The Blade

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Tirek saw the man and Spike on top of the building just a few kilometers away from him, he glared at the man only to be given a snicker from him. Meanwhile Twilight and the Main 6 watched in surprise and shock as the man stood in front with Spike behind him, Twilight looked for concern and worry seeing him with the mysterious person she wanted to get up and fly towards Spike but she couldn’t due to how weak she is right now”

“What are you smiling at?!” Tirek demanded, his voice now rough.

“Oh, nothing, just nothing. You must be Tirek, correct?” The man asked.

“Why yes, I am. Soon future ruler of Equestria! And those trying to oppose me will be destroyed!! Now, who do you think YOU are?!” Tirek said.

“Alright first off my name is Technoblade, I am an anarchist who hates government blah blah blah I already said twice and I don’t even feel like saying it again, to put it short, I was sent here by Celestia to fight you and save this place from your tyranny” Technoblade explained while Tirek looked at him dumbfounded.

“You, defeat me!? You can’t be serious. I have almost all of the magic in Equestria! what makes you think you can stand a chance against me!?” The centaur questioned.

“Meh I don’t think I can, I know I can” Techno replied while the Centaur began to laugh thinking this is gonna be too easy for him meanwhile Techno’s Chat looked at him annoyed and they pretty much wanted Techno to kick his centaur ass.

‘Bruh he doesn’t even know who he is even messing with’

‘I know right!? Techno ignores his stupid laugh and fire at him already!’

‘The voices demand blood, Techno. Blood for the blood god!!”

After hearing the last comment from the viewer, Techno became motionless as he took out his crossbow, put a firework on it, and then shot that firework at Tirek as it contacted his chest before creating a huge blast hurting the centaur and ceasing his laugh once more.

Tirek groans at the explosion “Why you little-! You made a big mistake trying to attack me! Now you will pay!” Tirek said before he could say anything, Techno threw a potion of weakness which for some reason weakened his magic as when Tirek tried to blast at him, it had little effect.

“Wow, is that all you got? Let me tell ya something Tirek” Techno said as he began to make his speech while Tirek looked at him with rage in his eyes.

“Techno? Are you ok?” Spike asked as he nudged Techno’s shirt.

“Yes, I’m fine. You know what to do, as soon as I begin to attack Tirek, you make your move. Now go...” Techno told him to which Spike nodded as he stepped back. Techno began to speak.

“...Let’s get straight to the point..” Techno said.

“I have always been waiting for challenges in my life. Despite them being too easy or too hard. I’ve faced off against many foes, defeated creatures who I believe are stronger than you, faced someone as strong as me and won, and the list just goes on and on,” he said while taking a dark looking chest from his inventory

“As the years went by, I pretty much became one of the most powerful warriors in history. So much so that I was given the title The Blade for a reason. I took on people who had better weapons than me, tried to trap me with the deadliest things in existance and I escaped death multiple times. And now here I am, facing one of the enemies of Equestria, who I am eager to know how strong he is since I can tell by your face you look pretty tired. So this means that the ponies already have weakened you significantly” he takes a deep breath as he reaches into the dark chest and takes out the souls of the damned and the skulls of demons “Do you understand how strong you need to be to fully defeat me? Yet, you seem pretty confident that you will” Techno said, his voice monotone while Tirek smirked at him.

“Easy for you to say, I am strong, look at the so-called elements of harmony who I have defeated with no problem, how does that not prove that I am strong? Or are you too scared to admit it?” Tirek said with a grin, but that grin was gone once Techno spoke again.

“That’s what they all say when they become powerful like you, but if you think you are powerful, prove it...” Techno voiced, lowering his head to avoid making eye contact.

“I’m sorry what?” Tirek looked at him confused and surprised.

“Prove to me you are strong enough to survive! I challenge you to a fight to the Death!” He screams as he raises his head high enough to look at the centaur while pointing at him, the whiplash caused by this making his cape flutter for a second. The challenge caused everyone present to look at him in shock, confusion, and horror.

They just met the guy and now he is challenging Tirek to a duel, Twilight and Rainbow couldn’t believe it and soon Applejack joined them.

“Has he gone nuts?!” Rainbow Dash said in shock in her voice.

“Yup! He has alright, he has!” Pinkie replied before taking out some movie glasses and popcorn ready to watch the chaos about to unfold. Seeing her friend like this, Rainbow Dash refuses to look or even reply to Pinkie knowing that speaking to her was no use.

“Ah can’t believe it, Twilight, who do you think is gonna win? The man or Tirek?” The cowgirl asked the Princess of friendship, who then looked at her with insecurity in her eyes.

“I don’t know Applejack, I’m thinking that Tirek might win, but I shouldn’t underestimate the man, we don’t know what abilities he has” Twilight stated to which Applejack agreed with a nod.

“Um, I just hope he can save us from Tirek” Fluttershy said meekly while hiding behind her hair.

“Challenge accepted! Heh, I bet you won’t even last a second!” Tirek said, still looking confident. Meanwhile, Techno’s chat began to watch as the blood god prepared to fight the centaur.

‘Get ready ladies and gentlemen, it’s happening!’

‘Dude, this is Technoblade we’re talking about, challenging him is pretty much suicide!’

‘Tirek, you made a big mistake challenging him’

‘E’

‘For crying out loud stop with the E!!’

‘E’

‘E’

While they were all chatting, a group of famous YouTubers themselves joined the chat and began to speak.

“Beat the fuck out of him Techno!!” Said Philza, his speech full of Dadza energy and pride.

“Go Technoblade kick his ass POGCHAMP!!” said the annoying, obnoxious, loud-mouthed bother, oh sorry, yeah, the story. Tommyinit.

“Yeah! Go Techno! Show him what you got!” Said KarlJacobs.

“Come on Techno, the egg believes in you!, also LANGUAGE!” Spoke the muffin-loving and swear-hating Badboyhalo.

“Shit’s about to go down!!,” Sapnap said.

“Technoblade, I have an offer for you: If you defeat Tirek, you will win $50,000!!” Said none other than the youtube millionaire Mrbeast. Techno was aware of their messages but remained silent as he stared at Tirek with no emotion on his face while Spike readied himself in position.

“Are you gonna say something or what?!” Tirek yelled out. However, his screams went ignored when everyone saw him making a weird structure with some sort of brown sand.

“Are you certain you can defeat anyone you see including me?” Techno asked.

“For the last time, yes I can. And if you keep talking to me like that I will be even more eager to put you in your place like I did to the elements of harmony” Tirek said.

“We heard that!” Rainbow Dash shouted but Applejack then put her hoof on her mouth preventing her from speaking.

“Rainbow, there’s no need for even arguing now. All we can do is stand by and watch the fight” Applejack told her to which she let out a groan of annoyance and then got back on the ground.

“Because if you wish to defeat me...” Techno said as he put the last wither skull on the build, summoning a huge black skeleton creature with three skulls and glowing eyes. Tirek looked a little intimidated by the creature’s appearance but had his guard up as Techno said once more.

“You should train for another one hundred years!!

He said as he jumped on the wither letting out a banshee-like roar as it charged at Tirek. All the while shooting skulls at him; Tirek was hit multiple times by the skulls. He tried blasting it, but the creature was fast and evaded the attacks. While he was blasting them, Tirek felt a huge amount of pain even though he wasn’t hit.

“Graaghh!! Why am I feeling so much pain!?” Tirek asked himself.

“Don't like the way your body rots and decays? Shouldn't have messed with me and my wither” Techno answered as he fired fireworks and threw splash potions of harming at Tirek, knocking him back into a building.

While Techno was charging at him with full force, Spike drank the potion of speed and invisibility and ran towards Twilight and her friends while bypassing obstacles on the way Spike managed to pass them and now was with Twilight and the Element bearers he drank the milk removing the potion effects as Twilight jumped and got frightened a little at seeing Spike appear right in front of her.

“Spike!? What-but how?!” Twilight questioned the drake bewildered at what she saw.

“Oh that? I used an invisibility potion which made me invisible” Spike replied.

“But Spike, I thought you left by now?! What on Equus are you doing here you could have gotten hurt! And you're too young to be out here by yourself! '' Twilight said, however, Spike simply looked at her enraged at what he was hearing.

“So?” Spike responded.

“Spike, what do you mean ‘SO’?! you could have been hurt and, for all we know, we could have lost you!” Rainbow Dash argued.

“And do you even know how much you mean to us? Yer putting yourself in a dangerous environment where you could get seriously hurt!” Applejack joined in and at this point, Spike has had enough.

“Do you even care for how I feel!?” Spike screamed, perfectly timed with a building exploding behind him, making the mares be taken aback by Spike’s outburst.

“Spike, don’t yell at me like that-” Twilight growled but Spike cut her off.

“I asked you a question. Do you even care for how I feel?!” Spike asked, which caused Twilight to stop talking and look at Spike with confusion.

“Spike, darling, what do you mean by that?” Rarity asked, to which spike looked at her and then at all of them as the battle between the Blood God and the centaur continued in the background.

“I am tired of you girls telling me this every single time, whenever you all go on an adventure or a special event, you leave me behind! all the time! You’re always like ‘Spike you can’t go, you're just a baby dragon’ You gave that same excuse so many times, and because of that I started wondering if my friendship with you was all a lie or what?” Spike yelled with rage in his eyes, making The Elements shocked by what they were hearing.

“Spike! What are you talking about? We bring you all the time!” Twilight protested and Spike glared at her.

“Ok, then name the places you brought me with then,” Spike asked her as Twilight tried to speak, but she couldn’t think of one time she brought Spike with her neither could her friends they were all lost in their thoughts.

“We...We” They tried to mutter but they couldn’t they realized that they haven’t brought Spike with them in like almost forever.

“See, I told you, you don’t bring me with you guys and I even missed important things that you girls have been through as well!” Spike said.

“Spike, how long has this been happening?” Fluttershy asked the drake.

“Before Twilight became a princess...” Spike uttered as everyone looked at him in surprise and shock as he continued. “ I wasn’t allowed to come with you to Canterlot to spend Twilight’s birthday there, I didn’t get to go see the National Dessert Competition in Canterlot, I was explicitly not invited to the Crystal Empire to welcome Ms. Harshwhinny, even though it was partially due to me that the Empire was saved in the first place, I didn’t get to tag along when you girls went out to seek Daring Do author A.K. Yearling!! Then I didn’t get to watch the tryouts for the Equestria Games, and I wasn’t even allowed to welcome Pinkie’s sister to Ponyville. It was always the same thing every time: ‘be a good boy and look after the library’. Oh, wait, these aren’t the only ones left, there’s even more!! “ Spike spoke out. Now they were speechless while Spike persisted in speaking.

“Ignoring all of that, the reason why I am here is that I want to help you...I just hate seeing you all having to deal with such dangerous threats like Chrysalis, Sombra, Discord, and Tirek. It's just I can’t help but only watch as you fight to risk your lives for Equestria’s safety meanwhile, I'm afraid that something will happen to you all...” Spike muttered, his voice filled with sadness. Twilight was now filled with guilt and shame. So were her friends. She then weakly walked towards Spike putting her hoof around him.

“Spike, I...I am so sorry, I am such a fool to not think that I would leave you alone, but you have to know I am doing it for you-” Twilight tried to say, but Spike finished the sentence before her.

“Safety I know, Techno gave me the reason as to why you sometimes leave me out like this, you just want to protect me since I am too young to be out here just like you said since you fear my life, but you’re not the only one who is worried for someone's life, I am as well. Techno let me help him ‘cause he knew how much you girls meant to me, and not just you girls but everypony and creature we’ve met. And you were just about to meet your demise by Tirek!” Spike sounded sad as Twilight and the others listened to him as if he was giving a speech.

“If Techno and I didn’t intervene, then...I don’t know what I'd do next! For all I know I would watch you all die in front of me as I stood there like a fool” Spike said his voice now upset and low as if he was depressed. Twilight, noticing this, pulled him in for a hug.

“Oh Spike, I didn’t mean to make you feel that way, we all didn’t want to make you feel that way” Twilight said, her hooves wrapped around him tightly while the dragon hugged his sister figure back.

“She’s right sugar cube, we’re sorry for making you feel that way, we weren’t thinking straight,” Applejack said with sadness.

“And I guess we were all too busy with our own activities that we didn’t have enough time to pay attention to your dear. I deeply apologize for that” Rarity voiced while hugging Spike before stepping back.

“Do you think you can forgive us, Spike?” Twilight asked as the mares gathered around the dragon waiting for his response.

“I’ll think about it, for now, we need to help Technoblade with Tirek” Spike stated, to which Twilight and the others nodded. I mean, what did they expect? They couldn’t just assume to be forgiven right away, that's not how friendship works. Now they needed to help fend off Tirek, but the problem is they were weak and they couldn’t do much.

“And how are you going to do that Spike? All of us have multiple injuries and I doubt we can help right now” Rainbow protested.

“Don’t need to worry about that; I got these!” Spike said, pulling out a potion of healing and six golden apples, much to Applejack's confusion as her mind raced for questions at seeing a golden apple, something that is probably not possible.

“What in tarnation is that Spike?” Applejack questioned, looking bewildered at the sight of the golden apple.

“Techno gave me these, he said that you girls need to drink this potion and eat these apples to heal your wounds” Spike answered handing the mares the golden apples while giving Twilight the potion of healing, she took a sip of the potion and ate the golden apple. As the girls and Spike watched, Twilight’s wounds were slowly fading away, much to their surprise.

“How do you feel, darling?” Rarity asked the princess of friendship.

“I feel...great! I don’t feel any pain anymore, you girls should do it as well!” Twilight said out of amazement as the girls ate the golden apples and drank a sip of the potion of healing and noticed their wounds were also gone, the apples and the potion’s effects did the job successfully.

“Sweet! We're not hurt anymore!” Rainbow said, stretching her wings and flying up.

“WOO!WOO!Forsomereason,theweirdappleismakingmefeelsoenergeticandILOVEIT!!” Pinkie yelled so quickly that Spike and others didn’t understand what she was saying.

“Thanks, Spike, the potion and the apples worked!” Twilight said rubbing, his head. Spike removed her hoof from his head while making a ‘stop iiittt’ face.

“Don’t thank me, thank Techno, he was the one who gave me these items to heal you, now we need to help him stop Tirek!” Spike remarked while pointing to the battle that had moved a couple of streets away from them.

“Well, come on girls! We got Equestria and ponyville to save!!” Twilight said, her face full of determination.

“RIGHT!!” The Main 5 yelled as Spike watched his friends smiling. But he knew they needed his help as well, he wanted to prove to them that he wasn’t just gonna stand there and watch them risk their lives again; He needed to show them that he would really do anything to save and protect his friends. He rushed to Twilight, who was about to fly off and find Tirek and managed to stop her.

“Spike?” Twilight called looking at him with confusion. “What are you doing? Aren’t you-”

“I know what you're gonna say...” Spike expressed, Twilight was surprised by his statement. “You do so much to protect me. When it comes to Equestria, you and the girls are almost at the sight of defeat or death. I want to help you Twilight. I want to prove to everypony- no, everyone that I am more than just your assistant. I am your friend, your friend who is willing to protect Equestria just like you. Please, I am not a baby dragon anymore. I’m growing up. Just let me show you that I can do more than just work for you” Spike begged, looking the alicorn in the eyes, who looked at him with shock. Spike was expecting Twilight to refuse, but this time... her answer was different.

“Alright, Spike I will let you” Twilight replied. Spike at first thought she was messing with him but then realized she wasn’t joking and, out of excitement, Spike jumped on her back.

“Remember to stick with me, try not to get close to Tirek, and stay far away from him,” Twilight said as her protective instinct kicked in, ready to protect Spike at all cost.

“You don’t have to tell me twice,” Spike replied, taking out a crossbow in his hands and some arrows.

“Is that another weapon Technoblade gave you?” Twilight asked the dragon with a disapproving look about him using a weapon.

“Yeah, now let's go kick some centaur a-” Spike cried only to stop at the last word his eyes widened, realizing what he was about to say; He was met with a glare from Twilight, who was not happy at all.

“Butt, I meant to say butt,” Spike said nervously while profusely sweating.

“You're lucky, you know how much I hate hearing you swear, Spike, and trust me, you won’t like me when I am angry” She added.

“Yeah, I know. Now come on, let's go” Spike reminded her as he wrapped his arms around Twilight’s neck while she flew faster; joining the Main 5 as they charged towards the fight happening between the pig blood deity and the centaur.

Meanwhile with Tirek and Technoblade

The Battle between Technoblade and Tirek raged on, Tirek had the advantage when it comes to power and size since he had absorbed almost all of the magic in Equestria, but, as he kept blasting at Technoblade. Unfortunately for Tirek, he had multiple advantages against him. Those being agility, the wither who kept blasting him, and knowledge thanks to his fans, Techno analyzed Tirek’s movements and tricks, returning balls of black magic back at him while using his shield.

“Argh!! Why aren’t you being hit!?” Tirek demanded to which Techno smiled at him.

“I guess you could say that despite having beaten me in size it turns out to be a huge disadvantage for you isn’t it? How embarrassing is that? Not to mention you’re having a hard time hitting the wither as well, even if it is a huge target” Techno spoke before launching himself off the Wither who kept on blasting wither skulls at Tirek. Techno took out his netherite sword and slashed it on Tirek’s arms creating a huge cut, making Tirek infuriated.

“Enough!!” Yelled the centaur as he created a huge beam only for Techno to dodge it, but the Wither wasn't so lucky and got hit before disappearing, leaving a glowing star that radiated energy on the ground. Seeing this made Tirek grow confident that he could stand a chance against The Blade.

“Looks like your skeleton creature is gone. Now it’s just you and me!” Tirek said with a grin until he was hit by purple magic from his back. He turned around to see none other than the Main 6 and Spike charging towards him.

“You have got to be kidding me! How many times do I have to deal with you ponies!?” Tirek yelled out of annoyance. His face looked pissed, seeing he had to deal with Twilight and her friends again. Techno took the opportunity to lunge at Tirek taking out his axe and slicing his beard and some of his hair before landing with ease where he was joined by the Mane 6 and Spike.

“Great, now not only do I have to deal with you ponies but now this stupid pig mask-wearing creature!” Spoke the irritated Centaur.

“Nice haircut Tirek, I wonder what style you were going for” Techno taunted, Tirek noticed some of his beard was cut off while Techno continued. “And you still look like a boomer even without your beard, how hilarious!” Rainbow and Pinkie held their giggles, almost laughing at Tirek’s face while he looked furious.

“What!? Why you!” Tirek snarled furiously at his enemies while clenching his fists.

“It's over, Tirek, give up!” Twilight spoke up like a true leader, her friends following suit while Techno stood behind them, being... well... Techno; looking at his chat and thanking donators in a voice low enough to go unnoticed.

“I don’t think so, I still have enough magic to crush you all into tiny pieces. And once you are defeated I will defeat Luna and Celestia and take their magic and rule Equestria under an iron FIST!!” He said.

“Well, we have something that you don’t!” Spike cried out.

“And what is that little dragon?” Questioned Tirek.

“Friendship! We got here this far because of our everlasting bond between our friends, and together we were able to accomplish everything with their help, something you will never understand because you don’t have any friends” Spike expressed in a cold yet passionate tone while everyone including Tirek was surprised by the dragon's words.

“Yoooo! Spike being savage! nice one!” Techno commented to which Spike nervously thanked Techno for the comment.

“That’s it I am tired of your nonsense! Time to finish this!” Tirek said getting into battle position the others followed suit as they got ready for the Showdown that will decide Equestria’s fate.

To be continued

[CHAPTER COMPLETED AND EDITED (by yours truly, technofan)]