The Equestrian Monomyth - Book 1 - Be a Good Brony or Die Trying

I appeared just behind Luna, and she stopped short. I pointed my sniper rifle to her, but she doesn't turned around
nor move, like she knew that I had her life in my hands. I can shot her. I can shot her right now and all this madness
will be over. But I hesitated. That's not how the MLP show should go. Luna doesn't deserve to die. She was just
manipulated by that fat bastard. Maybe she'll be willingly to listen to reason, now that he's gone.

I took out my finger from the trigger:

" Luna, give up already! " I pressed her. " You lost! Surrender already! "

She doesn't turned around.

" How dare you...? " She trembled, without looking at me. " How dare you to put yourself at my level?! "

Then, she finally turned to me, covering herself with an energy field so powerful, that I thought I was gonna to be
burned, without even the battle being started. The cannon of my weapon melted down, rendering the gun unusable. The
floor cracked under her hooves and fragments of soil and rocks started to slowly levitate up. Then, she shouted with
a thundering and echoed voice, like she was two of her, dragging me a bit backwards:

" I AM AN ALICORN PRINCESS!!! I WILL NEVER SURRENDER TO A PLEB SCUM LIKE YOU!!! DIEEEEEEEEEEE!!! " She screamed with
her almighty dual voice, flaring her full open wings with a blinding bright. Then, she summoned a gigantic flaming
sword over her horn, and rushed toward me! I almost haven't time to summon my Dispel sword!

One could expect that 1000 years of solitary confinement has rusted her fighting skills. But guess what? They don't!
That alicorn pony truly do put a fight! Her attack was so quick and potent than I almost fell in my back, a mere second
later a unconceivable number of speedy slashes were hitting me everywhere! Luckyly, my shield training with Dashie
payed off!

We started to teleport and slash! Teleport and slash! Teleport and slash! The resonating wave from our clashes were
making the castle's walls to tremble like an earthquake, and soon all the cristal windows were broken in a glass mayhen
of madness! Then, she levitated all the glass pieces and threw them to me, and all that while still attacking me like
crazy! That strategy could work, as the increasing number of glass shards could pierce my magic shield if becoming
small enough!

I had to get out!

I cast a Counter Fade spell, which caused all the glass shards to shine with a blinding light. The trick worked and
while Luna was blinded, I managed to cast a Fast Forward spell, and to use the thrust to put both Luna and me at the
balcony. Unfortunately, I couldn't pierce her magic shield. I don't remember Celestia's one being so strong. Maybe
Seymour improved it too?

Nevertheless, Luna quickly recovered, and started to break the balcony's stone pillars and threw them to me, I managed
to avoid or repel most, but some hit my shield, draining a considerable amount of magic power. How the hell does she do
that?!

Then, she flew to the roof. Knowing that if I want to have a chance, I'll have to keep the initiative, thus I used my
flying cloud to reach her. There, her forelegs started to move in a unbelievable speed, throwing all the roof's slates
at a ludicrous speed. I barely could jump down back, as the slates pierced a stone tower that was behind me, from side
to side.

I had to run until she run out of slates, and then I teleported and clashed again my sword against her's. Then, I could
see it: Looking directly to her eyes, the determination of someone who has nothing to lose. The worst possible foe.
Then, I get it: This battle will only end with one of us dead, if not both.

We clashed our magickal weapons for a while, and then she went flying, and I after her, and fought in the sky, and just
when I thought that I had her pattern got, the moon itself started to fall over me. I leaped back, risking to lose the
lead, and cast a Lumen Beam, crashing the falling moon. But it's pieces started to gather around me, clearly trying to
crush me. I teleported just in time, and cast a Rapid Blade on my sword, trying to make Luna to lose her magickal grip
on the moon, or whatever that was.

I was busy on that tactic, when a chill crossed my nape: I just could look a second behind, but it was enough to get
that the moon was heading our direction. Was she doing a Self"Destruction maneuver? Not a second later, Luna jumped over
me with a deafening neighing, and cast some type of Constraint spell over the place I was, clearly, trying to keep me in
place. But she's gonna be destroyed too! Is she crazy?!

Quickly, I cast my Implosion Blast, and used the reactive power to break the constraint and to escape just in time.

The moon fell over Luna, and exploded in 1000 pieces! Well, that wasn't too hard... Shit! Luna appeared just behind me,
and almost succeeds in cutting me in half! I could leap back in time, but not without being wounded in the belly. I
managed to heal the wound before my inners came out, and ran toward her, trying to take her by surprise. Self"
Destruction my ass!

After a while of running, I started to feel bumpy inside. Maybe I left a piece of my intestines around? So, I cast a
Decoy spell, who ran to fight Luna, and then looked to my belly: SHIT, A CURSE! I cast a counter spelling in time,
before that black threads could reach some vital organ. Damn! That pony bitch is hitting me with all she got! It looks
like that she prepared herself just to fight me!

Luna finally destroyed my Decoy, and started to yell:

" COME ON, PLEB SCUM!!! YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME!!! I'M THE PRINCESS OF DARKNEEEEEEEEEEEEESS!!! "

Then, suddenly, everything turned black. Shit! I can't see a shit! I waved my sword, but finding nothing but
nothingness. Then, I felt a burning pain in my back! Shit! From where came that?! I healed, and turned around two or
three times. Then, again, this time in a leg! Ahrg! She's using a wastage tactic against me! I tried to cast a light
magic, but it comes dark too. Then, I bend down, and something passed from where was my head not a second ago.

Ok, Gus, piece of idiot, you can't see, so you have to rely on the other senses! So, I closed my eyes, and focused:
Yes, I can hear her coming! Our swords clashed again one, two, three times! Ha, I got you bitch...! Hey, what's that?

An unbearably high"pitched scratching noise, like cristal being cut, but 1000 times worst, started to flood my ears! I
had to tap my ears with my hands, or my head will explode! Damn, she's coming again! I could hear the swing of her
flaming sword, but taking my hands from my ears was simply not an option. So, I dodged, cast ear taps, and I became
deaf.

Just...

Perfect...

Now blind and deaf...

This is it...

That pony bitch is going to take me down...

I fell on my knees, panting, and cast a Mid Shielding Field on the ground, to buy some time. I couldn't hear a shit,
but I do feel the slashs of Luna's sword on the shield. It's not gonna last. I'm doomed. Tears fell from my eyes. My
beloved Twilight... I promised her I was coming back alive... She'll die if I die... What I'm gonna do...? I firmly
regretted not having shot her on the first place.

I took out the pendant Twi gave to me, where was our photos inside a heart each, and reads: "Loving you is magic.
Your Twi.". Ohhhh! What I'll give so I could see it a last time only! I opened the eyes, knowing that was useless, and
cast a light spell... wait... I can see! I can see inside the Mid shield! It could be because is too close to the
ground?!

I looked to my right, and could see Luna, who has standstill, surprised that I could cast a light inside her darkness
trap. This is my chance!

I cast a Lumen Beam over her, and even she managed to dodge it, I could see that the dark area has a border. If I
manage to reach the border, we'll be even again! Well, blind, deaf, it can't become worst than that, isn't?

I stepped out the shield... And slipped to the ground! The ground has become slippery, like wet soap! Shit! How many
tricks has this bitch?! I tried to cast a magic cloud, but it simply dispelled. It must be the very same spell that
avoid light to... light. I started to swing my sword randomly, making myself to gave several turns in place, hoping to
land a lucky strike on my contendant, but she didn't attack. Maybe she's studying if I really can see her or not?

Anyway, I can't spend too much time in this, or she'll figure out, so I started to hit the ground with my heels,
causing myself to move forward in laid position, soon gaining in speed. Suddenly, pointy horn"shaped rocks started to
raise from the ground, cutting and slashing me everywhere! The border is so close...!

I hit a wall so hard, that I lost almost all the air in my lungs. Instinctively, I clapped my hands before me, catching
Luna's flaming sword between them! Damn! My hands are burning! And what a pressure! I'm not gonna last long!

" DIE, PLEB SCUM, DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! " I could hear even with the ear taps...

I put my boots over the sword, and sliced it to a side! The wall exploded, and we both went through it and fell
rolling with a huge pile of debris as our companions! We both recovered and stood almost at the same time.

There we were, panting and filled with cuts, scratches and bruises, looking to each other.

I took back my fighting stance with my Dispel sword, as we were out at last of her darkness trap.

" Luna, give up already! This is pointless! Even if you kill me, you'll be left so hurt, that any other will be able to
take you down! Surrender already! " I'll tried once more to end this peacefully, even knowing that was out the question.

Luna chuckled.

" You're so naive. Do you really believe I do care? I have enough with killing you! NOW DIEEEEEEEEE!!! " And she rushed
towards me again.

I rushed to her, screaming too. This is it. Is now or never. We both are in our limit. And only one will remain...

Our swords clashed one last time, and the expansive wave flew away all the debris and the leaves from the nearby trees,
with a rumbling that shook the ground like an earthquake! An inmense cloud of dust raised all over the Canterlot Castle,
covering it almost completely during several seconds, before fell down!

" Let me go! " Cried Twilight, managing to escape from the hideout where everypony was, and galloped desperately where
my fight with Luna has ended.

" No, Twilight!! " Screamed Shining Armor, scared. " You have no magic! Come back, come baaaaaaaack!! "

" No! He can't be dead! He can't be dead! He can't...! " Twilight yelled, crying while galloping.

Luna's horn rolled at her side, but her bathered body still could move. She managed to stand up, but I took her for her
head and forced her to lay down, using nothing but brute force.

She still defiantly looked at me.

" What are you waiting for, pleb scum? Finish it already. You know I will never surrender to you. " She panted.

I looked back, and I saw a beautiful lavender mare happily galloping towards me. Then, I looked back to Luna, smirking.

" I know. But you will surrender to another little princess, don't you? "

Luna threw a despective bloody spit...