New guy at CHS: The Mystic Realm

Now was the day to finally head home, Cobalt and Harmony had their night out, and surprisingly, nothing happened between them. They had a few drinks, did karaoke, and took a walk along the beach. However, they had a certain conversation while on the beach.

"Cobalt, it's nice out here at night, right?"

"Yeah, I'm glad I decided to go today. Although, I'm still pretty pissed at you for that bullshit you pulled a few days back."

"How many times do I have to say I'm sorry?"

"Listen, what you did pushed the boundaries with the girls. Twilight already didn't trust me when we arrived, and now, I have a feeling she's even more suspicious now..."

"What? Are you trying to make her your bride?"

"No, I just don't want her to feel suspicious. I want to be her friend, you know that."

"I understand, sorry..."

"Don't be anymore. I forgive you. Besides, aren't you suppose to be mature right now? Because currently. you're acting like how I first met you. Shy, and... apprehensive recently. Is it about your brother's arrival?"

"Yes..."

"I not only hate him because of how he treats woman, but of what he's trying to do to realize your father's ambition."

"You mean subduing each nation one by one in the mystic realm?"

"Basically..."

If you hadn't known, Harmony's family love power. They loath it, but Harmony isn't like that. She likes each nation of the mystic realm to be living in harmony, hence her name. She doesn't like meddling with other nations and their affairs, nor does she want to take their power away. As of now, the nations of the mystic realm are living peacefully, but unbeknownst to them, Harmony's brother was planning to invade each nation, and subdue them.

"You can't even do anything about it. Once your brother starts his invasions, there won't be any going back..."

"Many officials have voted against the invasions, but he still plans to go with his plan."

"Won't this start a great war or something like that?"

"Well, unless someone does something about it," Harmony stopped walking as she turned to look at Cobalt, "However, I'm more worried about how you'll feel when my brother arrive."

Cobalt continued walking as he chuckled, "I guess we'll see when that time arrives. First of all, I have to get ready with my duel against Midnight, right?"

"Yeah!" She ran beside Cobalt as they continued walking along side the beach, "Can I..."? She pointed towards his arm, causing him to chuckle.

"Yeah, go ahead," She smiled and took his arm.

And now, it was time for Cobalt's long awaited duel with the current second strongest mystic in the universe, Midnight. Since the duel was so huge, they are having it in the biggest arena in the mystic realm: Myriad Arena.

In Cobalt's locker room, Cobalt was mentally preparing himself.

This was it... my duel with Midnight. This long awaited duel between us will surely be the talk around the mystic realm for centuries to come! However, I haven't dueled Midnight since her rehabilitation. I defeated her yes, but that was so long ago...

I don't know what skills she knows now. She's a crafty little mystic, so I have to prepare myself mentally for whatever she throws at me...

A knock soon sounded out throughout Cobalt's locker room, causing Cobalt to snap out of his trance, "Cobalt!" The voice was Rarity.

"Yes, come in Rarity..."

She opened the door, to see Cobalt sitting in the middle of his locker room, "Are you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be. Are they waiting on me?"

"Yes, shall we get going?"

"Sure thing, let's go...," Cobalt stood up as he stopped Rarity first, "Hold on, do you remember that present you girls gave me before I left for the mystic realm?"

"Yeah?"

"I liked it, but I sort of modified it slightly. Go ahead and go on to the arena. You'll see what I mean," Rarity, although confused, she walked back up to the stands in the arena.

"Yo Rarity!" Rainbow yelled from their seats, "Where's Cobalt? Everyone's waiting for him."

"He's about to come out. By the way, he said that he modified our present that we gave to him before he left. I can't wait to see what he did!" They all awaited Cobalt's entrance as they saw lights point at the other side of the arena.

"About to enter the arena, Ranked 2nd in the entire universe: Midnight Gleam!" Everyone cheered loudly for Midnight as she walked through with a three sectional staff.

"That's her weapon?" Twilight questioned as she looked at Midnight standing proudly in the middle of the arena.

"She uses a three sectional staff after her rehabilitation. She used to use a flail, but changed afterwards," Harmony explained, "She's much more powerful and dangerous with the tri-staff. Although, Cobalt also had a weapon change, which took him a while to adapt to."

Before anyone else could say anything, the light shined to the other side of the arena, "Now, introducing, Ranked 3rd in the universe, you know him for going on a 2 year losing streak! Here he is: Shiiiiiining Coooooooobaaaaaaalt!" The crowed exploded with cheers as Cobalt slowly walked out wearing Japanese-inspired armor that was lightweight, and was light on the armor. It was more stylish rather than battle ready.

"Wow...," They all stared at Cobalt as he slowly walked towards the middle of the arena to meet Midnight, "He looks great!" Rarity, along with the others, were soon enticed at Cobalt's attire.

Soon, the two mystics were eye-balling each other, "Midnight..."

"Cobalt..."

"Quite the crowd we stirred up, correct?"

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to how much you've improved..."

"I should be saying that to you Midnight."

"Oh well," They both turned away from each other to gain some distance between the two of them.

An official rose from the side of the battlefield to explain the rules, "As you know the rules, the timer will be set to 5 minutes! If your hit points reach zero, the duel is over! Once time is up before then, the one with the most hit points will be declared the winner! Remember, this is no holds barred! Anything goes you two!"

"Right!" They both yelled.

"Are both fighters ready?"

"Ready!" Both yelled again.

"Very well," The official soon went away as a timer started to countdown.

5...

This was it...

4...

Cobalt...

3...

I want you to know...

2...

I won't hold back!

1... GO!

And so it began...