narrowed at you for a moment, but soon glanced over to the girls.

“Let’s so just how strong…” he chuckled.

Before you could retort, he fired a devastating blast at the girls. Not missing a beat, you teleported in front of them and took the brunt of the attack. As you were engulfed by the attack, the impact caused and explosion. When the smoke settled, all that remained was a scorch mark in the spot where you were.

“Not even any ashes left...pathetic,” huffed Shade.

“Nito!” cried Fluttershy.

“You heartless monster!” spat Twilight.

“Flattery will get you nowhere princess,” he chuckled.

As she gritted her teeth, Twilight turned her head in disgust. When she did she notice that Zecora was looking off into the distance. She followed her line of sight to see she was looking at you standing atop the water tower.

‘Nito…’ she smiled.

Meanwhile, on the top of the water tower, you prepared to launch your attack. You then performed a series of arm movements then formed a diamond shape with your hands.

“SHADE!” you called out.

His ears then perked up and he turned to face you.

“Oh my giddy aunt,” groaned Shade.

He then took aim and prepared to fire another aura blast at you. Just before he was about to fire, you launched a power aura sphere at him. He then countered with an aura blast of his own. As the two attacks clashed, they both reached a stalemate. At a few seconds, you ball began to be pushed back subtly. You noticed this, and then fired a shockwave that added twice the force behind your attack. At that moment your sphere plowed through his beam and heads toward him. With no other defense, Shade quickly formed a barrier around myself. As the orb impacted the barrier, Shade was knocked backward.

As he is flying backward, you appeared behind him. You then formed an aura sword to deliver a series of slashes to his back. You then appear in front of him and with one hand delivered a crushing blast that sent him barreling into the train station. After a few seconds, the station exploded as he emerged from within. As he exited the rubble, Shade glared at you with great disdain.

“Ok...now I’m mad!” he bellowed.

“And we’re just getting started,” you smugly grinned

You then saw him magical grab a heavy wooden beam and steadily charge you. You quickly formed another aura sword and met his charge. When he swung his beam, you easily sliced through it with you blade. With the momentary opening you delivered a hard kick to his chest. As you did this, Shade magically grabbed a piece of the cleaved wood and struck you on the side of your head.

You impact caused you to recoil backward, as you tried to recover from the hit.

“Why you!” you said with gritted teeth.

“There’s no one to blame but yourself! You could’ve easily dodged it!” Shade pointed out.

He then chucked the piece of the beam at you. On instinct, you block the piece with your foot and planted in the ground. You then came up with an idea and used it to leap in the air. As you sailed into the air, you called out to Twilight.

“Twilight! You and the other ponies cover your eyes.”

“What? Why?” she asked.

“Trust me. I have a plan,” you assured.

As you gave her this instruction, Shade delivered a surprise uppercut that sent you flying faster into the air.

“What did I just say about dodging?” Shade quipped.

With a grin, you stopped your momentum and hovered in midair. You the wiped you mouth.

“You hit like a foal…” you taunted.

You then saw him hastily fly toward to you in a blind rage.

‘So predictable…’ you thought.

You look to see that every one of the Ponyville ponies had their eyes covered. You then placed your hands in front of your face and then spread your fingers.

“Solar Flare!” you declared.

At that moment the whole area was consumed by a blinding light. This caused both Shade and the changelings you recoil in pain.

“BLOOD AND ASHES!!!” Shade wailed.

In a fit of rage, he began to wildly fire his Phantom Shot in midair. Some ponies and changelings were hit in the process. You then rushed to him and delivered a powerful kick that sent him crashing into the ground. As you landed a few feet in front of him, thought his vision was still impaired but look toward you with great hatred.

“Wow, Shade. It seems your rage blinded you,” you chuckled.

“You wretched biped! You will make you suffer for this!” he threatened.

As he got to his hooves, you appeared before him and delivered a barrage of high-powered punches. When you delivered the last one, Shade was sent sliding backward. He then shook his head to regain his composure. Within a few seconds, he was able to regain his vision.

“You seem upset, Shadey,” you teased.

“Anger is Power!” he stated, as charged and hit you square in the chest.

As you skid back, Shade noticed the grin on your face.

“Not in all cases. You’re living proof of that,” you mocked. “What would your queen think if she knew you lost to a ‘biped’ twice?”

He then gritted his teeth in anger.

“Oh...you think you’re being cute?” he growled.

“Bug please, I’m adorable.”

With his eyes of burning rage, Shade fired a focused Phantom Shot at you. On reflex, you narrowly dodged it.

“Ooh, consider that nerve touched,” you jeered.

In a fit of rage, he then took aim at you beloved mare.

“Ever the coward I see,” you spoke bemused.

He then fired a strong blast at Zecora. You easily moved a few feet in front of her and took the hit. As a result the impact caused you to fall to a knee. Just as you were about to rise to your feet, Shade appeared before you and aimed his horn at your head. Before he could fires his attack, you rolled out of the way and fired a volley of aura beams at him.

He was able to dodge some, but was soon hit a cluster of them. He then ran toward you and lunged himself. You quickly grabbed him and in a fluid motion rolled him over you and tossed him to the ground.

“Give it up shade! You know you can’t-” you started, but was cut off by a kick to the throat.

You then fell to the ground and clasped your throat. As you were coughing, Shade prepared to deliver another strike. Before it could land, you clutched his hoof.

“Enough!” you spoke.

You delivered another aura palm strike to his chest that sent him flying backward. After he rolled to a stop, he gingerly got to his hooves.

“So much for the changeling empire. You can’t even handle one human,” you scoffed.

He then cast a spell that shrouded himself in a fiery aura. Once he was engulfed in the flames he wildly charges you. You then a defensive stance and awaited his approach. As he drew closer to you, the fiery aura was then channeled into his horn. Before you could react, he appeared before you at point-blank range.

‘Oh crap…’ you gulped.

At that moment, Shade blasted you with powerful fire shot. Then impact sent you flying through the air. As you landed hard on the ground your body remained motionless. With an air of victory, Shade slowly walked over to you.

“Wherefore now, heroism?” he mocked.

You didn’t respond, as it appeared the impact had knocked you unconscious. As they witnessed this, the ponies began to fear the worst.

“Nito...” Twilight spoke in a hushed tone.

When Shade finally reached you, he prepared to slowly and painfully drain you.

“Leave him alone!” shouted Rainbow Dash.

He then gave her a dark grin.

“I will…when I’m finished,” he said with a sinister chuckle.

As he turned to begin his draining session, he was met with a powerful kick to his jaw. As he recoiled back, he popped his jaw back into place.

“Playing possum I see,” leered Shade.

“Best way to catch ya off guard,” you grinned.

“So you want some more huh?”

“I’m just getting started,” you answered, as your aura began to fluctuate stronger.

“So, you gonna actually gonna fight seriously this time?”

You then disappeared in a flash. As he looked around to find you, he was kick from behind and sent careening into another train car.

“You tell me,” you spoke.

This time, you noticed that he was a bit slower getting to his hooves. Not letting get a moments rest, you appeared before him.

“Gatling Fist!” you declared.

In a blinding assault, you delivered a barrage of aura punches to various places on his body. With each punch, you could see his armor slowly begin to crack. With one final punch, Shade then fell to the ground hard. You then grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground.

“We’re not done yet, bug,” you spoke.

As you did, Shade struck you with a vicious headbutt. As the blood trickled down your brow, you countered with a devastating fist to his stomach which broke through his armor. This caused Shade to cough up a bit of blood.

“Now, there’s only one way to make sure you’ll never threaten my home ever again,” you firmly spoke.

With your free hand, you formed an aura ball.

“You gonna do it or are you just gonna put me in a body cast?” taunted Shade.

You gave him a bemused glare.

“I was thinking more like a casket.”

Once you’ve gathered enough power, you prepared to fire your attack. Shade then looked you dead in your eye without a hinge of fear.

“Yeah...do it... It’s what I’d do in your position,” he calmly pleaded.

Just as you were about to fire, Twilight call out to you.

“Nito stop! He’s not worth it!” she cried.

Her words caused to momentarily stop.

“Your intentions may be true, but the abyss watches you,” warned Zecora.

You then look to her out of the corner of your eye.

“But he’ll just come back and try to hurt you guys,” you explained.

“There will always be conflict and we will always meet it. But the day we cross that thin lines is the day where evil wins,” she spoke.

You knew her words spoke truth, but part of you didn’t want to risk him coming back. Shade could see your internal struggle, and began to chide you into action.

“I wonder...who will I kill first when I come back?” he began. “You Nito? Your mate? Or...perhaps...yes...” he began, as he sniffed the air. “Ah…that soft milky scent...I’ll just start with the foals of this town.”

Your eyes the glowed with a white fury. You then moved the sphere mere inches away from his muzzle.

“But who first? The one with the red bow? The one with the drone like eyes? Or perhaps the crippled pegasus?” he continued.

You knew well the fillies he was referring to, and that made your blood boil even more than it already was. You then clenched his throat tighter as you spoke in a loud, booming voice.

“I WILL END YOU!” you bellowed.

Before he could retort, you absorbed the aura sphere into your hand and delivered a powerful aura fist to his chest. The impact sent him crashing through three buildings. As he flew through the last building you appeared in front of him. You then delivered a roundhouse kick that sent back in the other direction. As he skidded in front of the girls, the sky then grew dark. When they looked to you they saw you’d formed an even larger aura ball.

“That’s…it...” Shade coughed, as he rolled onto his back.

You then menacingly stalked your prey, as you purposely took your time to reach him. You noticed him trying to get to a vertical base. You expelled a shockwave that knocked him back onto the ground. But when you saw him try again, you cast a spell that made his body become denser, which made it difficult for him to move. When you finally reached him, you stomped down on his back with great force. As he lay embedded in the ground, you kicked onto his back and placed your foot on his chest.

“YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!” you yelled.

With no sign of fear, Shade gave you a condescending smile.

“I can…see it…right now…biped…” he retorted.

“Not after this…” you said with a sinister smirk.

Before he could rebut, you stomped on his chest with a bit more force. With the impact, you felt a rib crack. This cause him you cry out in pain.

“I...still...see...the sun...” he whispered.

At that moment, the aura tendrils that were around the girls vanished. With her energy no longer being drained, Twilight fired off a spell that freed her and the other.

“Ok girls, you handle the changelings. Zecora and I will assist Nito,” she spoke.

With a nod, the others head off to free the other ponies while she and Zecora rushed to stop you. As you were about to end it, Zecora wrapped her hooves around you.

“My dearest Nito, please do not go down this road,” she pleaded. “Your foe is beaten and no longer a threat. Please stop before you do something you’ll regret.”

Shade then looked at you with a blood grin.

“You and I....both know...only one thing will stop me Nito,” he spoke.

“Dearest you simply cannot win without being better than him,” implored Zecora.

With her word spoken, you continue your internal struggle to not kill him.

“And if you don’t...then the blood of ponies...will be on your...wait...what do you have?” he spoke with a tilted head.

“The most noble steel is that of a shield,” said Zecora.

“But...what if he hurts you, my love. I’d never forgive myself,” you responded.

At that moment, you felt her grip tighten around your waist.

"If under Shade you sink below...you would no longer be Nito,” she replied with a somber tone.

“Seriously...those things at the end of your limbs...that are those?” asked Shade in bewilderment.

You stomped on him again.

“Silence!” you barked.

“Do it, biped! End me now! DO IT!” he demanded.

“Enough dearest...no more conquest,” she cried.

You then turned your head to her. Before you could speak, you saw the desperate plea in her eyes. It was then your rage began to fade.

“Zecora…”

With a gentle smile, she rest her head on your back.

“Nito…” she sighed.

You then turned your attention back to Shade. When you saw the look in his eyes, you knew Zecora was right. He was beaten, and he knew it. There was nothing he could do but make empty threats. At the moment you came to yourself and let out a deep sigh. You then dispelled the large sphere.

“As usual my love. You’re right he not worth it,” you chuckled.

You took your foot off his chest and then kick him over to his drones.

“Leave and never come back!” you stated.

“You...You’ll regret this...” replied Shade.

“I doubt it...bug,” you smugly grinned.

Shade then used one of the drones to lean on.

“Now be gone!” you declared, as you turned to walk away with Zecora.

As you walked, you soon heard the rhythmic buzzing coming from behind. You then saw the other drones leave their fight with your friend and head toward Shade. You quickly turned around to see the whole swarm facing you.

‘What the-’ you thought.

You then saw they began to charge their horns.

‘No…’

“Destroy...him...” seethed Shade.

“Shade…don’t do this!” you said

“Since you can’t kill me...let’s see if I can kill you,” he responded, as he spat up a bit of blood.

“Zecora get back!”

“Burn...him…to...ashes!” ordered Shade.

The drones then prepare to fire a collective blast at you. Within little room for error, you pick up Zecora and run to Twilight. You then deposit her at Twilight’s side and then turn your attention back to swarm.

“Twilight, I need you to get all the ponies behind me and form a barrier around them,” you instructed.

“Huh, what are you plan-” she queried before you interrupted.

“Hurry!” you spoke never taking your eyes off of the swarm.

As she looked at you she could sense you determination to protect everyone. She was in awe of how much you’ve grown

‘Nito…when did you become so strong…’ she smiled.

She then casted the multi-teleportation spell that transported all the ponies behind you and formed a barrier between you and them.

“Thanks Twi,” you said.

“Admirable...but a mistake biped... If all of you contributed you might’ve had a chance...” he jeered.

“They won't be needed,” you spoke with a confident grin.

Just like before, you positioned your hands so that the base of your palms are touching. You then motion them to your side.

“Ka…me…ha…me…” you started.

At that moment, you began to drawn upon your power and a large light blue aura ball began to form in your hands.

“What is he doing?” asked Rainbow.

“I’ve seen him use this technique once before. Soon our foes will be no more,” Zecora mentioned.

“Is that so?” noted Twilight.

As you continued to gather your aura, the drones were prepped to fire.

“This...will...end...you!” barked Shade.

“Not if...I...end...you first...” you countered.

“FIRE!” he shouted.

At that moment, the collective swarm fired a barrage of aura blast that combined into one beam. With one motion you thrusted your hands forward.

“...HA!”

You fired then a large aura beam at the approaching attack. As the two beams collided the resulting impact expelled a massive shockwave. Though it appeared to be a stalemate, your beam began to be slowly push theirs back. Shade noticed and fired another aura beam to add to the collective blast. The added force began to slowly push yours back.

“Hang in there Nito!” shouted Twilight.

As you tried to push back the beam, you felt yourself slowly start to skid backward. You then dug you feet into the ground to stop your backward movement.

“Give it up…biped. You’re up against an entire battalion of changelings. There’s no way you can win!” derided Shade.

You were about the retort, but you soon noticed their beam was inching closer to you.

‘Is this the limit of my strength? Can I not fight them off?’ you questioned.

Just as you started to doubt yourself, you heard the ponies behind you cheer for you. You then turned your head to them, to see each of them with encouraging smiles.

“You got this!” said Pinkie

“Come on, Nito! Don’t give up!” cheered Rainbow.

“We believe in you, darling,” stated Rarity.

“Show those bugs what happens when you mess with Ponyville,” grinned Applejack.

“Though their numbers are greater than you, defeating your power is something they cannot do,” sweetly spoke Zecora.

And the encouragement kept coming from each of the residents of Ponyville. As you heard them, you found a newfound resolve.

‘That’s right! I’m not alone. I have everyone here with me. So, I can’t lose!’

You then felt a new rush of power surge within your core. You then added a bit more force to your blast, which began to push the changelings’ attack.

“NO…” groaned Shade.

As the beam continued to be pushed back, the changelings pushed themselves to their limits. A growl of frustration left Shade’s lips as he and his minions were unable to stop your beams advance.

“It’s impossible! You can’t lose to a mere biped!” he shouted.

Then with one final push, you then unleashed your blast at full power. Your beam immediately overpowered the blast and rushed toward them. Shade formed a barrier around them, but it was instantly shattered when your attack impact. In a flash, him and his battalion were engulfed by your aura. The attack then fired into the air and the changelings were sent flying through the sky until the fade in the distance like a stars. With the threat now vanquish, the townsponies erupted in cheer.

You let out a deep sigh, glad that the fight is finally over. You turned to your friends and your mare who were on their way over to you. Zecora was the first to reach you, and after a brief inspection she wrapped you in a tight embrace.

“Though your feat today was truly, I’m just glad that you’re okay,” she said with a tearful smile.

“I’m glad too,” you smiled back.

Rainbow then flew around in a rainbow blur before she landed in front of you.

“Nito... That was...AWESOME!” she exclaimed.

“Those brutes will definitely think twice before coming back,” noted Rarity.

“I bet that will,” you laughed.

“Are you okay?” asked Fluttershy.

“Yeah…somehow,” you sheepishly grinned.

At that moment you reverted to your normal state. Twilight then looked at you with a mixed of confusion and intrigue.

“But I wonder, how were you able to transform without using the potion?” she queried.

“I...don't know...” you responded.

“Maybe the effects of the potion left an imprint on his natural aura; allowing him to tap into his body’s magical reserves when under extreme stress. The result was a surge of adrenaline that was enough to ‘trick’ his body into tapping into his energy without the potion. Kinda like how unicorns use their horns,” explained Pinkie.

You all then turned to her with astonished gazes.

“Uh…” you uttered.

“Pinkie…how’d you come up with that?” asked Twilight.

“Just an educated guess,” you squeed.

“Pinkie, you are most wise for a mare your age. Tell me, are you secretly a sage,” pried Zecora.

“Hmm…nah…” she grinned.

“In any case that was simply amazing, dear,” spoke Rarity.

“Aw shucks girls. You’re making me-” you started, but then you were hit with a wave of fatigue.

As a result you started to wobble a bit. Zecora used body to catch you.

“Dearest, are you well?” she asked.

“I feel a bit drained,” you admitted.

“Come on, Zecora. Let’s get back to the palace,” suggested Twilight.

With a nod, you all head back to the palace where you can recover from your battle.