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Megaera wasn't prepared for the mare to suddenly pivot about and notice her second attack. Her ears flattened and she braced herself for the impact as the two mares were on an unstoppable collission course now. Instead, she curled her wings protectively away from the blow and whipped her fiery mane, hoping that that would catch the attacking mare and - distract her at worst or burn her at best, regardless, hopefully deflecting and lessenign the impact.

But as she whipped her head around, she caught sight of something that made her stomach drop like a stone. Legion had changed targets to a newcomer. One that was hauntingly familiar to Megaera.

She hadn't seen her since she was a tiny, tiny foal, and gone to live with her parents. Calliope. Her daughter.
"No..." she whispered, voice catching in her throat.

Suddenly, the full context of the situation made it through Megaera's thick skull. THIS was the herd that two of her children had gone to live with. This was where the flutter, Azure, who had confused and seduced her lived.

They were attacking her family.

Not caring in the least about the mare seeking to do her harm, Megara, screamed towards Legion, "LEGION! NO! STOP!" Her voice sounded hoarse and ragged in terror as she hoped to pull away from Stormfall.





Inferum had shifted targets to the spotted angeni, in an attempt to keep him away from his more slightly built mother. He didn't move to attack with hooves; instead, going to slam into the side of the stallion to body-check him, knock him back and out of the way, and if he was lucky, hopefully do better and knock him from the skies or knock the wind out of him.

But while his mother was circling around to make another attack against the mahogany alicorn, the mare turned and flew straight for her. Right - as it seemed, something else had caught her attention. It was too late to stop her. He was too far away and he had already concentrated most of his efforts against the angeni. But he bellowed in fury and now shifted targets back to the alicorn. It seemed she was the real threat here.

"LEAVE MY MOTHER ALONE!" He bellowed as he plummeted downwards towards the mare.

NOTE: Thunderbird is maxed out

Twenty meters... ten meters... Thunderbird's anger was manifest around him in the crackling holy light as he barreled towards his estranged brother - the usurper - the traitor. Thunderbird was not a violent soquili, but this enemy not only represented a true threat to the herd and was likely the one responsible for this attack. He had warned him before - and they had made a mistake when they let him escape with his life last time he had tried to challenge the herd for control. There was something truly evil that had wormed its way through the alicorn's being, and Thunderbird felt no hesitance about doing what needed to be done.

But his holy light had a drawback. He was so focused and blinded by his own drive that he never saw the second attack coming until the beast had landed upon him. The sudden weight of another full grown stallion - even with the force of the holy light pushing back against him - was more than it took to drop him. Years of expert wingmanship, however, kicked in and the winds picked up instinctively, his forceful light pressing back on the shape that he could barely get a good look at as his four wings beat furiously to grasp for purchase before they struck the ground.

"Get.... OFF OF ME!" He bellowed, and a charge began to build in the air, setting Barghest's fur on edge.


In a battle with Barghest

Stormfall closed fast on the fiery mare. It seemed as if her attention was firmly diverted by possible newcomers. The mare seemingly was too distracted to deflect her oncoming attack. It was going to be a painful collision and Stormfall was up for the challenge. She narrowed her eyes and prepped herself for impact. It was coming in less than ten meters, five meters, and then there it was. The impact from the crash caused Stormfall to spiral away from Megaera. There was a sensation of burning along her neck and glancing back the alicorn realized it had come from the collision.

Staying aloft and shaking her head to clear it Stormfall almost was clear of the battle when something else registered to her senses. The large stallion was bellowing a phrase at her as he plummeted down towards her. There was a growing sense of horror that she would not be able to dodge this sudden attack. All she could do was brace herself for the impact to come.

Like a rock from the skies, Firestorm landed before him right on top of the mare he had lanced. Surprised, Xibalba took a few paces back. The driving impact that sent Maelstrom to the ground also succeded in dislodging the stallion's bony horn.

"You arrive like de spirits demselves, Firestorm." Xibalba said eerily as he looked down at the mare before him. He knew enough that it seemed like her spine was crushed, and it was probably only due to sheer force of will that she was still conscious.

Callously, the stallion leaned down and plucked a feather from her wing. It would carry with it great magic, with the method it was taken.

"She's mine now." Firestorm said in a tone that did not invite argument.

Xibalba nodded, his eyes traveling skywards to see Barghest collide with a glowing ball of soquili that was heading their way, and another mare in hot pursuit.

"Be dat as it is." Xibalba answered as he watched, "Looks like de spirits be brining me anoder fight."


((Below the collission of Barghest & Thunderbird))

The winged eye fluttered helplessly under her hoof - its free wing flittering and fluttering, but gaining no purhase. Psyche felt like she could have stared at the strange little monstrosity for hours. But the sounds of cries and shouts were reaching her ears and reluctantly she lifted her head, glancing back to the struggle that she had flown from not very long ago. Her mother and brother were there, battling the raging mare who this strange creature seemed to belong to.
At first the fire, the blood, the shrieks and cries were enthralling - every bit hte battle and war she had hoped to see. visions to inspire dreams for months to come. But the reality was quickly settling upon her shoulders...

She watched as an oddly familiar filly was set upon by her half-brother. She heard Megaera scream. Mother... .brother... sister...

And the tenacious mare refusing to let Megaera go.

No.

No no this wasn't supposed to hapen.

Psyche wasn't as slow thinking as her mother, or as uncreative as her brother.
Even if she wasn't quite as violent as her family... This was something she could do. She snatched up the little creature again and sailed back towards the group.

"EY YOU!" She shouted at the alicorn around a mouthfull of the flittery-thing's wings. "Leh 'er GO! ER I 'ITE DOWN ON DIS TING!"

Note: Pooka is maxed out
Pooka showed a brief flash of disappointment as she circled, half-hopping - around Flurry and miracles of miracles, Frost somehow made it past her one-soquili ring. "That's now how you play the game!" She shrieked as he pressed against his sister comfortingly. "You're not playing right!" She continued.

That's when Frost stopped playing altogether. She had expected words. Expected fun. Expected at the very least some sizing up and more mindgames. What she got was a hoof to the head from the no-nonsense stallion.

Pooka was crazy. Pooka was intimidating. Pooka was not very tough. She crumpled and fell flat on the ground, knocked out.