Author's Note

Music Used:
Group Guardian Battle - "Battle of Award 42" from "A Hat in Time"
Time Stop Battle Startup - "Alpine Skyline at NIght" from "A Hat in Time"
Time Stop Battle Proper - "Death Wish" from "A Hat in Time"

By the way, the characters from the Group Guardian Battle are Gilda, Blueblood, Pinkmena (Pinkie Pie's depressed alter-ego), Gladmane (Flim & Flam would not have worked due to being two characters), Tree Hugger, and Sunset Shimmer. Only one that could be a stretch is Tree Hugger, imo.

Season 2, Episode 9: The Game Part 2

Luster Dawn's P.O.V.

Loyalty, Generosity, Laughter, Honesty, and Kindness...

We had managed to secure the five elements that Time Stop had scattered across Equestria and are now heading back to the castle to confront Time Stop. Of course, we had to deal with evil doubles of the original elemental holders, but we managed to get through it regardless. Now it was time to face Time Stop.

So we entered the Castle of Friendship and found Time Stop in the Library.

"So, your here at least. Good. I was hoping you'd get here before I started getting bored. Now it's time for your final battle. Allow me to introduce to you some additional guardians." Time Stop said before suddenly summoning six more figures, but these were the elements, they were some interesting figures.

"What the heck..." I said.

"Behold dark version of someone related to each original bearer of harmony." Time Stop said. I didn't recognize most of these characters, the only one I recognize being Sunset Shimmer and I know it's not the real one.

Group Guardian Battle

Well regardless we had to do battle with them. Each one of us took one who we thought we'd do better against with me and Cozy Glow tag teaming the fake Sunset Shimmer. Suffice it to say, this did not take us long at all.

"Oh come on, did you have to win so easily? I suppose I'll just have to fight you myself." Time Stop said before he suddenly started warping all over the place.

Time Stop Battle Startup

He was moving really fast, only stopping to launch an attack and even then he didn't send out anything we could counter easily.

"Were you expecting me to do something where you could defeat me easily? Sorry, but I don't really do that sort of thing. Which I guess makes me invincible huh? THAT'S TOO BAD!" Time Stop said before continuing. At some point, I actually managed to hit him during one of his attacks, interrupting it.

"...Did you just attack me while I was attacking you?" Time Stop asked. "This doesn't count, right? Surely this doesn't count..." He argued, but it was worthless. "THAT DOES IT; TIME TO DIE!" He yelled out before resuming the battle.

Time Stop Battle Proper

Thus this allowed me to get a feel on when I could attack him during his attack cycles, and after a while he tried resuming those dark guardians we fought not too long ago; the ones that included the fake Sunset Shimmer. We managed to beat them and then resumed our focus on Time Stop eventually something started happening to him.

"EXPIRED!" Time Stop yelled out of nowhere after being struck enough times by my magic and this flashy effect occurred which blinded us all. When we finally regained our vision, we were in some sort of void with a weak looking Time Stop so we started going towards him.

"So weak...please..." Time Stop said as we got closer towards him. "Please...have mercy..." He said as we got even closer to him. "Please...HAVE A SEAT!" Time Stop suddenly was huge and in front of us before we were back in the map room and were now sitting in the chairs. "I'll be honest with you...you have potential. But your going to need to access that potential better if you plan on defeating Orbarous." He said. "What? Did you really think I was gonna kill you this entire time? It was a façade if you can believe that." Time Stop explained. "See, I had to get you to do your absolute best against me because if you came at Orabarous with anything less then your best, you'd be dead and he WON'T hesitate to just kill you if you don't put up the same kind of fight against him as you did me. Believe me on that one." He continued. "Even still, you'll have to do better then this if you want to beat Orbarous. I suggest getting some team training in while you can. All the same, this is where I leave you. Oh, but before I go..." Time Stop said before suddenly handing over the Element of Magic. "Here...take the last element of harmony. Just so you know, the person who told me to do this will be arriving here shortly. And you best be on your best behavior around him. He's on the same strength level as Orbarous, but don't think he'll do your job for you. Until our next encounter..." Time Stop said before he suddenly vanished into thin air.

"...Anyone else worried about that guy's boss?" Cozy Glow asked.

"I think we are all worried..." I said.

"A worry that is very much misplaced." A strange new voice said. Turning towards the doors, we spotted a strange figure who had no defining race; all we could see was a hunched over figure whose entire body shape is hidden behind a giant cloak, whose eyes are hidden underneath a strange hat, has a really long beard, and carrries a strange staff. "Greetings to you; you may address me by my title. Call me The Observer." The strange being said.

TO BE CONTINUED