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The earth beside Sombra split open, revealing a casket like box who's lid flew open. Horn glowing emerald and ink, Sombra's aura wrapped around a dark hued scythe as it levitated free from its holdings. The scythe was anything but ordinary looking. The handle looked only partially metallic, and the blade that hovered in the proper place via an invisible force looked to be composed of sharpened aerenth. It looked as cruel as its owner as green energy raced across its edges.

Sombra smirked as dark energy built up around him like a curtain of shadows. Xenilla tried to throw up a spire of quartz from the ground for what he knew was coming. He wasn't quite fast enough. A energy propelled Sombra rocketed forward and swung a razor thin blade with similar force, reaping through the growing pillar of quartz and right into the kaiju behind it. The only thing that probably kept Xenilla from being gutted was the scythe cutting through the pillar he'd tried to defend himself, which had slowed the weapon down enough that hitting his dense frame caught it before it hit organs. Had he been a normal unicorn, he'd probably be sliced in two right now. Instead he only yelled out as the aerenth blade buried itself in his side and cut down to his ribcage, stabbing pain shooting up his spine.

Still using his full momentum, Sombra whirled his scythe around. Hooking Xenilla along for the ride, he tossed his rival away as the scythe pulled itself out of him. Xenilla fumbled through the air before crashing into and knocking over a weapons and armor rack, a trail of crimson tailing him. Rolling himself off the fallen shelves, Xenilla grimaced as he tried to get to his feet, struggling. The slash was deep, and with his body still singed by dark magic the scythe was coated in, his healing factor was slowed. It took several moments for new muscle and tissue to tie itself together and naked skin to seal the wound like a scab. There wasn't any time for a complete patch up. As the kaiju looked up at the source of approaching hoof steeps, Sombra was already charging at him like a rabid beast.

Xenilla quickly charged up a coronal flare, his mouth igniting with red light as Sombra swung his scythe again, this time aiming for the kaiju convert's neck. But just before blade touched fur, something unyielding got in the way. A spear's shaft. There was a blur of blue and pink as Xenilla seized his opportunity and fired his signature breath weapon. Coronal wrath stabbed into King Sombra's chest before he had time to fully shift into his shadowy form, being blown back from the blast. When he reformed several dozen yards away, half his breast plate had been blown off and his smoking right shoulder was burned down to the lowest layers of skin.

King Sombra huffed briefly to catch his breath, glaring at the newest combatant in this duel. A sapphire spear was wrapped in a blue aura as its steel tip was yanked out of the ground. Princess Cadance narrowed her eyes, her gleaming helmet and armor sparkling brilliantly in the light. The dark tyrant's expression shifted from rage into minor shock as she approached. He thought he was seeing a ghost.
"A-Amore?! No… No I ran you through myself!"

Cadance's wings flared out as she trained her gleaming spear tip on her foe, alternating light and shadow slithering across its length. For the avatar of love, her face was of an iron lady.
"I am Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, and I believe you just tried to kill me."

Sombra's shock snapped the moment he saw the wings, not paying any attention to his successor's words. Memories flashed back to fifteen minutes ago, and to 1,015 years ago. His lips peeled back, fangs gleaming as the glow from his eyes intensified. He loathed looking at those wings. His words were drowned in hatred upon the realization, seeing his successor in his predecessor's armor.
"So I was right. The child did live…"

"What are you talking about?"

Sombra snarled, lunging forward with a howl and slashing at Cadance with his scythe. She just barely had time to block and intercept the strike with her spear. The weapons sparked as they ground against each other in a metallic shriek, wobbling as their wielders tried to force the other's instrument aside. Cadance gritted her teeth, fanning her wings to push herself forward and force Sombra back. Sombra's eyes became eclipsed in green light as his dark power chilled the air.
"She stood above them all, a noble, pure blooded unicorn who could have had me for a strong heir… And then she defiled herself with a wretched pegasus?!"

Just as Sombra was beginning to get the upper hoof in the strength contest, Cadance's horn flashed with light. Twin curtains of blue and white energy formed beside her and shot forward in a wave. Sombra snarled as he was blown back by the charging wall of magic, being forced back a distance before rending the wall apart with the scythe. The enchanted blade cut through the magical barrier like butter amongst a rain of sparks, sending the two halves flying into the wall behind him. King Sombra huffed, aerenth crystals and shadows welling up beside him with every ragged breath.

"There will be no one to save you this time. There's no mongrel dog here…"

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Posted previously at: 2015-03-06T08:51:07 | Posted previously by: Chapelseed