'This city is much bigger than I thought, perhaps even as big as Anor Londo.' Artorias thought while running towards the castle. On his way there, he had encountered several more Changelings and slaughtered them with little-to-no resistance (after attempting to reason with the creatures, of course,) and even freed a squad of royal guards along the way. It was interesting to note that even the royal guards, despite being trained soldiers, fainted immediately when they saw their savior.

Shortly, he arrived at the castle's exterior entrance. Golden gates laid on the ground before him, crooked and shattered by force. Artorias could hear chatter from ahead. 'Alright let’s take this slow and carefully'. He quickly got down to his knees and took a quick peek. "Ah, what do we have here?" Artorias whispered. There were at least a platoon of Changelings guarding the castle entrance. Two royal guard ponies casually walked towards the troop, before morphing into changelings themselves, and joined them. Artorias might have been slightly shocked by this had he not seen previous changelings do it before.

'I'll try to give these changelings the benefit of the doubt one more time; If a diplomatic approach doesn't work, then I won't spare a second thought about killing any more of these things .' he thought and walked out from his cover.

"I can't believe we actually- Wait, what is that thing right there?" one of the Changelings inquired.

"Maybe a monster from the dark depths of Tartarus," one of them snickered, only to get sharp glares from its compatriots. "What?!" he exclaimed.

"That!"

All of the Changelings gasped in a mixture of confusion, shock, and fear.

'Hmph, rookies,' Artorias thought.

Artorias readied himself, and retrieved his talisman out of his satchel, clutching it in his still injured left hand.

'Hopefully these changelings are smarter than their compatriots, otherwise, they'll be feeling the Wrath of the Gods...literally.' he thought.

"I don't know; Hey freak! Yeah I'm talking to you!" one of the Changelings shouted.

"What is it?!" Artorias shouted back, 'At least they are civilized enough to talk first.'

"Identify yourself! Answer or be destroyed!" The Changeling ordered.

"My name is Knight Artorias the Abysswalker, what is your business here?" the Abysswalker inquired.

"That is none of your concern creature! Go back to where you came from and we might let you leave with your body intact!" one of them commanded with arrogance.

"I hope you are well aware that you're threatening an Elite Knight of Lordran, just so you know what you're getting yourselves into..." Artorias said while pointing his greatsword at the Changelings "I implore you all to leave, lest I am forced to bring your lives about a miserable end."

One of the Changelings leaped into the air and began to swoop down towards him "You can't order us around creature! DIIIE-". In an instant, Artorias' left hand began to glow and a bolt of lightning as bright as the sun itself materialized in his hand-- the Sunlight Spear miracle. The knight steadied his aim, and hurled the bolt at the swooping Changeling.

*BOOM!*

All that was left of the Changeling was a twisted husk of burning exoskeleton, while the internal organs are literally fried by the immense heat and electricity. The corpse landed on the ground with a splat, smashing anything that remained of the creature. His compatriots stared in shock and anger.

"What did it do?!" one of the Changelings asked.

"I-it bucking killed him!" one of the Changelings exclaimed in shock.

"Don't just stand there! ATTACK!" ordered another Changeling.

As they readied their magic, Artorias rose his talisman in the air and put a powerful magic-resistant barrier upon himself. When the Changelings fired, all of the green energy bolts hit him; covering the area with a large cloud of smoke. The Changelings cheered triumphantly, thinking they finished the menacing biped. When the smoke cleared, their jaws dropped to see Artorias still standing there unscathed.

"Please tell me you can do better than that." he said mockingly.

"Magic's useless against it! Tear it to shreds!" one of them ordered. All of the Changelings then charged towards Artorias simultaneously.

Beneath the shroud of his helmet, Artorias smirked.

As they were mere tiles away, Artorias spread his hands on both sides of his body and in an instant a massive, pearly white shockwave engulfed the swarm, crushing their bodies and killing them instantly.

'If only this miracle could be this utile all the time.' Artorias thought while putting his talisman back in his satchel and proceeding into the castle, absenting himself from a huge pile of dead Changelings behind him.

************

Meanwhile, in Canterlot Castle's Wedding Hall...

"Aaah." Queen Chrysalis winced in pain. 'Why does it feel like every minute, a piece of me is dying?' Chrysalis thought.

When suddenly, she felt a powerful tremor. And again, she clutched her head in pain "AAAARGGH! Why do I have this dreadful headache?!" she exclaimed.

Instead of staying on the balcony, she walked inside; just in time to see Twilight Sparkle attempting to free Princess Cadence.

"And just what do you think you're doing"? Chrysalis asked while using her magic to lift Twilight up.

"I was just *ahem* trying to free, Cadence that’s all." Twilight replied with a sheepish smile.

"Come to me my subjects." Chrysalis commanded.

A squad consisting of six Changelings suddenly flew into the room from the balcony Chrysalis had left.

"What is it my queen?" one of her subjects replied while bowing.

"Aaaah, could you please," Chrysalis trailed off.

"What is the matter your majesty?" The Changeling asked.

"It's merely a headache, that’s all." Chrysalis said while rubbing her head. "Captain, take your men and see if there are any guards left inside of the castle." Chrysalis ordered. "I... feel that something is causing a major disturbance."

"But my Queen, we've already scouted the entire castle thrice times before and-"

"DO IT NOW! THAT IS AN ORDER!" Chrysalis shouted.

"Y-Yes your majesty." The Changeling replied. "You heard the Queen, move out!" The captain ordered. The doors of the wedding hall opened and four other Changelings flew out of the room, leaving Chrysalis with only two Changelings left.

"Now as for you two," Chrysalis started while giving Princess Cadence and Shining Armor a mischievous glare. "I am going to make you suffer."

"No! I won't let you hurt them!" Twilight shouted.

"And what are you going to do about it? I've defeated your so called Princess Celestia. What makes you think I can’t defeat you?" Chrysalis inquired.

"I-I can..."

"You can sit and watch my Changelings conquer Canterlot and soon all of Equestria! Hahahaha!" Chrysalis said while laughing manically.

"Twilight, don’t!" Cadence pleaded.

"Silence!" Chrysalis shouted. "Come now Shining Armor." Chrysalis said while using her mind control spell to make Shining Armor walk over to her. She was smiling contentedly until her headache worsened "AAAAAHH!" she screamed in agony.

"What's wrong 'your highness'? Can't handle the pressure?" Rainbow Dashed asked derisively.

"Silence!; You two go and find those sick others I sent to scout the castle!" Chrysalis commanded to her remaining Changelings.

"At once, your majesty!" both of them replied and started walking out of the throne room.

"Now back to the matter at hoof." Chrysalis said while walking towards Cadence. "How does it feel to lose everything you've ever cared about? To watch as your beloved's life is slowly drained before you?" Chrysalis asked with a dark tone.

"I-It f-feels…." Cadance began to weep.

"It feels what?" Chrysalis asked mockingly.

"It feels painf-."

*snap!* "The Captain's dead!" *crack!* "What in the name of- aRGh!?!!" *crunch!* "AAAAHHH!" *BAM!* *gurgle* "Send rein--" *snap!* "Kill it!"

Before Cadence could finish her sentence, she was cut of by series of bloodcurdling screams and sickening noises of necks breaking and bones crunching outside of the wedding hall's doors.

The screaming died down as soon as it started...the only thing that could be heard were faint metal hoof steps clanking against the marble floor.

With every step taken by whatever stood on the other side of that door; Chrysalis flinched a little. Whatever stood behind those doors had just taken down six of her Changeling subjects.

*knock* *knock*

"Who dares to interrupt me?!" she asked with anger clearly present in her voice.

"My name is Knight Artorias the Abysswalker, open this door immediately or I will have to blast my way through." the intruder ordered in a bold tone.

Author's Note

And that was chapter three!

I know I said that I will make this chapter and the next ones longer but I decided to split my ideas into separate chapters.

And why did I chose the top-tier miracles? Artorias is a top-tier knight, and thus given top-tier equipments.

As usual, if you guys find anything wrong let me know in the comments so I can fix them.

The next chapter will be up soon, so stay tuned and I will see you in the next one

-Lightning Spear