Chrystalis, the changeling queen dragged her hooves aimlessly across the endless forest of the Everfree. Since the day that her minions were defeated by the love of Princess Cadence and Shining Armor and was blasted to the middle of nowhere, she has been looking for her faithful minions that have scattered all throughout Equestria. However, even after all the time she has wandered the land, she found nothing that resembled to her minions. Over the years, the changeling queen's anger was replaced by regret.

There was plenty of love all over Equestria...why did I go for the most dangerous, a damned royal wedding?

Chrystalis was an immortal. She didn't need any love to survive. Therefore her craving of love has deceased, leaving her as nothing more than a lonely soul without any purpose.

What am I going to do...?

Her train of thoughts came to a sudden stop when she heard a cheerful voice.

"Hello there."

Chrystalis turned around to see where the voice came from. All she saw first were trees, but soon she found a figure resting under a tree.

Was she there the whole time? Chrystalis couldn't feel her presence at all.

"Do you go by the Changeling Queen, or is just Chrystalis okay?"

Caught off guard by the sudden question, Chrystalis just stood there, speechless until her senses kicked back in.

"What is it you require, sweetie?" she tried to keep her chilling, stern tone, but the shaded figure seemed to find her attitude humorous.

"Is that a yes?" As the figure got back on its hooves, it spoke again, this time in a more commanding tone. "Target confirmed, take it down."

Before Chrystalis could figure out what was going on, she suddenly felt all her muscles give up on her. With no strength left to stay up on her hooves, Chrystalis collapsed on the cold soil of the Everfree.

"Come on!!! Where the hay is the chariot? Twilight was getting quite irritated by the delay. "IT's already been an hour since the planned arrival!!!"

Spike seemed to be the patient one at the moment. "I don't know...maybe they're having some trouble?"

"...." Twilight slumped her head down, and let out a brief sigh.

After a moment of awkward silence, Twilight suddenly turned and started trotting away from the town square.

"Hey, what's the matter!?" Spike called out. "The Chariot can get here any moment!"

"Just follow me!!!" Twilight yelled back in a rather irritated tone.

It was just a dream...but...

Something wasn't right. There was a nagging feeling screaming at her that something was wrong. Twilight quickened her pace as she trotted to the train station, but she stopped as a thought ran across her mind. Spike managed to maneuver the unicorn before tripping over his own foot and went crashing down.

What if the princess really was in danger? Can I really take down whatever the source of the danger is by myself?

"What is it this time?" Now Spike was the irritated one, while Twilight just stood there silent for a moment.

"Lets go get everyone."

"Say what?" Spike asked, confused.

"Let's go get everyone else before we board the train!" Twilight replied hastily.

"Wait, what? Train? What train? Everyone, you mean Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Pinkie, and Applejack, and most importantly Rarity!? Sorry Twilight, I got no idea what you're going on about. Also, does that mean we can meet Rarity?"

"JUST. FOLLOW. ME." The last time Spike saw Twilight this caught up was at the royal wedding, when she saved Equestria from the horde of Changelings, and their Queen.

Maybe it's something like that, Spike thought briefly, but that also meant that Equestria was in danger.

"Spike, come on!!!" Spike now noticed the serious look on the violet mare's face.

"Ugh....alright, wait up!"

The sun was about the disappear behind the mountains from Canterlot's view. The tangerine light poured though the windows of the castle, creating a beautiful pathway replacing the dark castle hallways. Celesta's day was about to end, and Luna's evening was about to begin.

At least, that's how it was supposed to be.

Luna galloped through the castle corridors, her body now covered in painful bruises and cuts. All the royal guard mangled and tossed in the sides. She turned back to her current foe.

It was a young unicorn mare. It gave Luna chills when she saw the innocent smile on her face. Her red mane resembled not roses, but blood. Her white coat was nothing like Celestia's white coat. While the sun goddess' coat resembled beauty and warmth, this mare's coat was a soulless white, as if every little thing has been washed out of her.

"What's the matter, 'Princess'?" She spoke in the soft voice, but for Luna it sounded as if she was mocking her. "Have you been hiding behind your big sister for too long? Come get me."

Luna glanced at the sword the mare was holding. It was a stone sword, the sides chipped looking as if it would not cut, but grind the skin it strikes. Luna knew exactly what it was.

"Oh, this? Come on," The mare raised her sword. "It's just a broken useless sword."

"For normal ponies, that is." Luna glared at the cheerful unicorn. "Nice try."

"Aww." The mare frowned, but it looked more like a childish pout. "Okay then."

As if the gears had been switched, Luna could feel the playful aura of the mane escaping from her body, leaving just the threat, With a cold, but soft voice, as if she was singing,

"Eliminate goddess."

As the voice escaped her mouth, all the nearby doors burst open, revealing dozens of ponies in heavy armor, each wielding deadly weapons. The castle royal guards regained their conscience once more, but seemed to be confused with the new guests. Luna stared at the newcomers for a couple moments, but sighed in disappointment.

"Seriously, aren't you underestimating this failure of a princess a bit too much?"

Before the armed mobs could process what Luna just said, they saw the mare leading the mobs disappear in a split second. When they turned their attention back to Luna, they were met with an inevitable force that struck everypony in the hall, causing them to go flying to the other side of the corridor.

When Luna's vision cleared, she could see the intruders all the way on the other side of the hall; some were even thrown out the window. However, the castle guards were not harmed. They just sat there, dumbfounded. Luna was not worried about any of the guards. She had something else to be concerned about.

The white mare. The young unicorn that lead the group, was nowhere to be seen.

"I'm over here, you know..."

Luna snapped her attention behind her, where the disappointed voice was coming from. But she couldn't see the mare. She could only see the mare's front right hoof, hurling towards her. Luna's vision shook violently as the hoof crashed into her left temple. Luna wielded one of the most powerful magic in the universe, but she was not used to close range combat. She could barely keep her eyes open as she fell onto the cold floor.

The mare's move wasn't over yet. She raised both her front hooves, and crushed Luna's wings.

"....!!" Luna grimaced in sharp pain, but she did not waste even a single moment. She teleported several feet away from the mare, as she prepared her next attack. But as the wounded alicorn fixed her sight on the target, the mare was already couple of inches away from her, pulling her hoof back, and this time she had a stone sword in her mouth, ready to strike.

How did she....!?

Backup plan. Luna did not want to cause any severe injury on any of her or her sister's royal subjects, even they were killing her. But she couldn't think of any other choices, other than to attack at the moment. This way was much faster, but more deadly and painful. Luna concentrated her magic in her left hoof, and willed it to strike the mare in the upper abdomen. Even if her hooves lacked in physical power, her magic could crush it into the opponent and at the same time, bluntly pull her own muscle. Without a single sign of hesitation, Luna smashed her hoof into the hostile unicorn. She rolled a few feet away from Luna, coughing and wheezing. The stone sword clattered near the mare.

That should have broken a couple ribs....!?

Luna gasped as she witnessed the mare just get right back up on her hooves, as she spoke.

"Grrr....Watch it moon princess, that swords more like an antique than a weapon...you almost broke it." She didn't care about the fact that she was in agonizing pain, or that she was bleeding from her mouth. She picked up the sword once more.

"Well...more like an instant death machine for you!!!"

The mare bolted towards the princess once more, this time not concentrating her power on her hoof, but gaining momentum on the sword. As the unicorn wielding the so called "instant death machine" shortened the distance, thoughts flew around Luna's mind.

This unicorn...whoever she's working for...she's no doubt skilled in close range combat.

But that wasn't the only thing that concerned Luna.

Why hasn't she used any magic at all? But that sword...with that in her hooves, I'll just end up being pushed back, probably ending up dead.

As a conclusion, it was apparent that this mysterious mare wasn't unleashing her full potential. Luna took the only move she could think of. She concentrated the last of her magical force to create an explosion that shook the entire castle, and jumped out the window. She didn't have enough time to concentrate magic for teleportation. After a melee that was more than intense for her, she wasn't even sure if she was in a state that unicorns, if not alicorns could concentrate any magic. It was only the second floor window she jumped out of, but with mangled wings, her hooves met the rather stale dirt with enough velocity for another wave of pain. Again, Luna was not used to combat, nor was she used to landing from such a height. With broken wings and a disturbed mind, she gingerly dragged herself out of the enemy's sight, into the darkness of the gardens.

With mortifying thoughts, she wondered.

What would have Tia done in time like this?

Author's Note

Pretty intense eh? More to come sooner or later, but again, grammatical errors are to be pointed out, and constructive criticism is appreciated. How's the lines dividing the scenes? Well, I'll keep refining.