ChelonianCommander
Strength of Steel, Will of Iron
The Rapidash immediately moves to dodge the dark pulse but was immediately met with a barrage of Shadowballs afterwards. The pokemon began to dodge the attacks, but it notices something it didn't before. Most of the shadowballs didn't make an impact when it hits the ground. They were illusions created by the mightyena, its pack as well in fact. However in that moment of clarity, the real shadowball strikes the Rapidash Stallion in the side, causing it to get knocked to the ground. The Rapidash took some damage, but it wasn't out for the count. The pokemon stands back up almost immediately and began working out how to deal with this intruder.
The Ponyta doesn't really trust the trainer as it came closer to it, and throws off some Embers from its mane attempting to attack the trainer.