From Shadow's

Chapter 23: Invasion part 1

P.O.V. Third

King smiled as he sat down in the stadium King smiled as he watched the two contestants walk into the arena. Pyrrha and Penny, and while he had never seen what Penny could do in a fight he knew that she had to have been rather skilled to have made it this far in the tournament. Especially when her opponent was someone as skilled as Pyrrha. King saw what she was capable of first hand in her fights so he had little doubt that this fight would be an entertaining one, to say the least.

"Begin!" One of the announcers said causing the two to begin. Penny started the fight by using several of her swords starting with a display clearly meant more for show than effectiveness before sending them towards Pyrrha. As she did Pyrrha ran towards the female before jumping over most of them with a flip using her shield to block one before landing on the other side and continuing to run towards Penny.

As she did the swords all turned and once again began to follow Pyrrha before moving past her and surrounding Penny. As they did Pyrrha's javelin extended and she began to clash with Penny and her several swords. However, Penny was eventually able to send her back. As she did Pyrrha ran towards her and jumped up landing on one of Penny's swords before jumping off of it and pulling her javelin back and attempting to hit Penny with it, her blow being stopped short by several swords in front of Penny.

Pyrrha was once again pushed back by this causing her to flip in the air and Penny did the same flipping back to put some distance between the two of them before she immediately dashed forward with her swords dancing around her as she did each one clashing with Pyrrha's staff as she was slowly pushed back. King couldn't help but whistled as he stared at the two in front of him. He had to admit Penny was putting on a much better showing than he originally thought she would.

For the most part, people that fought against Pyrrha had trouble keeping up with her movements, and that usually led her to winning the fight, but Penny was not only able to keep up with Pyrrha but she also seemed to have an answer for nearly everything that was sent her way. King found it hard to believe but this was the first fight that he saw where Pyrrha was actually on the defensive rather than the offensive.

Eventually, Penny was able to gain the upper hand by using her swords to knock both Pyrrha's weapon and shield out of her hand. Pyrrha attempted to use her semblance to once again regain control over them. However, Penny just used her sword to keep them away from her. Penny's swords then began to float above her for a few seconds and King smiled as he watched the fight. He couldn't wait to see how Pyrrha managed to get out of a situation like this.

However, the next moment his smile immediately faded as he watched Penny's swords move forward and Pyrrha use her semblance to push the swords back resulting in the wires that were attached to them wrapping around Penny and dismembering her. After this happened King's eyes widened in shock and several others gasped in the crowd at the sight in front of them. King was so shocked that he couldn't look away from the sight in front of him until all the monitors began to flicker in the arena.

All the monitors suddenly change becoming red with a solid black chess piece on the screen. "This is not a tragedy. This was not an accident," A female voice said from the speakers. It was a familiar voice, one that King and many others recognized but couldn't place despite their efforts. "This is what happens when you hand over your trust, your safety, your children to men who claim to be our guardians. But are in reality nothing more than men," The voice continued causing several people in the crowd to become on edge.

"Our academies headmasters wield more power than most armies, and one was audacious enough to control both. They cling to this power in the name of peace, and yet what do we have here? One nation's attempt at a synthetic army mercilessly torn apart by another's star pupil. What need would Atlas have for a soldier disguised as an innocent little girl? I don't think the grimm can tell the difference," The female voice continued causing them to just become more and more discouraged.