Author's Note
Sorry about the previous upload everybody. I had a derp moment with my A.D.D.(Attention Deficient Disability) and uploaded the wrong idea I had for this story.
For those who haven't read the previous entry that I took down, it was an intro using the character Mandy wearing the mask of the beast from 'The Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy'. The idea was for her to be in full monster form, but being an anthropomorphic version of her beast form.
I may use Mandy in that form for a later chapter. Pending.
Anyways, for those that are wondering, this is the reworked, rewritten, and reuploaded original chapter I posted on this story. Those of you that read the original version may recognize the way it begins.
1. Celestia
<=====Canterlot Train Station=====>
The sun shined brightly on the ivory colored city of Canterlot. Ponies were going around, doing their usual business. However at the train station, six mares and a dragon had just arrived. They walked all the way into the street just outside of the station before they began talking.
“Okay girls, and Spike, we need to get to the castle. Princess Celestia need us for the umm… ‘royal business’ she wanted to show us.”
Twilight Sparkle, A purple alicorn, a pony with both a horn and wings, dressed in a light blue shirt and dark purple shorts had stated. Her navy blue mane and tail with a stripe of pink and a stripe of purple swished back and forth as she swayed a little. Sadly she was more focused at the letter the princess sent more than focusing on her own friends. Each one having their own agendas in mind a bit more than Twilight’s words at the moment.
“Ooh~! Look at those hats. I simply must get one. That one with the large blue feather is so in season this month.”
Rarity, a white unicorn, a pony with only a horn, wearing a long white dress and slim black shorts underneath. Her violet mane and tail were curled to showed her elegance to the highest degree possible. She had been gazing at a hat store. The clothing on display intrigued her as she was seeing combinations of colors that she didn’t realize went together before.
“Um… Rarity. Twilight was talking to us. We should listen.”
Fluttershy, a butter yellow pegasus, a pony with wings, wearing a white tank top and green shorts. Her long pink mane and tail drifted very close to the ground. She was trying to get Rarity’s attention as she didn’t want her friend to be left out, missing any important information.
“Oh! Yes, quite right deary. Where are my manners? Sorry Twilight darling. You were saying?”
“She was sayin’ the princess needs us for something Rares.”
Applejack, an orange earth pony, which lacks wings and horn but makes up for it by having heightened physical strength, was wearing her signature stetson hat, a red tie-on midriff, and blue shorts. Her blonde mane and tail were ironically in ponytails. She was busy telling Rarity to not be distracted by the clothing stores whilst Rarity stated she was merely appreciating their quality craftsponieship.
“Oh, come oooonn already! We gotta get our flanks to the castle pronto for the princess!”
Rainbow Dash, a cyan pegasus, wore her midriff sports shirt with a turquoise jacket over it, and bike shorts. Her rainbow mane and tail were unkempt and messy but that only added to her personal flare. She was hurrying two of her friends which started to bicker amongst themselves.
“Come on girls! There’s no need to fight when there’s possibly another surprise waiting for us at the castle that’s a super-duper-scrum-diddly-lumpish cake! Quickly, let’s go to the castle! We fly!”
Pinkie Pie, a pink earth pony, wore a white shirt and baby blue shorts with suspenders. Her slightly darker pink mane and tail were poofy like cotton candy. She hugged her friends before posing in a pointing stance towards the castle. Her friends sighed at her antics.
“Are we ready to go yet? I want to know what about that barrier that’s around castle is.”
Spike, a purple dragon with green spines, wore a black hoodie and shorts with green outlines. He was pointing at the castle far behind while looking back at his friends.
“Yeah Spike. We- Wait what!?” Twilight stammered.
As the gathered group looked northward, they saw a rather unusual sight. Unlike the bubble shield of Twilights’ brother, this shield coated around the very walls of the castle itself. This made the castle look a different color.
“Ugh! Green!? That color is just. It doesn’t look. It’s just awful with how the castle looks compared to whole of Canterlot. Blegh” Expressing her disgust further, Rarity refused to look at the castle, much less tolerate it.
“Come on! We have to see what’s going on!" Twilight and Spike ran ahead as the others began catching up to them.
Oh! I hope everypony inside is okay.” Fluttershy expressed her worry as she flew to keep up with the others.
<=====Canterlot Castle Throne Room=====>
Princess Celestia, a pale white alabaster alicorn, wearing her royal white dress and beige shorts underneath. Her mane and tail of pink, sea green, blue, and light blue waved ethereally from an invisible wind. She was sitting on her throne like usual, waiting to tell Twilight and her friends some very important information. This was also why her niece was also here.
Princess Cadance, a pink alicorn, wore a short lavender dress and yellow shorts. Her mane and tail were curled at the bottom with streaks of yellow, pink, and purple. She was both nervous yet giddily jumping in place once she heard what Celestia was going to talk about. If it worked, then there could be a whole new realm of possibilities. She just knew Twilight would be nonstop about it. Her husband, Shining Armor would have to prevent her from having an overload from all the questions she’ll come up with.
Shining Armor, a unicorn, wore a dark blue shirt and pants. Armor adorned his head, chest, back, shoulders, arm bracers, and hooves up to his knees. His mane and tail were streaks of dark blue and light blue respectively. Trying to calm his wife down was hard as he himself was also trying to calm himself.
The information Princess Celestia told was undoubtedly more than an eye opener. He only wished the second part wasn’t what he thought it was. He wanted to speak his mind on the matter, however he’ll wait for Twilight to get here. She was a better negotiator than he was. Just as Shining was about to question Celestia at least, he was greatly interrupted.
“YOU JUST DON’T LEARN, DO YOU? ALL YOU ARE DOING IS MORE HARM THAN GOOD. LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE. THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU BUT PAIN AND DEATH.” Multiple feminine voices reverberated throughout the throne room.
Immediately the who;e throne room was in a panic. The loud booming voices had alerted the two guards stationed near the throne to take up a defensive stance with their spears. Shining took out his pink long sword, ready to fight if need be. Cadance summoned a yellow bow with a quiver, full of arrows with cyan heart shaped tips. Celestia summoned a large golden greatsword.
“Who are you?” Shining called out. “I am Prince Shining Armor of the Crystal Empire! I demand you show your presence!”
There was silence as the voices did not reply. There was no being in sight. After what felt like minutes had passed, Celestia decided to speak up. Realizing if she didn’t, then Shining and her guards would be up in arms around the castle. She’d rather not have a repeat of the Changeling invasion defense if she can prevent a catastrophe. Rising from her throne, she spoke and walked.
“Whoever you are! I assume you heard what I told my niece and nephew-in-law. What you said is justified by fear and prejudice! You will not stop us from achieving our goal!” By now she stood at the foot of the thrones’ stairs, waiting for a reply. When none came, even she began to validate the voices’ return.
“Do you think whoever that is, is gone?” Cadance looked around and above at the ceiling to make sure they weren’t trapped or ambushed. “Wait, why is the outside green?”
Everypony looked to the outside and saw that there was a strange green glow through the windows. They all rushed to the said balcony, but were halted by a wall of green light. Touching the light and scanning it with the magic from her horn, Celestia came to a conclusion.
“It’s a barrier.” Turning around, she looked up again. “Is this your doing!? I will forgive your actions if you surrender and let us out.”
“WE’RE AFRAID WE CAN’T DO THAT DAVE. PFFFT.” Small amounts of giggling were mixed in at the end.
Perplexed, she ask. “You do know none of us are named ‘Dave’ right?” The voices went ballistic with laughter after she said that.
Losing his patience, Shining Armor spoke. “If you’re not going to bring this barrier down, then I’ll remove it with my barrier.!”
“Our barrier.” Princess Cadance walked up, horn charging her magic.
Shining smiled as the two put their horns together, creating a ball of light. The same spell they used at their wedding. Once the spell was fully charged, it was released outward. It expanded until it hit the green magic coating the castle, but no matter how hard the couple pushed, it only caused their own barrier to crack. Shards of their barriers magic were falling off.
“Love conquers all!” They yelled, forcing more mana into their barrier. The exertion caused the barrier to try to expand one final time. Unfortunately, it shattered like glass, spreading the fragments all over the room. None were hurt thankfully.
Panting and huffing, Shining looked at his wife. “Are you okay Cady?” She nodded with a ‘Yeah’ to prevent any worry. Now was not the time to be afraid. It was time to get out.
“THIS IS BUT THE FIRST STEP OF MANY. YOU WILL FIND MANY MORE IN YOUR WAY.”
Princess Celestia looked at her niece before looking back up. “You won’t stop us. I WILL tell Twilight and her friends of what I told Cadance and Shining and they WILL succeed! They have overcome many challenges before, and I trust they will overcome this challenge as well! They have the Magic of Friendship on their side! Nothing can stand in their way!”
They stood and waited for the voices to respond again. For now, they seemed to be remaining quiet. Not only did this bring a tinge of relief to those in the room, none had as big a smile as Princess Celestia did. A victorious feeling washed over her like being in rain without an umbrella. She was drenched in it. Spinning around to face the others, she was about to declare victory. That was, until the voices responded.
“UNRELENTING AS YOU ARE, STEELING YOUR RESOLVE. YOU WILL HAVE TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON. A VERY PAINFUL LESSON.” The foreboding tone at the end didn’t sound all too pleasant to any of them.
Again, they took defensive stances, waiting. The green barrier was still up and there was only silence filling the room. None had dared move or make a sound. Nervous and paranoid, the guards shifted ever so slightly. Every motion caused their armor to shift and clink the metal plates together. The royals kept their magic alight, scanning the area for any potential dangers.
None of them knew what to expect. “Guards! Behind you!” Celestia called, but it was too late. Both guards were struck down in an instant by two different beings.
One of the two was a giant compared to the other. He stood three times the size of the other being while he was a little over twice the size of Princess Celestia. His armored looking body was all white except his arms. Sharp golden toes exuded from his feet. Blue markings on his chest seemed to highlight the center chest plate. A large spike stuck out from his head with two smaller golden spikes beside it. His left arm was mainly orange with a head at the end that appeared draconian with three horns. The left shoulder was attached with a small shield with a very sun resembling symbol on it. The right arm was consistently blue with the head at the end resembling that of a wolf. The right shoulder had three spikes protruding from it. A large cape that was red on the inside and white on the outside flowed behind him.
Celestia looked at her guards who now laid dead. Blood pooled around each of them. One wasn’t even in one piece. Her gaze went to the giants weapon. The left arms ‘mouth’ was open, allowing a large greatsword with strange, unknown rune-like markings along its’ blade. He was the one to cleave one of the guards in two Looking at the other being, her eyes widened as she recognized something about him.
“You! You’re! Bu-But how!? You can’t be here! This is impossible!” She began to stutter her words at the other being before her.
The other being before her was dressed in mostly black clothing with red outlines on his jacket. His shoes were yellow and black His gloves were black with yellow straps around the wrists. His brown hair stuck out in multiple directions. His eyes were ass blue as the sea and sky. What was the most interesting was the strange weapon he wielded. It was a sword of some kind, that was certain, but it resembled a giant key. The guard around the handle was gold. There was a red band at the base of the weapons ‘blade’ and the ‘sword’ itself was as blunt as a bludgeon.
‘A human!? NO! That’s impossible! How is he hear!?’ Princess Celestias’ attention turned towards the giant. ‘Was it him? I s he the reason? Yes. He must be. There’s no other way.’
“That’s your weapon? A giant key sword thing? Okay then. I know who truly cut those guards with their blade.” Shining smirked at the boy as he taunted his weapon, but Cadance, she was looking at his weapon almost hypnotically. She could feel the magic in his key weapon. She could tell her husband was underestimating it by feeling the confidence in his voice.
“The name’s-” The boy was about to introduce himself with a big smile, but the giant spoke, cutting him off.
“Don’t bother introducing yourself. They don’t deserve to know. They won’t ever bother to remember.” The giant interrupted the boy, causing him to turn his head.
“Why? Does it not matter?” The boy questioned. His head tilted to the side with a small frown. Shaking his head, his smile returned. “I guess you’re right. We just need to keep them here.”
“Um… Shining? Maybe I should-” Just as Cadance was about to ask to fight the key wielding warrior, the white giant had charged at her. The fast speed of the warrior caught her by surprise. She had no time to draw an arrow.
Luckily for her Princess Celestia was above the pale warrior. With her greatsword raised, she descended to strike. The right arms’ ‘mouth’ opened, revealing a large tube. A bright blue light shot out of the wolfs’ mouth cannon.
“Garuru Cannon!” The giant yelled. Blue light propelled from the right arm, freezing Celestia in the air in a boulder of ice.
“Auntie!” Cadance cried out. “Please stop this! We don’t have to fight! This information is for the greater good! We-!” Cadance gasped in a high pitch. Startled by the giants’ face so close to her own.
“We already gave that chance to you. A long time ago.”
The pale giant launched Princess Cadance into the air with a kick. The strike to her abdomen was hard enough to cause a cracking sound loud enough to be heard across the throne room. Blood expelled from her mouth as she flew. Before she knew it, the giant was above her, sending her down sword. Cadance blocked the blade with her bow, but couldn’t remain in the air due to the force of the attack. Just as she hit the ground, the giant landed next to her, kicking her again across the floor.
“Cady!” Shining Armor yelled. He turned his back from the boy, shocked to see such brutality used on his wife. Raising his sword, he blocked the large key the boy use in attempt to strike his head. “Not so fast.”
The boy backed off, holding his key over his shoulder. “What’s wrong?” He mocked. “I thought you were some ‘Guard Prince’ or something? Seems you can’t even protect yourself.”
“Big talk! Coming from a kid with a metal club.” Shining fake smiled back. In truth, he was upset. He wanted to save his wife from the pale giant with beast arms, but the boy was going to attack him from behind in an attempt to knock him out. He couldn’t let a kid knock him out. It was outrageous. Frustrated, he charged at the boy, sword poised to strike.
To his surprise, the boy sidestepped the attack by rolling past it. Swinging his key upward, he launched Shining into the air. Launching himself up, the boy spun horizontally, hitting multiple strikes on Shining Armor. Shining tried to retaliate with his magic, but the boy struck his horn, causing his horn to lose a few fragments of itself.
Shining tried again by swinging his sword. The key bearer deflected the attack and swung back at him. Multiple strikes hit Shining as he was subjected to one hit after another. Each swing and spin with the giant key was another part of his body hit, another bone cracked, and another piece of his armor chip.
“Blitz!”
The key bearer finished with a downward slam, smashing Shining. The boy stood in a battle stance not well known. Bending his knees, he held the handle close to his legs while pointing the tip of his key weapon back.
“Are you done, or are ya thirsty for more?” He taunted Shining again. A smile adorned his face.
Shining slowly forced himself back up. Sweat dripped from his body, his armor cracked from the relentless beating he just endured. Still, he would allow a kid to beat him, no matter what kind of weapon said child held, even if he was clearly outmatched. Looking over at Cadance, he saw more of the ferocity of the pale giant.
Cadance was quick to raise her bow summon with a heart tipped spear one as the giant held nothing back from his attacks. Two more wide swings from giants sword sent her back again. She tried swinging her spear, but the giant receded his cannon, closing the wolves mouth to ‘punch’ the spear away before backhanding Cadance, breaking her jaw in the process.
Cadance held her jaw from dropping down again, crying her eyes out. While her alicorn physiology would regenerate her back to full health, she wasn’t used to this kind of pain. Not like her aunt, Celestia. She just needed to buy time for her aunt to free herself and help her. Or maybe do it herself.
“Not yet.” The giant was suddenly between her and her frozen aunt, blocking her way. Bewildered, she hadn’t the time to defend from the kick to her gut, forcing bile and blood to spill. “Raise your head and prepare.”
Princess Cadance looked just as the giant swung his sword again, knocking the spear from her hand. Raising his hand, he swung down, cutting Cadance from her right shoulder to her the left side of her hip.
“Grey Sword!” Fire surrounded the blade, blazing from the three horn mouth to the tip as he swung again.
Summoning her spear quickly back into her hands, she barely blocked the next attack from the giant, losing her balance in the process. The pale giant winded his arm and thrusted his sword straight for Cadances’ heart.
“Cadance!”
<=====Unknown Location=====>
A humanoid figure loomed over the scene before them as they sat in the middle of a grey empty room. Despite their eyes being closed, they could fully see the events through a pool on the ground. Their pale complexion did not change. Fixing their white scarf, they openly thought out loud to themselves.
[HMM. SORA AND OMNIMON SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE THREE ON THEIR OWN. NOW I JUST NEED TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT PRINCESS LUNA. ASSISTANT.] Snapping their fingers, a new being was summoned into the room.
The summoned being was in the appearance of a young teenager that was shorter than the pale one, but not by much. She wore a yellow gown with a purple vest over it and cream colored pants that went down to just above her knees. A white ruff worn around her neck and a golden crown with red jewels sat upon her head of short blue hair. Green eyeliner graced her eyelids. A gold necklace with a magenta jewel was also worn around her neck. Despite her human appearance, her arms and legs were more like a dinosaurs. She even had a tail to boot. Held in her right clawed hand was a golden staff with a white and grey egg shaped top, covered in purple and pink speckles.
“That’s Sorceress! Sor-cer-ess! GasterFrisk!” The Sorceress yelled.
Her temper didn’t bother the infused being none as they simply smiled at her. Sorceress in return scowled and walked over to the figures’ side, observing the pool before them. She analyzed at each being in the pool, taking in both who they fought and how they were fighting each other.
“I must say, Omnimon is very aggressive towards Princess Cadance isn’t he?” She pondered as it was weird to her. Omnimon wasn’t the sort of being to be so brutal and aggressive in such a way. She always saw him as more chivalrous like a knight. Despite him being in the form of an actual royal knight from the digital world.
[HE HAS EVERY REASON TO BE. MANY RESETS AGO, IT WAS HE WHO KILLED THE RETURNING LATE KING SOMBRA. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS WERE UNFORTUNATE TO NOT ARRIVE ON TIME AS THE CITIZENS WANTED OMNIMON TO BE THEIR NEW KING. THEY COULD FEEL THE COURAGE, FRIENDSHIP, AND HOPE RADIATING OFF OF HIM. WHEN CELESTIA FOUND OUT ABOUT HIM, SHE WANTED OMNIMON TO STAND DOWN FROM HIS POSITION SO HER NIECE CAN TAKE THE THRONE. THUS SHE ASKED HER SISTER TO DISRUPT HIS SLEEP SCHEDULE.] GasterFrisk explained.
“But he doesn’t need to sleep, except to regain energy. Did she finally realize it, or was she too stupid to notice?” Sorceress placed a claw on her hip whilst tilting her head.
[NOT UNTIL HE TOLD HER AFTER SHE PROCLAIMED CADANCE AND SHINING ARMOR TO TAKE CARE OF THE EMPIRE WHILE HE RESTED. WITH ALL HER OTHER PLANS NOT WORKING TO REMOVE HIM, SHE DESPERATELY RESORTED TO HAVING THE ELEMENTS BE USED ON HIM.]
The Sorceress placed her claw on her chin. She was currently thinking of the different possible effects the Elements of Harmony may have had on him. When she remembered that Omnimons’ right arm represents friendship, she questioned. “Did it work?”
GasterFrisk smiled. [NOPE. HE ABSORBED THE RAINBOW WITH HIS RIGHT ARM SINCE IT REPRESENTS FRIENDSHIP, WHICH IS WHAT THE ELEMENTS ARE EMPOWERED BY. HE THEN GRABBED DISCORD, FIRING HIS CANNON AT POINT BLANK, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY, THEN ABSORBED HIS DATAFIED MAGICAL REMAINS. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION SPREAD OUT, FLOWING ACROSS THE SKY AROUND THE PLANET, FILLING OTHER CREATURES WITH COURAGE, HOPE, AND FRIENDSHIP.]
There was something she felt wasn’t being told, but like always, all she needed to do was ask the right question. “What happened to cause him to be so aggressive now!? In other words, how, or if, he was evicted from the throne?”
GasterFrisk huffed a laugh. [SHE FINALLY FOUND A WAY BY GETTING HELP FROM OTHER WORLDS, OR IN THIS CASE UNIVERSES. THEY, ALONG WITH PRINCESS CADANCE ATTEMPTED IN SABOTAGING HIS RULE, PUTTING THE LIVES OF INNOCENTS IN DANGER, AND EVEN TRYING TO FORCE HIM INTO UNNECESSARY FIGHTS WITH THEM. ALL SO CADANCE CAN HAVE HER EMPIRE IN THE NORTH, AND PRINCESS CELESTIA CAN HAVE WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A VASSAL KINGDOM.] Sighing, they remembered all of the events that transpired, and it wasn’t just with Omnimon. [EVERY SINGLE TIME ONE OF US FRAGMENTED ONES COMES AROUND, EITHER THIS UNIVERSE ITSELF FOR SOME REASON OR PRINCESS CELESTIA ALWAYS CONNECTS TO OTHER UNIVERSES.]
“Or other universes somehow connect with OUR universe instead. Those nosy busy bodies. Don’t they have any other lives they can ruin in their own realms!? And to think! Princess Cadance would sabotage her own potential kingdom, just so she can take it for herself! Talk about giving yourself a fixer-upper.” Sorceress expressed her annoyance with huffing aggressively.
GasterFrisk found it cute from the humanoid dinosaur lady to through a tantrum, which to them, made her look like a child pouting. They always found it cute how she found ways to cheer them up. Even if it was unintentionally. Her last question was an unfortunate one to ask.
[WITH THE HELP FROM THE OTHER BEINGS FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSES, ‘PRINCESS’ CADANCE WAS ABLE TO RESTORE THEIR LIVES AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. A DEUS EX MACHINA IF YOU WOULD.] They sighed.
“One other question GasterFrisk.” They turned their head towards her. “Why am I in a humanoid form with dinosaur features? I suppose I can word that a bit better, can’t I?’ Clearing her throat, she tried again. “Why is it that while I am in the form of the Sorceress from Spyro: Year of the Dragon and yet, I and some of the other Fragmented One’s are in a mostly human looking form with inhuman type features similar to those ‘monster girls’ that some people gush over? I’m sure some of the other Fragmented Ones are deeply wondering this too, but haven’t openly asked because they don’t know who might know about this. Not that I’m assuming you know, but just in case you do, Could you please tell me to inform the others.”
GasterFrisk pondered how to tell her exactly the reason why. It was simple, and yet, there were also a more complicated answer to it. They thought the simple would suffice and go into the more complicated answer if she asked for more. They had plenty of time to tell her all she wanted to know if everything went as planned in Equestrias’ reality at the moment. The real question is how to word it to her without having to go through every little detail right now. They figured the short version will work for now.
[THAT IS VERY GENEROUS OF YOU, SORCERESS. I’D WAGER YOU’D MAKE A FINE ELEMENT BEARER. BETTER THAN RARITY PERHAPS? AS FOR YOUR QUESTION, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF ANSWERS TO THAT. I’LL START WITH THE SIMPLER ANSWER. IT’S EASIER TO EXPLAIN IT RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER MORE COMPLICATED ANSWER I CAN EXPLAIN LATER, OR RIGHT NOW IF YOU’D LIKE. IT WILL A LOT OF TIME, AND WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT MUCH DEPENDING ON WHAT TRANSPIRES NEXT.]
Sorceress considered her options. While she wanted to know the full story of why she was a ‘Human-Dino’ hybrid, she didn’t want to waste any time with a long and drawn out explanation currently. There is a fight going on and GasterFrisk needed to observe to judge whether or not they needed to intervene yet, or if at all.
“Fine. Tell me the short version.”
[WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF OUR ORIGIN?]
“All of us Fragmented Ones are the shards of a human that originated from a different universe whose soul and consciousness ascended and became an all powerful being, disappeared many resets ago after said soul of the all powerful human shattered into fragments. Each of us take on the forms of different characters from anime’s to cartoons to video games. Why do you ask?” Narrowing an eye, she leaned towards them.
GasterFrisk stood absolutely flabbergasted. While they did know that the Sorceress was knowledgeable, they didn’t realize she knew THAT much about their origin. What puzzled them was how she knew that much when for GasterFrisk themselves, it took many resets to find out the truth to why their past was so fuzzy and seemingly broken.
[HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT ALL THAT?]
“Oh. Crap. Umm.. I made a promise to not reveal the source… and I um… can’t really tell you, because...” Sorceress fidgeted nervously in her spot. Whatever, wherever, or whoever she learned the information from, she promised not to tell. Her constant shaking was evident of just how important said promise was to her.
GasterFrisk held up a hand. [IT’S ALRIGHT. I WON’T FORCE THE INFORMATION OUT OF YOU. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE PROMISE IS IMPORTANT BY HOW YOU’RE SHAKING. YOU DON’T NEED TO WORRY.]
The Sorceress was calmed down by GasterFrisks’ words and smile. She released a breath that she didn’t realize she had been holding. After she recovered from the self-suffocation, she looked back down into the pool. She noticed how both Sora and Omnimon weren’t holding back, forgetting about her previous question in the process.
“Omnimon, I can understand why, but Sora, I don’t get. What’s his reason for such aggressive tactics?” Pointing her staff at the pool, GasterFrisk was nervous she might accidentally blow it up because of the magic that naturally released from it, waving and swaying around the egg at the end of her scepter.
[SORA WAS TREATED LIKE A KID. THE PONIES AND THE BEINGS FROM OTHER UNIVERSES NEVER TOOK HIM SERIOUSLY IN A SIMILAR MANNER TO HOW SPIKE THE DRAGON WAS BEING TREATED. THAT IS, UNTIL HE BECAME CONSIDERED A THREAT. IRONIC, BECAUSE HE DEFEATED ONE OF THE MORE DANGEROUS VILLAINS AND HEROES FROM A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE AND PREVENTED HIMSELF FROM KILLING BOTH OF THEM.]
Sorceress slouched, closing her eyes. “You mean to tell me. He looks like a kid. They treated him like a kid. He proves himself by defeating one of their most dangerous villains and besting one of their most powerful heroes. They see him as a danger instead of a hero.”
GasterFrisk shrugged. [YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.}
Sorceress facepalmed. “Idiots.” She muttered. “Who even was the villain and moronic hero anyways?”
[JOKER AND SUPERMAN FROM THE DC MULTIVERSE. SORAS' KEYBLADE IS A MAGICAL WEAPON, THUS IN A WORLD OF MAGIC, SUPERMAN HAS THE DISADVANTAGE.] Placing a hand to their chin, they began to the ponder the potential of each individual. [THE DIFFERENCE IN FIGHTING STYLE BETWEEN SORA AND SUPERMAN IS ALSO TO CONSIDER. SORA IS AN UNPREDICTABLE POWERHOUSE WITH COMBO POTENTIAL WHILE SUPERMAN IS LIKE A HAMMER. ALL BRUTE FORCE AND NOT MUCH ELSE I’M AFRAID.]
Sorceress’s expression fell. ‘Great, their in one of their analysis moods again. This is what happens to them being half Gaster and half Frisk. Gaster and his intellect. Frisk and their saving nature. I just hope this time doesn’t take too long.’
[THOUGH TO BE HONEST, SUPERMAN WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN SORA SUMMONED HIS KEYBLADE INFRONT OF HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME, EJECTING THE MAN OF STEEL OUT OF HIS STATION OF AWAKENING WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO DEFEND SORA FROM THE HEARTLESS AFTER CADANCE USED HER HEART MAGIC, WHICH ALLOWED SUPERMAN TO ENTER TO GIVE THE BOY A STRICT TALKING TO. SORA WASN’T GOING TO HAVE IT, SO HE STRUCK HIM DOWN AFTER RELEASING HIS OWN DARKNESS.]
‘I need to think of something to snap them out of this quick. there’s a fight going on and they can’t afford to be distracted like this.’
[NOT THAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SORA SUMMONED HIS KEYBLADE. HE ACTUALLY SUMMONED IT WHEN HE…]
“Yes, Yes! The first time he showed his keyblade to the blue hammer boy-scout. Of course the superheroes were the ones to degrade him and try to pressure their stupid no killing beliefs onto him.” She sighed, smiling. ‘Finally! Thought It’d take more than that to snap them out of it.’ Just then, another question entered the forefront of the Sorceress’ mind. “Did either of them have any friends?”
When GasterFrisk didn’t answer for a minute, she looked up at them.
Their face was a sad expression. Head down, and a frown replacing the smile they had moments ago. A tear ran down one side of their face. Even their breathing became less calm, a bit rigid.
“You okay?” Sorceress placed a claw on their shoulder. She was concerned as GasterFrisk was one of their only friends among the Fragmented. It wasn’t like she tried or anything, but, she didn’t want to get too attached as most Fragmented Ones in the past have been killed before in the previous resets/loops. GasterFrisk was one of the only ones that can survive being killed which made them a very long lasting friend.
[I’M FINE, IT’S JUST... OMNIMON.] Taking deep breaths, GasterFrisk calmed themselves. Their somber voice gave Sorceress a bad feeling. [IT’S... JUST.]
Feeling a little more curious, Sorceress patted their back before regretfully asking. “It’s okay. Can you tell me?”
GasterFrisk turned their head towards her. Sorceress knew they were looking right at her, but this time it felt they looking through her. GasterFrisk opened their mouth. The words struck even the Sorceress’ heart strings.
[HE HAD FOUND LOVE ONCE, AND CADANCE KILLED IT.]
<=====The Grey Room=====>
Both occupants of the room stood in silence. Peering at the pool in the center of the floor, which showed the events that were currently playing out.
“Well, that was a bit sudden.” The Sorceress admitted. Her gaze shifted back towards GasterFrisk. A small pout on her face. “You still didn’t answer that one question of mine.”
GasterFrisk tilted their head away from the Sorceress while also slightly turning their head towards her, signifying they were listening.
“My question of why I look like one of those ‘monster girl’ versions of the Sorceress. I have blue arms and legs for crying out loud! And a tail.” Though she didn’t sound like she was annoyed at her physical form, GasterFrisk knew her outburst was towards the lack of an answer.
They thought about the reasons why each Fragmented One took on a more ‘monster girl-like’ appearance. While each one were born from the fragment of the Allfathers’ soul, they each were given a different reason. Sadly, it seemed only GasterFrisk could accurately guess the reason as to why the Sorceress in particular was a ‘monster girl’ version, let alone a child-like version.
[EACH FRAGMENTED ONE THAT BECAME A MONSTER GIRL HAS THEIR OWN REASONS TO BECOMING ONE. THE REASON BEHIND WHY YOU’RE A MONSTER GIRL IS ONE I MAY BE ABLE TO ACCURATELY GUESS.] Already they were scanning and thinking about the most possible reason for the Sorceress’ monster girl form.
“Well, at least I’ll GET an answer. Don’t know about the others though. How long will this scan take?” tapping her foot as time passed by, the floating hands with holes through their palms projecting green light had only slightly miffed her.
As the green light died down from the floating hands, they returned to their catalyst. Rotating and hovering around them as a holographic screen appeared infront of them. Symbols and words in an unknown language formed in rows upon rows. Each quickly viewed and read in seconds by the human-monster hybrid.
[INTERESTING. IT SEEMS THE REASONING BEHIND YOUR MONSTER GIRL FORM HAS A BIT OF A BACKGROUND. FOR STARTERS, YOUR CHILD-LIKE APPEARANCE. YOU’RE IMMORTAL.]
Sorceress’ jaw nearly hit the floor. “What!?” Her eyes wide open, she began fidgeting with her claws. “B-Bu-But I h-haven’t t-t-taken any d-d-dragon wings or created a potion of immortality! How am I immortal!?” Her confidence came back quickly as she stomped her foot.
[I’M NOT ENTIRELY SURE YET. I ASSUME IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FRAGMENTED ONE YOU WERE ORIGINALLY BORN FROM.]
“Oh. Her.” lowering her voice from the boisterous volume it had been. “I remember her. She was a Fragmented One in the form of Spyro. Exceeeept she was a ‘monster girl’ version that called herself Spyra.”
[OH?] GasterFrisk looked more directly at the Sorceress. [YOU REMEMBER BEING AN EXTENSION OF THE FRAGMENTED ONE THAT MADE YOUR FORM?]
“A bit.” She sighed. “I only remember how I acted, reacted, then adapted. As if I was solely based on my instincts. Do all Fragmented One’s have such an extension of themselves?”
[IT DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL THEMSELVES. TAKE RIPTA FOR EXAMPLE. DESPITE BEING THE FRAGMENTED ONE IN THE APPEARANCE OF RIPTO THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AN EXTENSION TO SPYRA LIKE YOU. HER TWO MONSTERS, WHILE NOT FRAGMENTED ONES LIKE HER, ARE VERY AWARE OF THEIR EXISTENCES’ NATURE. YOU WERE PROBABLY THE SAME WAY.]
“That still doesn’t explain why we opposed her.” She shrugged, shaking her head. She was confused about the nature of her existence. Even curious about why her nature was against who was essentially her creator/mother.
[SOMETIMES THE UNIVERSE WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS AS WELL. WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY. YOU WERE NOT THE ONLY EXTENSION TO OPPOSE YOUR FRAGMENTED CREATOR. IN FACT. SPYRAS’ DESTRUCTION WASN’T BY ANY OF YOUR HANDS, CLAWS, APPENDAGES. BUT BY THE PONIES.]
Sorceress smirked. “I sometimes forget you can be omniscient at times.”
GasterFrisk held up a finger. [AWARE, BUT NOT OMNISCIENT. I JUST KNOW BECAUSE IT PEAKED MY INTEREST. SEEING NOT YOU BUT TWILIGHT AND HER FRIENDS IN THEIR RAINBOW FORMS, BLASTING YOU AWAY BEFORE OPPOSING YOUR CREATOR.] They breathed a long sigh before continuing. [THOUGH THE BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE NOT ONLY DESTROYED SPYRA, BUT ALSO THEMSELVES.]
Sorceress thought aloud. “Then how did I become independent? How did any of us become independent?”
[ SPYRAS’ OWN SOUL FRAGMENT SPLIT INTO PIECES ALLOWING ALL OF YOU TO BECOME YOU OWN BEINGS.]
“Wah! Don’t read my mind! Since when could you do that!?” Sorceress shrieked.
[I DIDN’T. YOU SPOKE YOUR THOUGHTS OUT LOUD.] Sorceress grumbled as GasterFrisk turned towards a figure in the back corner. [ANYWAYS, IT’S ABOUT TIME TO FACE PRINCESS LUNA. ARE YOU READY?]
The person that had been sitting there the entire time stood up. The black robes he wore looked to be of Japanese origin. A red strap was wrapped around him over his right shoulder and below his left arm. A massive sword, wrapped in a white cloth was placed on his back. Despite his brown eye color, his hair was naturally orange.
“Yeah. I’m ready.” He had a determined expression on his face as his voice was full of confidence. His stride to the door spoke for itself as he made his way to the door. Before he even reached for the handle, he turned to look back. “Hey. Is the location set?”
A couple seconds passed as GasterFrisk was typing on the holographic screen. [AFFIRMATIVE. GO ON OUT, ICHIGO KUROSAKI.]
After closing the door behind him, Sorceress looked to GasterFrisk. “Is he the best choice against Princess Luna? Won’t he need another to back him up?”
GasterFrisk held up a hand, [NOT TO WORRY, HE IS FULLY PREPARED. ALSO HIS ZANPAKUTOS’ NAME BEINGS THAT OF ZANGETSU MEANS SLAYING MOON.]
“In other words? Oh!” Sorceress giggled. “I see. Ichigo is truly the best choice to have against Princess Luna then, right?”
[PRECISELY.]
<=====Canterlot Castle=====>
In one of the halls of Canterlot Castle, just outside Lunas’ bedroom. A grey door appeared out of nowhere. Soon it opened and an orange-haired individual stepped out.
He looked around to see if any guards were around. Luckily for him, they were all panicking, running around, yelling questions at each other. None of which knew the answers the others sought but that didn’t stop them from yelling their questions to the air anyway.
He ignored them and began searching for Princess Lunas’ spiritual energy. While all ponies have lots of magical energy in them, it barely prevents someone like him from sensing spiritual energy. As soon as he found hers, he noticed it shifted a bit, as if flinching.
Ichigo sighed. “Alright. Guess she knows I sensed her. Better introduce myself.” He spoke softly to himself, pulling his sword off his back while the cloth unwrapped itself from the blade. He held his sword over his shoulder, waiting to see if any of them reacted to his presence yet.
Sadly, they were still running around like a chicken with its’ head cut off. Yelling questions, even those already asked, and ignoring everything around them.
‘Should I even ask?’ Ichigo deadpanned. ‘Guess I should just get going then.’
Maintaining his expression, he began walkingtowards the bedroom door. With every step he got a little closer. Even stopping just let some of them run by. By the time he got to the door, every guard had stopped to turn and face him.
“Halt! You aren’t allowed in there!” One guard yelled. Gritting his teeth, he raised his spear, pointing it at Ichigo. “For the princess’ safety, you are to lay down your weapon and surrender yourself to the solar guard! NOW!”
Ichigo ignored them, opening the door while flaring his reiatsu. The bright blue spiritual energy surrounded him as he broke the handle off the door. At first the guards laughed at him. They threw taunts and vocal jabs at him. Slowly, they closed in, spears and crossbows at the ready.
That was until he used another method of opening the door.
With a swing of his zanpakuto, he fired a wave of his reiastu, blowing the door open. The wave of reiatsu continued through the door, hitting the far wall. When the dust settled, the door was hanging on by its’ lower hinges and a massive hole where the bright blue wave hit was evident.
Ichigo waltzed right on in. The dark of the room allowed little to no sight. He could barely see the illustration of the moon and stars on the ceiling and the bed in the center of the room. It was thanks to the suns’ light from the hole he made that he could see. There, next to the hole to the left, was Princess Luna.
She had been spared from the attack. Her midnight blue coat was easy to see thanks to the light. Her dark blue ethereal mane and tail that looked to have held stars in them. He noticed she was wearing a black gown and black bike shorts. Her arms were crossed with an unreadable expression on her face.
Ichigo calmed himself before addressing her. The smile on his face not once left him.
“Sorry. But I’d like for you to come quietly. That’s your only warning. I’d like to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed..”
Princess Luna stood there a moment, eyeing him carefully. Just as the conversation had taken up its’ silence, the guards just outside began to step forward again. One of them even speaking up as he stepped forward.
“You can’t win against Princess Luna, so give yourself up to us right now and make it easier on yourself. Drop your weapon, and to your knees, or you will not be spared.”
Instead of listening, Ichigo lifted his sword off his shoulder. Holding his zanpakuto infront of him, he was prepared to strike the princess of the night if need be.
“Ah-Aren’t you listening!?” “Don’t bother! This beast is obviously going to try to slay our princess!” “Attack!”
All at once the guards charged forth, each one with a spear, or sword, or the one with arm blades launched themselves at Ichigo. Yet, he did not move. He did not flinch. He stood with his back turned towards the guards as they launched their weapons forward.
The spears thrusted forward, the swords were swung, and the one pony with arm blades spun vertically in the air like a saw. All of their attacks landing right on Ichigos’ back.
“Heh. Nice illusion! Too bad it doesn’t work on me.” Ichigo breathed calmly, making his way in.
To Princess Luna, his clothing resembled that of a citizens from the Kirin empire. Even the weird sensation she felt from him before he entered was like the Empress’ own ability.
What was more strange to her was what she felt from him. His power felt like hers, but not hers. It felt like a fellow lunar magic user except odd. It didn’t feel like magic, instead it felt more deeper. It even felt like it was meant to ctrike down other lunar users. She couldn’t quite place it. It still upset her that a creature other than herself was using lunar magic. She made it a general personal rule to not allow any other, be they pony or otherwise, to be able to use the same lunar power as her. His lunar power has sentenced him to treason and possibly death by default for possessing that.
Lunas’ eyes widened a little at his statement. “Impossible. Even if thou can see through it, thy body should be experiencing a great sensation of phantom pain right now. Even the most trained of individuals would feel something!”
Without warning Ichigo charged as the illusions fell apart, fading away. His blade was poised to strike her down at the shoulder. Within those few seconds, Princess Lunas’ horn flashed, nearly blinding Ichigo. His sword met another as Luna summoned two of her own. A curved sword whose blade resembled a crescent moon in her left hand, and a straight sword with a crescent moon on its’ hilt in her right hand.
Diverting Ichigos’ sword aside, she swung her straight sword at him. Ichigo spun around to kick her sword and return with a swing of his own. Luna jumped over him, spinning to slash him while in the air as she landed.
“Heh, not bad. You almost got me with that.” Ichigo swung his sword upward, firing another Getsuga at her.
Laughing at his attack, she mocked. “Hmph! Thy attacks are too direct with large telegraphed openings. Thou shalt never defeat us with such hasty swings.”
Just as she dodged, she failed to see Ichigo follow up with another Getsuga from the other side as he appeared to her right. Spiritual energy flowed around him as he raised his sword above his head.
“Getsuga! Tenshoooouuuu!”
The giant wave of blue spiritual energy engulfed the entire room, forcing Luna to cast a barrier, holding the wave while firing a beam through a wall. She barely escaped when she did. About to cast another spell, she covered her face when the dust blew out neAr her. She coughed to get fresh air into her lungs. She noticed the orange-haired individual she was fighting leapt out of the room into the hall with her.
“Good idea. Fighting in the hallway is much better. More room for us.” Ichigo kept his eyes on Luna. Not once did he lose sight of her.
“What happened to thy sword?” Puzzled, she noticed the blade had become completely different.
Ichigos’ sword had now became a solid white. The handle guard was a more dull yellowish brown as the handle itself was of a red wrapping. The dull colored pommel had a two-stringed tassel on it.
“Ah, my swords very first form. Don’t mind it too much. Let’s finish this.” He charged again.
Luna snorted and fired a bolt of magic he deflected with ease, but not without causing the blade to snap off. She grinned as her pride swelled at the prospect of defeating a talented, but crude opponent such as him. Feeling her victory was set, she felt the need to inform him.
“Ha! What fool charges at a foe with a broken weapon? Thy brain must be as small as ye ole Diamond Dogs are!”
The two clashed again. The snapped off blade of Ichigos’ swords versus the lunar swords of Princess Luna. Surprisingly, his blade was able to hold off Lunas’. She tried to push harder only for him to push her back back more, shrinking her smile into a frown. It was like taking one step forward then two steps back. It was starting to infuriate her that she was clearly losing to such a simple weapon. Even more was the unnatural strength her foe possessed.
She smiled “Doth thou believe thee to be able to defeat us now!? Thy sword snapped so cleanly with but a simple bolt of magic!”
Teleporting away, she held her blades up, casting another spell. This spell held Ichigo in a barrier in the air. Looking around, he began striking at the sphere he was stuck in to no avail. Each hit only drained more of his stamina by the second.
Princess Luna observed him continue his attacks, watching as the stump of a blade remaining hadn’t chipped or broken off yet. Her eyes narrowed at it. Once again, pride swelled up in her. She had known herself as a militaristic pony. Taking action when she felt was needed. Unlike her sister who had been staying behind, letting Twilight and her friends do all the fighting. She pondered why she wasn’t allowed to still exert her fighting prowess like she used to anymore. It was like her own sister was trying to soften her. While she refused to say anything of the matter, she was more thankful she had gotten to fight some creature that could give her that feeling of a worthy opponent again. Or at least as worthy as today’s times can produce.
“Now stay there while I contact mine sister! I am certain she will find a use for thee! If not, I hear our garden can use a new statue since Discord hasn’t been occupying it.” Though to be honest, she was hoping to make use of this creature other than being a lawn ornament. She hoped to convince her sister later to ‘reform’ him into being a soldier for them. Unfortunately, she’d have to word it for a way for her sister to believe him of becoming a guard instead. She detested how lacking the guards are nowadays.
Ichigo huffed as he struck the barrier again and again. His annoyance grew into anger. Try as he might, he could not break the barrier. Focusing his reiatsu into his blade, he started to finally chip away at it.
“Come ooonn! Break darn you!”
Luna laughed at his failed attempts. “Now be a good creature and remain there! We will be calling mine sister to judge thee now!”
Her horn lit up while she turned her back. Taking a few steps away from the captive Ichigo, she didn’t notice the cracks starting to form.
Hello! Sister!...Hello? Art thou there? Sister?” She huffed. “Well, this is unusual. Hold on creature! Thou shalt be dealt with soon enough!”
The barrier he was trapped in had shattered upon impact as shards of magic flew through the air. Ichigo landed gently with ease before standing his ground, preparing for another round. As the barrier faded, Princess Luna turned around before charging at him. She leapt through the air and began to spin. Once she landed, her spinning launched her forward as she balanced on her swords. For Ichigo, she resembled a buzz-saws’ blade rolling at high speed.
Ichigo jumped to the side in response to the attack. Just as he recovered, he turned around and saw that Luna was already heading right at him again. With no time to dodge, he thrusted the blunt blade of his swords’ remains forward to buy himself a little more time.
The spinning attack she used was too much for the stump of a sword blade as it was shredded away like paper to a shredder. Passing by her foe, his sword was now only the handle and pommel. The guard of said handle fell apart too easily.
“Whatever thou had been planning with that blade, it won’t work now. I can detain easily with only the handle left for thee.” It was then she noticed him smiling.
Stopping her attack, she turned to the fallen man, smiling on the ground. Readying herself as he stood back up, he pointed the handle at her. Seeing him place his left hand over his right, she heard him say only one thing.
“Fullbring.”
Just as suddenly as he stated it, a massive power, darker than any shadow Luna has ever seen practically exploded around him. Expanding into a great size, she began firing beams of blue lightning at it. Finally, the darkness receded as if shrinking, revealing Ichigo. His clothes were now covered in that very dark power. She noticed a blade of darkness had formed from the remains of his sword.
“Impressive, but doth thee believe to be able to defeat mineself with the power of shadows?” As Ichigo was about to respond, she continued. “Truly, you realize thou faces the princess of the night! Ha! Annnnd in broad daylight as well! Doth thee believe thou wouldst stand a chance with thy own darkness being diverted by the very light too?”
‘Geez, she talks a lot.’
Ichigo stood there, listening to everything the princess was saying. Even if he didn’t want to. It was better he let his spiritual energy build back up anyways.
‘The more time she spends talking, the more time I have to get into the next form of my power.’
As Ichigo walked forward, the princess stopped speaking. At first he took one step at a time.
“So, thou wishes to do battle with thee at last!”
Using Bringer Light, Ichigo zoomed straight to Luna, catching her off guard. She barely dodged the swing to her face using her wings to propel herself away. With Bringer Light, he closed the gap and swung again at her face. It was only now she realized he was aiming at her horn.
Charging magic into it, she expelled his blade away from her and countered. The sword cut through his shadow clothing, but left no cut on his actual body.
“Coward! If thou is going to fight, then take a hit when it strikes you!” She yelled, almost using the Royal Canterlot voice.
Instead of retorting, he smile before using Bringer Light multiple times. Each time he got close, he swung at her only for her to sidestep and swing back.
This continued for a time. Ichigo would charge forth using Bringer Light while Princess Luna sidestepped and swung at the same time. Sometimes hitting Ichigo only for his reiatsu clothing to protect him.
Feeling frustrated from the lack of results, Princess Luna flew into the air and began using her spinning attack again. Ichigo stood his ground as the princess charged at him. Using Bringer Light, he dodged the attack, but sparks of blue lightning shot out, electrocuting him. The power behind the bolts of lightning pushed him through the air into the wall.
As she stopped, Princess Luna looked back at cloud of dust that formed. A large smile formed on her face. She had felt triumphant in herself. Striking her opponent with the effect of such an amazing attack such as hers.
“Thou best stay there if thee don’t wish to be shocked again! We are quite adept at lightning-based magic!” Not that she believed he could get up after getting hit with an attack like that.
Emerging from the wall, Ichigo pushed himself to his feet. Breathing a few deep breaths, he turned towards her. Raising his blade as he closed his eyes, he began to try feeling for any of her spiritual energy. It was hard since she has such a large amount of magic in her, but he was confident in himself to find her souls signature. Not once will he allow himself to lose his resolve.
By only a half an inch did Princess Luna take when she backed up. She would never admit to being scared nor frightened by anything, but the look in her opponents eyes. Not once had she seen that sort of look throughout all her life. Even the most hardiest of mercenaries and pirates would melt under such a gaze. It only made sense that he would strike next, and she would be prepared.
Truth be told, Princess Luna herslef felt a slight tingle in her arms and legs. Something she would not admit to was being scared of anything. Instead, she’d chalk this up to being excited for what he had planned next. She refused to admit to being afraid of a no nothing creature that had not an ounce of sense to just surrender to her at all. For her, it was completely ludicrous to feel any fear towards a being such as him.
“Complete Fullbring.”
Before she knew it, long white strands shot out from the center of his chest, spreading and reforming. Within seconds, his entire outfit had been renewed. Pale, almost bone-like armor covered different parts of his body. Some of which covered parts of his face. When the shadowy blade dissolved, a new sword materialized. This one was like the first one she saw him wield, though much smaller. It was black with a white blade and a curved tip. A strange five sided plaque with a ‘X’ served as its’ handle guard.
She smirked. “We see! So thou hath been stalling us as one would say to release thy full strength! Yet, how can thee use such power after taking such a massive blow to thyself?” Mockingly, she asked.
Instantly, he disappeared. Vanished without a trace. She calmed herself, casting a spell to find where he’d teleport to. What surprised her was that she couldn’t sense any magic used nor any form of teleportation used either. She was about to vocalize her disbelief when her left ear twitched. Turning around, she swung her curved sword around.
“Aha! Got...you?”
Her sword had struck and went through. Sticking into the abdomen of her opponent until he faded away. As her ears continued to twitch, she spun around and swung again and again. Each time hitting not her opponent, but her opponents afterimage.
“Coward! Using an illusion to fight me!? How dare thee use such disgraceful HRK!”
She stumbled. Blood dripped off her left shoulder. Clenching her jaw tight, she spun around to see him again.
“Hypocrite.” He said as he faced her.
Her face scrunched up, narrowing her eyes. Looking at him in disgust, she asked. “And what is that suppose to mean?”
“It’s what you are. Calling me a coward for what you claim to be an illusion when-”
“THAT’S BECAUSE YOU ARE! NOW SUBMIT THYSELF TO THE CROWN OR-!”
She never got to finish her sentence as Ichigo interrupted her by vanishing and reappearing infront of her. His fist shot forward, intending on punching her in the face. Right when she was about to counter, his other hand shot upward instead. Predicting her counter, Ichigo uppercutted her in the chin, sending her flying. The impact of the hit was enough to push her back a few feet. She was about to use her Royal Canterlot voice again, but stopped when she saw the look in his eyes again.
The look was more serious than before. He looked frustrated, almost upset at her. Like she had been caught taking a cookie from a jar she had no right to take from. A look telling her to be ready for the inevitable spanking she was about to receive. The thought made her even angrier.
“The next time I hit you. It won’t be anything less than my blade again.” tightening his grip, he held his ground, standing only a few feet from the princess.
Smirking, she snorted. “Thou truly believes thee special? Many hath come before us and mine sister.” Winds brought up by magic began swirling around her, slowly lifting her. “You shall be no different than any other foe we hath laid waste to in the past! Arrogant creature! Fall and be remembered as a fool, and no better!”
In the air, Princess Luna released a massive wave of magic in the form of her mane and tail. Creating a twister, she formed multiple swords, floating around her. Each one was a copy of her own straight sword.
Ichigo placed his Fullbring sword into the sheath on his back. Light blue reiatsu began building up around him. Higher and higher it flowed, raising above where the princess herself hovered.
“Zangetsu.”
With one single word, an explosion of reiatsu formed a light blue cloud of dust blinding the princess. She used her magic to clear the cloud and once she did, she witnessed a power from Ichigo she didn’t want to feel from anything ever again. Large cleaver looking sword on his back, his original clothing restored, and a large black ‘X’ on his chest.
Despite the appearance of him, she could feel something wrong about him. Originally, she felt a lunar based power radiating off of him the moment she saw him, then disappear when his blade began changing into different forms, but now. Now she felt the same power, but something told her that it was a lunar power that can truly cut down other users of lunar powers, rendering said powers useless.
He sighed. “Sorry about that. It usually takes me a while to get to this point. Especially after I use Mugetsu. It takes me only a month to recover every time now.”
Princess Luna snapped out of her trance, shaking her head rapidly. “Wha-What? What’s a Mugetsu?”
“It’s the final Getsuga. It wastes all of my power, leaving me unconscious for a month. It also reduces me to my basic sword form. The first form whose blade broke off.”
Her face perked up in satisfaction. “Ah, yes! We remember how we broke thy blade so easily. Seems this blade will be no different than that one. Thou should’ve stayed with thy previous form. At least then, thy armor wouldst protect thee.”
“Nah.” He shook his head. “Believe it or not, this form far stronger than my previous.” Pointing at the ‘X’ on his chest, he continued. “See? This form combines my Fullbring and Shikai.”
While Luna knew what he was talking about in regards to his ‘Fullbring’, she could only guess at what his ‘Shikai’ was.
“Thou means thy large sword, right?”
Happily nodding, he continued. “Yeah, the cleaver looking form. The one you saw first.” After seeing her nod, he continued. “Also, you-”
“Are we fighting or talking!? I’d rather learn all this after I’ve captured to interrogate thee!”
Sensing her impatience, he took a quick moment to check his surroundings. Opening his eyes, he saw Luna right infront of him, ready to cut him down. Reflexes kicked in and he flipped over her, landing behind her. Without wasting time, he moved forward in an attempt to cut one of her wings.
Sensing the danger, she ducked his swing then swung at him while he was still in the air. Using his momentum, he spun around to swing again, clashing his sword against one of hers. The sparks of spirit and magic swirled in the air between them.
Ichigo spun around, attacking her again. Princess Luna held up her swords in a ‘X’ formation to block it. The force of his swing sent her sliding back. She recovered, flapping her wings to stop the force of the push that sent her back.
Using shunpo, Ichigo appeared infront of her again, continuing his assault. Luna blocked his attacks, but was pushed back every time because of how powerful each swing was. Even using her sidestep maneuvers made it difficult to have any chance to counterattack.
‘He’s fast.’ She thought. ‘Too fast for me to keep up physically.’
Without any options, she flew into the air to catch her breath. Breathing heavily from the constant exertion, she smiled at her genetic advantage. Or so she thought. What she didn’t expect was for the same individual to be able to leap high enough to reach her.
‘Simple! I’ll just dodge and let him fall!’
As she flew to the side, his sword missed. Now all she had to do was let him fall to the ground and receive injuries from the fall. Only, he didn’t fall. He was standing in the air at her level. Now swinging his sword again. Breaking out of the shock, she tried to dodge away from him. Instead she received a cut across her mid-abdomen.
Quickly breathing to get her nerves under control, she found herself having trouble focusing. Her mind was filled questions that she wanted answers to. Questions that were distracting her and couldn’t afford to be. Realizing now wasn’t the time, she raised her head, forcing herself to look at him.
He had disappeared again. “Hey, You alright?”
Spinning to her left, he was there. Just standing there nonchalantly. The same look of determination on his face said his intention. She barely had time to react when he swung again. The force of the attack was unexpected. The column she landed into stopped her from flying any farther back.
Firing at random, her magic created bolts of lightning in a spread. He charged through the attack, striking each bolt away until he was close enough to strike her again. This time instead of only one column, she crashed through four.
In the middle of the air, time seemed to slow for her. Every second felt like hours as she thought on what she just experienced. The thought of a creature without wings being able to not only jump so high in the air, but also stand in the air as well confused her to no end.
By some reason or another, she turned her sight to the left where felt a presence. It was him again. He was standing the air with his sword over his left shoulder. Her already widened eyes felt like they were going to pop out of her skull as her pupils were pinpricks.
He swung his giant cleaver, purposely missing her. That didn’t stop the light blue blast of pure force from pushing her down the other hall, out the window. Strangely, she was stopped by a green transparent wall of some kind. It was akin to a magical barrier. She didn’t have time to think as she was grabbed by the shoulder.
“Oi. Don’t lose your focus.” Staring at her without anger anymore. Just a calm neutral look.
“Are you!? You!” She snarled. “ARE YOU PITYING-!” She yelled just before she was launched to the ground.
Covering his left ear, he hissed. “Geez. Did you have to do that point blank. It hurt like hell.” He jumped back, avoiding a beam of magic.
Rising from the ground, Princess Luna focused her magic around her body, creating an aura. Ichigo stood there for a few seconds before Luna launched herself at him in a spinning motion. He leaned his body to the right to avoid the attack quickly noticing the blue threads on his left shoulder. Cutting the threads, Princess Luna crashed into the wall.
“I had a feeling you’d do something like that. Your fighting style reminds me of Roxas, and I know how Roxas fights. Slash while sidestepping an opponent. The spinning attack is like Levi’s from an anime I saw. Putting two and two together, I figured you’d-” His face scrunched up before he rushed forward, grabbing Princess Luna by the face. The invisibility spell she casted on herself fizzled out. “-try that trick too.”
Princess Luna was at a loss. No matter what she tried, he could see right through it. Her eyes, while wide, showed extremely angry frustration. Her face kept that same scowl as she was thrown down the third hallway she had been flung across today. Her teeth grinded each other openly as she only stared at him while she flew uncontrollably backwards. She couldn’t take the insult she felt inside anymore. Before she hit the wall, from pure frustration, she wailed.
“THOU BELIEVES TO HATH DEFEATED US! WE ARE THE PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT! WE OWN THE NIGHT! WE ARE THE ONLY BEING WORTHY OF USING LUNAR MAGIC! NOPONY! AND NO BEING ELSE! YOUR LUNAR MAGIC DOESN’T BELONG TO THEE! IT ONLY BELONGS TO US AND US ALONE! EVEN USING SUCH MAGIC WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION IS TREASON! SENTENCED TO DEATH!”
“That’s enough!” Ichigo yelled back after using shunpo to effectively get in her face. He grabbing her by the throat tightly, cutting off most of her air. “This is my spiritual power! I can’t help but have lunar based energy! Even if that means nothing to you! What if you come across a pony who was born with only lunar magic!? Would you deny him from using it, or judge him just because he has lunar magic! What right do you have!? You don’t own the moon! No ONE does! You’re just a possessive brat!”
Kicking her in the slash wound he made earlier, she flew even harder than she would’ve into the wall behind her. She tried to move, but something was forcing her back. It was as if the very air itself was heavier now. And it all came from him.
Fear. She truly now recognized the trembling she felt before. It wasn’t excitement. It was fear. She was afraid of this man. No, she was afraid of his power. Lunar like hers, but it had the effect of cutting other lunar powers effects. She now realized her mistake. This wasn’t just a fight she could not win. This was a fight that was tipped in favor of him. His power cuts through lunar powers. Almost as if he could cut through the moon itself. Slaying it.
“Getsuga!” Light blue spiritual energy suged around around his blade as he lowered it to his hips left side. “Tenshooooooouuu!”
Princess Luna saw only a bright blue wave of incredible power encompass her before she felt her mind go blank.
Author's Note
Finally! i got the second chapter finished! Took me a while as I had a lot of things to do. Much sooner than a year at least.
Hope you all enjoy this rewrite of the second chapter. I'll be working on the third after a break. A very nice break, I hope.
