Twilight grunted as she blocked an incoming right hook before trying to throw a left hook. Her opponent, Rainbow Dash, smiled as she did the same block.

"Better, but-" Twilight didn't let her finish as she grabbed Rainbow Dash's armor with her right hand and threw herself at her, tackling her into the ground with a thud and pinning her.

Rainbow Dash laughed,

"You have definitely gotten better over the past few weeks," she said as Twilight smiled and pushed herself up. Rainbow Dash used her Spirit to lift herself and put her hands on her hips. It had been a few weeks since the training had begun and Twilight was a quick learner, spending a lot of time with Rarity to work on her balance, and Applejack to work on hand-to-hand combat. Rainbow was the weapons expert, but she wanted to test her hand-to-hand first.

Twilight pushed the hair out of her face and lifted her arm aiming it straight at Rainbow. Her hand glowed a violet color and her swordstaff appeared in her hand the strength of her spirit slightly pushed her hair back as if a gust of wind had done it. Rainbow Dash smiled, a proud sparkle in her eyes,

"Awesome," she said, clapping her hands together and using her spirit to make her hands glow. She slowly pulled them apart, two blades formed in her hands. Short swords, but their blades curved as if they were to outline the outer portion of pegasus wings, the grips were covered in crimson red binding and at the bottom a smaller blade shaped like a lightning bolt. She flipped one around to face her elbow,

"Are you ready for this," she said as her spirit flowed throughout her body, making it shimmer in a golden light. Twilight smirked,

"Bring it!" She yelled and prepared herself. Rainbow Dash smirked and started to spin,

"Spirit Move, C.O.H!" She yelled as her body turned into a tornado and flew towards Twilight. Twilight prepped herself, this was the third time she'd seen the attack, but this time she knew how to deal with it. She let her spirit flow through her and stabbed her swordstaff into the ground and placed her hands over the other blade. She closed her eyes and focused all of her Spirit into the blade, she felt her spirit slowly grow around the blade and cover the room from wall to wall, protecting her.

"Shield of Dawn!" She opened her eyes and watched as her spirit revealed itself as a wall of purple light. There was a loud clash of metal as the tornado collided with the wall. Twilight grunted as she felt the force of her opponent's spirit push against hers.

I can do this she thought as she held her ground. The forces continued to clash for seconds, with neither of the girls giving in. Beads of sweat formed on Twilight's forehead as the tornado pushed harder. She watched as her wall started to crack from the pressure and she started to panic.

"Relax Twilight, take a deep breath and strategize," Discord advised as he closed the door behind him. Twilight nodded and exhaled, maintaining her focus. She looked around, taking notes of every thing as her wall slowly cracked more and more. She looked at the tornado and noticed the angle it was at and even listened to the rhythm of the clashes of the blades inside. She would have to move quick but if she could let her wall go at the right time and flip her blade out of the ground, she could stop Rainbow's attack. She waited and used her spirit to slowly pull the blade from the ground as the wall cracked more and more.

Now! she yelled in her head and let her spirit fall back into her. The tornado raged towards her as she placed the blade down at the tip of the tornado. The blue force vanished all of a sudden and Rainbow Dash fell to the ground rolling to a complete stop in front of Twilight, her swords disappeared and the room fell silent. The battle wasn't over though as Rainbow Dash went to sweep Twilight off her feet. The girl wasn't prepared but out of reflex jumped over the attacker and grabbed her weapon. Rainbow ran towards her with her fists ready to swing, giving Twilight the advantage of surprise. Twilight spun around and stabbed her weapon into the ground. With a smirk she created the wall once again, making it alittle smaller to focus more energy into her new attack,

"Wind Tunnel!" The wall thrust forward quickly and sped into Rainbow Dash sending her flying back into the wall and holding her there.

"Pinned!" Twilight yelled proud as she gasped for air. She stood slowly and pulled her weapon with her from the ground. Discord clapped as she dragged herself to Rainbow Dash and placed her sword against the wall,

"I...finally...beat you," she said, letting her wall and swordstaff disappear. Rainbow Dash fell to the ground on one knee,

"Ya got me," she said happily before rising to face Twilight. Twilight sighed in relief and wiped the sweat off her forehead, her hair was a slight mess, but she did her best to fix it. Discord took a few steps forward,

"Excellent, you are slowly figuring things out Princess, but you are far from done," he said, snapping his fingers. A long black flame ran up his hand and past his fingers towards the ceiling creating a greatsword with several points and edges. The flames extinguished and revealed a long silver blade with a scaled hilt that ended with a jester head and on the guard two curved bars that ended with balls, one end was curved up, the other down.

"This...is Laughing Chaos, my spiritual sword, only I can wield it as you can only wield yours," Twilight rolled her eyes,

"I think I figured that out," she sassed. Discord smirked,

"Oh have you now, well then would you mind a duel?" Twilight summoned her weapon,

"Does that answer your question," she said with confidence. Discord nodded to Rainbow Dash who nodded in return and ran to the center of the room. Discord walked past her and turned, standing in his own fighting stance. Twilight walked to her side and turned, raising an eyebrow at her opponents stance. Discord was standing on one leg, hold his sword over his head with both hands and pointing the blade at Twilight. Rainbow Dash looked at the two duelists,

"Are both of you ready?" She asked both of them. Twilight readied herself,

"Yes," Discord nodded,

"Ready," Rainbow Dash jumped back,

"Begin!" The two didn't move, their eyes locked on each other and nothing else. Rainbow Dash looked between the two and smiled.

studying each other huh, well I have bad news for ya Twi, you've already lost. Rainbow thought as she looked at Twilight who braced herself. Discord jumped slightly and spun swinging his sword around and throwing it towards Twilight at high speeds. Twilight ran towards the blade and slid underneath it, quickly getting back to her feet, she swung her own weapon ready to hit her leader with full force. She froze meer inches from Discord's neck, she felt as if something had changed and before she knew it she felt a slight pain on the back of her neck and another on her stomach. Discord leaned forward towards her ear,

"Pinned," he whispered, as both of their weapons disappeared. Twilight's eyes widened,

"But how did-" he stopped her as he stepped to the side and walked away,

"Simple, our spiritual weapons are also a physical representation of our Spirit, which gives them their own little...quirks," he explained.

"Although you didn't see it, my weapon used two of them...one of them being 'Boomerang' my sword came back to me, the second one was 'Secondary Defense' it left me a smaller blade in its place, so you don't know everything my dear princess so please try not to rush into things next time hmm," he finished as he opened the door and left the room. Twilight looked at Rainbow Dash,

"He...he is scary," she told her friend who nodded in agreement,

"You're lucky he didn't leave a mark," she then turned and opened the door,

"We both need rest so, I'll talk to you when I wake up in the next couple of hours," she closed the door behind her and left Twilight alone with a bunch of mannequins.

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Crossblade jumped to the side as a beam of energy flew past him and hit a tree behind him. He'd been practicing for hours, only taking small breaks for Trxie to rest and for his spirit to not break. He had yet to unlock his Spiritual Weapon but he had faith it would eventually, even if it happened randomly. There were two ways that Spiritual Weapons could be unlocked that people know of. One was if someone unlocked it for you with a specific ability, two was when you knew you were going to die.

Trixie was the closest thing Cross would get without it failing, all he had to do was piss her off. A long time ago Trixie had been possessed by an amulet, now destroyed, that had made her a wicked and evil monstrosity. After the amulet was destroyed, she had returned to normal, but some of the power had stayed with her, only being useful when she was angry.

"Come on Trix, are you that weak that you can't hit a defenseless soldier," he mocked as he dodged another beam.

"Quiet peasant!" She screeched and sent a flurry of beams his way.

"Too far!" He yelled as he dodged his way around every beam. He stopped and stared at a tree that had a big black mark on it,

"Yeah definitely too-" he was interrupted by a red beam of light hitting him and throwing him into a tree. He grunted and fell to the ground trying to catch his breath as a slight burn formed on his chest. Trixie looked at her hand and brought it down before running to her lover,

"Dammit Cross, you took it too far with that thing," she said, trying to use her magic to heal the wound. He pushed her hands away,

"I'll...be fine..." He gasped, gripping his chest tighter. Trixie stood up and raised a hand over him,

"Levitate," she said, her magic obeyed and lifted him up. She pushed him to a tree and used her magic to tie him to it. When it came to certain spells she had to speak, but some spells didn't require much Spirit and magic to use. She placed her hands over his chest and continued to heal Crossblade who looked at the ground his hair covering his face.

"You're stubborn, you know that," she added alittle burn to the healing,

"Ow, ok, ok, you win, I'll shut up," she smirked.

When did you become so dominant all of a sudden? he thought as she finished up. She let the binding spell fade and Cross fell to the ground face first.

"Ow...really," he said as he pushed himself up off the ground. He dusted himself off.

"So round two?" He questioned with a nervous smile. Trixie glared at him her eyes back to their normal color.

"As if, I need rest and so do you," she turned away and started to walk off. Crossblade ran after her,

"Fine, but only for the rest of the night," she raised a brow at him.

"Two nights?" She didn't respond. He sighed,

"Really?" He groaned.

"Give me one week to rest up and we will be back at it." She told him.

"Deal!" He said and raised his fist in the air.

"I think I over did it with the healing," Trixie said placing a hand over her head as they walked through the trees back to their camp. Crossblade put his hands on the back of his head and relaxed his shoulders abit. The forest was quiet, the only sound being the clink of the two rebels' light armor and their breathing. The night wasn't particularly cold but it was also the beginning of summer. They traveled in silence for the next couple of minutes, a slight breeze whistling in their ears being the only bit of sound they could hear.

Crossblade looked at Trixie who was more tense than usual, she hated using that dark magic, she felt like someone else every time she used it. He lowered his hands and grabbed her right hand with his left, giving it a squeeze to let her know he was there. Her shoulders relaxed and her eyes softened, and with a sigh she gave Cross a smile. This was what made him happy, a girl who he understood and a girl who understood him, it was home to him. They continued walking, never parting their hands as they did, they were almost to camp when Cross felt the wind change.

The invisible barrier that hid the camp was right here and only certain people could get it. But something felt off, the wind usually shifted to the left, not the right like it was doing right now. He moved his hand to his sword and watched Trixie summon hers. They looked at each other and turned around, they were being followed.

"Show yourself!" Cross called out, unsheathing his sword and letting go of Trixie's hand. Trixie drew her blade and aimed it towards a tree. She whispered a word Cross didn't understand and a fireball appeared at her blade's tip. She jabbed her blade forward and the ball of fire flew towards the tree. An arrow made of water came from the left and hit the ball, extinguishing the flame before hitting the ground and dissolving into a puddle. There was a thud as a figure jumped from the tree that the arrow came from. Another figure stepped away from the tree that the fireball was heading towards.

"Bounty hunters," Crossblade hissed, as the two figures stepped into the light. The one on the left held a type of bow, it glistened in the moonlight and was transparent. Both figures were cloaked so their features were hidden but their weapons not so much. The other figure was carrying a dagger and a short sword, although they did their best to hide the dagger.

"We perfer the term mercenaries, Flame" he said in an accent that could only say he was wealthy. They knew that the two people in front of them were Flames of Justice, and Sombra had hired them to track down the organization and report back. He also told both of them he would add gold to every head they brought back with them.

"You wanna handle Waterboy or Dualblade?" Cross asked, dubbing the two unknown mercenaries nicknames. Trixie answered by jumping at Dualblade, firing two fireballs and then swinging her sword at the them. Crossblade jumped in between Waterboy and his lover as he went to extinguish her magic.

"Bad move trying to save your partner," Cross told the mercenary before punching the man in the gut. The man hunched over and groaned, his eyes still open. Cross jumped back as Waterboy rose up a dagger coming up with him. The mercenary laughed manically,

"You really are weak Flame, that punch felt like a pinch!" He leaned back slightly his hood falling off, revealing his face. He was gray, his mustache and short hair a bright white. Cross recognized him instantly, he was a famous water mage by the name of Seawave, he was amazingly skilled and was wealthy because of his skills in battle. Of course his partner in crime was his wife, Treehugger, who had mastered the art of camouflage and was skilled in stealth. Which meant Trixie was fighting her.

Cross dodged an incoming slash aimed towards his neck before boiling water flew over his head. Seawave cackled and continued to launch more boiling water at him, forcing Crossblade to retreat further away.

"Dance for me Flame, Dance!" The mercenary cried out with joy. Trixie on the other hand was having little trouble with Treehugger who was now pinned against a tree. Crossblade decided to go on the offensive finally as the mage felt his spirit drain a little too low.

"Should've killed me when you had the chance Asshole!" Crossblade cried out, slashing to and fro and forcing Seawave to back away, ducking, strafing, and even jumping over Cross' blades. Finally he had no where to go and was against a tree a blade against his throat. There was silence as the four people caught their breath, Crossblade and Trixe still had the two mercenaries against the trees as the silence was finally broken by Trixie.

"Why? Why would you even work the man that took you wealth?" Trixie asked their attackers. Crossblade stared at Seawave who started to chuckle.

"You seem to forget, he is the KING of this land and he may have taken it away, but he can give it back to us, as long as we take the Flames of Justice out with him!" The man said as his chuckle turned into a laugh. Trixie looked at Treehugger, a green women who wore a blood red bandana.

"What do you see in him, if I remember correctly you loved nature, you were friends with Fluttershy, what changed?" Treehugger stared at her blankly before a shade of light blue washed over her eyes for a moment. Trixie looked at Seawave,

"You put a spell on her, how long has she been this way?" Trixie yelled at the mercenary, who smirked in defiance.

"Five years my dear girl, and you shall be under that spell too, once I get rid of him," he replied before moving his hand towards Crossblade's stomach.

"No!" Trixie cried out as she watched the dagger head straight towards her lover's stomach. Cross felt the tip of the blade as his spirit built up in his hands. He jumped back as the blade pierced his armor and drew a small amount of blood. He looked at his hands as a three section staff formed in them, two small, curved blades finished the weapon at the ends of it. They looked like miniature scythes connected to a staff. Crossblade smiled,

"Finally, now about your utterly stupid laugh, I think it's time I shut you up," although Crossblade didn't know how to use his weapon really, but he did know he caught Seawave off guard. Cross jumped towards him and sliced once at the man's throat. He watched the metal meet flesh as blood poured from the wound quickly. Seawave tried to speak but all that came out was a gurgle as he slid to the ground, crying out in pain as he let out his final breaths.

"Good riddance," Cross said as the dead mercenary sat still. Trixie smiled at the sight of Cross finally getting his Spiritual weapon but her smile got even bigger as Treehugger broke away from the spell.

"What...what happened, it feels like I just went through tartaurus and back again," she groaned as Trixie stepped away from the girl who was looking around cluelessly.

"It's a very long story Treehugger, welcome back!"

Author's Note

and that's chapter 3...I know it has been awhile but holy buck has it taken me forever to get this done...ive had a lot of major events happening in my life such as getting engaged and even finally starting a youtube channel that should have an audio book reading of Imploding Colon's story, Austraeoh part 1 up in about a month or so, but anyways this is Silvermoon, signing off...PEACE OUT!

P.S. thanks for reading Chapter 3, and also Chapter 4 is in the works so be ready.