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Just over the Horizon · FiM Minific ·
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MechaCelestia versus Giga Fluffle Puff
The titanic form of MechaCelestia loomed over the night clad Canterlot. Twilight and her friends watched in despair, knowing that with the impending sunrise, the alien robot would have all the power it needed to enslave Equestria.

“How much long do we have?” Twilight asked Princess Celestia, painfully aware of her still mane.

“Five minutes. We must retreat to the Everfree, we can organize a resistance there.”

“And leave all others to this fate?” Rainbow snapped back.

Celestia’s couldn’t reply, tears barely held back.

“We need to do something,” Twilight said. “A last shot, no regrets left.”

Her friends got into formation, and magic old as time swirled around them. A mighty rainbow blast struck the gigantic robot square on, but it barely flinched, too busy in hastening the arrival of the sun to care.

Twilight sunk in despair. “We can’t do this, its magical defenses are too strong! Maybe if we hit it with the moon–”

A pink hoof touched her shoulders, breaking that line of thought.

“Pfftblt?” said Fluffle Puff.

“What!? Of course I can, but what good will it do?”

“Pbbffftlllt!”

“Maybe. But I can’t guarantee your safety.”

“Pffbblt,” she replied stoically.

Seeing no other alternative, Twilight cast the spells, then teleported herself and her friends to a safe distance. Fluffle Puff’s fluffy pink coat started growing uncontrollably, forming in seconds a pony shaped ball of fur, enough to match MechaCelestia’s size.

With no time to lose, she propelled herself high, aiming a flying kick at the enemy. She crashed into the unaware robot square in the back, sending it flying over a group of vacated buildings. Faster than thought it flipped itself up, rocketing back with the aid of its wings, crashing against the pink titan with the force of a meteor.

It was futile, as the fur dampened the strike. She tried a counter strike, but the robot dashed out of range. They watched each other with intense concentration, trying to solve the stalemate. With time against her, Fluffle Puff rushed forward recklessly, but before she could reach the robot, a ball of pure sunlight struck her dead-on, leaving a smoldering crater in her fur. It grew back slowly, but she was unable to do anything besides hide behind a building from a continuous barrage of spells. Eager to finish, the robot charged its horn. Fluffle Puff had a split second to dodge, as a massive beam tore the landscape, carving a gouge on the ground, and leaving a burning hole in her fur.

“Are you ok?” Twilight said telepathically.

“Yes. Shield me from the next one, I have a plan,” Fluffle Puff answered, unburdened by her speech impediment.

“It will take a lot from me. Make it count.”

The pink pony charged, her footsteps shaking the earth. MechaCelestia looked amused, readying an even more powerful spell. There was no escaping at this range. The thick beam flew, exploding in front of its foe with a massive fireball, but as it began to celebrate, a pink form jumped unscathed from the conflagration.

Leaving no time for a reaction, Fluffle Puff hugged the robotic alicorn tight, trapping her wings. She jumped high with her helpless foe, twisting in mid-air, letting MechaCelestia strike horn first against the ground, leaving her stuck and stunned. She saw the perfect opportunity, but collapsed before the finishing blow, exhausted from the maneuver, helpless as the first rays of sunlight appeared from the horizon.

Before despair could take hold, she felt her fur glow, strange patterns spreading through her body. She looked back, and saw the Elements channeling their Rainbow Power into her, all their strength in this last gambit.

“We don’t need you, MechaCelestia,” the real Celestia’s voice boomed. “Ponykind will move into the future, but that future doesn’t include you!”

All her strength renewed, Fluffle Puff drove her front hooves into the ground, loudly calling her attack. “Pfftbbl, pffblt!”

Her hind legs lashed out, all the hopes and dreams of Equestria powering them. They connected with a rainboom, the strike reducing the robot to scrap, but spending all her energy. The transformation reversed, leaving her to fall from hundreds of meters. She fell unconscious, resigned to her fate.

Celestia flew quickly, managing to save the plummeting pony. When Fluffle Puff came to, a fully reinvigorated Celestia dominated her vision, her ethereal mane billowing in the rising sun. Without hesitation the Princess bowed before Equestria’s new hero, her head scraping the ground, the deepest gratitude etched on her face.

Equestria prevailed.
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