Canterlot Academy Trials

Hei rushed at Lee with reckless abandon, causing the earth to shake with each stomp he made. Lee had a plan in mind as she watched her father get closer and closer, and readied herself…

‘...this is it.’

Before she could even blink, Hei had grabbed her entire face with his and and flung her behind himself towards the palace.

BLAM-BLAM-BLAM!

Lee was sent hurtling through multiple walls of the palace; the primate woman’s body managed to endure most of the force as she crashed through the library, supply room, and the kitchen. As the dust settled, Hei would eventually storm up to her and slow to a halt.

“Look at you…unable to stand even now. The citizens are watching you fail your own dynasty, you defect.”

Indeed. Many primate citizens had begun to crowd around the palace to see what was happening on its grounds. Everyone could see the palace guards fighting foreigners as well as the nobleman exchanging blows with his own daughter…

Meanwhile, blood was running from Lee’s head down to the sides of her face as she managed to rise to one knee. She wiped some of the blood off her face with the back of her fist and took a moment to catch her breath.

‘...good. It’s in,’ she noted to herself. Curiously, her rope dart was missing from her hand--leaving her only armed with Bullet’s handgun at this point.

“The only thing they’re going to witness is the fall of this entire region,” Lee replied grimly, “I will ensure that you have no place in this country, father!”

Hei charged at his daughter once more, sending his right arm forward to throw a punch that was blocked by Lee; she grabbed his fist and threw her feet forward to kick off of his chest and used her tail as a way to keep her balance on the floor as she spun him around and threw him into the nearest wall with a loud CRASH!

But Hei was far from done. Immediately after landing, he would leap into the air above Lee and prime his elbow to crash down upon her. It all happened far too fast for her to dodge, so she could only grit her teeth and brace herself. Just before he landed, she threw a quick kick to his backside.

Unfortunately for her, as soon as she threw that kick, Hei would grab her by her leg and swing her over his head before slamming her down on the floor on the other side of him. With multiple heavy crashes, he would repeat this act, slamming the smaller primate back and forth until the wooden floors were sufficiently broken and soaked in her blood.

After which, he tossed her across the glass coffee table nearby, leaving more blood streaks in the process.

“Pfft. Pathetic,” Hei took another opportunity to boast against his daughter’s suffering. “I’d like to think that any real child of mine would be more capable. But as I surmised before, you’re nothing more than a defect.”

“...Heh…heheheh…”

“Hm?”

Lee had started to chuckle to herself, and forced herself to stand once more. Even though her face was practically deformed from the sheer number of bruises she had gained over the course of the battle, she was still able to put a smile on her face; a demented, hysteric smile.

“...they say you should dig two graves when seeking vengeance…” she paused and glanced up at him with the handgun at the ready. “I’m going to need both to fit your bloated shit-filled body!”

BANG!

Lee fired the shot, only for Hei to casually chop it out of the air with his hand. But the resulting sparks from the bullet hitting his hand ended up on her rope dart which had been lodged in his back this entire time…and had managed to light a firework rocket that was attached to it!

“Hmph,” Hei was none the wiser during his rage-filled momentum, unable to feel the pain caused by it. “I feel nothing from--”

SHOOM!

And that inability to feel pain in the heat of the moment would be his own undoing as the rocket was lit and took off forcibly propelling Hei backwards and out of the building before taking him into the sky!

“WHAT?! How did she--?!”

As he watched the earth grow more and more distant while he was propelled into the sky, Hei thought back over the course of the battle and realized that his daughter had managed to grab a firework from the supply room and keep it hidden until she got close enough to tie it to the rope dart lodged in his back which happened during their close quarter brawl. All she needed from that point was a single spark…

“...outsmarted by a defect…”

CRACKLE!

The firework exploded into a mass of red and yellow for all of the primate citizens watching to see. The fighting outside had stopped as well, leaving everyone in awe over what had just happened.

The end result was a thoroughly charred Hei that had landed upon the ground outside of the palace.

Once Lee took notice, she sighed, “...it’s over. Now there’s only one thing left for me to do.”

She put the gun up to the side of her head, her hand shaking as she felt tears run down her face.

“...I don’t belong here. I’ve failed you all,” she sobbed as she thought of the citizens of the Shu Region, “...all I can do is hope that someone else does a better job than I…”

From where he lied on the ground, Bullet could see what she was about to do. "...Lee? LEE!"

BANG!