Canterlot Academy Trials

Several other battles would take place over the course of that afternoon. Highlights of the notable ones include:

Rufus the Yak lost his preliminary battle against a male buffalo named Blackwind. It was a close match due to the both of them being skilled grapplers, but Blackwind won out due to a quick, forced ring-out against the yak.

Spearklip the Zebra won her preliminary battle against a hippogriff stallion named Rapid Rivers. Rivers, while faster and easily outpacing Spear in agility, simply couldn’t break through the tough zebra mare’s build and was knocked out thanks to a suplex she had given him.

Jun Fang the Diamond Dog won his preliminary battle against a male griffon named Gradivus. While Gradivus' flight presented a problem for Fang at first, the spotted diamond dog was able to overcome it with his martial arts skill that caused internal damage to the griffon’s body, forcing him to yield after getting too close.

Leelee the Monk was a fresh student, and thus, was unable to participate.

Lastly, Luster Dawn had won her preliminary battle against a ram named Judas who made use of a folding steel chair of all things as his weapon of choice. Luster Dawn’s magical axes were enough to overpower him and force him to take a seat instead--with a ring-out.

And with that, there was only one fight left for the day…

“...you ready guys?” Blue muttered, looking at Rose and Mei with his wings expanded involuntarily.

“Indeed,” Mei replied, having been healed with several bandages around her head and body. “I’ve been itching to see what he can do.”

“...He’s gonna be great,” Grimrose muttered with a vacant smile on her face, indicating her excitement in a rather dry way.

Which was pointed out by Blue, “Woah now! Don’t get too excited. It’s not like your boyfriend is up to the plate or anything here, Rose.”

“Oh shush you--oh! There he is.”

Spike would take on the responsibility of announcing the day’s last fight. “Alright, everycreature. The finals will take place tomorrow, so here’s our last battle for today. The squire of Tungsten Wolfe--Royal Guard #74--and weighing in at 235 pounds. Armed with more combat knowledge than an encyclopedia, it’s Atomic Nebula!”

The unicorn stallion strolled into the stadium with a sheepish smile on his freckled face as he listened to the crowd cheer for him. From his side of the stadium, he’d see Tungsten standing guard and give him an encouraging smile before reverting back to his stoic guard’s expression.

Which pushed Nebula into determination as he confidently strutted up to, and onto the combat platform. With one final wave to his friends, he prepared himself with his recorder at his side.

Soon enough, Spike would continue with his announcement of Nebula’s opponent.

“And over here. We have a master of disguise. A changeling who’s learned how to turn into almost anything he wants. Weighing in at only 100 pounds, give it up for Noptera!”

A dark green changeling stallion with solid maroon eyes would fly in from the opposite end of the field while waving to the crowd. To show off what he could do, he turned his translucent wings into a parachute of sorts in order to glide in and land into the field before reverting them to normal size.

“Wow,” Nebula commented on Noptera’s entrance, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a changeling do that before.”

“Oh you ain’t seen nothing yet,” Noptera replied with a friendly, raspy voice. “Gonna show off my stuff here to my family that’s watching, so gimme a good fight, yeah?”

Up in the stands, a particular group of changelings were cheering for Noptera.

Nebula grinned as he got himself ready with his recorder. “Alrighty, then. Show me whatcha got, bud. I’ve got a new song I’ve been itching to play.”

With everyone watching with bated breath for the final preliminary battle of the day, Spike called out.

“GET READY FOR THE NEXT BATTLE!”