Chapter 14

Author's Note: Well, today is finally the day. If you all want to know what that means, then it's the fact that we are at the 14th chapter of Visitors of Equestria. It's probably been one slow plot progression during this point, but I'm ready to lower the curtains. I'm ready for this story to reveal the conflicts that Pika, Mander, and Quire had to deal with in everyone's universe. And no, it's not conflict between each other. We're going to be introduced to the villains of this story, who have a chemistry of sorts with our three young brothers. I'm not going to reveal anything, but rather let the chapter show what you all need to know. It's probably gonna have been a while since I last posted, but my main reason why I posted this chapter so late was to make it as perfect as possible. There isn't anything I have to say, expect for enjoy...

Warning: There will be blood and injuries mentioned and caused in this chapter. Read to your own carefully if you're a bit squeamish around this topic.

Battle of Ponyville

Rushing and jumping towards woods and branches, me, Applejack, and Winona arrived at the outskirts of Ponyville, which didn't have any ponies walking around. Glancing gazes at each other in confusion, we run towards the southern entrance and head in. Walking in a medium pace since we arrived at our destination, we look around, trying to find where everypony was at. While doing so, Applejack says, "Darn. This here looks like some stampede aftermath. Where the hay did everypony went?"

Giving her my attention, I answer, "I don't know, but this is creepy. I'm worried that we arrived too late." Just thinking that thought alone sends shivers down my spine over this fear.

Seeing me in that state, Applejack reassures me with a smile and a hoof on my shoulder. Looking at me with sincere eyes, she tells me, "Now, don't ya worry about that, sugarcube. If Ah had ta guess, then perhaps somepony decided ta give an announcement, ya know?" Nodding my head, she points towards the Town Hall and proposes, "Why don't we head on over ta the Town Hall? We might find them there."

Nodding my head, I look at her and say, "Right!"

With that, we both head off towards the Town Hall, with my mind praying for a crowd to show up there. Once there, I felt my heart stop upon seeing no crowd surrounding the building. However, upon glancing to the right, I saw the back of the crowd facing one of the entrances, sending me into relief. But, I noticed how they appeared to be scared, as well as... shaking?

Standing beside me, Applejack calls out, "What the hay is goin' on here, folks?"

Noticing her beside me, the ponies look over and address her, with one of them explaining, "It's awful, Applejack! There's some... wolf that's in front of Ponyville. He looks weird and he has some sort of dark crowd with him! The Princess, Mayor Mare, and the Elements of Harmony are talking to him as we speak, but I'm scared as to what's going to happen!"

My eyes widen upon hearing that pony mentioned some weird wolf. It couldn't be... could it? A wolf with some sort of army behind him, ready to destroy everything in their tracks. I've only known one wolf with a dark legion loyal only to him, and he was malicious. We've had so many battles with each other to prevent one another's goals from being achieved for either side, and I've won every single time. If He's here, out of all places, then... I need to protect everypony! But, how am I going to confront him face-to-face?

Looking at Applejack, then at her lasso, I felt a crazy idea form in my mind. Getting her attention, I ask her, "Applejack, I know what I'm going to say is going to sound so stupid, but I need you to do this."

Resolution in her eyes, she says, "What do ya need me ta do, sugarcube?"

Pointing at your lasso, I explain to her, "I need you to wrap me up with your lasso, and launch me a few feet above the crowd."

As expected, she looks at me as if I was a lunatic. Mouth agape, she hollers out, "What?! Now why in tarnation would Ah wrap ya up with a lasso, and launch ya above this here crowd?!"

Sighing, I tell her, "I know, I know. It's stupid and it's crazy, but this is the only way I can protect Twi. Please, Applejack!"

She seems to be stuck between agreeing and disagreeing with my antics in a fierce battle. Eventually, she let out a huge sigh as she looks at me with a skeptical look. She asks, "Ya sure yer want me ta launch ya towards the front of the crowd?"

Nodding my head and looking at her with determined eyes, she lets out another sigh and tells me, "In that case, ya better hold on tight, sugarcube. Cause this is gonna be one wild ride."

Smiling at my success in convincing her, I watch as she passes me the ends of her lasso to tie myself. Wrapping the rope around the middle of my body and securing its place with a firm knot, I give a thumbs-up towards Applejack. Gripping her lasso with her teeth, she whirls the rope around, sending me flying among the air. It was kinda dizzying for a bit, but I handled a lot worse than this. After a few seconds, she jerks her lasso towards the crowd, launching me above and beyond the pony audience.

Watching, I saw Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and some pale, light grayish amber pony in front of the crowd. She had a light cornflower bluish gray with a lighter streak, making her look a bit old. Seeing their cutie mark, which consisted of a tan scroll tied with a blue ribbon, I presume that this pony must be Mayor Mare, the mayor of Ponyville. They all seemed to be speaking about something, but to my horror, I saw the dark wave ready to be shot out from the dark being. He was vastly covered in aura, so I couldn't make out what he looked like, but I know who he is regardless.

Figuring out a way to boost myself further towards the front, I spin my whole body around rapidly, sending me soaring a bit faster towards Twi and our friends. Close enough and within range, I use a combination move, in the form of Light Reflect. Combining both Reflect and Light Screen, I summon a purple wall of light in front of the crowd, just as the blur unleashes the dark wave. When it hits the barrier, rather than try to collide with it, the wave simply bounces off and spreads towards the dark army, which surprises them, but they don't get hurt by the attack.

Landing on my feet in front of my guardian, I hear her, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie say in shock, "Pika?!"

Noticing me for the first time, the mayor's phthalo blue eyes widen as she speaks out, "Wait, so that's..."

Glaring up, I see the dark being, now clear and fully ready to be analyzed. He has the physical shape of a wolf, with his mouth open, bearing sharp, jagged, white teeth clenched together in anger. The muzzle was the color of a midnight black, looking like some sort of armor piece. His eyes were colored blood red, but instead of regular eyes, his sclera is the color black with his red eyes being oval pupils. His fur was the color of a very dark purple, with the ends of the hair spiked up and colored blue instead. Around his waist appears to be a red utility belt, storing anything this brute needs. With sharp, black claws, pointed ears, and a tail with spiky ends, this being definitely looked both creepy and dangerous.

Glancing at his army, it consisted of nothing but countless imp-like blue spirits with white wisp ears, light blue eyes, a dark blue body, and black bottoms. With blade-like arms and hands with gray claws, as well as thin, but short legs, these creatures looked like something you should never mess with. However, fighting this beast and his army many times before, with every result being my triumph, I'm not scared over fighting them once more and protecting everypony!

Grinning, the wolf-like creature addresses in a deep dark voice, "Well, well, well. Who would've thought that YOU of all creatures reside in this area, o Child of Light?"

Glaring while bearing my teeth, I say to him, "Out of all the areas you had to cause mayhem in, you had to choose this area... Fendra!"

Looking at the dark being with anger, Rarity asks me, "Fendra? Is that the name of this ruthless barbarian, Pikay-twiky?"

Nodding my head, I saw Applejack rush over by my side, questioning her friends, "Twilight! Everypony! Are y'all alright?"

Smiling at the arrival of her friend, Fluttershy answers the farm pony, "Yes, Applejack. We're all right now, and it's all thanks to Pika."

Glancing at me with a sincere gaze, she smiles and tells me in gratitude, "Thanks for protectin' our friends, sugarcube. Ah appreciate it."

Giving her a smile of my own, she glares at the dark wolf and asks in anger, "Now, who in tarnation are ya and why did ya almost hurt mah friends?!"

Cackling aloud, Fendra proclaims, "If you want to know, you reckless pony, then allow me to pleasure you all with my identity. I am Fendra the Follower, a commander loyal only towards the Nebulous Spectres. I, no, we must show every universe the power of our cult, with destruction and rampages!"

Frowning at him, Pinkie inquires, "Well, that's a meanie beanie thingy to do! Why would you something like that? Can't we all be friends and lend each other a hoof?"

I felt my eye twitch upon hearing Pinkie mention on becoming friends with the dark commander. I angrily thought to myself, 'This wolf caused so much trouble for every world, including ours, and Pinkie's advice is to make it all out and become best friends forever? How can I become friends with a heartless monster like Fendra?! He caused so much turmoil and despair with his whole army, and he seems prepared to cause the same results towards Ponyville!' However, being rational, I calm myself down, telling myself that Pinkie Pie hasn't seen how evil Fendra can be. She doesn't know how much suffering he caused around every universe, so, in a way, she's more luckier than I am.

Taking a deep breath, I turn towards Pinkie and tell her, "As much as I want to make amends and become 'best' friends with him, Pinkie, I'm afraid I can't take up your offer. You all are really lucky, cause you've never seen how ruthless Fendra is. As for me, however..." Pointing towards the dark wolf with hate, I explain to them all with a loud voice, "I've witnessed so many families broken apart, traumatized, and erased because of his actions! He's nothing short of a heartless commander who takes joy in seeing death from his fights! I can never forgive what he has done for the disruption of the entire multiverse..."

Mayor Mare looks at Fendra with a glare and asks, "Why have you come to Ponyville then, Fendra? You aren't here for anything good, are you?"

Laughing profusely, he grins madly and declares, "You're right. I'm not here to do anything benevolent. Rather, I want to see just how powerful the magic of friendship really is."

Getting uncomfortable with his reason, Twilight asks him, "What do you plan on doing with the power of friendship then, if you don't mind me asking?"

Looking at her with his red eyes, Fendra answers, "I'll use the power of that magic... TO DESTROY ALL OF THIS UNIVERSE!"

Yelling that last part out loud, he roars, sending gusts of wind towards us. We all stand our ground as he lets out this shout. As I block the gust, I thought to myself, 'Grrr. I knew he was visiting this universe because of its power. If it was just him, then I can easily take him down 1v1, but because of his army, it wouldn't be so easy. I know Twilight and her friends can take care of themselves since they're the Elements of Harmony, but it'll be very hard without Mander or Quire with me. Unless...'

Looking at Twilight, and then at the army in front of me, I felt my mind gain a bright and shining lightbulb. Glancing towards Twilight, but not wanting Fendra to catch on my plan, I talk to her through my mind thanks to Telepathy.

"Twilight, can you hear me?" I send this message towards her mind to which she receives.

Seeing her eyes widen, she looks around left and right, trying to see who spoke to her. Secreting moving my paw for her to see and notice me, I tell her, "Try to see my paw moving."

Listening to my advice, she looks at the moving paw, and then at me in confusion. Using her own telepathy to speak, she asks, "Pika. Are you the one who's speaking to me through my mind?"

Nodding my head, I ask her, "Yes. Can you do me a favor?"

Hearing my serious tone, she looks at me with hope and questions, "Do you know a way to defeat Fendra?"

Glancing towards Fendra, who was glaring at me, I glare back and say, "Yes. But, in order to do so, I need you to follow and listen on what I need you to do. Tell me, can you and your friends beat some of those spirits?"

Looking at the dark wolf, Twilight tells me, "Me and my friends can handle some of those spirits, but we can't beat every last one of them. What do you need me to do, sweetie?"

Mentally smirking to myself, I order, "When I give you a signal, I want you to cast a wide barrier on everypony except for me. I can use a powerful move to defeat most of the shadows, but it'll hurt everypony. I need you to cast that barrier to protect them all from this attack."

Nodding at my request, she asks, "Alright. What's your signal?"

Casting her a quick glance, I declare to her, "The signal is me slamming the ground with my left foot. Ok?"

Agreeing with me, Twilight tells me, "Ok. I trust you, sweetie. You're our key to our future."

Heeding Twi's words, I look at Fendra, who was smirking towards me, to which I gave a smirk back. Confused, he inquires, "Oh. Has the so-called Knight of Divinity figured out a way to end my whole army to dust?"

Hearing one of my titles mentioned by him with malice, my smirk widens as I tell him, "Maybe, or maybe not. I know that I could easily take you down in battle, but since you have your army, it wouldn't be easy..."

Grinning at his advantage, Fendra asks, "Do you plan to sacrifice everypony for the sake of your selfish life, or would you sacrifice your own life to defeat me in a selfless fight?"

Annoyed by these choices, I answer, "Tch. I would rather die protecting everypony than selfishly fend for myself. Ponies may be extremely forgiving and may seem weak, but when they're all together by the power of friendship, they have the strength of purify and vanquish anything evil!"

Feeling my friends smile at me behind my back over what I said about them, Fendra growls and says, "Oh really? Then prove it to me."

Grinning wildly, I walk up towards the dark wolf and his army and shout out, "Oh, I'll do you one better than proving it. I'll show you how powerful the magic of friendship truly is. And I'll show you right... NOW!"

Yelling that last portion out, I give out my signal, which is slamming my left foot into the ground. Seeing my signal, Twilight lights her horn to life and summons a wide barrier behind me, shielding everypony for my attack. Seeing this and fearing for the worst, Fendra cries out, "DUCK, SOLDIERS!"

However, before his army could do so, I close my eyes, raise my head, and let out a sound-deafening roar. Everypony looks on in shock as a indigo ball forms in front of my mouth, before I shoot it out. The indigo ball turns into a indigo laser, as I aim it directly at Fendra. Seeing this, he quickly casts a dark barrier around his body, protecting himself from the beam, but it splits the beam into two. Seeing parts of the beam hit and vanquish parts of his army, he looks on in horror as my attack ended. Just as it ended, a white shockwave forms and spreads around me at an alarming rate. Thanks to Twi's powerful barrier, the shockwave doesn't affect them, but for Fendra, he and his army gets hit by it. I see him watch in shock as most of his army gets slayed before his very eyes.

After the shockwave ends, I slouch over, and my mouth lets out white wisps of aura. I proudly thought to myself, 'Phew! It was a bit tricky, but I managed to knock out almost all of his army. I seriously need to thank Dia for helping me master Roar of Time like this. Thanks to its mastering, I can still move and fight, even though it would have wasted one of my turns recharging.'

Glaring up at Fendra, who angrily stares deep into my eyes, I give to everypony a heartfelt speech towards the situation. "Everypony! I need you all to hear my plea. We can't let this monster vanquish all of Ponyville. I know you all aren't going to like this, but we have no choice but to fight against him."

I could hear them all murmur to themselves about my speech, but I continued anyways. "You're probably scared, and I can't blame you all for being so. But, you have the Elements of Harmony as well as the Princess of Friendship. I may not have been in your world for long, but I know that your powers can rid Fendra of his army. I trust in each and every one of you to handle his army, for the sake of Ponyville!"

Encouraged and inspired by my speech, Twilight calls out, "He's right, everypony. If we don't do anything, I'm afraid we're going to lose our homes and family to these invaders. We must show them all just how powerful we ponies really are!"

Walking beside Twilight, Fluttershy speaks out, "I may be scared over what's happening, but I'm not scared over protecting my friends and my home from these meanies!"

Doing the same action as Fluttershy, Rarity then warns, "Oh, I certainly agree. I may not be into fighting, but I'll certainly destroy you all if you dare lay a claw on my home as well as my friends! Especially my dear Spikey-wikey and Pikay-twiky!"

Surprisingly happy, Pinkie shouts out with a smile, "If that's how you wanna play, then we'll lay out the rules for kicking your butt! And we'll throw a nice big party for celebrating our saving of the day too!"

Giggling towards Pinkie's plan, Applejack readies her lasso and declares, "If y'all think yer could just step by and demolish our hometown, then ya got another thing comin'!"

Smiling towards my friends' dedications for protecting Ponyville, I give a determined glare towards the dark commander and yell out, "I hope you're ready to see the power of friendship, Fendra, cause we'll be showing you its full potential!"

Looking towards everypony, I tell them, "I'll handle Fendra! I fought him plenty of times, so I know what I'm getting myself into. As for the rest of you, do your best to obliterate his army off, ok?" Upon seeing them all nod, I smile and say, "May the light harness your determination."

Ready to start off the battle, I rush towards Fendra with Volt Tackle, my sight being colored with golden electricity. Running at fast speed, I jump towards his chest and headbutt it, causing the electricity to rush towards his veins. Howling in pain, I push him far away from me, to which I sprint towards him for a combo. As I run, I saw his shadow body move in, ready to attack the ponies, to which their response was to be prepared to defend themselves. Smirking towards their willpower, I summon Iron Tail, and start prepping myself to slash away! However, being wary, Fendra extends his claws, ready to parry and strike me down.

Clashing with each other's attacks, we pranced, slashed, parried, and dodged each other. If anypony were to look at us, we would have looked like a ballad of swordsmen, dueling each other for the price of one life lost. Going for a downward slash, my tail gets stuck underneath Fendra's claws, to which he grins. "Hah! Looks like you let your guard down, child!"

Smirking, I replied, "Or did I...?" Looking confused, I push my back towards the ground, only to place my arms to be used as support for this counter. Twisting my body, I spin and throw Fendra for a loop, my tail being freed from his claws. Throwing my legs in a 180 degree spin, I dash and punch his face with a frosted Ice Punch. Not finished yet, I turned and kicked him with Mega Kick, sending him flying in the air. He spins his body in the air for a recovery, and prepares for a dark beam straight towards me. Opening his mouth, he summons a black and purple ball, readying it to hit me with its intensity.

But, before he could fully charge it up, I saw him get blasted with what appears to be green fire. Grunting in pain, he gets launched towards a large boulder, not cracking it, but injuring him even further. Looking around, I saw that the culprit behind the green flames was, to my pleasant surprise, none other than Spike himself! Grinning, he asks, "So, how was that entrance?"

Giving him a thumbs-up, I answer with, "A blast, if I say so myself."

Heading towards me, he explains, "I was in the crowd when I heard your speech, and what you're gonna do. I may not look heroic, nor am I like that of a hero, but I wanna do my best to help you protect my home!"

Clasping a paw on his shoulder, I tell him, "You're definitely one, true hero, Spike. That sheer amount of bravery I sensed within you is how a hero would handle a battle." Turning and pointing towards Fendra, I ask him, "You ready to show this punk the combination of both dragon fire and light spells?" Seeing him give me a determined smirk, I grin and say, "Then let's do it!"

Rushing towards him together, we both strike and swipe at him with our sharp weapons in tow. With Spike's claws and my tail, we managed to hit Fendra a couple of time, ripping out a little of his fur, while he tries to defend himself with his claws. I hit his side hard, making him wheeze and launching him a few feet away from us, rolling around until he's lying on his four legs. Glaring at us, he growls and says, "Grrr. I didn't expect a baby dragon, out of every creature in this world, to toss me around for a bit. I guess I have to push myself further, huh?"

Letting out a mighty roar, we watch as his wounds heal up as his red eyes brightens. Unleashing a black aura, he grins evilly at us and proclaims, "So, Child of Light? How are you and your friend here gonna fight me now in my fury state?"

Smirking, I rip out a couple of small grass blades and call out, "Oh, we'll show you..."

Looking at what I was doing, Spike asks me, "Um, Pika? No offense, but how are grass blades gonna help us with this wolf?"

Smiling at my dragon friend, I tell him, "I'm just using the grass blades as a catalyst. Just like this!"

Holding the grass with my left paw, I reach my left arm out, only for the grass inside my paw to start glowing a bright green. Blocking his eyes from the glow, Fendra lets out a pained roar upon witnessing what I was doing. As the grass shines, I see the pieces form around each other, creating a dark green longsword for me to wield. However, this sword I was wielding had a design I'm all too familiar with in my world from a particular crafted sword Quire made for me.

The pommel of the sword was a circle with three spikes, the outer ones short and the inner one long, protruding around the bottom edges. Aside from the hilt being regular sized, the guard was uniquely designed. It consisted of a oval being surrounded by a cross-like wheel with the inner revealing a open circle. This circle had a symbol which looked to be that of a moon at the middle of the upper edge casting striped light towards the bottom edge of the figure. With the blade of the sword, it has a double helix design with the edges being covered with bright green beams, resembling a sword with a blade engraved out of helix designs.

Looking at the created sword, all Spike could say was, "Woah..."

Gripping the blade with my left paw, I shout out, "Hope your fury state can take care of this, Fendra! Cause I'll break something from you with one slash!"

Letting out a angered howl, he prances towards me, his right claw ready to attack me. Readying my weapon in front of me, I wait for the perfect opportunity. As soon as Fendra appears in front of me and raises his right paw, I smirk and strike his raised paw, specifically towards his claws. Blade colliding with black claws, I watch in delight as my blade shatters his sharp tools, making him roar in pain. Not done yet, I slice and dice him at a fast pace, while Fendra defends most of my blows, but once in a while, one of my attacks would land on him, creating a small cut on his body.

Getting light energy stored up, I slash hard on Fendra, to which he blocks, but it causes him to get knocked back a bit. Looking at my sword, I place the flat surface of the blade on my forehead, transferring some of my light energy onto the blade itself. What happens next causes Fendra to look on in anger and fear, while Spike looks on with hope blazing in his eyes and mouth. My sword grows long, to the point where it's much more taller than me. The color itself changes from a dark green to a radiant white, emitting a shine of power surging through my weapon. Raising my sword above me, my eyes start to turn white as I use my light attack.

"Divine Blade!"

Moving my arms for a downwards slash, I watch as Fendra lets out a injured roar as he experiences the scale of my sword attack. When my blade collided with Fendra himself, it created a flash of light, as the ground under him erupts into a pillar of light. Having the energy to do one more slash, I turn my body clock-wise and slice up in the pillar, seemingly hitting something. To my surprise, I heard something break, as if some object unclasped itself from Fendra's body.

Once the pillar dissipates, and my sword vanishes, I saw Fendra standing there, on his four paws, but pretty bruised up altogether. His body was covered in numerous cuts from my attacks, as he had two long cuts on his body. One was on the top of his head, while the other was on his belly. Speaking of belly, I noticed that he wasn't wearing his utility belt, making me search around, only to spot it a few feet away from him, broken. Looking at it, I thought, 'So that's what the breaking sound was. With his right claws broken and his belt unclasped, we definitely won this. However, we mustn't get too cocky, or else they'll get off with a mortal blow towards us!'

Laughing menacingly, Fendra speaks out, "Well, this is certainly a surprise. I didn't use my Berserk Crystal, and yet you've defeated me so easily. I must admit, you and your dragon friend here are pretty strong, haha.. *cough**cough*"

Looking at him with anger, I ask, "I believe you were here to do something other than see what the power of friendship is, right?"

Gazing towards the side, he explains, "Always on the observation side, huh? In that case, you're right. I went here to do something towards the fellow ponies of this universe. Something that'll make them susceptible towards both their domination and destruction."

Gripping his hands, Spike questions, "What were your plans all this time, commander? Why did you tried to attack my, no, our home?"

Giving out a evil laugh, he told us, "If you certainly need to know, then I'll let you out on this before I crush the both of you. I went here to not obtain the power of friendship, but to also destroy this pathetic town. With my shadow army that you'd destroyed, o Child of Light, I would have set fire and shadows all over the ponies, letting them witness the true power of the Nebulous Spectres. In a way, you could say that what I was going to do towards their town is similar to what I have done towards your home of Ataraxia! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

My eyes widen as my mind gets clouded with the trail of nothingness. My home, Ataraxia, and its unfortunate fate was the goal of Fendra? Having ponies suffer what I had to go through at the start of my journey? Having to say goodbye towards every mon, cause you can never see them again? Was that his goal all along?!

Spike says, "If that's what your goal is all this time, then we'll show you just how resilient we are, right Pika?! Pika?"

I felt myself slouch over, eyes hidden by the darkness my fur was giving me. Arms unresponsive in front of me, Fendra laughs once more. "Aww, is the little child tuckered out? Can't say I've blamed ya, since you failed to protect your home long ago. This'll be a walk in the horizon with you gone, and I know just how to celebrate!"

He unleashes a body of dark aura around himself as he yells out, "I might as well finish off the two of you once and for all! HAHAHA-"

Before he could finish laughing menacingly, I snap my fingers, causing grass to wrap around his four legs as well as his body too. Getting annoyed, he shouts, "Huh? Who caused grass to trap me?! Was it you, o Child of-"

Not bothering to hear him finish, I use Teleport, appearing in front of him, before punching him in the face hard. Angered, but remaining calm, I say to him, "Shut up."

Hearing what I just said to him, Fendra asks, "What did you say?"

At this point, I couldn't hold it in anymore. I almost wanted to take pity on my enemy, but he forced himself to this. Revealing his plan to me, with the intent of causing a second Ataraxia, has truly made me mad. So mad that I was practically in a fury and enraged state right now, wanting to show Fendra why he should have kept his plans stuck to his mouth!

"I said, SHUT UP!"

My rage now unleashed, I punch him, this time under the chin with a Sky Uppercut. Experiencing the power, he gets yanked from the grass and towards the sky. Just starting, I teleport above him in the sky, only to descend and plant my foot down on his chest hard, causing him to fall towards the ground. Teleporting towards the mirror side of my original spot, I wait until Fendra was close, to which I kick his side with a timed Mega Kick. Howling in pain, he gets launched towards the same boulder he landed at earlier and hits it, causing his body to ooze some sort of dark liquid, which was his blood.

Rushing towards him, I prepare both my fists for a Thunder Punch and a Mega Punch combo, wanting to leave Fendra in a bloody mess for what he's done. Now standing before him, I let my arms express my rage towards his body, while I handled all the words I wanted to say to him.

"HOW DARE YOU EXPRESS YOUR DESIRE FOR CREATING A SECOND ATARAXIA, YOU STUPID PUNK!" *BAM*

"If you think that you're gonna get away scot-free... then YOU'RE BLOODY WRONG!" *POW*

"YOU STUPID!" *THUD*

"MINDLESS!" *POW*

"IGNORANT!" *BAM*

"HEARTLESS... JERK!" *BOOM*

As I was saying those words, I gave Fendra a heartfelt beating, courtesy from all of my emotions combined. Seeing his face scrunched up from pain, I couldn't help but smile at how much he regretted this. With every blow I made towards him, I saw a little bit of dark liquid exit from him, signifying that he's one step closer towards incapacitation. Not wanting to end this, but not wanting to also kill him, I jump high in the sky for one, last punch to the face.

"TAKE THIS!"

Diving towards him, I ready my arm for a big punch towards the dark commander. To my luck, he looks up, only to experience the electrifying feeling of my fist connecting with his cheek. Cracking the boulder behind him, I watch the ground beneath him crack towards the strength of my fist and his knockback. Altogether, Fendra lets out a blood-curdling scream towards the pain he's experienced altogether.

Once the dust clears, Spike saw me standing in front of Fendra, pointing a electrified finger towards his battered body. At this point, there was a dark puddle of liquid forming from underneath him, as he looks at me with pain in his eyes. My enraged state over, I order and tell him, "You better be lucky that I'm a merciful creature. As much as I want to kill you, leaving you to rot in this dark puddle of your own blood, it simply isn't my way. I'll let you and your army go, but I swear, in the name of Lord Arceus, that if you decide to perform that idea of yours in another location, don't expect me to spare you of your death. I'll make sure your heart stops beating as I pierce your whole body with my blade. You got it?"

Nodding, he says out loud, "Soldiers... retreat. This operation... is a full failure." Looking at me, with my hardening gaze set upon him, Fendra tells me, "This... isn't over, o Child of Light. The other members of the Nebulous Spectres will arrive, and they'll do what I have failed in. You'll see..."

Saying his warning, he dissolves into a beam of dark shooting straight up. Spike tries to go after him, but I put up an arm beside him. Looking at me for explanation, I tell him, "It's alright, Spike. He's too injured to do anything, and it'll be a big while before he can regain his energy. Beside, we succeeded in stopping his operation from coming to life. We saved Ponyville."

Turning us around, I show him the retreating shadows, witnessing the sight of beams shooting towards the sky in retreat towards their leader. Smiling, Spike looks at me and says, "Yeah. You're right, Pika."

I smile back at him, before walking towards the plain. Confused, Spike asks, "Where're you going, Pika?"

Looking back at him, I order, "Spike, go check on Twilight and the rest and see if they're alright. I'll be fine. I just... need to get my mind straight."

Wanting to help me, but witnessing my fight earlier, he nods, and we each go our separate ways. As we do so, I look back at him, and sadly thought, '...I'm sorry, Spike. You didn't need to witness what I've done...'

Author's Note: And that's the end of this chapter today. Again, I would like to apologize immensely for not posting this earlier, but I had to make this as perfect as possible. This chapter was really crucial for this story, and the next chapter will be too. Thank you for reading this and I hope you all have a good day.