The Story of Mr Allan in Equestria

The day of the wedding

I arrived at the meeting spot, ShadowMere walked up to the group with a serious face.

"I've been informed that there may be spy's hidden among us, so be on your guard." Said ShadowMere. We all gave a salute and the eight other guards went to there positions. ShadowMere held me back for some reason "I got a tip that Twilight might try to stop the wedding. So I want you guarding the front door and take shifts with me every half hour." I nodded. "I trust that if you see Twilight you'll do what you have to keep Twilight from interrupting the wedding?"

"Yes sir." I replied.

"Good, now get in position, the shows about to start." he said.

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I was standing guard in front of the door, expecting to see Twilight run round the corner and just throw me into a wall with her magic or something. But until my shift ended I stood guard.

When my shift was about to end I packed up my stuff and moved towards the door. Suddenly, Twilight rushed round the corner and bumped into me. "GAH!" she screams. "Allan, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to keep you from disrupting the wedding." I said while blocking her path from the door. "Just turn around and leave before you get yourself into more trouble."

"Listen to me, the Cadence in there is an impostor." said Twilight.

"Well where's the proof?" I asked. Right on time, a rough looking Princess Cadence walks round the corner.

"That proof enough for you?" she asks.

I nod "Good luck then, I think they just finished their vows." I said right before flying out the window.

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I landed at the tower that overlooked the wedding to find ShadowMere and four other guards there watching the wedding. "What's going on?" I asked.

ShadowMere continued to watch the wedding "The plan was going well until you let you friendship get in the way." he said.

I slowly began to approach them "What are you talking about? What plan?" I said.

He continued his gaze at the wedding "It's quite simple if you think about it. Keep the Queens identity a secret until the barrier went down and then begin the invasion." I stopped moving after invasion "But because you didn't guard the door like I ordered you to, you let this happen." he before pointing in the direction of the wedding.

I turned my head to see Twilight, the real Cadence and another ShadowMere confronting a figure that replaced the Cadence that was about to get married. "Your one of the things threatening Canterlot aren't you?"

He began to glow green and in a flash he was no longer ShadowMere but a changeling. "Oh well, we always have plan B." he said turning his head to me and grinning.

Suddenly I was pulled back by the other guards that had now turned into changelings, they forcefully held me down and spread my wings out. The former ShadowMere changeling starts to approach me now wielding a black dagger with green magic. "What's plan B?" I ask hesitantly.

"It involves us taking you back to the badlands as a prize for the queen. The only problem is she doesn't like it when her prize flies away." He gestures towards my wings with the dagger "So we're going to have to fix that aren't we?" My eyes widen, I begin to struggle in panic.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! DON'T YOU DARE CUT OFF MY WINGS!" I yelled in panic.

He placed the dagger against the nerve of my right wing and then raised it into the air. I closed my eyes and turned away hoping for it to be quick. When suddenly...

'BANG!!!'

I was flung back from what sounded like an explosion. I opened my eyes to see the changelings lying on the floor and a giant hole in the wall. I slowly walked towards the hole to see the battle taking place outside. The cause of the explosion was cannon fire from the battle. I could see guards trying to hold off the changeling onslaught that dropped within the castle walls. However something caught my eye when I saw a tower on the other side of the district with...   ...Lyra in it. I could see more changelings dropping into the area around the tower, I had to get her out of there.

I spread my wings and took off as fast as possible. I was flying through the changeling drop area, left was too open, right was nothing but mountain, so strait through was the better option. Near hundreds of them zooming down past me. I couldn't hear anything except the madness happening around me. After flying through the hell storm of changelings I reached the tower. I landed on the floor Lyra was on, but she wasn't there anymore. I heard a noise coming from the top floor so I start running up there. When I reach the door it's jammed so I ram it and on the other side I see the former ShadowMere changeling about to stab Lyra.

I lose it and charge at him yelling "NOOOOO!" he turns to me in shock right before I ram him out the window his reaction time is unseen as he just falls, not trying to fly.

I turn to Lyra "Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" I ask.

"No I'm fine." She replies right before diving in to give me a hug. "Thank you so much for saving me."

I return the hug "It's okay." we end the hug. "We need to get out of here before..." I'm interrupted by a green bolt of magic hitting the floor next to me. I turned my attention at the doorway to see a swarm of changelings beginning to fill the room. Me and Lyra backed up against the wall her horn glowing, ready to fight back if she had to. I held her hoof in mine knowing this might be our final moments.

"Allan." She said. I turned my head our eyes met. "If this is it, I want you to know that I..." before she could finish the ground began to shake. The changelings didn't seem to be know what was going on either. I heard a distant explosion sound that began to get louder. I looked out the window to see a bright light coming from the palace. I closed my eyes and hugged Lyra as things got brighter. Then, I blacked out.

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I slowly opened my eyes to see a dark room, there were large holes in the walls revealing the blackened skies outside. I looked around to try and find Lyra, I saw her lying against a wall unconscious. I tried to stand up and look out the large hole in the wall but I could barely move after the explosion. I leaned against the wall and looked outside, the entire castle looked dark and destroyed. I looked to the palace to see the roof was missing, but that wasn't the most weird part. When I looked above the palace in the sky I could see a spiral of storm clouds.

"What in the..." Before I could finish, the tower started to fall apart beneath my hooves. "Oh no..." I said quietly. I turned to Lyra and limped over to her as the tower continued to crumble around us. I tried to lift her up but I was too weak. I could feel the floor beneath me about to collapse, was this it, was this the end...

"I believe in you." I looked down to see Lyra speak those words. I lifted her up with all my strength and flapped my wings as hard as possible. I began to fly out of the collapsing tower with Lyra in my arms. I turned back to see the tower collapse into the castle wall. I landed right outside what was left of the palace. I left Lyra next to the door.

"I'll be back, just wait here." I said before entering the ruined palace.

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I entered the room where the wedding was originally taking place to see large scorch marks surrounding the body of...  ...ShadowMere. Rarity was lying next to his body, I rushed up to them to find out what was going on.

"Is he okay?" I asked Rarity.

"I think he's unconscious." she replied.

I took a minute to examine the area, the roof was gone, there was a large hole in the wall that dug into the mountain, and the entire room was burnt to a crisp. "What happened here?" I asked still examining the room.

"He saved me." She said.

I turned back to the unconscious body of ShadowMere with a look of surprise "ShadowMere....   ...did all this?"