private A Temporal Odyssey

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Sterling was quickly reminded of the fatigue he felt when he used to musical magic to alleviate Blue Note's fatigue after she used the magic. It didn't strike him as tiring for a moment because Clover recently cured all his ailments. Once Sterling remembered, he facehoofed himself, feeling bad that he forgot just how much magic Blue Note already used... Well, he was out of ideas... maybe Blue Note had another idea in mind...

 

"Hey Blue Note... did you by any chance learn any dodging moves that could be useful for us... Maybe you could use it too..." Sterling asked with concern, hoping that she at least had a move that would help herself in battle...

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Blue Note felt the terror at full force. How in the world was she supposed to survive this? She earnestly believed that destiny and fate had never been on her side. This was worse than being separated from the group! If only an orchestral spell would help her now... 

 

The light went on inside of her mind. "Actually, I do have one idea," Blue Note said. "Remember how I was going to try to form a beam of light to send a signal to our friends? Well, I'm not quite up to a spell that powerful, but if I was aiming for his eyes, I don't think I'd need it to be that strong." 

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"mmmmhm so it seems not all of the guards are changelings" NightStrike thought as threw a knife swhoosing right past the ear of a changeling who came too close as a warning.

 

"Brave guards!" He called out to them "Take up your arms and prepare to defend your lands your families and ultimately Equestria from these changelings!"

Edited July 21, 2014 by Wayzer

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"You do seem to be quite the lively bunch!" Klackon said with a smirk. "Do you normally go meddling in the affairs of others?"

 

Grinning as he stepped up to where the fight seemed set to occur, he replied, "We do actually! A lot more than you'd think!"

 

Motivated by Nighstrike's speech, the guards who weren't changelings took up their swords and spears, stepped up the the changelings around them, ready to fight when the imminent battle began. One zebra in particular, seemed to be incredibly brave in comparison with his fellows. He took up his spear in his teeth, rushing at Klackon from behind. Just as he reached the menacing changeling, Klackon knocked the zebra to the floor in a single sweeping motion from his back hoof. Raising his hoof at the covering form, brought it down on top of one of the zebra's front hooves. As the fallen figure cried out in pain, DJ noticed that the hoof Klackon had used came away blood red. Not only that, but the tip of his hoof had become pointed like a knofe, as if the structure of his very leg had changed!

 

Klackon laughed. "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you..." he said to the zebra. "I'm going to leave you there... Suffer for me..." Taking a deep breath, he sighed contentedly, as if he was taking in a breath of fresh air. He turned to address the group of ponies in the room. "I'm not like other changelings. They merely feed off of love, but I feed off a second emotion... PAIN... It gives me power, feeding my strength... You will all suffer!"

Edited July 21, 2014 by DJ-BRONI3

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@@Sterling Crimson, Clover sidled close up to Sterling and whispered in his ear, so that the enemy could not overhear. "This will be a job for you, doctor," she whispered. "You can do pain relief spells, right? Even if you can't cure the ailments, then relieve the pain! Starve our enemy of his power!"

 

@, Clover thought back to the shield spell she had performed back in the group's first adventure. This seemed as good a time as any for it, so she created the spell once more, with a slight modification. This time, it was like a small wall that leapt between the ponies and the changelings, dividing the two groups neatly. Any foebeast who attempted to push thru the shield would be instantly repelled by being put to sleep, instead of being hurt. Clover didn't want to inadvertantly strengthen the enemy, now that he had revealed what emotion fed him.

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Steel had had enough! He charged at the Changeling leader, blades out and at the ready. He tried to strike with his right sword. Whether his blow struck or not was irrelevant, Steel was "testing the waters" of his foe before going all out on his offensive. 

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As Steel hard at him, Klackon brought his hoof up to meet the sword! DJ was sure the sword would severe the changeling's hoof! Instead, the sword clanged against the hoof, which had suddenly become thin and pointed, almost like.... "A sword!?!" DJ cried.

 

Klackon grinned. "I told you I was no ordinary changeling! While changelings may only disguise their appears, I can shape my body into whatever tool I need! It makes combat that little bit more fun..." He swung with his hoof, pushing hisself and Steel away from each other for a brief moment. "And when I've killed you all, my changelings will come out of hiding and lay waste to this town. They will feed off the citizens love for their missing relatives, and that overriding hope and love for me, knowing they can 'count on their mayor' to protect them! Too bad their mayor will not be there to hear their calls for help! Only their cries of anguish... Three years I'vd waited, I've served them and helped them, and now, my hard work will finally pay off..."

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As Steel hard at him, Klackon brought his hoof up to meet the sword! DJ was sure the sword would severe the changeling's hoof! Instead, the sword clanged against the hoof, which had suddenly become thin and pointed, almost like.... "A sword!?!" DJ cried.

 

Klackon grinned. "I told you I was no ordinary changeling! While changelings may only disguise their appears, I can shape my body into whatever tool I need! It makes combat that little bit more fun..." He swung with his hoof, pushing hisself and Steel away from each other for a brief moment. "And when I've killed you all, my changelings will come out of hiding and lay waste to this town. They will feed off the citizens love for their missing relatives, and that overriding hope and love for me, knowing they can 'count on their mayor' to protect them! Too bad their mayor will not be there to hear their calls for help! Only their cries of anguish... Three years I'vd waited, I've served them and helped them, and now, my hard work will finally pay off..."

With a mighty flap, Steel rose high above Klackon. He gracefully somersaulted backwards into a dive.

 

He angled over Klackon's defenses and aimed for his back. At the last second, he spun in place, drawing his swords across the Changeling's torso.

 

Steel landed and slid, coming to a stop behind the villain.

 

"You talk too much."

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Klackon prepared himself for an attack from above, using his shape shifting powers to strengthen his back, only for the pegasus' swords to swipe across his torso. Growling, he reacted quickly, hardening his stomach so that most of the impact would be deflected. However, the first contact had caught him off guard, and two short, deep cuts ran along his torso, a small sliver of green blood trickling from them.

 

"Oh do I now?" he snarled. "Well then, I'd better start fighting then!" As his two front hooves shaped themselves into sword-like objects, he charged at Steel, bringing them up in a sweeping arc, intending to cleave his opponent in two.

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Klackon prepared himself for an attack from above, using his shape shifting powers to strengthen his back, only for the pegasus' swords to swipe across his torso. Growling, he reacted quickly, hardening his stomach so that most of the impact would be deflected. However, the first contact had caught him off guard, and two short, deep cuts ran along his torso, a small sliver of green blood trickling from them.

 

"Oh do I now?" he snarled. "Well then, I'd better start fighting then!" As his two front hooves shaped themselves into sword-like objects, he charged at Steel, bringing them up in a sweeping arc, intending to cleave his opponent in two.

 

Steel hopped into the air with a flap, the blades passing harmlessly away from him. Then he checked Klackon's weapon legs with his left sword while slashing at his shoulder with his right one.

 

After the attack, Steel rolled away and returned to a fighting stance. He took a moment to look at the blood dripping from his weapons. 

 

"I can guarantee you this, Klackon. You will experience pain before you die."

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Steel hopped into the air with a flap, the blades passing harmlessly away from him. Then he checked Klackon's weapon legs with his left sword while slashing at his shoulder with his right one.

 

After the attack, Steel rolled away and returned to a fighting stance. He took a moment to look at the blood dripping from his weapons.

 

"I can guarantee you this, Klackon. You will experience pain before you die."

Predicting the attack, Klackon quickly retreated, trying to avoid whatever Steel was planning. As the following strike came down towards his shoulder, he brought his front hoof up, clashing with the sword. Using the window of opportunity, he swung his other hoof towards Steel's stomach. "Kill the others!" he cried through gritted teeth at the rest of his changeling guards, who turned to look at the rest of the group. "You may think that," he said to Steel, "but your friends will experience a pain far greater than myself!" Edited July 21, 2014 by DJ-BRONI3

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Sterling looked back at Blue Note with a questioning look, hoping that Blue Note had the power perform the magic trick. It sounded like a good idea though, and Sterling spoke in an attempt to get Blue Note's attention and to encourage her to use her spell,

 

"Blue Note! We need to stun him! Otherwise, he'll be too hard to beat if he keeps dodging and trotting around like a maniac!"

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"WATCH OUT!!!" NightStrike tackled Sterling to the ground as a bolt of green energy missed them by a few millimeters, the searing heat coming from it slightly scorched his fur.

 

After that he retaliated quickly launching small barrel towards the changeling that used the spell on Sterling knocking it on the floor after which he jumped on top of it and quickly finished the creature with his knife.

 

"Sorry I had to do that" He said with a smirk. "Not much use in stunning changelings when you're dead now are we?" He continued to fight the changeling guards slowly making his way over to Steel and Klackon

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Blue Note was about to use her spell in response to Sterling's encouragement, but the attack of the changeling guard interrupted her. Luckily, NightStrike had been able to save him. "I think we need to deal with the guards first," Blue Note said. Adrenaline has roused her enough to find a passable amount magical energy. She took a deep breathe, and shot a stun spell towards them. She could only hope it worked.

Edited July 22, 2014 by lincolnshirepony

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As one if his guards was killed at the hooves of Nightstrike, Klackon felt power seeping through him, strengthening him. "Yes..: my power grows..." he said to himself, before jumping at Steel again. He brought his right hoof back, as if he were about to cut at Steel's underbelly, but suddenly changed his stance to attack with his left hoof, bringing it down towards the pegasus' back

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As one if his guards was killed at the hooves of Nightstrike, Klackon felt power seeping through him, strengthening him. "Yes..: my power grows..." he said to himself, before jumping at Steel again. He brought his right hoof back, as if he were about to cut at Steel's underbelly, but suddenly changed his stance to attack with his left hoof, bringing it down towards the pegasus' back

 

Steel checked for the right attack and parried the left one simply by raising his wing, he then turned his left blade slightly and with a retreating step back, drew the blade along Klackon's leg. 

 

Steel trotted calmly to his side, never taking his eyes off Klackon.

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Just as Sterling mentioned his suggestion to Blue Note, a changeling guard jumped up to attack him! Luckily, he was saved by the assassin himself, one who Sterling still had no idea what his name was... He wanted to ask for his name, but he knew it was the worst time to be doing such a thing, since he was almost tackled and stabbed by one the changelings! Sterling sheepishly thanked the assassin for saving him, and then tried encouraging Blue Note again,

 

"Blue Note! Quickly tell me the basics of the stun move! I'll help you stun some changelings if you help me remember!" Sterling rarely used his magic... He remembered learning the stun spell in magic kindergarten, but he never had any use for it... Hopefully, Blue Note could tell him even in the heat of battle!

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Snarling as the blade caught his rear foot, Klackon backed away. "You!" he pointed with his tail at a changeling near the door, never taking his eyes off Steel. "Summon the others..." The changeling rushed out of the door, slamming it behind him, as he galloped along the hall.

 

Klackon himself flapped his wings, smaller than a pegasus' but faster, and used it to hover above Steel. He then dived, spinning towards him, holding his hooves out slightly to increase the reach of his assault.

 

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"We can't let him get to the rest of the village!" DJ cried. "But we can't all leave either!" DJ decided he would be of more help if he pursued the changeling rather than assist in the fight, as an unarmed pony would not be of much use!"

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"The shield is up!" Clover cried out. "Anypony who wishes can stay behind it and pop out to fight!" Clover herself shot a green jet of magic at a changeling guard who leapt at her, knocking him instantly to the ground. Instead of hurting him, however, the changeling curled up on the floor and fell asleep. So Klackon would not get any energy from that particular guard. Clover hoped that the others would follow her example; the last thing they needed to do was to unwittingly strengthen the enemy!

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Klackon himself flapped his wings, smaller than a pegasus' but faster, and used it to hover above Steel. He then dived, spinning towards him, holding his hooves out slightly to increase the reach of his assault.

Steel . . . side stepped. Clear of Klackon's line of attack, Steel thrusted both weapons like pistons into the Changeling's hide several times, trying to simply overpower his defenses, before finishing his technique with a buck.

 

"Don't insult me. Did you really think doing the same thing I did to you was going to work?"

Edited July 22, 2014 by Steel Accord

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North stood there, thinking for a moment while watching the fight.

"Midnatt... Got anything?" North asked.

"Aye." Midnatt replied, pulling out a small rope from her mane. North gave her a weird look for a moment. "What? Ye do that too, right?" she said, leaving North in an expression of guilt.

 

"So... Are we thinking the same then?"

"I believe so..."

"Then look up for a moment, then we'll be at it."

 

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Midnatt looked up, soon with an expression of enlightenment, before she nodded.

They grabbed an end each of the rope, as North begun to trot around Midnatt, who in turn begun to turn around. Going faster and faster, North used his wings to stay just above ground, though the force almost threw Midnatt off balance... Just as it got to that point, Midnatt jumped, and they were both flung and spinning towards Klackon... Though on the way, North let go, and flew off past Klackon, landing on the other side of the room on a shelf. Recovering as quickly as he could, he loosened a rope on the wall, holding the chandelier in the ceiling up, before collapsing from the dizziness himself...

 

Midnatt landed at the opposite wall from North, seemingly less affected by the spinning though unsteady.

Edited July 22, 2014 by Zhooves

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"Stun spell, right," Blue Note said, stepping forward to shoot it at a changeling guard approaching them. She stepped back towards Sterling. She could distinctly remember her father teaching her the spell as a filly. He said something about the importance of self-defense in Canterlot, and she listened carefully, because that was before their relationship disintegrated. His words echoed through her mind, and she turned towards Sterling to explain.

 

"Tip, moving around while performing the spell helps. You're going to want to focus your magical energy on short, concentrated bursts, surrounding your opponent to make sure they won't be able to move at all. Visualize the stunning effect on them. Lastly," she said, firing the spell again at changeling guard getting a little too close, "remember the spell is only temporary. How long it last depends on how strong your magic is, and how well the spell is performed." Using the stun spell over and over was exhausting, but it was better than letting a changeling get her. 

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Klackon cried out in pain and anger as Steel's swords cut into his side. He was able to harden his side enough to stop the cuts being deep, but he was still affected by the first contact. As he prepared to attack again, the chandelier above him fell towards him. He was concentrating on Steel, but looked up in time to see it crashing down. Diving out of the way, the chandelier caught his back leg, knocking him to the floor as his foot was trapped beneath the tangled mess of metal and glass.

 

"Argh!" he cried. "Why won't you ponies just leave a perfectly good plan in place? I've spent three year spring up with these vermin, 'befriending' them and 'helping' them. One more day... Is that too much to ask?" He struggled I get up, his leg caught under the chandelier. "When I get out..." he growled at North, "I'll make sure you are first to die because of this... Slowly and painfully..."

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Blue Note gave the advice to Sterling, which Sterling nodded with thanks. He began to recall the stun spell soon after she told him about it, and began to move around hoping that it waould increase the spell's effectiveness. Sterling then began to feel a tinge from his horn before he zapped out some stun magic which was directed at the changeling guards... He didn't know and didn't care that the changeling guard Klackon was already injured by the blow Steel and North dealt... he just wanted to see all these changelings out of his sight as the stun spell continued to zap out from his crimson horn...

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Klackon cried out in pain and anger as Steel's swords cut into his side. He was able to harden his side enough to stop the cuts being deep, but he was still affected by the first contact. As he prepared to attack again, the chandelier above him fell towards him. He was concentrating on Steel, but looked up in time to see it crashing down. Diving out of the way, the chandelier caught his back leg, knocking him to the floor as his foot was trapped beneath the tangled mess of metal and glass.

 

"Argh!" he cried. "Why won't you ponies just leave a perfectly good plan in place? I've spent three year spring up with these vermin, 'befriending' them and 'helping' them. One more day... Is that too much to ask?" He struggled I get up, his leg caught under the chandelier. "When I get out..." he growled at North, "I'll make sure you are first to die because of this... Slowly and painfully..."

 

Steel reared up, pointed downward, and brought his weight down upon the point of his weapon. He agonizingly pierced right through Klackon's body, leaving his weapon buried in there and sticking clean through to the other side. He then held his other sword at Klackon's throat.

 

"Threaten him again . . . and I spill your blood all over the floor."  :okiedokielokie: