Equestria Girls-Fighting is Magic Edition
Old Friends: New Foes?
Previous ChapterInside of Twilight's backpack, Spike was sleeping comfortably. Slowly he started to wake up as he opened his eyes. Groggily he started to move around a little inside of the backpack, before deciding waking up wasn't worth the effort, and closed his eyes again, preparing to get more sleep. However when Spike closed his eyes the memories of yesterday flooded in his mind, and with great urgency he popped his head out of the backpack.
"Twilight!" Spike cried as he frantically turned his head around in many directions, looking for any sign of danger. "Are you okay?! Where are we?! Where's the creepy person in the black cloak?! What day is it?! What time is it?! Are we-."
"Calm down, Spike." Twilight said as she turned her head around towards him. She was walking down the hallway of the school. "Everything is fine."
"Twilight, you're okay!" Spike said with relief. "What happened yesterday?"
"Spike, there are some things I need to explain to you." Twilight said. She then informed him on what Celestia told her.
"Wow." Spike said with amazement. "You got to meet another Celestia? You actually fought Luna? Plus you have some kind of new power flowing through you? That's awesome! Wait a minute it's not fair. How come you get turned into some weird creature with cool powers, but I'm stuck as just a dog?! I demand a redo!
"Sorry, Spike." Twilight said with a chuckle. "I guess I got lucky. But more importantly we need to find Sunset Shimmer, reclaim my crown, and return home as soon as possible."
"Right." Spike said nodding his head. "So how do we start?"
"Hmm, I haven't really thought of a plan yet, Spike." Twilight confessed a bit dejected. She, and Spike continued to walk through the hallway. It was full of students, each of them hanging around green lockers. Each student seemed to be carrying some kind of weapon ranging from swords, bows, spears, and other things. It was kind of unnerving to Spike.
"Uh, Twilight, I know this is a combat school or something, but seeing so many well...armed, is kind of weirding me out." Spike said as he observed the students.
"I feel the same way." Twilight said. "But we can't lose focus we need to-." Twilight, the whole time she was walking, had her head turned towards Spike, and wasn't looking where she was going. Due to this, she failed to notice up ahead a student was preparing to open his locker. Just as he did Twilight walked right into the locker door, and was sent to the ground.
"Ow." Twilight said as she rubbed her nose with her eyes closed.
"Oh man! Sorry about that!" The student replied. Twilight looked up, and saw a hand outstretched towards her. It belonged to a teenage boy. He had blue spiky hair, with blue eyes. His skin was light, and he was wearing a black jacket with red/white stripes on the arms over a white shirt which had a symbol of a blue shield with a yellow lighting bolt on to it. He had on blue jeans, with shoes that were black/white. Twilight took his hand, and he helped her out.
"Are you okay?" He asked. "I should've been paying more attention."
"No, that was my bad." Twilight said. "I wasn't looking where I was going."
"I haven't seen you around before." The student said. "Are you new here?"
"I am." Twilight responded. "I'm Twilight.
"Flash." Flash replied. Just then a bell rang, and students immediately left their lockers, and started rushing into classrooms.
"That was the bell, so it's now it's time to go to class." Flash explained. "What class do you have now?"
"I, well.. I don't know." Twilight admitted. Suddenly a look of horror came upon Twilight's face. "I don't know! This is terrible! How can I not know what my class is? I'll now be late for my class or I'll go the wrong class, and disrupt it. I'll then be known as someone who not only commits truancy, but who disturbs classes. People will then think I'm a bad student, and these expectations of me will also cause me to think I'm a bad student, and I will become one! Then I'll-."
"That escalated quickly." Flash said interrupting Twilight. "Listen, just relax. Right now I have Combat Training. Why don't we head to the class together, and see if we can sort things out from there?"
"That sounds....good." Twilight said calming down. With Flash leading the way both of them then walked towards Combat Training. They then entered a room labelled 203. Inside students were seated down in multiple rows of desk going from the back of the room to the front. In front of the room was a black stage. On the stage was a teacher with blonde hair. She was wearing a pink scarf over a purple coat, with a black dress. Her skin was light brown. As Twilight, and Flash entered the teacher noticed both of them just as the bell rang.
"Mr. Sentry good to see you on time." The teacher stated with an authoritative, and professional tone. "Who is this with you?!"
"This is Twilight, Mrs. Harshwinny." Flash explained. "She's new here, and she's not sure which class she's in right now."
"Hmmm, let me check my attendance list which I received from Celestia this morning." Mrs. Harshwinny said as she took out a golden tablet. "Ah yes, it says here I have a Twilight in this class. You're in the right place. Both of you take a seat so the class can now commence."
Twilight sighed in relief, and she, and Flash both took a seat. Flash sat in the middle of the class, while Twilight sat in the front. She put her backpack on the ground next to her. Spike popped his head out, and started looking around.
"Spike, remember no pets, so keep quiet, and out of sight." Twilight whispered. Spike nodded, and went back in the backpack.
"(I should pay close attention. This will help me better understand the new abilities I've been gifted with.)" Twilight thought to herself. As Mrs. Harshwinny began her lesson, Twilight took notes, and paid close attention. She took notes on how in combat an individuals mana allows them to take serious punishment without too much injury, but how much depends on the amount of mana the individual has. It is important in battle to keep record on how much mana you're using as using too much can drain you quickly, and leave you vulnerable in the middle of a fight. In battle, awareness of your limitations are the key to figuring out which actions to take, and whether some battles are worth fighting or not. Twilight found the talk fascinating.
"Simply, speaking of combat, I think does not provide a complete account of it when teaching students." Mrs. Harshwinny said. "We have some time, and I would like to conduct a sparring match. Any volunteers?
"I volunteer." A girls voice said. Twilight turned to see that it belonged to a student sitting a few seats away from her in the front. She had red hair with yellow stripes, had light green eyes, wore a black jacket with silver beads on the collar, along with an orange skirt with a purple/yellow stripe on it, and black boots decorated with purple accents. Underneath her jacket she wore a purple shirt with a symbol of a yellow/red sun on it. As Twilight looked at her, she could feel something familiar about her, but she couldn't put her hoo-finger on it.
"Very well. Please come on to the stage." Mrs. Harshwinny said. The girl then went on to the stage. "Who would you like as an opponent?"
The girl pointed to the way back of the room. She was pointing at another girl. She had flowing light pink hair with a white hair-clip shaped like a butterfly, wore a white tank top with a light green skirt that had a symbol of a pink butterfly, and a white butterfly. Her boots were also light green with white accents on the bottom. She had light yellow skin, with turquoise eyes. Upon being selected, the girl shrank back. Twilight also senses something familiar about this girl as well. What was this feeling of deja vu
"Fluttershy, please come on the stage next to Sunset Shimmer." Mrs. Harshwinny said." Upon hearing these names, Twilight's eyes widened in shock.
"(Fluttershy? Sunset Shimmer? This world has more in common with mine than I thought)." Twilight thought to herself. A look of dread then appeared on her face. "(Wait a minute Sunset Shimmer? I've found her! Or have I? For all I know this could be this world's Sunset rather than the one, I'm looking for. I can't be too sure. I need to pay close attention to this match.)"
Fluttershy mumbled something quietly.
"Did you say something, Fluttershy?" Mrs. Harshwinny asked.
Fluttershy again mumbled something quietly.
"Fluttershy, I cannot hear you. Would you please come on to the stage in order to conduct the match now?" Mrs. Harshwinny said.
With great reluctance, Fluttershy rose up from her seat, and walked toward the stage. As she was walking Twilight could see the look of fear, and anxiety in her eyes, and all over her face.
"(Poor, Fluttershy. She's exactly like my Fluttershy back home)." Twilight thought to herself. "(I hope for her sake this is this world's Sunset Shimmer she's facing, and hopefully she's friendly)."
Fluttershy arrived on the stage. Both Fluttershy, and Sunset faced each other. Mrs. Harshwinny stood in the center.
"The rules are simple. First one to land 10 strikes on the other wins. You have 5 minutes. I expect a clean match." Mrs. Harshwinny said.
Fluttershy looked nervously at Sunset. Sunset gave her a warm smile.
"Mrs. Harshwinny. I don't want to go to hard on Fluttershy." Sunset said as she turned to face Mrs. Harshwinny. "Is it okay if I don't use my weapon?"
"It's fine, but are you sure? Do you want her to use hers?" Mrs. Harshwinny asked her.
"Positive, and she can." Sunset said. She again faced Fluttershy with a reassuring smile.
"(This Sunset, doesn't seem so bad. Maybe she's not the one I'm looking for.)" Twilight thought.
"3....2....1...Begin." Mrs. Harshwinny said.
Fluttershy's hands glowed bright yellow, and in her appeared two-war fans. Both of them were pink, and shaped like butterflies with white, and green lines decorating them. Sunset simply raised her hands.
"You can have the first move." She told Fluttershy. Fluttershy gulped nervously, and looked around. Sighing heavily, she then charged towards Sunset.
"I'm sorry!" Fluttershy as she swung her fans at Sunset, but Sunset dodged them. Fluttershy did more swings, but Sunset effortlessly dodged them. As Fluttershy swung again, Sunset moved out of the way, and elbowed Fluttershy in the back, sending her on the ground. Fluttershy slowly got up, and faced Sunset. This time Fluttershy threw one of the war fans, but Sunset moved her head to dodge it, allowing Fluttershy to charge at her with the other, but Sunset got her wrist before the fan could connect. Using her free hand, Sunset delivered palm strikes to Fluttershy's face, shoulder, and stomach blowing her back.
"Could you take this a little more seriously?" Sunset asked with a smug tone. "I'm starting to get bored."
Fluttershy took a deep breath, and concentrated. The remaining war fan in her hand glowed yellow. The energy then left the war fan, and manifested itself as a golden, astral bear. It then roared. Twilight looked on fascinated.
"That's better. It does look like it relies on a lot of concentration. I'd be careful" Sunset said. Fluttershy tightly clutched her war fan. The bear then charged at Sunset, and did a number of swipes, which she evaded easily. Sunset did a range of punches on the bear's stomach but this did not faze it, and it smacked Sunset aside, but she was able to block the blow.
"I guess, I should step up things as well." Sunset said. Sunset closed her eyes, and took a deep breathe. The bear charged at hear, and slashed at her, but Sunset got the blow with one hand. Sunset's hands were now glowing with red and orange flames. Clutching the bears arm, Sunset then set the entire bear on fire, destroying it, which also caused Fluttershy to feel pain, and step back. Seeing her chance, Sunset charged at Fluttershy using her flames to boost her, and sent her flying in the air with a flaming uppercut. With Fluttershy mid-air, Sunset then boosted herself into the air with flames as well, and delivered a flaming kick that sent her crashing back into the ground. Twilight winced at this move. As Fluttershy staggered to rise up, Sunset again approached her, and delivered 4 flaming punches to Fluttershy each of them lifting her in the air, with the last one blowing Fluttershy into the wall, leaving cracks on it. Fluttershy then slumped to the ground, defeated.
"That's 10 strikes." Mrs. Harshwinny said as she held a stopwatch in her hand. "Sunset, excellent demonstration, and performance. That was 3 minutes, and 12 seconds. Fluttershy good attempt, but you should've saved your trump card for later, and try to focus more on defense as well as offense." The bell then rang, signalling class if over. "Class dismissed. You should tonights assignment on my website later on." Mrs. Harshwinny then left the classroom. The other students soon followed, except for Sunset, and Fluttershy(who was still recovering from the match). Twilight was also planning to leave, but she looked in her backpack, and saw Spike was sleeping. She rolled her eyes. As Twilight was going to wake up Spike, Sunset walked over to Fluttershy, who was rubbing her head. She then stood over her, glaring at her angrily.
"I told you, I would make you pay for getting in my way." Sunset said harshly to Fluttershy. "If you had just minded your own business, it wouldn't have had to come to this."
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." Fluttershy said as she looked up towards Sunset with fearful eyes. Twilight turned around, and saw what was going on.
"You shouldn't touch things that don't belong to you." Sunset said.
"It doesn't really belong to you either." Fluttershy said softly with harshness. However Sunset heard. She then picked up Fluttershy by her shirt, and slammed her towards the wall. With her free hand, she manifested flames.
"What was that?!" Sunset said menacingly. Fluttershy closed her mouth, and avoided eye contact with Sunset. "That's what I thought. You really are pathetic. It's no wonder why all your friends are stray animals. Speaking of which I wonder what roasted rabbit taste like."
"If you hurt them, I'll-". Fluttershy began to say mustering bravery.
"You'll what?" Sunset interrupted, silencing Fluttershy again. "No finish. I'm really curious on what kind of threat the girl who didn't even touch me once in a fight can threaten me with." Again their was silence from Fluttershy. "Just for even thinking about threatening me, I think you've earned yourself some burns." Sunset brought her flaming hand closer to Fluttershy's face, who closed her eyes, and braced for the coming pain.
"Leaver her alone." Twilight said, causing both Fluttershy, and Sunset to turn towards her.
"What did you say?" Sunset sneered.
"I said, leave her alone. You can't talk to her that way, or hurt her." Twilight said firmly. She then walked towards Sunset. Sunset dropped Fluttershy on the ground, and walked towards Twilight. Both of them now faced each other, glaring at each other with anger. Sunset then smirked. and pushed past Twilight.
"Since, you're new here, I'll let your insolence slide. But heads up, here, I can do whatever I want." Sunset said. She then walked away. Sunset then paused. "On second thought, I hate insolence." Sunset then turned around, and fired a fireball at Twilight. Twilight without thinking summoned her gladius, and conjured a shield to block the blow, making a small explosion, with black smoke. When the smoke was cleared, Sunset was gone.
"If this is this world's Sunset, then she might be just as bad as mine." Twilight grumbled. She then turned around, and went over to Flutteshy who was on the ground. Twilight offered her a hand.
"It's okay, she's gone for now." Twilight told Fluttershy reassuringly with a smile. Fluttershy took her hand, and Twilight helped her up.
"Thank you." Fluttershy said so softy, that Twilight barely heard. "No one has ever stood up to Sunset Shimmer like that."
"I guess, theirs a first time for everything." Twilight said. "I'm Twilight by the way."
"I'm Fluttershy." Fluttershy responded again softly.
"I know." Twilight said. "You remind me of someone I know." Just then near the desk where Twilight was sitting Spike popped his head out of Twilight's backpack, looking around the classroom.
"Oh my! How adorable!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she saw Spike. She then moved past Twilight to where Spike was, and started to admire how cute he was. She then started petting Spike. Spike was wary at first, but as she continued to pet him, he felt more relaxed, and liked it, so he let it happen.
"You're dog is so cute!" Fluttershy said as she fawned over Spike. She then raced over to where she was sitting in the back of the classroom, and came back with a yellow backpack. Out of it she took out a dog biscuit and presented it to Spike. "Eat up, pup." Spike sniffed the treat a little, and slowly ate it. Once he finished it, his eyes shone with delight. He enjoyed it.
"I love animals." Fluttershy said. "That's why I use them for my mana."
"I remember that." Twilight said. "That was actually pretty impressive."
"It does take a lot out of me, so I can't maintain it for so long. I'm still practicing." Fluttershy explained.
"Why was Sunset so aggressive to you?" Twilight said.
"Well it all started this morning." Fluttershy said. "I was passing out fliers for the animal centers, when all of a sudden I was hit in the head by something. It turns out it was some kind of crown. It looked important, so I turned it into Principal Celestia's office. I later found it belongs to Sunset Shimmer as after I did she came up to me, and yelled at me for turning it in. She promised to get me back, and with what went on in class I guess she did."
"(Not only is the crown here, but Sunset's reaction to what Fluttershy did tells me the Sunset from Equestria is the one I just met. All of the pieces are in place. Now to put them together.)" Twilight thought to herself. Just then the bell rang.
"Oh, it's time to go now." Fluttershy said. She then picked up her backpack, which was partially open, revealing Angel bunny. a sparrow, and kitten inside. "I also bring my pets to school, even if it's not allowed. I'll see you around." Fluttershy then left.
"(All right, Twilight, time to begin operation "Get Back the Crown)." Twilight then picked up her backpack with Spike inside, and also left the classroom.
