The whole academy is in full swing with loud music and decorations as the first day of the Supernatural Games is under way. On the left side of the academy using the running track and other athletic areas is the sports section of the Supernatural Games. On the right side of the academy is the gardening club's large greenhouse and a laboratory for any clubs that do experiments, the facility's are being used for the magical part of the games. Inside the academy all the cooking classrooms have been set up for the baking part of the games. Meanwhile the back of the academy was cleaned up and has been transformed into an arena featuring multiple fighting areas. Against the back of the academy overlooking the main fight stage is the student council judge's box which has TV screens above them so they can watch over all the other arena areas. The majority of the student council members are already sitting on their respective sides inside the box with Presidents Flutterbat and Nike sitting in the middle sharing some wine. Fancy Pants is talking to Selene while she sharpens her sabre.

"What is it you wanted me for, Selene?" Fancy Pants asks.

"You won't have to worry about Amore... After our heart to heart fight last night I doubt she will have it in her to compete." Selene states.

"I see... That puts me at ease, not that I doubt you and your team, Mrs. Bloodmoon." Fancy Pants nods.

Octavia walks past them both wearing a wide smile.

"Good morning, Fancy Pants. I hope today will prove interesting to watch." Octavia makes her way to the judge's box.

"She seemed... A little too happy." Fancy Pants mumbles to himself.

Selene looks up to say something, but instead stares into the distance.

"Oh you have got to be fucking with me..." Selene sheathes her sabre and stands up.

Fancy Pants follows her line of sight and his jaw drops in equal bewilderment. In the distance walking towards the arena area in front of the judges box is Amore with her silver case across her back walking beside Silver Stitch and Moonlit Dusk while Tranquil Wind, Veronica, Scarlet Orange and Aqua Streak are behind them. The group reach the pair and Selene shares a fierce stare with Amore before they move on to find a place to sit.

"What the devil was that about?" Fancy Pants asks Selene.

"She doesn't want my team and I to lose before she gets a chance to pound us into dust during the final." Selene states while sharpening her sabre.

"I'll never understand how you fighter types relay whole messages through an intense stare... Well, in any case good luck. Try not to lose, eh?" Fancy Pants walks off to join everyone in the judge's box.

Principal Flutterbat stands up with Principal Nike so they can deliver the starting speech.

"Welcome everypony, Gryphon, Changeling and Minotaur to the twenty fifth annual Supernatural Games. This year the games are being held to welcome the coming of Winter and to mark the coming end of a school term." Principal Flutterbat begins.

"To both academy's we wish the best of luck in their respective areas and desire nothing but your best efforts. Each specialist area of the Supernatural Games is being individually scored with every area's score being added up in the end to provide the true winner." Principal Nike continues.

"To this end we hope that each area has put it's best hoof and talon forwards to show the best it's academy can offer. With the entrance speech out of the way, do your best and strive for exceptional results." Principal Flutterbat finishes.

"Let the games begin!" Both principals state in unison before sitting down and pouring more wine.

Amore cracks her knuckles and she and her team take arena one and Selene's team set up on arena five. Octavia stands up to deliver the fighter area speech.

"Now, I'm sure you all already know how this works, but for those new to the fighting part of the Supernatural Games I'll explain the rules again. Each team must fight their way to the top of the board and aim for the pre-quarter finals, so you could call this the preliminary rounds. During this stage each team is given one life, should they be defeated that life is expended and they are taken out of the running. When a team is taken out their current score will be added to the representing academy's total fighting area tally. So, it's needless to say, but the more you win the higher your score and if you make it all the way you win big points. Next comes the rules of engagement. Any team may challenge one another to a duel, but you may want to think carefully about the capabilities of your squad. For these duels you may use any weapon or ability that is known to you, nothing is out of bounds except killing. We have a combined exceptional medical unit on standby for any serious or fatal injuries that may occur. I need not remind everypony that by signing up to partake in the Supernatural Games Fighting Arena you forfeit any right to a complaint or lawsuit against your representing academy upon the infliction of said serious and fatal injury. In the case of an unexpected death the inflicting individual will be detained and held for trial by none other than Princess Luna herself and the academy's reputation severely stripped for such an offence. With those base explanations out of the way I wish you all luck and may the battle commence!" Octavia bows slightly and sits back down.

"Is everything prepared for the arena?" Amore asks Veronica who folds her arms.

"I don't quite recall when I became your second in command, but... I appreciate the position. Your mother oddly sent me an email stating that the modifications were done and payments had been made." Veronica looks at Amore who smiles.

"I figured you were used to the position and knew how to handle it. In the meantime, let's turn up the volume!" Amore holds her arms out and claps her hands together hard.

The resulting smack of her hands draws the attention of everypony nearby including Fancy Pants in the judge's box. The ground rumbles slightly as the area behind them opens up and a three tiered bench rises out. Fancy Pant's jaw drops and he turns to Principal Nike.

"Principal Nike, surely the Von Scratch girl cannot claim an arena all to herself? This is most unprecedented." Fancy Pants states in distress.

"You see, Fancy. The Von Scratch family, much like the Von Melody family are one of the three leading Vampire families in Equestria. As such they are also the wealthiest. Lady Von Scratch made the payments for the modifications herself and gave a generous donation to both academy's." Principal Nike swirls her wine glass around.

"Y-you mean to tell me she is the legitimate daughter of Vinyl Von Scratch?! I always thought her a simple pretender to the Von Scratch name! She had no proof and what's more no confirmation when I sent a letter to them asking about her legitimacy!" Fancy Pants states in shock disbelief.

"Be careful , Fancy. Your tie is starting to look crooked." Octavia giggles and crosses her leg.

Fancy Pants checks his tie and huffs before settling down. Meanwhile back at arena one Amore is sitting with her team on the bench while flicking through her iPod. Suddenly a group of four Crystal Prep students wielding various weapons step into the red outline of the arena.

"Hey! We want to challenge you, Amore!" The main stallion points his sword at the group.

Amore turns to look behind her and beams a wide smile.

"Which one of you want to take on this group?" Amore states, still flicking through the iPod.

"It's only the start of the games so I suppose we should save our new team members for later battles. I'll take this one." Veronica states as she enters the fighting ring.

Veronica draws her daggers from the sheathe at the base of her back before flipping them around her hands a few times.

"Something upbeat?" Amore asks, looking around her team who give her mixed head gestures making her groan. "Upbeat it is then, you guys are so talkative in the morning."

"Amore, surely you cannot hope to let one team member take on all four of us by herself." The main stallion states.

Amore simply gives him a confident grin before throwing an upbeat fighting tune on from the iPod and gets comfortable to watch the match. Veronica and the opposite team charge towards each other. Two mares try to sandwich her between a joint attack, but are deflected at the same time by Veronica's daggers. Using momentum Veronica mounts a counter attack by performing a cyclone blade move which takes out both mares who attempted to follow up their deflected attacks. The second stallion charges at Veronica and uses his speed to try and unleash a flurry of quick strikes with his short sword. Sliding underneath the stallion, Veronica side swipes his legs making him start to fall over. After her initial attack Veronica kicks the stallion in the stomach causing him to roll across the floor. She then turns to the main stallion and flips her daggers in her hands again.

"Looks like you're the first score for our team, da?" Veronica smiles as she sprints towards the stallion.

The main stallion ducks under her first slash, but fails to dodge the follow up attack which connects Veronica's knee with his face and puts him on the ground. The crowd watching Amore's arena cheer as their first win is added to their score and Veronica sheathes her daggers again before walking back to the team. A group of medics with stretchers run over and collect the students before running off again.

"Looks like the party is truly getting started now, let's pump up the volume shall we?" Amore states with a wide grin before crossing her legs and leaning back.

Another team stepped into the arena this time being composed of four mares wielding longswords. Tranquil Wind sighs as she steps into the fighting ring and looks back at Amore.

"I got this one." Tranquil Wind states before narrowly dodging a slash from one of the mares.

Tranquil Wind grabs the mares wrist twisting it making her drop the longsword. She then kicks the back of the mares right leg bringing her to her knees before hitting the back of her neck to knock her out. After she hits the floor the remaining three mares jointly attack Tranquil Wind with two slashes that cross each other making her dodge by leaning back in a limbo. The third mare then attempts to slam her sword down on her seemingly defenceless position, but Tranquil Wind stops the blade with her teeth and maintains her posture. Her eyes turn the same cloudy deep blue as Selene's, she then breaks the blade in half with her teeth before standing up straight and performing a one-two punch on the left mare in front of her to put her down easily. She then dodges a whirlwind slash from the right mare counter attacking with a strong punch to her chest followed up with a swipe kick to put her down. Turning to the last mare she drops her sword and sighs in defeat before leaving the arena with her team aided by the medics.

"That was fun." Tranquil Wind walks back to the bench to have Silver Stitch sit on her lap and cuddle her gently.

"Bloody Love is up by two hundred points. Both Cinnamon Skulls and Vermilion Rebels have been defeated." Octavia updates the digital leaderboard which is displayed above the whole arena from the display in front of her on the judges box.

"Flying Avengers, Cyan Witches and Grounded Destruction have all been defeated bringing Silver Fangs total points to three hundred." Fancy Pants updates the leaderboard.

Amore takes her headphones down and frowns at the large digital display. Looking around she can see that three hovering Crystal Prep teams are loitering near her arena and she gets an idea. Jumping up she walks over to the judge's box.

"Sup, are these fights limited to just one on one team battles or is it possible to spice things up?" Amore asks.

The student councils look at each other before shrugging and Principal Nike chuckles.

"It has never been done before to be honest-" Principal Nike is interrupted.

"I'm just asking if it's possible for two or more teams to face one team in a two on one or three on one fight." Amore states.

Principal Nike blinks a few times before a wicked smile creeps across her face.

"Hmm well, what do you think Principal Flutterbat? I have no problem with it." Principal Nike swirls her wine around in the glass.

"Hmm? Sure, I don't see why not." Principal Flutterbat smiles in response.

"Sweet, thanks." Amore walks off.

Fancy Pants leans into Principal Nike. "Are you sure that's a good idea?"

Principal Nike laughs and leans back in her chair. "Calm down Fancy, if she wants to eliminate her team from the running so easily, who am I to deny her the end?"

Amore stands up on the bench and points to the three teams and whistles to get their attention.

"Hey! How about you three Crystal Prep teams fight my team all at once? A three V.S one fight." Amore jumps down to a sitting position.

The three teams look at each other, consisting of a mixture between Lycans and normal ponies, while being comprised of mainly stallions this time. After a few minutes of talking they all agree and step into the arena brandishing an even wider array of weapons such as longswords, short swords, daggers and clubs. Amore leans her head back to look at Moonlit Dusk, who is lying across the top bench tier.

"I've set up your stage, if you'd like to perform." Amore closes her eyes.

Moonlit Dusk sits up and stretches before strolling down into the arena area and pulling out a MP3 player from her lab coat pocket. She plugs in some normal earphones and puts it back before cracking her fingers.

"My name is Moonlit Dusk, daughter of Sunset Shimmer and Starlight Glimmer. Hidden descendant of the one and only Undead Pirate Princess Lula Bloodmoon. Spirits, heed my summons and grant me the audience I seek so that I might end this quickly." Moonlit Dusk holds out her arms and smiles.

After several seconds a glowing blue spirit of a massive shark rises from in front of Moonlit Dusk and snarls at the three teams who now seem shaken and are unsure of what is going on.

"Finish them quickly and without mercy, oh please don't kill them." Moonlit Dusk orders as she points her finger towards them.

The shark nods in compliance as it flies towards the teams and begins tearing through them. Smacking them with his fins, head butting them and biting them with his teeth. The three teams are quickly defeated each without a single scratch on their physical bodies. Fancy Pants coughs violently on his orange juice box as he blinks his eyes.

"How is that even possible?" Fancy Pants exclaims to Principal Nike.

"Moonlit Dusk is the descendent of the Undead Pirate Princess Lula Bloodmoon. While our beloved Selene Bloodmoon is a descendent of her named bloodline who did not receive her necromantic gift, Moonlit Dusk comes from the bloodline that did. By the looks of it and her eye, she got the whole affinity. Meaning she not only posses the same if not stronger level of necromancer magic that the princess had, but she is also the true heir to her power." Principal Nike explains.

"How many high bloodline ponies does Amore have in her damn group... She, herself, is the daughter of Vinyl Von Scratch. Moonlit Dusk is the descendant of the Undead Pirate Princess Lula Bloodmoon... Who the devil is next?" Fancy Pants sits back in his chair.

Moonlit Dusk strokes the spirit shark, rewarding it for a good job before it leaves back into the ground and she sits down again as the teams are being removed from the arena by the medics.

"Wasn't quite expecting that, but I'm very impressed." Amore states with a smile as she looks up at the leaderboard to see three hundred points added to her team.

Fancy Pants grunts in annoyance, laying his head on his arms and sighing.

Meanwhile on the academy rooftop a hooded figure leans on the railing and watches Amore's team with intent. Her coat is a bright orange like Amore, she wears a black long hood, black shirt with a sword sheath strap across the front, black hard leather trousers and a belt that has many daggers around it with a crossbow bolt pouch on the back.

"A bit dangerous for you to be here, isn't it?" Princess Luna stands beside the figure and looks at them.

"I guess... My brother found something and left his notes out again... I had to come see for myself if what he suspected was true. What better day to do so than the fabled Supernatural Game?" They carry a thick country accent.

"You know your recent actions have made you a very unpopular pony around here." Princess Luna states making the mare scoff.

"'Their actions... I take no personal responsibility for the Hooviet Union vampire hunter divisions actions, nor for those of the necromancer Shintaku..." The mare replies in defiance.

"Hmm... Most interesting. I shan't pry, but you should still be careful around here. Do be sure not to kill anyone... That'd be an annoying situation for me to be put in... You were one of my favourite pupils after all. So, do behave." Princess Luna states before disappearing.

The mare sighs deeply and checks a silver pocket watch before resuming to watch the fights

Selene leans back on her teams bench bobbing her head to some music coming from her headphones while a dark pink mare with an arctic blue mane and tail that has midnight blue highlights walks over, sitting beside her.

"Put your ear to the ground, listen to that sound. You're a house of cards and its about to fall down~" Selene sings to herself before being tapped on the shoulder by the mare.

Sliding an earphone so she can hear anything she says, Selene looks at the mare's midnight blue eyes.

"You might be interested to know that Amore's team is proving annoying to the leaderboard." The mare points up to the big digital leaderboard

"Midnight Allure, sweetie. She may have got her fire back, but she wont reach the finals... I'd give it till the semi-finals at the most." Selene states relaxing.

"Are you sure you should discount her so easily, mein Freund?" An alabaster mare asks, who is sitting on the opposite side of the bench.

Looking behind her Selene can see that she wears a military uniform composed of greens and blacks with a distinct emblem patch on her shoulder. Her light blue eyes smiling back at Selene who sighs.

"Rein has a point, we all know how she used to fight at Crystal Prep. We can only assume she has improved her technique since leaving." A mare next to Rein adds.

The new mare has a deep blue coat with golden eyes, her straight mane and tail are golden with black streaks.

"She hasn't... I fought her last night. Still the same overzealous Earth Pony we used to spare with." Selene states bitterly before putting her headphones right.

"Wir werden sehen, wie sich dies entwickelt." Rein comments before going back to watching some nearby fights.

"I still think Aries has a valid point... She was emotionally unbalanced during your fight no doubt. Without that unbalance there is no telling what she is capable of. It's clear her team doesn't lack skill." Midnight Allure sighs deeply before cuddling up to Selene.

Silver Stitch sits back down after handing out high fives for her victory in the arena and cuddles up to Tranquil Wind once sat back down. Amore looks at the time and that another more skilled group steps into their arena wielding longswords and broadswords. Standing up she stretches and breaks out her scissor blade from the silver case below her and slowly steps into the arena.

"Finally coming out from behind your team to face somepony yourself. We have just enough time to put you in your place and rest for the quarter final tomorrow." The lead stallion states flipping his longsword around his hand.

"To be honest I'm surprised we got so many teams to fight, but I was afraid if I fought so soon it'd scare them all off. I guess we aren't as fearful as Selene's team..." Amore's signature smile graces her muzzle as her demeanour changes into a battle stance. "Shall we fix that?"

Amore flips on a song with her iPod and places it firmly in her pocket before tapping her hoof to the beat. The lead stallion calls for the charge signalling Amore's queue to sprint towards them, sliding underneath two longsword slashes and stopping just in time to avoid a downward broadsword strike. Amore smiles and uses her legs to push herself up into a back flip over the two ponies behind her. Once back on her feet she two step kicks the left mare in the face before blocking a slash from the right stallion, enabling her to knock his hooves out from under him and render him unconscious on the floor. Rolling to the side she springs up into a defensive stance against the remaining lead stallion and his two team members left.

"Is it just me or does Amore seem to have a certain... Pодник to her step?" Veronica asks looking to the others.

"Hmm she does seem to have an extra spring in her movements, like she found new purpose." Moonlit Dusk comments.

Amore charges at the trio and slides underneath the lead stallion before flipping up and knocking out his left goon with her knee. She then blocks and counter attacks a slash from the right goon taking him out with the 'pommel' of her scissor blade, all before the lead stallion could turn around.

"You lose~" Amore sings before two step kicking the lead stallion in the face putting him on the ground.

At that moment the leaderboard was updated once more before fireworks and a whistle marked the end of the preliminary rounds. The surviving teams gather in front of the judges box to be addressed as Principal Nike and Flutterbat stand up.

"Congratulations to those who now stand before us as the surviving contenders of the Preliminary rounds. From here on out it is even more rigorous." Principal Nike begins.

"All the teams standing here right now are some of the best in the running. As such this will no longer be a cake walk. This is the way things have always been, how they always will be. Those of you who manage to make it through the next few days will reach the fabled finals." Principal Flutterbat crosses her arms.

"From this point on, no longer shall we see you fight in these dusty makeshift arenas." Principal Nike smiles.

"From now on the thirty teams before us shall fight in the most hallowed of our sacred grounds." Principal Flutterbat looks at Nike.

"Many have lost and many have won in this arena of champions. Not all of those wins have been supernatural, but normal ponies too." Principal Nike explains.

"From this point on you shall fight to prove which is the best in-" Both Principals take a breath as they push a button on the judges box.

"The Supernatural Games Fighting Arena!" Both principals shout as a large shaped arena begins to rise out of the ground in front of them in the distance, not too far away from the academy.

The arena is beautifully designed like a football or Pokemon stadium. Carrying such grace and elegance in its dark pitch black colour scheme and dark décor. All the teams stand in awe, but none so more then Amore herself who can't take her eyes off the grand stage. That is until a soft pair of lips caressed her neck and warm arms wrapped around her.

"Enjoying the Supernatural Games?" Octavia's soft velvet voice rings in Amore's ears almost making her purr.

"Sooo much~ I'm extremely glad you asked me to set up a team." Amore leans back into Octavia.

By now the majority of the teams have dispersed so they can rest for tomorrow, but Amore couldn't take her eyes from the arena.

"It'll still be there tomorrow, come on. You need rest and a nice warm bath." Octavia licks Amore's ear making her shiver.

"Oh~ So... Good~" Amore moans lying on the bed naked with Octavia on top of her, also naked.

"I figured after your bath you'd enjoy a peaceful massage. After all you were tense trying to keep up with Selene's team." Octavia massages a spot in Amore's back hard making it crack.

"Oh sweet Celestia!" Amore moans before melting back into Octavia's skilled hands. "I didn't want to be second to her, not again."

"You will get to face her in the finals. I can tell you that your teams are on opposite sides of the board for the pre-quarter finals. However, you know I cannot tell you the exact line up." Octavia massages the base of Amore's back making her purr.

"That's okay, knowing would spoil the surprise. I'll try my best and hope it's enough. When did you get so good..." Amore moans as Octavia slides up to her shoulders.

"I had my head maid teach me after you mentioned about achy muscles and a hurting back. I learned just for you." Octavia whispers into Amore's ear.

"You're the best marefriend I could have ever asked for. I mean that, fighting skills and an amazing personality. Selene doesn't even compare to you~" Amore praises Octavia.

The mare in question lays her front flat against the orange mare's back rubbing her chest playfully upon her marefriend. "Your flirting is getting better~" Octavia snakes her hand under Amore's thigh and between her legs where she made the singer use her vocals in such a delightful way.

"I love when you use your voice so well during our private sessions. It sounds like liquid gold." Octavia nibbles on Amore's ear.

"Just as much as I love you using those skilled fingers to play my-" Octavia cuts Amore short with a sudden action which sends shocks of pleasure through the mare. "like your cello~" Amore finishes.

"Let's help you blow off some steam and relax before the fights tomorrow. I believe you deserve a reward for besting that werewolf's team today." Octavia purrs in Amore's ear making her practically melt into the grey mare eagerly.

Author's Note

Sorry for the delay, I was having a few problems writing for a period of time. Also, I'd like to point out that Rein is indeed a Nazi. There was much debate within myself weather or not to do what I had in mind. After getting very little feedback off a blog post which included this issue and not having any personal issue with doing it. I have gone ahead with my original plan. Next chapter is already in the works.