Viventis Anathema - Story of a Cursed Mare
Chapter 16: The Challenge
Previous ChapterNext ChapterThe group of ponies looked upon the scaffolding above them to meet their host, being none other than a blonde maned orange mare wearing a scientist coat, standing two legged and wearing golden metallic talons and claws similar to the ones that Grimwood was wearing. Her left eye was glassed one, fully tinted in red and adorned with golden pupils. She looked at the group with a mask of muted anger, but most of all, she was looking at Grimwood with interest.
Grimwood wasn't surprised about her showing up, but was impressed that she managed to replicate her same tools. Sunlight looked at her in awe while shielding the little filly and Rainbow Dash was just furious because of the imprisonment and the use she had made with her DNA and Scootaloo's body. None one was saying anything, so Grimwood took his own
turn.
"About time, bitch." Grimwood said calmly.
"GRIMWOOD!" The mare screamed, a moment before jumping off the scaffolding and landed in front of them with a loud metallic sound of her talons colliding with the floor. She then looked at Grimwood with a smug. "You can't even imagine how much I hate then someone so troublesome like you refuses to die. And now you are here, trying to destroy my facility."
"Ambrosia I presume."
"More than that..." Ambrosia turned to Sunlight. "I don't understand what are you trying to accomplish."
"I'm trying to save what remains of your soul, Ambrosia." Sunlight replied.
"By helping my enemy?" Ambrosia demanded.
"You used me and Scootaloo as your GUINEA PIGS!" Rainbow Dash bellowed.
"And why I should feel sorry for you? or even that aged filly? After all, you were fine specimen for my cause." Ambrosia said calmly.
"You bucking-" Rainbow was then interrupted by Grimwood gesturing her to stop.
"You were the one who creates whose monsters who tried to kill me and mostly destroyed Canterlot, right?" Grimwood pointed her chainsaw at Ambrosia. "Now give me a reason why I shouldn't reap you into shreds?"
"Eheheheh, you are joking right?" Ambrosia asked mockingly while pulling out of her coat a bizarrely horrendous sword made of pony flesh and faces, with iron teeth around the blade. "Then behold my Chainsword! I won't allow anypony to take me so lightly!"
Grimwood and the rest of the group was legitimately horrified upon seeing this. The filly in particular covered her eyes to protect her fragile mind from that sight.
Sunlight had a sudden burst of indignation. "I can't believe you would had fall this low. Crafting a weapon from the dead ponies."
"I don't care. Who cares about rules when you can control life and death in your hooves!" Ambrosia declarede as she pulled out five syringes and injected all off them inside her sword. "Is there anything in Equestria who dares to judge me!?"
The faces emblazoned in the sword emitted a very chilling chorus of screams as the blades started revving, turning the sword in a unique chainsaw that was spinning it's teeth like no other.
Sunlight turned to Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow, take care of the filly, and whatever happens, don't do anything reckless."
"A-alright," Rainbow Dash said. "Come here, little one."
"You better be prepared for what is coming for you." Grimwood said to Ambrosia. "Because after what I had gone through, I won't allow you to survive."
"Hmph!" Ambrosia scoffed.
As the two mares studied each other, Grimwood took a few steps toward Ambrosia, with her chainsaw pointed toward her. Intended to attack first, she was about to dash when Ambrosia suddenly dashed with a spectral speed toward. Grimwood blocked the attack with her chainsaw. Their weapons clashed multiple times. Sparks where flying every time their chainsaws collided.
Both of them leaped back, distancing away from each other. Ambrosia's left claw started to glow, a moment before she swung it forward, unleashing four red slashing waves.
"What!?" Grimwood said surprised.
Grimwood jumped away from their trajectory. Sunlight raised a magic shield to protect Rainbow Dash and the filly. The impact of one of the waves was so powerful that shattered the entire barrier, causing Sunlight and the other two ponies to fell back. Rainbow recovered from that and shielded the filly with her wing.
Grimwood looked at Ambrosia with a almost surprised look. "Not for nothing she's a Necro-alchemist, but I never thought she could also use magic. There's also her strength to consider. What the hell is that pony?"
The two mares continued to fight, moving toward a stone bridge. Grimwood tried slash Ambrosia, who managed to parry the blow and landing a kick so strong that made Grimwood flying out of the bridge.
"GRIMWOOD!" Sunlight and Rainbow Dash exclaimed at unison.
"Goodbye." Ambrosia proclaimed.
Just than Grimwood was about to fall down, she pulled out a levitation amulet that made her levitate in the air, much to Ambrosia's surprise. At this point she flew at full speed toward Ambrosia with her chainsaw pointed at her. "I'LL BUST YOU UP!"
"BRING IT ON!" Ambrosia roared as Grimwood was landing in front of her.
Their chainsawing weapons clashed on again and none of the two mares seemed to give up.
"Grimwood, you can't continue like this!" Sunlight exclaimed. "Your weapon will break soon enough! You have to step back!"
"Step back you said?" Grimwood replied while continuing her clash with Ambrosia. "Are you fucking kidding!"
That being said, Grimwood kicked a metallic debris under her feet, tossing it right in Ambrosia's face. She was about to stumble but remained still. Infuriated by the pain but with a gleeful plan in her mind, she charged her claws and unleashed four violet slashing waves. Grimwood dodged but realized too late that Rainbow Dash and the filly were in their trajectory.
At that moment, Sunlight put himself in between them and the projectiles and formed a shield with his magic to protect them. The waves cut through the shield and shredded his entire body.
"SUNLIGHT!" Grimwood exclaimed.
What remained of him was his head falling down on the floor, with Rainbow Dash and the filly being the awed spectator of the death of a gentle pony like him.
Grimwood's anger on other hand didn't delayed to build up. Like a wolf readied to assault his enemy, she glared at Ambrosia.
"See? That is what he gain for trying to attempt at my well being." Ambrosia said gleefully.
"Shut it. Your voice is giving me some nerves right now." Grimwood said almost furious. "He was your friend."
"He's just like the other ponies. Nothing more than animated piece of flesh. I rather think at them as things, for the record."
"Imagine how many things I will cut you into. You don't know me."
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