1st April 2012
22:33 GMT -6
Right on the-! Flipping-! Neck!
I retaliate with a weak headbutt, but she's already leaning out of easy range in an attempt to bring her horn to bear! I wrench us
left, causing us to roll, floor, corridor and ceiling flashing past as I go above and then below her! As she goes down the impact of her head against the floor breaks her concentration and her horn goes out. Rallying, she waits until she's above me once more and then pulls back at a sharper angle to
fuck!
I just about get my head in position to awkwardly parry her attempted horn-stab, the smooth surface of my horn causing her face-spear to slide along it rather than locking. Our equine faces
slam together, the muscles of our necks
straining as we each try to push the other's head back! Ah, horse diaphragm should be
there… I shift my hind legs up her body and
squeeze! She
grunts as I compress her lungs then flaps her wings, lifting us both into the air once more. I flap my own and
ow, okay, mistake! She wiggles enough to bite the membrane of the left wing and it turns out that it's
pretty vulnerable. I'm not sure whether my New God resilience just got
replaced by alicornism or her bite is just that strong but-. Her neck's exposed! Carotid artery is
there and I-.
That's a hoof. I don't have
hands, because I'm a
pony.
It's surprisingly easy to forg-.
Waagh!
Oof.
The middle of her body might have been better for squeezing, but it wasn't quite so good for
holding on. With my right forehoof off as well, one uneven
flap was enough to fling us apart. I wiggle back into a lying position and then-.
Shield!
Luna's war beam.. splashes off my weak.. construct.. barrier..? Huh? I was getting ready to dodge out of the way, but it looks like I can take it.
Sinestro, any ideas?
Perhaps her arcane abilities are limited to specific fields, and those do not include direct-
Luna ceases her assault, spreading her wings and floating in the air as a blue shimmer surrounds her body. I rise to my hooves,
maintaining my barrier as I do so.
-war magics? Or possibly those-
The blue light
intensifies, and as it dims I see that Luna has moved to her
second stage.
-guards you dismissed earlier have spread their fear to the rest of the garrison?
Those were g-?
Luna thaumokinetically thrusts her spear at me, the tip effortlessly piercing my construct as I sidestep-. As I
fall over to avoid it. Okay,
construct to keep myself vertical as Luna recalls her spear. Draw my sword or not? Since this appears to be a
low power interpretation version of Equestria, the daiklave -let alone the Sword of the Fallen- could probably kill her. And that armour doesn't look like it's up to taking
serious hits.
Plus, I've.. had to reforge it after every significant fight I've used it in...
She floats her spear just behind her head, which isn't actually a
sensible place to hold a spear. A
javelin maybe, but with a spear she should be advancing, using her superior reach combined with small thrusts to force me back. Or… Maybe she's not sure whether or not it actually
will pierce my armour and she doesn't want to risk getting back within grabbing range.
I
grin.
"Is that a spear, or are you just pleased to see me?"
"We hath never been less pleased to see any being, thou dew-beating-"
She
thrusts again to emphasise her point. Aim, aim-
"-clodomite!"
-and
flap!
I
hurtle past her spear, the left side of the blade lightly grazing the armour of my criniere. Luna's eyes widen as I slam into her chest to chest, knocking her into the ceiling -u
gh- and then landing on her as we fall to the floor.
"
Ough."
There's a clatter as she loses her arcane grip on the spear, and it looks like her armour is designed to prevent piercing damage and not blunt trauma. But she's only dazed for a moment, her-. Ow, that's my
nose you midget-horse! Right! I grapple her again and roll us down the corridor from which she originally approached, trying her to make her impacts against the hard floor just a
little heavier than mine. The look of frustration on her face is…
"Heh."
I'm wrestling a pony princess in a castle full of tiny garish horse people.
"
Heh."
Luna gets annoyed enough at my amusement that she flat out headbutts me again, but she can't get
that much force behind the blow. She takes a moment to stare at me, then I press my forehead into hers, forcing the back of her head to the floor-.
"Grayven, what are you doing?"
Luna and I both look around-. Sunset and Twilight are standing just this side of the mirror. Sunset appears puzzled, while Twilight is genuinely concerned.
Luna
flexes, flipping me onto my back as her horn glows once more.
"Stand away, citizen!"
"Who are you?"
Luna's head jerks in Sunset's direction, clearly irritated. Though I'm not sure how much of that is with me and how much with the pony who couldn't know who she is due to having been on Earth since before she returned. Sunset spots her wings, frowns, then turns to Twilight and spots
hers. Her frown turns into a
glare, most likely aimed at the absent Princess Celestia.
"
And why is everyone an alicorn now?"
"HaHAAhaha!"
"Hm." Twilight rubs her jaw with her right forehoof. "While it's an exaggeration to say that
everypony is an alicorn, the population of alicorns
has increased by one hundred percent since you left."
Sunset
twitches, while Luna's horn glows as she recalls her sp-. I swing my head, banging my horn against hers, an action which causes her spell to fail and the spear to clatter once more to the floor.
"Ah… Mister Grayven? Why are you fighting Princess Luna?"
"She started i-
hiheehahaha-t."
"Mine sister's 'prentice, explain thyself!"
"Prin-. Luna, you're shouting again."
"We hath goodly reason!"
Sunset turns her glare my way. "Grayven, what did you do to Princess Shouty?"
"I was just walking!"
"Who is this 'Graven' of whom thou speakst?"
"That's me." I raise my right forehoof and wave it in her face. "Hi."
She blinks. "Thou art not the fiend, Sombra?"
I give my head a little shake. "Don't even know who that is."
Alright, I
do, but it's not as if he made much of an
impression.
"Ah." She slumps slightly. "Then We fear that We may have-. No! Thou wert still attempting the scurrilous theft of Starswirl's Mirror! Explain thyself at once!"
"I'm from the other side, and I'm here to complain about you using my world as a dumping ground for dangerous relics and creatures." I crane my neck upwards towards her, smiling. "Which way to your complaints department?"
