AimingToPlease,OftenMiss

Ahriman reached the area where he had seen the movement, and looked around the pillar with a little caution. Hundreds of years of experience had taught him not to rush in to the unknown blindly.



What he saw took him by surprise.



A tiny purple horse-like creature with blueish mane, wings, and a horn. He quickly sensed that this creature had great psychic potential too; far greater than it's diminutive size would suggest.



The creature's first magical attack was only just blocked by a hastily raised kine shield.



The ancient sorcerer was thrown backwards in to the room several feet, although he retained his footing.



"Hmm", he began, straightening up, "I believe you have taken from me something which I have rightfully stolen".



"We were sent to recover that staff", replied Twilight through gritted teeth whilst walking out in to the room, "I do not intend to leave without it!".



"Then you leave me no choice but to take it back by force, strange creature", Ahriman finished.



His own staff glowed for a moment before unleashing a multi-hued blast of energy. Luckily for Twilight, she had been prepared for this, and the attack flared around her shield, instead blasting away the pillar she and her allies had been hiding behind moments before.



She then responded in kind, but the huge warrior was far faster than she expected, leaping aside and sending another blast her way in one fluid movement.



This spell crackled over her head, leaving behind a worrying scent of singed hair. The wall behind her crumbled away in a shower of dust.



This gave her an idea.



She shuffled sideways, making it look like she was sizing up her opponent.



Ahriman was wary. This equine creature was a small target, and was proving to be a capable opponent.



He was beginning to think that maybe a change of tactics may be in order when a series of smaller spells were sent his way.



Caught a little off-guard by his own wandering thoughts he nearly failed to evade them, his super human physiology making up for the momentary lapse. He responded in kind, the xenos creature hopping aside from his attacks, which instead blasted chunks from the masonry.



"Hold still creature" growled Ahriman, growing a little impatient. He swung his staff around, the tip of the weapon almost clipping Twilight's nose.



"I think not!", she responded, flying backwards in an attempt to put some distance between them.



Another powerful blast of warp-spawned magic narrowly missed her, smashing out another pillar.



Twilight was beginning to grow weary. The magical warrior she was facing didn't seem to be tiring at all, and it was only a matter of time before she made a mistake which could cost her her life.

She only hoped her plan would work. It relied on her not getting too close to her enemy, who would almost certainly overpower her in physical combat, and keeping him distracted from her true plan.



She carefully positioned herself close to the exit to the building, near to one of the columns.



"I have you now", snapped Ahriman, leveling his staff. The pony (he'd decided that was the best description for this creature), looked ready to leap to it's right, but he second-guessed that this was probably a feint, and sent his last attack slightly to her left.



The magical attack tore through the pillar in a cloud of masonry and dust, but also blasted the purple equine clean out of the building.



"Hah!" he laughed smugly, seeing his adversary's prone form on the grassy area outside the vestibule door.



As he began to walk forward to get a better look at his strange opponent however, a slab of stone smashed down beside him from the roof.



Ahriman looked slowly upwards, realization dawning on him of what that pony had really been planning.



He barely began to utter the words "OH SH…" before the whole building crashed down around him in a shower of broken stone and dust, trapping the sorcerer under tons of rubble.

Well, the fight between Ahriman and Twilight doesn't end well for either participant.Here's a Copy-paste of that part of the story(Spoilered because.. Well… it's a fight. Grimdark on a safe image)I think I'll leave it at that. This isn't really anything to do with my picture of the abandoned Dazzlings.