The Undying Warrior

Chapter I

Equestria

Why was everypony busy?! Rainbow Dash was becoming annoyed. Every house she went to to hang with one of her friends, they weren't around!

Well, almost all her friends.

  "Eh... I guess I could see what Egghead's up to, it wouldn't hurt... Rainbow Dash thought sort-of bitterly.

She sat up slowly and broke off a large chunk of the cloud she was on. Feeling lazy, she plumped down on the cloud and flew down to the town of Ponyville, an especially large, tree that also happened to be the local library, visible. As she flew over the town, she took in the sight of the bustling town; ponies going from place to place, stands selling all kinds of merchandise, an enjoyable sight.

When Rainbow Dash slowed to a stop, she dismounted the compacted condensation and bucked it. The cloud exploded with a light *poof* and Rainbow Dash walked up to the door and knocked. She took a step back and waited.

And waited.

And waited...

  "Oh c'mon!" Yelled the agitated pegasus as she threw her front hooves in the air.

She was just about to walk away when she heard Spike's voice inside.

  "Hey Twilight! Twilight! Someone's here to see you!"

A pause.

  "Twilight! Are you gonna--ah whatever."

Rainbow Dash heard footsteps approaching the door and Spike opened it.

  "Oh hey Dash, what's up?"

  "Hey Spike, is Twilight around?" Replied Rainbow Dash.

  "Sure, come on in." Said the dragon as he moved out of the way.

Rainbow Dash walked in to see the usual assortment of countless books on shelves, and sighed.

  "Hey Twilight, Rainbow Dash is here to see you." Spike called up to the second floor.

  "Oh hey Rainbow, come on up! You gotta check this out!" Twilight responded cheerfully.

Rainbow Dash, knowing anything Twilight found 'exciting' was out of her interest, shrugged annoyingly and followed Spike up the staircase. Twilight was looking through a large telescope at her window while she sketched down notes on a notepad. She looked up and chuckled at Rainbow Dash's puzzled face.

  "Come here, look through the telescope!" She beckoned over furiously.

Rainbow Dash sighed irritably and walked over to the device. She knelled down and looked through. But surprisingly enough, can't say she wasn't shocked.

  "Woah..."

It's been just over a week since the mysterious formation of swirling, dark clouds formed over the unknown lands in the distance, and literally everypony was eagerly waiting for it's outcome. But as much as everypony wanted to go explore it, there two things holding them back--it was right above the lair of the recently conquered (and most likely infuriated) changlings, and the bigger reason was because a couple of weather ponies who had tried to move the strange clouds were killed three days ago due to some kind of focused energy that triggered when they got close. The corpses remain unfound of located, and no pony in there right mind is going close the clouds any time soon...

The princesses, were not as excited, as the death of any of there citizens always devastated them. One of the princesses, was more suspicious than curious or traumatized.

Princess Luna gazed through the telescope on a balcony at the swirling dark entities, a deep frown on her face and a notepad & quill sketching down notes. Her eyes ached form a whole day of being stuck to the telescope. One huge possibility on the cloud's presence was constantly pounding on her brain, pushing any other possible answers out of her head. She groaned in annoyance as Celestia's disappearing sun made it increasingly difficult to see the clouds, as they began to blend with the sky. After a day of almost constant surveillance, Luna didn't realize how late it had gotten, and began to raise the bright moon on Equestria. As she finished, a deep yawn escaped her mouth as she made her way inside the awaiting castle. Another day of watching the clouds was what was on her mind for tomorrow, and she would gravely need the sleep.

~The next day~

Princess Luna woke up with a start, light headed. She thought it was just a symptom of the morning until she got out of bed, or at least attempted to. Luna's vision went blurry at soon as she stood and had to sit. Not knowing what was happening, she stumbled into the nearest bathroom and looked at herself in the massive mirror. She couldn't say she liked what she saw; her mane no longer flowed in a non-existent wind, her eyes were bloodshot, and when she tried opening her muzzle to speak, she literally couldn't.

  "What's happening to me...? What could this--" Luna stiffened as realization flooded over her mind.

  "Oh no..."

She galloped ungainly through a few corridors to reach the balcony with her telescope and notepad and rammed her eye up to the optic. Luna refocused and aligned the telescope and gasped as she saw the last thing she wanted to see--the once black, swirling ring of clouds, was now a massive green, glowing, funnel like shape that descended into the distant land, and pulsed violently with thunder & lightning. But the part that worried Luna the most was every time lightning lit up the green entity, her temple would throb painfully.

She rushed inside to find her sister, knowing she would be able to help with whatever what was happening, and nearly knocked her over as she rounded a corner.

  "Luna! My dear, I've been looking for you!" Celestia said as Luna got back up.

  "Tia, you've got to h-help me... The clouds, me--aahhhh!" Luna shouted at she buckled down in pain.

  "Sister!" Said Celestia as she kneeled down next to Luna. "What's wrong?! Are you okay?"

Luna groaned and kicked in agony before she fell completely silent and still. Celestia didn't know what to do other than just stare at her sister as she lay still.

Luna started laughing unusually hard. "Oh Celestia, I knew you would say that. Heh heh heh, so predictable..." Luna growled suddenly in a voice unlike her own.

Celestia jumped back and gasped as she recognized the voice as that of Queen Chrysalis. Luna laughed evilly as she slowly stood up and faced Celestia with a chilling smile. Celestia didn't know how to react--her sister, co-ruler of Equestria, was being possessed by the very enemy that they recently defeated. Celestia took a moment to look closely and noticed something as she looked into her face; her mouth was moving uncontrollably as she 'talked', but her eyes--her eyes were full of fear.

  "Chrysalis! What have you done with my sister?! Let her go or so help me I will--" Celestia threatened but was cut of by Luna.

  "What, you're going to blast your own sister? Now what kind of princess does that?" Chortled Luna.

Celestia's horn glowed but she immediately went back into worried mode when Luna colapsed in front of her, groaning and withering. Celestia quickly kneeled down to comfort her sibling, when Luna slowly turned her head and spoke in a frail voice.

  "The clouds... It's coming from the clouds..."

  "Guards!!!" Shouted Celestia as she softly held her weak sibling.