Crown Attack

I stood there, looking up at the electronic billboard that would reveal the names of the selected fighters, the blackness of it's background revealing no part of the selector's cruelty. It's been one year since he took over as ruler of the dimensions, the only four ones that had life on them, that is. My eyes observed every little fact to be seen from the billboard. It named the four dimensions in order their fighters would be selected. Five white letters, spelling out the word EARTH shot onto the unimportant background. After three seconds, more letters began to flow onto the screen. Once the dimension was named, I remembered the actual chances of anyone from Earth winning this. Minecraftia is full of warriors that always know what to do in a fight, how can anyone on Earth combat them...? The next set of letters raced onto the screen below Minecraftia, revealing an unfamiliar name of Robloxia. Suddenly it hit me. Robloxia was unspoken of because of the amount of violence the people there are used to, it's the deadliest dimension known to exist. My heart sank, there was no chance of anyone I knew winning this. Then, the strangest name I've even seen floated onto the screen... Equestria... I had no knowledge of this other dimension, but my thoughts began reeling.

Who is actually going to win? Are they going to make sure it's balanced...? I thought this for one reason, that if it was entertainment for him, he would like to see a fair fight, not a domination, right? That's when i realized what was happening. I was one of the best people I knew when it came to archery. My heart sank as the name Theodore appeared under Earth. I was the first selected fighter for Earth. After noticing to other names I had yet to hear of anyone familiar, Alexander Johnson and Scott Roland, I already knew i was done for, but i continued watching the billboard anyways. I wanted to know if it would be an actual fight at all. When i saw the names of Murk, Indead, and 3vil, my heart fell right down to my leg. Murk was one of the best ranged fighters from Minecraftia. With two melee professionals like Indead and 3vil, the fight will surely go to his favor..!

But yet, I decided to continue watching the billboard. Under the dimension of Robloxia arrived the names of Skyscreamer, Skullly, and Bot. I had little knowledge of Skyscreamer and Skullly, but i knew who Bot was. When Robloxia was first discovered by Professor Conan, Bot was spotted from a distance, fighting off what looked like an entire zombie horde with his bare hands..! There was no chance of winning, none at all. I began to walk away from it all, when I remembered there was one more dimension, that i knew nothing about, not even it's inhabitants. In a matter of seconds, the -what i suppose are- names appear on the board. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy. I paused for a minute. I noticed the word shy was part of the last one's name. Did he really just send what is probably a harmless creature into a bloodbath...? I paused for a minute, thinking of what I'd do in the arena. I know I could never bring myself to harm beautiful creatures, but if it's between my life or theirs... I just don't know...

Shortly after the names appeared, the billboard reset to it's original black background, stating that the warp gate would open in an hour to take us to the battle planet of Dyxteria, a horrid place that looks just like Earth, just blood-stained and more rural. An hour is all I have to say good-bye to my friends, and my life... But i had no friends to say good-bye to. Maybe this is how it's meant to be... I think to myself, since no one ever cared for me, this might be my time to make them know who i am, or to just go on and die since no one will care. But I'll decide that when i get to the river, for each bridge can only be crossed once it's created, and that one is only just a blueprint.

As the brain-dead officers arrived to take me toward the warp gate, I had one last thought to process. Who am i going to ally? This question lingers in my mind by the time I'm sent into the gate, the swirling lavender vortex consuming me from the homeland feeling of the surrounding lands. I shut my eyes and heard voices, screams, laughter, animals, and even the stillness of water fly passed my head, begging me to peak and become lost in their tunnels.

Suddenly, i found myself in a dark room, with twelve beds... and i understood, glancing around to all the other warp gate exits. The room had a bit of space between the beds, which all formed a semi circle around a large mahogany table. On the other side of the room was a  small indoor range, with target dummies lined up for practice. It had a single rope that went up into what seemed like a tower. The walls were white, a couple windows near the top here and there, and a single fireplace with what looked like twelve chairs in a half circle surrounding it. The other warp gate exits began to activate, and eleven different creatures fell out of them, landing next to their own beds. I glanced to my right, noticing two humans take a quick peak around the room. They must be Alexander and Scott, I thought, being as to how they were humans like me.

The other creatures had quite an impact as well. The ones from Minecraftia looked as if they were made from building blocks and a big skull without a brain, judging from how two of them landed on their heads. The one that didn't was obviously Murk, with his silver skin, beige shirt, leather jacket, navy blue jeans, and black cape with a pair of silver shoes. It was quite easy to tell them apart from the creatures from Robloxia, who followed the same type of block-like body, but had a smaller and rounder head. Then, when i glanced at the three remaining creatures, I felt immediate pain. Each of them had four legs, a round body with a noticeable neck and a fairly big head. Two of them had wings. From the amount of colors in one of their hair styles, I began to believe that the cyan colored one was named Rainbow Dash, but I still couldn't figure out the other two.

A voice called out to us from hidden speakers, transmitting a deeply pitched voice towards us as the room began to brighten up, "You have two days to enjoy yourselves here and make alliances before the battle begins. Choose wisely."

As soon as the voice stopped speaking, I saw the three pony-like creatures, which i'll just refer to as ponies, group together and talk to one another, still in their side of the room. I noticed the Minecraftians and Robloxians begin yelling at eachother, envolving the word 'copier' quite a bit, and after observing the other two humans step in to try to help their favorite side, i decided to head over to the ponies. As they saw me approach, the yellowish one stepped backward behind Rainbow Dash, who looked toward me and took what I believed to be a defensive stance over her friend.

"What do you want? The two day limit isn't up yet," she snaps at me, expecting me to back down away from her group of friends.

I nodded, "I know, it just began moments ago," I stated, taking note to call the yellow one Fluttershy due to her shy action, and to call the orange one Applejack. Then, a little symbol on the side of their... area... made its way to greet my eyes. The cyan one in front of me had a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt, while the orange one had three apples, and the yellow one had three butterflies...

Rainbow Dash just snorted, "Don't try to get smart, what do you want?" she asked me again, and it was blatant that she was becoming annoyed with me just standing there.

I had to pick my words carefully to avoid getting into a fight with this creature before the battle even began, "Well, the voice claimed we could make allies," I started, trying to see if Rainbow would figure out where this was going.

The yellow one, Fluttershy, peered out from behind her friend, a frightened look all over her face. She gasped when she saw me look at her, before quickly darting back behind Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash just sighed, "Why would we ally? We'd just have to fight each other eventually..."

I frowned, understanding what she means, "But do you have any evidence of that?" I question, a thought bolting from my mind to my mouth. "Who are you to say, perhaps, believe that we are forced to kill each other...?"

She paused for a minute before looking back towards Applejack, who was nodding her head, and Fluttershy was beginning to have a faint, but noticeable, smile come onto her face, "Sure," Rainbow Dash began, "I think we could ally..."

I smiled softly, then glanced around the room, noticing that the Minecraftians and Robloxians finally stopped arguing. I then nodded my head towards the fireplace, "Care to sit down for a while?" I ask them casually, beginning to step towards the fireplace.

Rainbow Dash looked back towards her friends, who both nodded. She nodded her own head before following me over towards the fireplace. A deep-maroon rug was laid out, infront of the chairs near the fireplace, and it matched the sleek, black floor. The floor, at this point, was clearly made from basalt, which had a texture that was comforting, for stone, that is. As we made our way over towards the fire place, I heard a voice say something, but it wasn't the deep voice from before.

"Well, everyone," the voice began after clearing it's throat, "we all probably only have two or three days left to live with the exception of one of us, who i won't name because it'll start a fight, so we should probably just ignore the fact that we are really enemies, at least for these first two days..."

Right after the voice finished, several others murmured in agreement. Looking over my shoulder, I saw that the speaker was the Robloxian named Skyscreamer. I shot him a friendly smile before continuing over to the fireplace. As i slumped down into one of the chairs, the three ponies decided to lay down on the rug, which i guess was made of a soft cloth, which made it harder to pick my feet up off from it. Needless to say, the three ponies were laying down on the rug. These were who I was going into this fight allied with, and I know i would never hurt them, but that forced me to ask myself one question, What if it is between my life and theirs..? Would I just let them go, knowing that it means I would die? There was only one answer to this question, and that is the easy option.

Ignore it.