The Warrior of Black and White, and the Great Dragon Warrior.by TheUltimateBrony-Class-SChaptersPrologue: The MastersChapter 1: Down With the King, Long Live the Princess...esChapter 2: Explanations, Discussions, Prophecies Oh My... (Part One of Two)Prologue: The Masters~~~POV: Pocano~~~ "Poc," said a voice, though I was too tired to bother recognizing it. "Jus' fi'e more minute'," I respond, my voice slurred tiredly. "Poc, wake up or I'll put you in the Vulcan Death Grip... again," the voice threatened, which made me aware of who it was and had me wide awake. "Alright, I'm up," I said, yawning and wiping the sleep from my eyes, "sorry for being this tired Ty, that new group of students wore me out and made me more sore than Shifu felt after fighting with Tai Lung in the movie." "I know what you mean," Tyler said as he nodded in understanding, "the more experienced children are rough to keep track of all by myself, so keeping track of the inexperienced ones must've been a literal pain in your back, huh?" "Yep," I said, as I got off my bed and stretched my back, arms, and legs, popping them in the process. "Still though," I continued, as I moved to my dresser and pulled out a white robe, pants, and a black belt, "I wouldn't change a thing that happened that allowed us to make it this far, helping children learn how to defend themselves if put in a combative situation." "And teaching them when to use it," Tyler said, wisely, "I don't remember how many times we had to punish our own students for using our lessons for their own gain. Yet if they didn't learn their lesson, we had to force them to leave and have their parents keep them from here, kind of reminds me of...," he went silent. "Yeah," I replied, knowing what he was referring to, putting on the belt around the robe, "we just gotta keep the students on the right track and not let them believe that they are entitled to everything they want." "Right...," Tyler then looked at the black watch on his left wrist and his eyes widened, "crap, OK we've got to move, on the double! Ten minutes 'til!" My eyes then widened, "Shit, OK you go down, get our gear, load the car, start the car, and I'll get our laptop, our papers, and paper work." He nodded then practically ran out my bedroom door, I pulled out the laptop from under my bed, grabbed my keys, wallet, phone, and closed the door as I sped out of my bedroom. ~~~8 minutes later~~~ We just got to our business with little time to spare, it was a MMA gym that we called 'Jade Warriors', though this place was able to teach it to kids, not just adults, safely. We open the place to students and people who want to learn an hour later normally, but today we had just received our online order for our gym to celebrate its first successful year of teaching. It represents what we work to achieve, what we must protect, and what we must learn. Tyler and I have the box holding our order, which was almost as long as our 6 foot wide desk was wide. "Ready?" I asked Tyler as I shook with anticipation. "Of course," he said with a calm, yet wide smile. I opened the box and there it laid, the Yin Yang Staff, supposedly made completely out of jade, like the one in Kung Fu Panda 3. I picked it up gently, being careful in case it was fragile, and... somehow, it felt just right holding it. "Incredible," Tyler said, he looked in awe of it, "they really made it out of jade, you just can't replicate this color jade has." I held it in both hands towards him, then gestured towards the place on the wall we have prepared for it to be placed with my head. "Here, you should place it on the wall, brother," I said. He looked at me, then the staff, then to place on the wall, and finally back at me and gave me a small smile. "Thank you, brother," he said, as he grabbed the staff, "may this represent our bond of friendship, forever-" Suddenly to head of the staff, the Yin Yang, started to glow, and startled us. As quickly as it happened we had no time to react as the glow on the Yin Yang suddenly arced towards us, and then all that I could see was darkness. Chapter 1: Down With the King, Long Live the Princess...es~~~POV: Tyler(???)~~~ All I saw was darkness... then I realized my eyes weren't open, so I did and instantly felt like I had a few too many drinks the night before. "Ugh," I groaned, then noticed that it wasn't with my own voice, so I was confused, "huh?" Then I clamped a hand over my mouth... then realized it wasn't a hand but a paw, a grey paw. Then I looked around quickly and found a black crystal pillar, not really thinking why there would be one I looked at the reflection and saw not myself... but Tai Lung. "W-what the-" I said, as I was interrupted by a groan, one that I didn't make. I look around again, and notice a black and white furry mound with a brown neatly-shaped rag. Then I realized the 'mound' was alive and figured out it was a panda with pants on... Po. Suddenly Po sat straight up, looked around, and stopped as his eyes land on me. "...uh..." was all that I could say, then realized Po said it at the same time as I did, and, from the expression on his face, he did to. "Did we just...," we said at the same time, again. "Jinx!" we shouted. "Double Jinx! "Triple Jinx!" then we both gasped at the same time as a realization came over both of us, since only one other person could keep up with me. "Pocano?" I asked, unsure if I should believe it. "Tyler?" he asked in reply and in realization. "What happened to you?" we asked each other. "I don't know," I answered, "all I know is that I look like Tai Lung and that you look like Po." "Yeah, but-," Pocano stopped suddenly, "wait, did you just say I look like..." He held his hands in front of his eyes, "What the-?" "Yeah, imagine how I felt when I realized I was suddenly Tai Lung," I said sullenly, then shook those thoughts out of my head, then looked around and realized something. "Hey Po?" "Yeah?" he asked in response. "Where are we?" I asked, making him go wide eyed and looking around before he stopped, looking at what appeared to be a castle. "I don't know," Po answered, "but maybe if someone lives around here, they might know?" I thought about that for a moment before nodding, "Right," I agreed, "let's see if there's anyone around." We started walking toward the castle, and everything was peaceful for the moment, aside from the few destroyed buildings, creaking buildings that are on their last legs, and the cracks in the ground obviously not caused by erosion. However, as we got closer to the castle in the middle, a sense of dread we weren't aware of before had grown stronger, but we fought through it and continued. Suddenly, there was an explosion nearly halfway up the castle from inside blowing out a portion of the wall. "What the hell?" I nearly shouted, then looked to Po. He had the same look I had- except... you know... on a panda- so we smiled to each other and ran to the first set of doors we could find. ~~~20 minutes later~~~ Man, poor Pocano, we both forgot about the pand-asma that Po had, until we had ran up the sixth flight of stairs. So I carried him the other 4 flights of stairs just to let him rest and regain his strength, in case we both needed to fight, yet I noticed something after carrying him up those, the sense of dread had grown stronger and continued to do so. Also something else was growing strong, a sound, like clashing metal and blasts of energy, making me worry that we may be in over our heads. Finally, getting to a large set of doors where the sense of dread seemed to emanate from and the sounds of battle were strongest, Po believed he was rested enough for a good fight, and so, we entered the room to see the unexpected. Two Amazonian women, one with golden colored armor while wielding a scythe and the other with indigo colored armor while wielding a short sword, were standing side-by-side in fighting stance aimed towards what seemed to be a cloud of darkness. This cloud seemed to move all on its own and occasionally used black tentacle-like appendages to lash out at the two women, making me wonder what exactly they were fighting. Seeming to not be noticed by the combatants, me and Po moved behind a wall to stay out of sight and out of mind. "How are we going to fight that?" Po asked me, with the most shocked look I've ever seen. "Can you do the Wuxi Finger hold that Po used to banish Tai Lung?" I asked in response. He got it in the first go, exactly like in the movies. "I think so," Po answered, "but I can't guarantee anything until I use it on someone." "Let's hope it works," I mumbled to myself, as we walk out into the open, then start towards the people who are fighting. Upon second inspection, the two women also appear to have wings and a horn on each of their heads, as well as muzzles... making them some sort of anthro pegacorn...? I mentally shake those thoughts away as we look at the living cloud of darkness. "Hey blacky!" I shouted the terrible insult, "if you're really tough as you make yourself out to be, then show yourself and fight me like a..." I then look at the two women for help, "What even is that?" "Heheheheh," the darkness chuckled, though at first I had mistaken it for rumbling, "another fool who offers a challenge of strength..." Suddenly the cloud lowered to the ground, then solidified into an... anthro male with dark grey armor, a red cape, and a dark grey, metal crown and holding a scythe of his own. "I am King Sombra," Sombra continued, "ruler of this kingdom you see before you, destroyer of homes and families, and unicorn of darkness." Sombra then made his scythe disappear, then looked to us. "And I accept your challenge, all four of you against me or-?" "Just the two of us," Po replied, looking towards the other two, "they don't need to put themselves in anymore danger, especially if you are still mortal." Sombra started glaring at us then. "Well now, going for petty insults are we?" he asked sarcastically, "Well then, I guess that means the fight..." seemed to disappear from where he was standing. Po and I looked at one another before we quickly jumped away from each other, as Sombra fell from above punching the spot right between where we were standing before, causing spikes made of dark crystal to erupt from said ground. "Hm," Sombra hummed, "seems like you know how to predict your opponents next moves well," he smiled, "this fight might actually become interesting-" Sombra then felt pain both in his left hip and in the right side of his skull. As he collapsed to the ground he looked and noticed us. "You talk to much," I stated, with a deadpanned expression. "Too much chitty-chitty-chat-chat," Po said, with a disinterested look. Then, with anger in his eyes, Sombra got up and prepared to fight the two before him, even though he was obviously weakened. "You worms shall pay for your insolence!" Sombra roared at us, then ran towards us with his fist slowly powering up with energy. Po then doing this motion with his hands as I prepared to meet Sombra's attack head on. Then Po held his hand out toward me and just as Sombra was getting worryingly close, his paw started to glow filling me with a strange strength, and I smirked. "DOWN," I shouted as I brought my fist up, "WITH!" I waited a moment for Sombra to get closer, and then brought the fist down upon his head, "THE KING!" His head impacted the ground after the punch so hard, the entire floor had cracks spider-webbing it. Sombra just groaned at the center of the impact as Po walked up to him grabbed one of his fingers and had it in the Wuxi Finger Hold. Sombra then shook the daze out of his eyes and tried to get up. "Nuh-uh-uh, nope," Po told Sombra, "you stay right there or I will banish you to the Spirit Realm." Sombra then looked at him with a blank expression and blinked a couple of times, then started laughing like he just heard the best he has been told in years. When he finally managed to gain control of himself, he looked at Po's deadpanned expression with a fanged smirk. "Go ahead panda," Sombra taunted, "'banish' me to this 'spirit realm', if you even have that sort of power." "Fine," Po said, "don't say I didn't warn you," Po inhaled a bit of air then looked right into the king's eye. "Skadoosh," Po said simply, as he lowered his pinkie. When Po suddenly lowered his pinkie finger, a golden light had swept over Sombra, and he looked confused and startled. "How," Sombra asked as he struggled, "how is it that a panda, especially one like you, can possess this kind of power?" "Knowing who I am," Po started, "knowing my limits, knowing my responsibility, and knowing my destiny all factor into that." Sombra had an expression of pure rage as he closed his eyes, then his curved horn started to glow with purple and green lightning-like energy, and opened his eyes, which shone with a sickly green energy. "If I am to be banished, then so will MY kingdom!" Sombra stated as his energy seemed to run over the entirety of the room. "NO!" the two women behind us cried out, and tried to reach him. But it was too late. Before we knew it the entire kingdom, along with Sombra, vanished leaving us in a wasteland-esk area, which was slowly being covered by snow. "No..." the woman in gold armor said in disbelief as she fell to her knees, "he... he..." Po and I looked around, then to each, and had the same thought as we looked to the... mares... With apologetic looks on our faces we say the only thing that came to mind at the same time. "Oops?" Chapter 2: Explanations, Discussions, Prophecies Oh My... (Part One of Two)~~~Pocano (Po) POV~~~ "Oops?" Ty and I said, apologetically. The winged woman in the indigo armor looked at us with a blank expression, while the winged woman in the gold armor looked at her warily. "Oops," the woman in indigo asked, her right eye twitched a little. "Luna," the woman in gold said in a warning tone, giving us the other's name. "Not now sister," Luna said, she looked at her supposed sister, then back at us, "An entire kingdom, and its people end up banished with the tyrant, and all you have is the audacity to say 'oops'?!" she shouted to our faces. Ty furrowed his brows, "Hey, we didn't know it was possible for someone to manipulate our technique and take an entire area with them," he explained calmly, yet sternly. Luna growled, "That is, but an excuse you-" "ENOUGH!" the woman in gold boomed, causing the area to tremor for a moment. "Luna, sister, you are acting like a foal," she lectured, "grow-up and act your age." Luna and Ty glared daggers at each other for what felt like hours before Luna hung her head and sighed. "I'm sorry stranger," Luna apologized, earning a quick wide-eyed stare from Ty, before it became normal, and making me release a breath I didn't know I was holding, "I have been stressed over the last few weeks about the Crystal Empire. "Then, when we finally get the chance to do something about it," Luna said, almost one the verge of tears, "it just vanishes, because the tyrant was clever enough to cast a spell so strong, he took the kingdom with him to where ever he was banished to." "There, there Luna," Luna's sister said, as she moved over to comfort her, "it'll be okay, we tried our hardest, maybe next time we can free them." "Actually," Ty said grimly, "there may be a next time." Me and the two women looked at him with anticipation. "There have been two instances of someone leaving the Spirit Realm, the place Sombra and the kingdom had been sent to," he continued, "the first instance was of a great warrior who had become greedy for a power he didn't truly understand. "And the second instance," Ty said, as he gestured towards me with his paw, "was when Po here sent the first instance and himself back to the Spirit Realm and left it using that staff." Forgetting that I had it, I pulled the Yin Yang Staff out from behind myself and showed it to the sisters. Luna's eyes widened as they laid on the staff, "Celestia, isn't that-" "Yes," Celestia said, cutting her sister off, staring at our staff with a blank expression, then to us. "Clearly, we have much to discuss." "Indeed," Ty agreed, in a formal fashion. "Wait," I said, gaining everyone's attention, "are you familiar, with our staff?" "We will explain at our castle," Celestia said, simply. Luna looked at us quizzically, "Have... have either of you been directly affected by magic before?" "Magic?" Ty asked, then looked to me as I shrugged to his unspoken question. The sisters looked to each other with a slight cringe, then back to us with worry, "Well, to give you a warning," Celestia started, "most of those that have not been affected by magic directly end up with nausea after a spell has been cast on them." "Mainly," Luna joined in, "with levitation or teleportation. Any other spell causing this is a rarity." Me and Ty looked to each other for a moment with thoughtful expressions, then nodded our heads then looked to the sisters. "We understand the issue," Ty said, then smiled, "but me and Po here do not mind them, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger... right, Po?" I gave a determined smile, "Right, let's do this," I exclaimed with excitement. The sisters nodded and closed their eyes, then a soft glow emanated from their horns, one a sunny yellow, the other a midnight blue. The glow suddenly enveloped Ty and I, and then with a flash, we disappeared from the blizzard. ---Area Transition: Location: Castle of the Two Royal Pony Sisters--- In a flash, me, Ty, and the two sisters appeared in a well crafted room, adorned with the symbols of the sun and the moon, and cloth on the wall of a yin and yang using two women similar if not the exact same ones with us. "Whoa," I gasped, my jaw, though not literally, hitting the floor. Ty's eyes widened in surprise, "Impressive," he stated, "though, what is with this picture here?" Ty asked, gesturing towards the yin and yang. Celestia looked to see what he was gesturing towards, then smiled, "That is our nation's flag, to represent what we are striving for, what we hope, we dream, we believe. It is the hopes and dreams of our nation for peace and prosperity." Luna nodded, "Even though we have been dealing with war recently, we have been having to deal with less conflicts that would bring an end to either Equestria as a whole or to all of ponykind." "Understandable," Ty said as he looked to the sisters, "in order to achieve peace, you have to work for it, this has been, while an unwritten rule, a very important rule throughout time and space." I smiled, "There will be those times where life gets rough," I stated with a hint of sadness in my voice, but I perk up suddenly, "but there are those little moments in life where everything seems perfect, those moments are always worth fighting for, even if its for other people and not yourself." The two sisters looked to us in surprise, then Celestia smiled to us, "For you to understand these... things, these... ideals that we have so similarly to how we understand them, you must have been through just as many if not more hardships," Celestia concluded. "Without a doubt," Luna said with a small smile, " you must have had hard lives to understand these ideals, and likely had to fight for others to preserve these ideals." "In a way," Ty answered, then yawned suddenly, "Wow, I suddenly feel rather tired." "Must be from the chi usage," I guessed, "it can be quite tiring to use chi for combat." I mentally realized what I had said and wondered where I ha learned that, for I have never heard of chi doing that to someone before, I have been feeling like I have more knowledge of combat than I did before we got here. "Chi?" both sisters asked, Celestia showed herself to be interested, while Luna showed herslef to be confused. Ty yawned once more and said, "Could we have a night of sleep before we explain, I have never felt this tired before, we can continue this conversation once we have had a good rest." "Yeah," I agreed, "using chi has made me somewhat tired, along with trying to go up all of those flights of stairs." "Alright," Celestia said as she nodded, and turned to a nearby guard, "Could you please escort these two to their quarters?" "Of course, your Highness," the Guard, a male one, said, saluted and walked over to us. "Follow me to your quarters," he seemed to order of us, and walked down a hall off to the left, as we followed behind. 'Geez,' I thought to myself, 'this day seems to get weirder and weirder, but at least I'll be able to sleep in an actual bed.'
Prologue: The Masters~~~POV: Pocano~~~ "Poc," said a voice, though I was too tired to bother recognizing it. "Jus' fi'e more minute'," I respond, my voice slurred tiredly. "Poc, wake up or I'll put you in the Vulcan Death Grip... again," the voice threatened, which made me aware of who it was and had me wide awake. "Alright, I'm up," I said, yawning and wiping the sleep from my eyes, "sorry for being this tired Ty, that new group of students wore me out and made me more sore than Shifu felt after fighting with Tai Lung in the movie." "I know what you mean," Tyler said as he nodded in understanding, "the more experienced children are rough to keep track of all by myself, so keeping track of the inexperienced ones must've been a literal pain in your back, huh?" "Yep," I said, as I got off my bed and stretched my back, arms, and legs, popping them in the process. "Still though," I continued, as I moved to my dresser and pulled out a white robe, pants, and a black belt, "I wouldn't change a thing that happened that allowed us to make it this far, helping children learn how to defend themselves if put in a combative situation." "And teaching them when to use it," Tyler said, wisely, "I don't remember how many times we had to punish our own students for using our lessons for their own gain. Yet if they didn't learn their lesson, we had to force them to leave and have their parents keep them from here, kind of reminds me of...," he went silent. "Yeah," I replied, knowing what he was referring to, putting on the belt around the robe, "we just gotta keep the students on the right track and not let them believe that they are entitled to everything they want." "Right...," Tyler then looked at the black watch on his left wrist and his eyes widened, "crap, OK we've got to move, on the double! Ten minutes 'til!" My eyes then widened, "Shit, OK you go down, get our gear, load the car, start the car, and I'll get our laptop, our papers, and paper work." He nodded then practically ran out my bedroom door, I pulled out the laptop from under my bed, grabbed my keys, wallet, phone, and closed the door as I sped out of my bedroom. ~~~8 minutes later~~~ We just got to our business with little time to spare, it was a MMA gym that we called 'Jade Warriors', though this place was able to teach it to kids, not just adults, safely. We open the place to students and people who want to learn an hour later normally, but today we had just received our online order for our gym to celebrate its first successful year of teaching. It represents what we work to achieve, what we must protect, and what we must learn. Tyler and I have the box holding our order, which was almost as long as our 6 foot wide desk was wide. "Ready?" I asked Tyler as I shook with anticipation. "Of course," he said with a calm, yet wide smile. I opened the box and there it laid, the Yin Yang Staff, supposedly made completely out of jade, like the one in Kung Fu Panda 3. I picked it up gently, being careful in case it was fragile, and... somehow, it felt just right holding it. "Incredible," Tyler said, he looked in awe of it, "they really made it out of jade, you just can't replicate this color jade has." I held it in both hands towards him, then gestured towards the place on the wall we have prepared for it to be placed with my head. "Here, you should place it on the wall, brother," I said. He looked at me, then the staff, then to place on the wall, and finally back at me and gave me a small smile. "Thank you, brother," he said, as he grabbed the staff, "may this represent our bond of friendship, forever-" Suddenly to head of the staff, the Yin Yang, started to glow, and startled us. As quickly as it happened we had no time to react as the glow on the Yin Yang suddenly arced towards us, and then all that I could see was darkness.
Chapter 1: Down With the King, Long Live the Princess...es~~~POV: Tyler(???)~~~ All I saw was darkness... then I realized my eyes weren't open, so I did and instantly felt like I had a few too many drinks the night before. "Ugh," I groaned, then noticed that it wasn't with my own voice, so I was confused, "huh?" Then I clamped a hand over my mouth... then realized it wasn't a hand but a paw, a grey paw. Then I looked around quickly and found a black crystal pillar, not really thinking why there would be one I looked at the reflection and saw not myself... but Tai Lung. "W-what the-" I said, as I was interrupted by a groan, one that I didn't make. I look around again, and notice a black and white furry mound with a brown neatly-shaped rag. Then I realized the 'mound' was alive and figured out it was a panda with pants on... Po. Suddenly Po sat straight up, looked around, and stopped as his eyes land on me. "...uh..." was all that I could say, then realized Po said it at the same time as I did, and, from the expression on his face, he did to. "Did we just...," we said at the same time, again. "Jinx!" we shouted. "Double Jinx! "Triple Jinx!" then we both gasped at the same time as a realization came over both of us, since only one other person could keep up with me. "Pocano?" I asked, unsure if I should believe it. "Tyler?" he asked in reply and in realization. "What happened to you?" we asked each other. "I don't know," I answered, "all I know is that I look like Tai Lung and that you look like Po." "Yeah, but-," Pocano stopped suddenly, "wait, did you just say I look like..." He held his hands in front of his eyes, "What the-?" "Yeah, imagine how I felt when I realized I was suddenly Tai Lung," I said sullenly, then shook those thoughts out of my head, then looked around and realized something. "Hey Po?" "Yeah?" he asked in response. "Where are we?" I asked, making him go wide eyed and looking around before he stopped, looking at what appeared to be a castle. "I don't know," Po answered, "but maybe if someone lives around here, they might know?" I thought about that for a moment before nodding, "Right," I agreed, "let's see if there's anyone around." We started walking toward the castle, and everything was peaceful for the moment, aside from the few destroyed buildings, creaking buildings that are on their last legs, and the cracks in the ground obviously not caused by erosion. However, as we got closer to the castle in the middle, a sense of dread we weren't aware of before had grown stronger, but we fought through it and continued. Suddenly, there was an explosion nearly halfway up the castle from inside blowing out a portion of the wall. "What the hell?" I nearly shouted, then looked to Po. He had the same look I had- except... you know... on a panda- so we smiled to each other and ran to the first set of doors we could find. ~~~20 minutes later~~~ Man, poor Pocano, we both forgot about the pand-asma that Po had, until we had ran up the sixth flight of stairs. So I carried him the other 4 flights of stairs just to let him rest and regain his strength, in case we both needed to fight, yet I noticed something after carrying him up those, the sense of dread had grown stronger and continued to do so. Also something else was growing strong, a sound, like clashing metal and blasts of energy, making me worry that we may be in over our heads. Finally, getting to a large set of doors where the sense of dread seemed to emanate from and the sounds of battle were strongest, Po believed he was rested enough for a good fight, and so, we entered the room to see the unexpected. Two Amazonian women, one with golden colored armor while wielding a scythe and the other with indigo colored armor while wielding a short sword, were standing side-by-side in fighting stance aimed towards what seemed to be a cloud of darkness. This cloud seemed to move all on its own and occasionally used black tentacle-like appendages to lash out at the two women, making me wonder what exactly they were fighting. Seeming to not be noticed by the combatants, me and Po moved behind a wall to stay out of sight and out of mind. "How are we going to fight that?" Po asked me, with the most shocked look I've ever seen. "Can you do the Wuxi Finger hold that Po used to banish Tai Lung?" I asked in response. He got it in the first go, exactly like in the movies. "I think so," Po answered, "but I can't guarantee anything until I use it on someone." "Let's hope it works," I mumbled to myself, as we walk out into the open, then start towards the people who are fighting. Upon second inspection, the two women also appear to have wings and a horn on each of their heads, as well as muzzles... making them some sort of anthro pegacorn...? I mentally shake those thoughts away as we look at the living cloud of darkness. "Hey blacky!" I shouted the terrible insult, "if you're really tough as you make yourself out to be, then show yourself and fight me like a..." I then look at the two women for help, "What even is that?" "Heheheheh," the darkness chuckled, though at first I had mistaken it for rumbling, "another fool who offers a challenge of strength..." Suddenly the cloud lowered to the ground, then solidified into an... anthro male with dark grey armor, a red cape, and a dark grey, metal crown and holding a scythe of his own. "I am King Sombra," Sombra continued, "ruler of this kingdom you see before you, destroyer of homes and families, and unicorn of darkness." Sombra then made his scythe disappear, then looked to us. "And I accept your challenge, all four of you against me or-?" "Just the two of us," Po replied, looking towards the other two, "they don't need to put themselves in anymore danger, especially if you are still mortal." Sombra started glaring at us then. "Well now, going for petty insults are we?" he asked sarcastically, "Well then, I guess that means the fight..." seemed to disappear from where he was standing. Po and I looked at one another before we quickly jumped away from each other, as Sombra fell from above punching the spot right between where we were standing before, causing spikes made of dark crystal to erupt from said ground. "Hm," Sombra hummed, "seems like you know how to predict your opponents next moves well," he smiled, "this fight might actually become interesting-" Sombra then felt pain both in his left hip and in the right side of his skull. As he collapsed to the ground he looked and noticed us. "You talk to much," I stated, with a deadpanned expression. "Too much chitty-chitty-chat-chat," Po said, with a disinterested look. Then, with anger in his eyes, Sombra got up and prepared to fight the two before him, even though he was obviously weakened. "You worms shall pay for your insolence!" Sombra roared at us, then ran towards us with his fist slowly powering up with energy. Po then doing this motion with his hands as I prepared to meet Sombra's attack head on. Then Po held his hand out toward me and just as Sombra was getting worryingly close, his paw started to glow filling me with a strange strength, and I smirked. "DOWN," I shouted as I brought my fist up, "WITH!" I waited a moment for Sombra to get closer, and then brought the fist down upon his head, "THE KING!" His head impacted the ground after the punch so hard, the entire floor had cracks spider-webbing it. Sombra just groaned at the center of the impact as Po walked up to him grabbed one of his fingers and had it in the Wuxi Finger Hold. Sombra then shook the daze out of his eyes and tried to get up. "Nuh-uh-uh, nope," Po told Sombra, "you stay right there or I will banish you to the Spirit Realm." Sombra then looked at him with a blank expression and blinked a couple of times, then started laughing like he just heard the best he has been told in years. When he finally managed to gain control of himself, he looked at Po's deadpanned expression with a fanged smirk. "Go ahead panda," Sombra taunted, "'banish' me to this 'spirit realm', if you even have that sort of power." "Fine," Po said, "don't say I didn't warn you," Po inhaled a bit of air then looked right into the king's eye. "Skadoosh," Po said simply, as he lowered his pinkie. When Po suddenly lowered his pinkie finger, a golden light had swept over Sombra, and he looked confused and startled. "How," Sombra asked as he struggled, "how is it that a panda, especially one like you, can possess this kind of power?" "Knowing who I am," Po started, "knowing my limits, knowing my responsibility, and knowing my destiny all factor into that." Sombra had an expression of pure rage as he closed his eyes, then his curved horn started to glow with purple and green lightning-like energy, and opened his eyes, which shone with a sickly green energy. "If I am to be banished, then so will MY kingdom!" Sombra stated as his energy seemed to run over the entirety of the room. "NO!" the two women behind us cried out, and tried to reach him. But it was too late. Before we knew it the entire kingdom, along with Sombra, vanished leaving us in a wasteland-esk area, which was slowly being covered by snow. "No..." the woman in gold armor said in disbelief as she fell to her knees, "he... he..." Po and I looked around, then to each, and had the same thought as we looked to the... mares... With apologetic looks on our faces we say the only thing that came to mind at the same time. "Oops?"
Chapter 2: Explanations, Discussions, Prophecies Oh My... (Part One of Two)~~~Pocano (Po) POV~~~ "Oops?" Ty and I said, apologetically. The winged woman in the indigo armor looked at us with a blank expression, while the winged woman in the gold armor looked at her warily. "Oops," the woman in indigo asked, her right eye twitched a little. "Luna," the woman in gold said in a warning tone, giving us the other's name. "Not now sister," Luna said, she looked at her supposed sister, then back at us, "An entire kingdom, and its people end up banished with the tyrant, and all you have is the audacity to say 'oops'?!" she shouted to our faces. Ty furrowed his brows, "Hey, we didn't know it was possible for someone to manipulate our technique and take an entire area with them," he explained calmly, yet sternly. Luna growled, "That is, but an excuse you-" "ENOUGH!" the woman in gold boomed, causing the area to tremor for a moment. "Luna, sister, you are acting like a foal," she lectured, "grow-up and act your age." Luna and Ty glared daggers at each other for what felt like hours before Luna hung her head and sighed. "I'm sorry stranger," Luna apologized, earning a quick wide-eyed stare from Ty, before it became normal, and making me release a breath I didn't know I was holding, "I have been stressed over the last few weeks about the Crystal Empire. "Then, when we finally get the chance to do something about it," Luna said, almost one the verge of tears, "it just vanishes, because the tyrant was clever enough to cast a spell so strong, he took the kingdom with him to where ever he was banished to." "There, there Luna," Luna's sister said, as she moved over to comfort her, "it'll be okay, we tried our hardest, maybe next time we can free them." "Actually," Ty said grimly, "there may be a next time." Me and the two women looked at him with anticipation. "There have been two instances of someone leaving the Spirit Realm, the place Sombra and the kingdom had been sent to," he continued, "the first instance was of a great warrior who had become greedy for a power he didn't truly understand. "And the second instance," Ty said, as he gestured towards me with his paw, "was when Po here sent the first instance and himself back to the Spirit Realm and left it using that staff." Forgetting that I had it, I pulled the Yin Yang Staff out from behind myself and showed it to the sisters. Luna's eyes widened as they laid on the staff, "Celestia, isn't that-" "Yes," Celestia said, cutting her sister off, staring at our staff with a blank expression, then to us. "Clearly, we have much to discuss." "Indeed," Ty agreed, in a formal fashion. "Wait," I said, gaining everyone's attention, "are you familiar, with our staff?" "We will explain at our castle," Celestia said, simply. Luna looked at us quizzically, "Have... have either of you been directly affected by magic before?" "Magic?" Ty asked, then looked to me as I shrugged to his unspoken question. The sisters looked to each other with a slight cringe, then back to us with worry, "Well, to give you a warning," Celestia started, "most of those that have not been affected by magic directly end up with nausea after a spell has been cast on them." "Mainly," Luna joined in, "with levitation or teleportation. Any other spell causing this is a rarity." Me and Ty looked to each other for a moment with thoughtful expressions, then nodded our heads then looked to the sisters. "We understand the issue," Ty said, then smiled, "but me and Po here do not mind them, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger... right, Po?" I gave a determined smile, "Right, let's do this," I exclaimed with excitement. The sisters nodded and closed their eyes, then a soft glow emanated from their horns, one a sunny yellow, the other a midnight blue. The glow suddenly enveloped Ty and I, and then with a flash, we disappeared from the blizzard. ---Area Transition: Location: Castle of the Two Royal Pony Sisters--- In a flash, me, Ty, and the two sisters appeared in a well crafted room, adorned with the symbols of the sun and the moon, and cloth on the wall of a yin and yang using two women similar if not the exact same ones with us. "Whoa," I gasped, my jaw, though not literally, hitting the floor. Ty's eyes widened in surprise, "Impressive," he stated, "though, what is with this picture here?" Ty asked, gesturing towards the yin and yang. Celestia looked to see what he was gesturing towards, then smiled, "That is our nation's flag, to represent what we are striving for, what we hope, we dream, we believe. It is the hopes and dreams of our nation for peace and prosperity." Luna nodded, "Even though we have been dealing with war recently, we have been having to deal with less conflicts that would bring an end to either Equestria as a whole or to all of ponykind." "Understandable," Ty said as he looked to the sisters, "in order to achieve peace, you have to work for it, this has been, while an unwritten rule, a very important rule throughout time and space." I smiled, "There will be those times where life gets rough," I stated with a hint of sadness in my voice, but I perk up suddenly, "but there are those little moments in life where everything seems perfect, those moments are always worth fighting for, even if its for other people and not yourself." The two sisters looked to us in surprise, then Celestia smiled to us, "For you to understand these... things, these... ideals that we have so similarly to how we understand them, you must have been through just as many if not more hardships," Celestia concluded. "Without a doubt," Luna said with a small smile, " you must have had hard lives to understand these ideals, and likely had to fight for others to preserve these ideals." "In a way," Ty answered, then yawned suddenly, "Wow, I suddenly feel rather tired." "Must be from the chi usage," I guessed, "it can be quite tiring to use chi for combat." I mentally realized what I had said and wondered where I ha learned that, for I have never heard of chi doing that to someone before, I have been feeling like I have more knowledge of combat than I did before we got here. "Chi?" both sisters asked, Celestia showed herself to be interested, while Luna showed herslef to be confused. Ty yawned once more and said, "Could we have a night of sleep before we explain, I have never felt this tired before, we can continue this conversation once we have had a good rest." "Yeah," I agreed, "using chi has made me somewhat tired, along with trying to go up all of those flights of stairs." "Alright," Celestia said as she nodded, and turned to a nearby guard, "Could you please escort these two to their quarters?" "Of course, your Highness," the Guard, a male one, said, saluted and walked over to us. "Follow me to your quarters," he seemed to order of us, and walked down a hall off to the left, as we followed behind. 'Geez,' I thought to myself, 'this day seems to get weirder and weirder, but at least I'll be able to sleep in an actual bed.'
