Chapter 26
Operation Ground and Pound
STAR'S POV: It had been a day since Discord had issued the challenge to face us in Apploosa and we had spent all night planning (flashback) Thunder: "How the hell are we gonna beat this guy? I mean for all we know he could do what he did to the girls and turn us against each other and they didn't even have weapons. " Dragon: "He has a point when the girls faced him he turned them into jerks but with us he'll most likely just make us try and kill each other." Arrow: "and who knows what he'd do with my summons if he turned me evil" Star: "Guys aren't you all forgetting something?" Terra: "What's that Star?" Star: "We are bronies. we know what Discord is capable of and that he's gonna try to turn us against each other so unless one of us is dumb enough to get physically touched by him like Fluttershy was corruption is out of the question and besides sis from what the princess has told us about you getting your last summon someone has already tried to mess with your head and failed so I don't think Discord could either" Twilight: "Could someone please explain to me what the hoof a brony is and how you guys know so much about us from before we even met?" All the guys: "Ummm well you see..." Pinkie: "They from an alternate world where our lives are made into a saturday morning cartoon for little girls created by Hasbro, DHX, and Lauren Faust called My Little Pony:Friendship Is Magic which follows the adventures of you Twilight and your friends from your arrival in Ponyville to us defeating Nightmare Moon to our first time at the Grand Galloping Gala to us beating Discord for the first time to your brother's wedding to the return of the Crystal Empire and beyond and bronies are people above the age of 13 who like the show who are mainly guys" All the guys plus Arrow's jaws dropped Twilight: "Pinkie I highly doubt that" Justice: "Actually she's pretty much spot on" Rainbow: "So you guys knew all about us before we even met? kinda creepy" AppleJack: "Hold on! So y'all have been lyin' to us since you got here?" Desert: " No you just never asked and besides do you really think any of you would have believed us if we told you?" Pinkie: "I would" Star: "Of course you would Pinkie anyways back to the matter at hand how are we gonna beat Discord? I mean knowing him he's probably gonna have backup" Arrow: "how about this since the girls have already beaten Discord once how about the distract whatever backup Discord has planned for us while we take out that big guy himself" Desert: "seems legit. With their new powers the girls should be able to take on anything Discord could throw at them" Terra: "Not Fluttershy. If anything happened to her I could never forgive myself" Fluttershy: "Terra I know you worry about me but you have to face the facts. I'm an element of harmony therefore I am part of this team and need to help. Please understand." Terra: "Alright just please be careful" "I will" said Fluttershy before she kissed Terra on the cheek Star: "Okay we got our plan now let's hit the hay and get some rest cause we got a draconequus to beat in the morning" (end flashback)
We were about to board the train to Apploosa when Celestia pulled me aside and said "I've known about your knowledge of this world for a long time and I suggest you use that to your advantage against Discord" "Well that was kinda the plan...wait so you really are a troll aren't you" I replied she then gave me a stern look as if saying 'not the time for jokes' and pushed me onto the train and as the train headed out we each began to think about what had led us here from the car crash and our arrival in Equestria to us each learning the extent of our powers such as my fight at the gala, Dragon's Sonic Rainbolt, Desert's brawl with the minotaurs, Terra's rumble with the dragons, Thunder's fight with the Hydra, and Justice's duel with King Sombra to us each meeting our ancestors and beating the elements of disharmony to Arrow's arrival to Arrow earning her summons to the formation of our band to the girls getting their armor to the recent fight with the army of soulless. We each realized then how far we each had come and that even with each of our new powers Discord would not be easy to defeat. I then spoke up from the silence and said "Guys I'm not much for speeches but if there was a time for one now would be it. We all know what we're getting into and that Discord most likely has a few tricks up his sleeve but we've got two things he'll never be able to beat and those are knowledge and friendship. Girls you have beaten Discord once before and you can do it again only this time we're not here to turn him to stone, We're here to finish him for good and trust me when I say that Discord is going down. Just remember no matter what happens and no matter what Discord does to us we'll always be friends and nothing can stop the power of friendship. now let's get ready to kick some draconequus ass!"
as we approached the town which Discord had of course turned into the chaos capital of the world we readied our gear and as the train stopped we exited only to see Discord standing in the middle of the street High noon duel style with a western bandit outfit on "Well,well,well. You actually showed up. I was getting worried that you wouldn't show and miss all the fun." He said "We don't time for your games Discord!" I yelled "Oh but the fun has just started" said Discord he then snapped his fingers causing six black orbs to appear he then rolled each of them out in front of him before snapping his fingers once more causing the orbs to transform into the six warriors each of us had defeated before: The Elements of Disharmony "May I introduce you to your opponents in my little game the new and improved Elements of Disharmony:Savagery, Hatred, Despair,Rage, Disdain, and Sin Oh but that's not all cause don't think I forgot about my little ponies" said Discord slithering past Twilight " For you and your friends I've created a different challenge. two soulless that I personally perfected one of which I'm sure you know the name of, meet Nightmare Moon and her sister Hellfire Sun" he said grinning before revealing two alicorn soulless one in the familiar shape of Nightmare Moon and the other in the form of a tall golden with crimson armor and flaming mane and tailed alicorn we identified as Hellfire Sun "Well girls let's armor up" said Twilight before they all yelled "ELEMENTAL ACCESS!" dawning their new elemental armor Discord tried to snap the armor away with his magic but for some reason it had no effect "huh that's new. no matter. Let the games begin!" said Discord before teleporting into a lawn chair in the distance "Well guys It looks like we're gonna have to beat these goons again to get to Discord" I said before launching at them only to be knocked back "What the?" I asked Discord then appeared in front of us and said "Oh did I forget to mention this time the elements of disharmony are two times as strong as before so have fun trying to defeat them. Well bye" he then disappeared and reappeared back in his lawn chair in the distance "Well looks like this is gonna be harder than we thought" I said before once again clashing swords with Darkstar only to get sliced and diced by the now faster and stronger Darkstar but every time I got knocked down I just kept getting back up even though I was getting brutalized and I knew it I couldn't give up THUNDER'S POV: While Star was getting attacked by his opposite I had my own problems with the new improved Maelstrom who was raining down black lightning charged strikes with his greatsword which became harder and harder to block due to my opponents new-found strength and speed. Each of us began to fight our opposite only to find we were outmatched in both strength and speed whether it was Star getting slashed to pieces by Darkstar, Thunder getting battered by Maelstrom,Terra getting assaulted by Deathwing, Dragon getting mutilated by Hellfire, Desert getting beaten by Panzer, or Justice getting slaughtered by Apocalypse we were getting brutalized STAR'S POV: I was fighting off Darkstar the best I could when right as he went for the final blow it was blocked by none other than Arrow "Arrow what are you doing?" I asked "Kicking this jerk's ass cause no one fucks with my little brother and gets away with it" said Arrow she suddenly stuck her right arm out causing a blueish white beam to emit from it before muttering "thank you Vegito" and yelling "SPIRIT SWORD!" before clashing her energy blade with the blade of Darkstar meanwhile I began charging another attack from the DBZ universe and after 5 minutes of charging I yelled at my sister to move before yelling "SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!" hitting Darkstar square in the heart causing him to disintegrate "thank you Piccolo" I said "You go help Terra, I'll see what I can do to help Desert" Said Arrow
JUSTICE'S POV: I was getting clobbered by this new Apocalypse blocking the best that I could with my shield but I couldn't hold out like this forever and just when I was about to give out and my opponent would deal the final blow a mysterious dark blue knight who's armor looked like that of Gallantmon with large dark blue wings wielding what looked like Ichigo's Zanpakuto came out of nowhere and blocked the attack before knocking Apocalypse back "Luna?" I asked "What? thou thought only you humans could transform? All pure blood alicorns have that ability we just never have any reason to now is thou going to just sit there and watch or are we going to take down this brute?" asked Luna after removing her helm revealing long luscious hair that sparkled that mimicked her mane and skin that mimicked her fur coat (A/N: Because screw that horrid attempt of a human Luna from Equestria Girls) I then lunged at Apocalypse clashing blades once more before quoting one of my all time favorite movies ever "One shall stand One shall fall!" "Then it shall be you who falls!" roared Apocalypse before knocking me back with his shield and then beginning to slash me with a barrage of slices from his sword I blocked with my shield while saying "You underestimate the power of the night" I then looked behind my opponent giving a wink before yelling "NOCTURNAL BARRAGE!" I then went on the offensive trading blow after blow with my opponent before suddenly stopping " What? No big finale? No finishing blow?" he asked in anger "Nope" I simply replied "Fine then let me end thi-" he was cut off by Luna who after literally stabbing him in the back and out the other end with her sword said "Because he doesn't need one"
THUNDER'S POV: Me and Dragon were getting pummeled whether be it by the fireballs Hellfire threw at us or the black lightning that Maelstrom shot at us or the blows we received from both their weapons we were outmatched they were striking blow after blow and not that we weren't trying to fight back it just seemed that we were on the losing end unlike our last encounter with these two that is until a mysterious white knight wielding a longer version of the Master sword and a shield similar in design to Link's only sporting an image of Celesita's cutie mark appeared and began taking on Hellfire. We watched the knight as we ourselves clashed with Maelstrom. eventually the identity of the knight was revealed when a blow from Hellfire's battle-axe to the knight's helm knocked it off revealing a human version of Celestia complete with white skin and long multicolored hair "What?!" we both said in shock "Forget about it and fight! I'll explain later!" yelled Celestia before blocking a blow from Hellfire's battle-axe with her shield and stabbing him in the heart causing him to dissolve. We continued fighting Maelstrom only to have him match us blow for blow until I disarmed him giving Dragon a clear shot to punch his flaming fist through our opponent's chest causing him to disintegrate
TERRA'S POV: I fought hard to try to keep up with the new Deathwing even resorting to my Godzilla form only for it to be matched by Deathwing in the form of King Gidorah and after taking a barrage of tri-headed beams I thought I was about to give out when suddenly a magical beam of energy blasted the three-headed beast causing him to revert back to human form I then changed back to find Starsaber ready and waiting "Need a little help?" he asked "let's do this" I replied he then drew his katana and went in for a slice while I transformed into a komodo dragon. Deathwing dodged Star's blade but only to get bit by my venomous komodo jaws. I let the venom do it's work slowing him down before dodging a swing for his scythe and taking the opening and his slowed reaction time to stab both my hidden blades into his heart disintegrating him "that was for Fluttershy bitch" I mumbled
DESERT'S POV: I blasted away using every gun I could think of to damage this new improved Panzer but nothing worked. He simply acted as if the bullets didn't even exist as the beast of a foe charged at me smashing into me grabbing on to me with one giant hand before continuing to charge dragging me across the ground like a ragdoll before smashing me into the face of a building and continuing to literally pound me into the ground. After how ever long of a beating I took Panzer suddenly stopped and turned to find three arrows lodged in his back. While this didn't hurt him it did piss him off and he turned to see who had shot him. "Hey Fuckface! you pick on one soldier, you pick on all of us! So come and get some!" yelled Arrow While she was doing that I took this time to grab him by the leg and swing him into the same building he had smashed me into causing it to collapse onto him I then walked up to Arrow and said " you know shooting an enraged giant in the back has to be THE dumbest thing you've ever done." "Hey, it worked. didn't it?" she replied suddenly Panzer burst from under the debris and it was at that moment I had a crazy thought 'Wait...I only have to have SEEN a weapon to use it which means...God I love loopholes' " Arrow can you distract Panzer for like a minute or so?" I said quickly "Sure why?" she replied "just do it and you'll see" I said She then lunged at the brute while I pulled out my prized Desert Eagle and began to concentrate. The gun began to change shape into a large shoulder mounted laser cannon that all gamers would recognize. The transformation took a solid minute before I aimed it "Desert what is taking so..OH SHIT!" Arrow said before jumping out of the way "Eat laser you ugly Son of a Bitch!" I yelled before blasting the element of Rage into oblivion with my Spartan laser "thank you Bungie" I uttered Arrow then walked up to me and said "Overkill much?" "Maybe but necessary overkill none the less" I simply replied
STAR'S POV: We all regrouped in the center of town and Dragon asked the obvious question " So since when could you two become human?" he said pointing at the Princesses "Both our parents and our brother can and you didn't expect us to be able to?" asked Celestia "Okay I see your point but why wait until now to show us?" I asked "You were all doing fine on your own we did not see a need for us to interfere with your struggle" said Luna "Okay but that begs the question, are you two also Knights of Equestria?" asked Justice "indeed we are. You see-" Celestia began only to be interuppted by Discord "Well, well, well it seems I dozed off just long enough to miss you pass round one of my game. Congratulations! Now for Round two My perfect soulless."