Quick as lightning, the shadow pony cast a spell on Starlight, which made her levitate into the air, and attempted to slam her to the wall. But Starlight quickly stopped herself with her magic, did a flip so the wall touched her four hooves. She leaped into the air and shooted a bright magic beam at the pony.

It quickly dodged, but as soon as he recovered, Starlight quickly got to the ground and punched the pony in the face, and kicked his front hooves, causing him to fall to the ground headfirst.

Starlight stood over him. "Wow, this is easier than I-"

She was quickly interrupted when something grabbed her leg. She turned and saw a shadowy tentacle grip her tightly, and quickly tossed her aside. She didn't hit any walls, but was hurt by the bruises she received as she rolled onto the hard floor.

"Stopping me is going to be harder than you think." The shadow pony loomed over Starlight. "Sound familiar?"

"I'm done playing your games." Starlight spat. She stood up and faced the figure. She had to fight through the injection that was jabbing at her arm, but she quickly discarded it.

"Not until I get what I want." With a screech, the tentacles rose from the ground and rushed towards the mare. She quickly teleported, trying her best to get away from them. She got to a high position and zapped the tentacles with a magic beam, but the more she destroyed, the more tentacles sprouted.

"I'm playing you like a toy." The shadow pony sneered.

He quickly grabbed her and was about to slam her to the ground, Starlight quickly teleported away and reappeared right behind him.

Snarling, the shadow pony's horn finally glowed and shot a magic beam that was the color of blood red. She quickly dodged, but the pain from the injection made her lose her footing and she tripped clumsily on the ground.

"Pathetic." The pony continued to ramble on. "You manage to have powers that are almost equal to Princess Twilight, yet you can't even defeat me."

"At least she played fair." Starlight whipped her head to face him. "I bet you can't even beat me without those tentacles saving you."

"Wanna bet?"

The tentacles instantly disappeared, and the shadow lifted his horn. "I would usually decline something like that. But I want to play with you further before your timely death." he looked towards the corner. "Just like your friend."

Starlight turned to his direction. Trixie hasn't even moved yet since she head her head on the wall.

"Trixie?" Starlight stared at the mare in horror.

"Its a shame really." The pony continued. "I guess I broke a precious, but annoying toy before you. Its disappointing, but at least its just you and me."

Starlight still haven't moved. Starlight felt anger and hatred rise towards the pony, but her body still remained still.

Seizing the chance, the pony grabbed Starlight by her neck and tossed her over at the side. She didn't even attempt to retaliate as she landed. She looked up and just stared at him.

"You monster." she whispered.

"Thank you." The pony bowed his head. "But that's hypocritical coming from you."

The anger finally started coming back. She slowly got to her feet and her horn glowed brightly. "Say that again." she threatened.

His expression quickly changed, and a single tentacle rose from the ground, and grabbed Starlight. The tentacle pushed deep into her throat, making her choke.

"I said it once, I'll say it twice." The pony said in a deep voice. "No villain is ever truly reformed."

He pushed the tentacle harder. "Why should you and your friend deserve to live a happy life, while mine was taken away?"

He stopped with a chuckle. "Once you're gone, I'll make sure any reformed villain who dares shop in this crappy supermarket, I'll torture them too, like just how I did to you two."

Starlight stopped choking a lot due to her hooves pushing away the tentacle, but she knew that unless she did something, she would not last much longer. She panicked and tried kicking him away, but he was too far.

Suddenly, she looked at the side. She saw a shadow loom behind the pony.

Starlight's ears lifted in confusion. Is that...?

She was quickly interrupted when the pony shoved the tentacle one last time. His eyes suddenly glowed dark red and he had a malicious white grin.

"Say goodnight, STARBRI-"

With a battle cry, the shadow tackled onto the pony's back, and bit its neck hard. The tentacle under Starlight finally disappeared and she let out deep breathes as she kept coughing.

She gazed upward to see a blue pony grab the shadow pony by the neck, and covered his horn with her hooves.

"Trixie! You're alive!" Starlight breathed happily.

"Get off of me you fool!" The pony screeched.

Ignoring his outburst, Trixie quickly opened the room's door that led to outside.

"Starlight!" Trixie let go of the shadow pony's neck. "Push him-"

She was interrupted when the shadow pony finally had control and quickly slapped her away. The pony gave her a death glare, to which Trixie only smugly smiled.

"YOU PEST!" The pony screeched at the blue pony. "I almost had her you-"

He was interrupted when he looked above Trixie. His expression suddenly turned to pure horror. "THE LIGHT! NO!"

Trixie quickly nodded at Starlight, and after processing, she finally got the hint. As the pony rubbed his eyes, Starlight quickly rushed up behind him and bucked him out of the room, causing him to crash into some shelves.

"NO!" The pony's ears lowered in fear, and instantly booked it to the door.

While they had the chance, they both slammed the doors shut and locked it.

"LET ME IN. NOW." The pony begged. Fear and anger filled his voice.

"And why should we?" Trixie answered loudly, trying to make her voice clear from outside.

"The shadows!" The pony screeched in desperate pain as he scanned the room for any kind of darkness, but the sunlight blocked every corner.

As he looked around, he saw that the shelves, ones from his own illusion, were starting to fade away.

"I NEED DARKNESS! YOU MUST LET ME IN!"

"After what you did to us this entire night? Oh no. You are not going to talk your way out of this one."

"PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU!" The pony screamed in pain as the sunlight started to beam through his pony, leaving brand new holes.

Starlight and Trixie both looked at each other.

"Uhm... uhm... I'M SORRY!" the pony yelled nervously. "I was just kidding from earlier. I don't actually hate villains. In fact, all of this was a joke. I greatly admire the both of you! But for the love of Celestia, PLEASE LET ME IN!"

"Should we?" Trixie looked at Starlight with a smug look. "Didn't Twilight teach us to forgive other villains who did wrong and are repenting for it?"

Starlight nodded. "Yeah, and we wouldn't want Twilight to think we're bad ponies."

Trixie giggled, obviously laughing about what's to come next. "Oh, she wouldn't."

"HURRY UP PLEASE! I'M LITERALLY DYING." The pony screamed in pure agony.

"Do you promise not to commit wrongdoings ever again?" Starlight asked.

"YES!"

Starlight and Trixie nodded.

"Alright, but remember that we spared you." As Trixie said that, she opened the door. As soon as she did that, the pony bolted right in, along with malicious laughter.

"IDIOTS! You lost your chance to rid me forever, and now-" He quickly stopped when he realized that the room was lit up with the light up on the ceiling. Soon, his body quickly turned misty.

"You were saying?" Trixie looked at him with a smug expression. "Hurry up before you die from the light."

With a screech of raw pain, the pony looked at the two ponies with pure hatred, and finally, after a few moments, the body evaporated into smoke.

"It's like you said." Starlight stared at the ground where the villain once laid. "No villain deserves redemption."

Author's Note

I hate writing battle scenes.

But yeah that's officially the end of the shadow pony's reign for good. Sorry if this looked rushed, but I felt like that this is the perfect way to end his terror for good.