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[Unicorncob 5,756]

"Still as brash as ever, Ice Blizzard," Celestia scoffed, "Very well, I shall save you for last, so you will know what true loss feels like."

 

He began zipping around the room, her eyes going after him, followed by her attacks.

"Your disrespect is becoming tiring," she snarled.

[Little Red 1,529]

Red was nervous. Even more so than the previous room. The Nightmare Moon she'd had little-to-no-remorse when attacking. But the Celestia-- even though she was almost certainly fake, judging by Caliber and Blizzard's reactions, who actually knew the princess-- was not only stronger it seemed, but a lot more... realistic.

She closed her eyes. This was no time to doubt herself.

She pulled out her sword and several knives, crouching low to the ground for a moment, setting one hind leg back.

She'd been practicing a little technique for a little while now-- she hadn't named it because it was something of a work in progress. The idea was going airborne and attacking the opponent in a quick series of slashes and strikes. She'd been practicing it a lot with her knives as well as her sword, but had trouble dodging attacks while airborne.

She kicked off the ground, pulling several knives out of her pouch and holding them in her hooves. She positioned the sword more in front of her so the sword was diagonally positioned to her body and began falling towards Celestia. She rotated herself and began turning quickly to increase her speed, drill-like in movement. Stopping her rotary movement abruptly-- which was something she was good at-- she then struck at the alicorn with one knife and swung downward at the back of Celestia's neck.

[Unicorncob 5,756]

Since she was distracted by Blizzard, Celestia hadn't noticed Red's sudden attack.

 

She glanced up, one second too late. The knife hit its mark on the alicorn's face, and then another strike landed just below her neck, sending her stumbling slightly.

 

She stood there, physically stunned. "Y-you would dare attack me...?" She hissed through her teeth, preparing to fire a magical blast at the mare.

[Little Red 1,529]

Red back-flipped backwards and landed on the ground gracefully, loosening her mouth slightly on her sword. Her jaw hurt slightly now from gripping the hilt so hard...

She couldn't answer with the sword in her mouth, simply narrowing her eyes. Then, she charged forward again, adrenaline pumping through her, lightning fast.

[Unicorncob 5,756]

Celestia snarled and went to fire an attack while Red approached, but her lightning-fast speed took her by surprise.

 

"I will not let Equestria fall because of a group of inexperienced children!" She spat, attempting a desperate shot of magic in Red's direction.

[Little Red 1,529]

Red had been going very quickly and realized her mistake. It had been so obvious that Celestia was charging a spell, and she just had been careless! Stupid! She attempted to dodge, but the magic grazed her side, burning some fur. She stumbled slightly at the sudden pain.

[J.R. 3,183]

Blizzard saw an opening and jumped up for an attack, "Dear princess Celestia.....the pleasure is all spine!" He jumped up to her and slammed his hoof into her back hard enough to fracture her spinal column, "Take that! You faker! You possess absolutely no authority in the field!"

[Unicorncob 5,756]

Celestia smirked as her attack grazed Red, but let out a pained shriek as Blizzard landed a furious kick on her spine, almost enough to fracture it.

 

She snarled and grabbed Blizzard in a magical grasp. "Stay down, you little pest."

She threw him toward the wall, at a literal breakneck speed.

 

With him dealt with, she returned her attention to Red. "And now for you, little one. A shame it had to come to this, but you should have chosen your company more carefully."

[Little Red 1,529]

Red straightened herself. It was very hard not to look over her shoulder at what the attack had done. While she didn't care much about her appearance, seeing her scorched fur would probably damage her concentration.

She tensed. "I am perfectly pleased with my company, princess," Red said, clearly and calmly, "and my company and I will save Equestria, whether you believe it or not." She was not talking to the Celestia she knew was not there, but rather to Scarlet, who must be watching.

[Unicorncob 5,756]

"Your 'company' has done my kingdom more than enough damage," Celestia growled, glaring daggers as she charged up another magical attack, "I shall do away with you all here and now, and see to it and my sister's protection myself!"

 

In her damaged state, charging an attack took more concentration than normal, leaving her more open.

[Little Red 1,529]

Red grit her teeth. She didn't want to pull off that move again-- she wasn't fast enough to pull it off a second time now that Celestia knew about it-- so she dodged about, coming closer and closer to Celestia, then, as she began charging another magic blast, Red took the risk and jumped to the side of Celestia, slashing at her side.

[Unicorncob 5,756]

Just as Celestia was about to fire her attack, she once again underestimated the speed of Red, even when she was slightly hurt, and a shriek of pain rang out as she slashed at the alicorn's side.

 

The attack rendered her wing almost useless, lowering her evasion by quite a bit. She was also stunned by the force of the attack.

"I...will not let Equestria fall...because of you," she threatened, preparing a last ditch effort to magically attack the young mare.

[Little Red 1,529]

Red looked over her shoulder at Celestia. Despite knowing she probably wasn't even a pony, she felt a stab of pity for the creature that so believed herself to be Celestia and so hated her.

She walked over, prepared now to dodge a beam of magic, and stabbed down at the top of her head. I'm sorry. She apologized, as she tried to do whenever she killed.

[Unicorncob 5,756]

The blade went right through the alicorn's head, silencing her and sending her limp. Curiously, a small cloud of smoke began wafting from her mouth.

 

Another watchknight, made to look and act like the Princess.

 

With the machine defeated, doors set on each wall opened up. One pointing north, another east, and the last west. Lights above the doors advertised which direction they would send them.

[Little Red 1,529]

Red stared down at the watchknight and felt another stab of remorse, though her face remain totally impassive. She wondered whether they were sentient. Whether watchknights could think like ponies. Whether this watchknight actually though of itself as Princess Celestia...

She turned away to face the doors, considering. "Come on, let's go north," she said, glancing back at her companions.

[J.R. 3,183]

Blizzard looked up, "H-holy sh8t! We won! Go red girl! Go red girl! Awesome teamwork guys! Let's keep this up!" He said as he hugged red and began to walk through the door wth his team. He knew if they could beat Celestia, then they could do almost anything as long as the stuck together.

[Fallen Valkyrie 525]

And as wachknight falled down,dores opened.And this time there where 3 doores.One on north wall,one on east wall and one at west wall.And evry one of them lead our heroes in diferent way,and onli one lead them in right way,but what dore could it be?

(Look in ooc,there is updated map)

[Little Red 1,529]

Red blinked at Blizzard's hug. She smiled at him, a tad shyly. She shrugged him off, glancing around at the three doors.

"Is going north alright with every-pony?" she asked the other two, stepping towards the door. "I think if we get an idea of how big this place is we can try and go into the center of this place."

[J.R. 3,183]

Blizzard looked around and considered their options. He knew Red had the right kind of idea based on their current location. Therefore, he had no qualms with Red's notion of going north, "No problem here Red. Let's go north side. Ready to get moving guys?"

[Little Red 1,529]

Caliber folowed his team into the North room.

 

-Team A.  Tyra,Ticktock,Icarus

 

As they entered through the doorway, they found themselves on a tiny platform-- a small, flat rock, that barely held the three of them and the door. Were they to look behind them, they would see that the door on the rock had no walls. In fact, there were no walls anywhere in sight-- just rocks upon rocks suspended in empty, black space, some above, some below, and most of them even smaller than the one they stood on.

[Skylord Nexus 527]

Ticktock looked at the rocks "Hm I think this a trial of agility I guess there is a door on these rocks somewhere." Ticktock then points to the left of the room "Ok Tyra you go that way and look and I will go the opposite way and look. Sound good?" Well Ticktock wasn't good with heights after the Atherblade incident but he would try his best.

[Unicorncob 5,756]

Tyra raised an eyebrow as she looked around the room, seeing all the rocks suspended in midair. This was certainly quite an interesting challenge this time.

 

She listened to Ticktock's instructions and nodded.

"Aye, I will let you know if I find the exit," she told him.

 

She began hopping from rock to rock, looking around for the door.

[Little Red 1,529]

As Tyra jumped from rock to rock and as she landed on a rock, she felt something under her hoof-- a very small button. Suddenly, the rock was covered with a sticky substance like glue, and her hooves stuck to the rock.The rock began rolling over-- around and around-- as though suddenly affected by her weight.

[Unicorncob 5,756]

Tyra halted as she felt something beneath her hoof, and she lifted it to see she had pressed a button.

"What is this?" She muttered to herself, and suddenly some sticky substance covered her hooves and stuck her to the rock. "What the-?!"

 

The rock began to spin around, causing her to yelp as it picked up speed.

[Skylord Nexus 527]

Ticktock had got onto the first rock when he heard Tyra yelp "Don't worry Tyra i'm coming!" Ticktock started cautiously jumping from rock to rock until he reached Tyra but he still had no idea how to help her. But then he had an idea he focused all his magic on the rock and stopped it and then he lifted Tyra off it and placed her on the same rock as him just before collapsing unconscious.