Tournament of the Wraiths

Alex walked casually into the Arena, which had taken the form of a section of the Black Temple that was cut off by fel iron spikes, noticing the amount of cheering he was receiving had doubled since his last round. That, and one sarcastic ‘woo-hoo’ from a certain adolescent blood elf.

‘I have never. Felt more conflicted. In my entire. FUCKING. LIFE!’  Were Sarah’s thoughts at the moment, as she walked alongside Alex. The uncertainty was clear on her face, as many ponies in the crowd gave her odd looks.

“Ye know I don’t want to do this too,” Alex said, catching Sarah’s attention, “Only reason I’m here is because we can prove our honor, that and the fact that I’ve only fought things much weaker than myself. This should be fun.”

“Yeah, for you! Not me, I’m freakin’ the fuck out right now!”

He stopped walking, “Well considering the fact ye think I’m helpless, it’s not a big surprise.”

“It’s not that I think you’re helpless,” she shouted, “but I have very bad experiences with fighting people your age! Last time that happened, I literally fucking killed myself!”

He frowned and raised an eyebrow, “Well I’m not ye, so I can’t tell ye what to do. But if ye want ye can ask for someone else to fight.”

“No no, let’s just... Get this over with. I’ll just, like, let you win or something.”

“No, that wouldn’t be fair. Tell ye what if ye hold back on me, I hold back on ye.”

“Actually, how about this. We do a draw. We count to ten, use one of our attacks, and whoever falls first loses.”

He smiled, “That sounds good.”

“Okay, let’s do this...”

Death appeared in front of them, “Alright then, you two ready?” They nodded. “Then BEGIN!”

Alex Vs. Sarah

Rebel 1, Action!

(Alex Vs. Sarah Theme)

“Restriction level 1 & 2, released/Restriction level 1 & 2, released!”

Alex’s staff became pointed at the ends, and began to leak arcane energy as his body crackled with the arcane. While Sarah’s claws fused into one, large scythe-like blade, replacing her hand. They both jumped away from each other, placing them at a good distance apart.

“1”

“2”

“3” Sarah rolled her shoulders, causing a metallic clanging sound to echo around the arena as her bones popped.

“4”

“5”

“6” Alex cracked his neck and smirked.

“7”

“8”

“9” Alex raised his right hand and started drawing in the air, leaving a glowing symbol.

“10!”

Sarah swung her hand downward, then once to the left and right, sending three, large blades of darkness at Alex, “When Shadows Reign!”

Alex pierced the symbol with his pointer and middle fingers, launching a beam of arcane energy towards her, “Arcane Beam!” The attacks clashed at the middle of where the two stood exploding and kicking up a huge cloud of smoke.

~Meanwhile~

Rarity eyes widened as Alex unleashed his first attack. “Oh my! I’ve never seen such a powerful spell!”

Twilight nodded, “No kidding.”

AJ let out a whistle as the smoke filled the screen. “Looks like you might just win this one Rainbow.” The pegasus smirked and kept watching the screen as it flashed green.

~Battlefield~

“Illidan’s Rage!” Suddenly a sickly green glow pierced through the smoke, and a crackling sound graced everyone’s ears. The smoke was then cut by twenty blades made of green fire. Sarah stood there, frozen with wide eyes as the blades impacted. A cloud of smoke was released as another thing pierced through the impact, a genuine scream of terror.

Alex stood still, staring at where Sarah was. His eyes widened as he remembered the look in her eyes. ‘She was scared?’ The cloud faded revealing Sarah staring at one of the burns on her arm.

~Meanwhile~

James eyes widened as Sarah’s scream came from the screen. “Holy.. Was that Sarah!?” Amy nodded and gazed at the display. “Shit, Alex is screwed.”

~Battlefield~

Alex moved towards her slowly, being careful not to move quickly. As he got closer he could hear mumbling something regarding fire. He reached a hand out slowly, leaving it hovering in front of him. “Sarah?”

Before he could react, Sarah’s claw shot out and cut through his arm at the elbow, severing it. “GET AWAY FROM ME!”

Alex screamed, grabbing his wound as it dripped blood. The crowd gasped in terror, and some of the ponies in the audience threw up. As he screamed Sarah cut off his left leg, causing him to fall backwards onto the ground.

Sarah backed up, “Get away, get away, GET AWAY!”

Death appeared between them. Snapping his fingers Sarah fell to the ground, out cold. He turned around and faced Alex and snapped his fingers again, stopping the blood. “Well then, because you reached a draw the one who took the most damage is the loser of this round. So Sarah wins Round 8!”

Kate, Johon and Fluttershy quickly ran towards them, picking up the severed arm and leg they put Alex on a stretcher and carried him off towards the infirmary. Death just snapped his fingers and Sarah joined him.

~Meanwhile~

Twilight stared in horror as they took Alex to the Infirmary she turned to Celestia, “Do you think Alex will be ok?”

Celestia shook her head, “I don’t know my faithful student, I hope that he heals.”

AJ and RD looked at each other and came to the silent agreement that the bet for this round was off.

The screen flashed drawing everyone's attention. “And now, for a commercial break.”

The screen showed a new commercial but no one watched as James tried to beat his sister’s car with a Cheetah. Even when he was getting mauled, the fight was still too fresh on everyone’s mind and even brought some ponies into a grimace.

~Infirmary 5 minutes later~

Alex was laying on a bed with Johon reattaching his limbs. The door opened and Sarah walked in, her head bowed low.

Johon turned and smiled faintly, “Hey Sarah, if you want to know how he’s doing I just finished attaching his limbs.” He paused for a moment before standing up, “I think I should leave you two alone for a bit.” He walked past Sarah and closed the door behind him.

Sarah walked over and pulled a chair, sitting down in it she frowned as she looked at him. “Hey...”

Alex smiled, “Hey, how are ye doing?”

She sighed, “Not so good... I’m just glad Death stopped me. Last time this happened, around a hundred people died, some of their bodies were comparable to a puddle, three buildings burned down, two armored cars were destroyed, and I killed myself about four or five times, I don’t really remember that part...”

Alex frowned, “Well I’m glad that I got off with a couple severed limbs. Besides, I need to apologize for that.”

“No, I should apologize. You didn’t know that would happen, and it’s my fault for not saying anything.”

“Well then it’s my fault for not saying anything about my second restriction.”

“I just... Let’s... How about we both take blame for not saying anything.”

“Well how bout this, if ye lose against Dean we can have a rematch. And if ye win, ye can fight Dean again. Sound good?”

She nodded slowly, “Wait, Dean? What? I- That’s... Al... right, I guess?”

An announcement rang through the arena, “The next fight will be Dean Vs. Sarah!....”

Sarah looked at the monitor. “Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shit...”

“....After a quick break so our competitors can be in top shape!”