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Birth of a new champion

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And the crowd roared as the ten-count had sounded its final chime! For the first time in 5 years, the people had a new champion. The bloodthristy crowd had all but forgotten their adoration for Nofre-Ra, the fallen, now former champion, now content with chanting the name, Alice Blackburn. The few, truly loyal fans of Ra's had fallen silent at the sight, drowning from the shock of her actually losing.

Nofre sat on her knees well after the ten count, a hand resting limp on the ropes. She was exhausted, her body a wreck after 10 gruelling rounds against her adversary. But on top of that, she was seething! Who was this unknown simpleton? Who did she think she was, parading around her ring, stealing the praise of her fans? A hole opened up in Nofre's stomach, as the most dreaded fact of all hit her hardest. How dare this brat steal her champions belt? She had fought for 5 long years with that belt around her waist, defending it, treasuring it, and the glory it carried. But now, it was gone. It had been taken from her by force, the aching in her jaw reminding her of how it happened. Nofre could only look up at her pink-clad opponent, as the belt was handed off to her, a new legend had been born. The shame and defeat weighed her down, unable to rise. Her spirit had been broken.

Alice herself was still filled with adrenaline, her hands, after 10 rounds of fighting, were shaking uncontrollably. As confident as she was, she had never really imagined she'd make it to the top, to actually fight the champion, let alone win. She took a brief moment to let it all sink in, to recount the other 8 fights she went through to get here, the more she fought, the more people noticed her, the fans and the media talked her up as the next big thing, and that praise furthered as her record was labelled 'untarnished', she had not lost any of the fights thus far. She had been close though, she had come very close to being knocked out in the semi-finals, but that is a story for another time. Alice was snapped back to reality as the Champion's belt was handed to her. Feeling quite overwhelmed, a gigantic grin swept over her as she raised the belt high into the air, the crowd, her fans, old and new, exploded in response. The moment felt like it lasted an eternity. Once it was over, Alice felt she still had one thing to do. She approached her still downed opponent, Nofre. Alice removed one of her gloves, and stretched out a hand to Nofre, a simple gesture to help her on her feet.
But instead of sportsmanship, her hand was met with malice, as it was slapped away by her spiteful opponent, their eyes locking for a moment, Alice saw the mixture of pain, bitterness and shame. She understood how Nofre felt, she had seen the look before in someone else, she regretfully walked away, a bittersweet ending to her proudest achievement.
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Just LOVE it when the champ loses!