Pony Kombat

Cadence slowly rounded a corner and into a dark, dusty, and bloody cavern. She called out to her partner.

“Big Mac!” she called out quietly. “Big Mac, you in here?” She cautiously entered the lair in search of Major Big Macintosh. She found him hunched over holding onto the bars of a prison cell. He was severely wounded.

“Oh my Celestia,” Cadence gasped. Big Mac groaned. Cadence walked up to the prison cell. “What did they do to you?”

“Run girl,” Big Mac said. “Run.” Just then, Sunset Shimmer and two guards entered the lair.

“Ms. Cadence,” he said. “You do not disappoint. I have been expecting you.”

“Let him go!” Cadence demanded. “We’re not part of your tournament.”

“On the contrary,” Sunset Shimmer corrected. “You are very much a contestant. You will face Rainbow Dash of the Pegasi clan of assassins. As soon as she said this, an ice sculpture of Rainbow Dash formed from the bottom up in front of Cadence. It then shattered to reveal Rainbow Dash. She entered a battle position. Cadence walked up to her opponent and readied for battle.

“Now you will feel death’s cold embrace,” Rainbow Dash said. The fight began with Rainbow Dash creating a fake ice clone of herself. But Cadence didn’t fall for the trick. She instead gave some swift kicks to Rainbow Dash and used her back hooves to twist Rainbow Dash’s neck, which made her upper vertebrae crack and split. Cadence then rose her and Rainbow Dash into the air still kicking, then grabbed Rainbow Dash with her legs and threw her into the ground head first, cracking her skull.  That pretty much ended the fight right there.

“Done,” Cadence said. “We’re leaving.” Just then, Celestia appeared from a column of lightning. Cadence was mad at Sunset Shimmer.

“Stand in my way and I’ll kick your a…” she said, but Sunset Shimmer cut her off.

“A challenge?” Sunset Shimmer asked. Celestia suddenly had a vision of the future. It showed Twilight Sparkle defeating Sunset Shimmer in Pony Kombat. Celestia saw that this was what should happen, so she stood in Cadence’s way of Sunset Shimmer.

“No,” Celestia said. “You will not be the one to challenge Sunset Shimmer.” Cadence then became furious.

“You want some too?” she asked. “Fine by me!” Celestia and Cadence entered battle positions and fought. Cadence fought quickly and efficiently against Celestia and won without taking a single hit. Flawless Victory.

“Enough of this!” Cadence cried. She walked up to Celestia and got ready to finish her.

“Shield your eyes,” Celestia ordered.

“What?” Cadence asked, clearly confused. Celestia repeated herself.

“Shield your eyes,” she said. Her eyes started to glow with a searing light that filled the area. Cadence, Sunset Shimmer, and the guards covered their eyes to block out the light. Cadence walked up to the Shining Armor Big Mac was in and used her special energy rings to break him free.

“Big Mac, come on!” she ordered. “We’re out of here!”

“’Bout time,” Big Mac said. As they escaped, the two guards that were with Sunset Shimmer went after them.

“You aided their escape,” Sunset Shimmer said to Celestia.

“You allowed them to escape,” Celestia countered.

“They will not get far,” Sunset Shimmer sneered as she followed her guards.

~~~

Outside of the lair in Sunset Shimmer’s garden, Cadence and Big Mac were trying to escape.

“Come on Big Mac,” Cadence said. “Move it! That’s an order.” Big Mac groaned.

“So you’re in charge now?” he asked sarcastically. Cadence ignored him and called Special Forces on her wrist-com.

“Special Forces Command, this is Cadence,” she said. “Where’s that evac?”

“They are en route and coming to you shortly,” the commander said.

“Affirmative,” Cadence said. Then she turned to Big Mac. “Almost home soldier.” Just then, two other ponies, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, entered the garden.

“By order of Sunset Shimmer, no pony leaves this island,” Pinkie Pie said.

“I don’t have time for this,” Cadence said. “Out of my way.” Rarity and Pinkie Pie double teamed on Cadence. But Cadence had no problem taking out both of them. She however did have some trouble outmaneuvering Pinkie Pie’s razor edged fans and Rarity’s staff. Once or twice she missed a couple of uppercuts too, but she still won.

“Sure don’t need any more surprises like them,” she said to herself. She turned to Big Mac to make sure he was ok. “How are you holding up?”

“I’m fine,” Big Mac fibbed.

“Liar,” Cadence said. “After I get you to base I’m coming back. Vinyl’s still on this island somewhere.”

“You’re obsession with her is gonna get you killed,” Big Mac warned.

“I trusted her,” Cadence said.

“Yeah, we all did,” Big Mac argued.

“But I was the one she used,” Cadence regretted. She heard rotating helicopter blades. “I think our ride’s here.” She got up and waved so the pilot would see her. As the helicopter made an attempt to land, a fireball flew through the air and destroyed the chopper.

“No!” Cadence cried. She looked behind her to see Sunset Shimmer and Vinyl there. Sunset Shimmer had thrown the fireball. “Damn you!”

“You have a challenger,” Sunset Shimmer said. “Vinyl.” Cadence got ready to fight.

“Pretty boy ain’t gonna save ya this time,” Vinyl taunted. She and Cadence began to fight. Two bitter enemies duked it out. Out of sheer anger, Cadence quickly overpowered Vinyl and twisted her neck and cracked her skull like she did with Rainbow Dash. Cadence won the fight through sheer ferocity.

“You’re coming with me,” Cadence said. As she walked up to Vinyl, Sunset Shimmer blocked her path.

“Vinyl is not your prisoner,” she said.

“At least help Big Mac,” Cadence said. “He needs a medic.” Sunset Shimmer just chuckled and walked away.

“Bitch,” Cadence growled. As Vinyl, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie walked by, she sighed in anger. Suddenly, she heard a voice.

“There she is!” It was Shining Armor. With him were Celestia and Twilight Sparkle. “Cadence, are you all right?” Shining Armor saw Big Mac. “Hey, looks like you found him. ‘Sup Sarge?”

“He’s a…” Cadence saw Celestia walking toward Big Mac. “Hey! What are you doing?” she asked. Celestia built up electricity in her horn.

“It’s fine,” Shining Armor assured. “She’s cool.” Big Mac began to glow with a blue light.

“Big Mac!” Cadence cried.

“Relax,” Shining Armor said. “Seriously, she’s cool.” Big Mac was glowing brighter now, a result of Celestia healing him. When Celestia was done, all of Big Mac’s wounds were healed.

“That’s amazing.” Big Mac said.

“Told ya,” Shining Armor said. “Turns out she’s a Princess!”

“Thank you, Celestia,” Cadence said.

“Gratitude is unnecessary,” Celestia said. She turned to everypony. “I have foreseen events, like memories of my future. They lead me to believe that you are all linked to Equestria’s fate.”

“What have you foreseen?” Twilight Sparkle asked.

“In my visions,” Celestia said. “Nightmare Moon becomes invincible. She destroys all life in Equestria. We will all die. I believe these flashes are a guide to defeating Nightmare Moon. But disrupting the flow of time can have serious consequences.”

“I’m not worried,” Shining Armor said. “I bet you could win this thing no problem.”

“Unless directly challenged I cannot participate,” Celestia said.

“Then what should we do?” Shining Armor asked. “Besides standing around looking pretty.” He looked at Cadence when he said that.

“For now, the tournament must run its course,” Celestia said.

“All right then,” Cadence said. “We’re with you Celestia.” The fighters against Sunset Shimmer had assembled, and they were ready to face whatever was thrown at them.