Terrarian

Cortez awoke with a headache. He looked around and blinked. As he got up the memories came back to him. The bachlor party, Luna, the wedding, Cadence! He still had to kill her! Checking the time, he sprinted off. He herd singing,"This day is going to be perfect."The voice proclaimed,"The kind of day of which I've dreamed since I was small." Cortez continued to run towards the voice hoping he wasn't to late,"Everypony will gather 'round, Say I look lovely in my gown, What they don't know is that I have fooled them all!"

'You missed one' Cortez thought as he sprinted toward the voice.

"I could care less about the dress, I won't partake in any cake." Cortez reached the sound of the voice and hid behind the door to the room,"Vows, well I'll be lying when I say. That through any kind of weather I'll want us to be together, The truth is I don't care for him at all" Cortez vanished."No I do not love the groom!" He drew his pistol!"In my heart there is no room!" Cortez stepped toward the door."But I still want him to be all mine!"

Cortez kicked down the door,"Prepare to die!"

"To die today, my apologies, I have other plans!" The changeling sang.

"I care not about your plans, you will die before you scream!" Cortez circled the changing.

"No I will not!" The changeling stopped singing and green fire erupted around Cortez, causing him to sink into the floor,"haha." The high and menacing voice laughed

Cortez got up off the ground. He looked around and once again heard singing,"We must escape before it's too late." Cortez walked toward the sound,"Find a way to save the day, Hope, I'll be lying if I say "I don't fear that I may lose him To one who wants to use him, Not care for, love, and cherish him each day" Cortez reached for his glinting Venus magnum,"For I oh so love the groom, All my thoughts he does consume" Cortez packed the gun with bullets,"Oh, Shining Armor, I'll be there very soon."

"Last time I heard singing, I got sent here, this time I won't hesitate." He pointed the gun directly at Cadence.

Twilight jumped in front of the princess,"No, she's the real one. The one you must have saw is a fake!"

"It's true, she's a changing!"

"Ok I believe you, but we need to get out of here, now!"

As they got into the mine cart, Twilight pushed it down the track. It zoomed around, up and down. Cortez herd the voice by the armours enhancements, that witch could rival that of an ever scream,"Finally the moment has arrived! For me to be one lucky bride!"

Princess Cadance sang,"Oh, the wedding we won't make, He'll end up marrying a fake! Shining Armor will be…"

They heard the unholy sound of Chrysalis,"…mine, all mine." She laughed demonicly.

Minutes later the sound of an organ reached Cortez's ears, and he heard the voice of Celestia,"Mares and gentlecolts, we are gathered here today to witness the union of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Shining Armor."

Princess Cadance cried out in sadness,"Oh, we're never going to save him."

Twilight Sparkle noticed the exit,"We will. We just have to find... There!" She teleported the three of them to the ledge

"Next time, warn me before you do that!" The world stopped spinning and Cortez saw three mares

"You're not going anywhere." The said in unison.

Cortez drew his pistol,"That won't be necessary." Cadence pushed his arm down and through flowers as the three mares dove to retrieve it.

"I want it!" They all three dove to get it.

"Princess Cadance and Shining Armor, it is my great pleasure to pronounce you–"

Erupting gunshots echoed from the hallway as Twilight Sparkle yelled,"Stop!"

The ponies around began to chatter as Cortez aimed his gun.

He fake Cadence said to herself,"Ugh! Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother?" She corrected herself,"Why does she have to ruin my special day?"

Princess Cadance yelled to her,"Because it's not your special day! It's mine!"

The ponies around gasped, "This is not you special day, it's your last!" Cortez said darkly.

"What? But how did you escape my bridesmaids?"

"I wanted to shoot them, but Cadence was creative."

"The care a lot about flowers." Cadenced smirked.

Queen Chrysalis looked at her,"Hmph. Clever. But you're still too late."

Applejack stuttered,"I-I don't understand. How can there be two of 'em?"

Princess Cadance responded,"She's a changeling. She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them."

Cortez watched as a pillar of flames erected beside Celestia,"Right you are, Princess. And as queen of the changelings, it is up to me to find food for my subjects. Equestria has more love than any place I've ever encountered. My fellow changelings will be able to devour so much of it that we will gain more power than we have ever dreamed of!"

Princess Cadance looked around,"They'll never get the chance! Shining Armor's protection spell will keep them from ever even reaching us!"

Queen Chrysalis chuckled,"Oh, I doubt that. Isn't that right, dear?"

Shining Armor only responded with,"Mm-hmm."

Queen Chrysalis: Ah, ah, ah. Don't want to go back to the caves, now do you? Ever since I took your place, I've been feeding off Shining Armor's love for you. Every moment he grows weaker and so does his spell. Even now, my minions are chipping away at it."

Queen Chrysalis laughed,"He may not be my husband, but he is under my total control now!"

Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadance gasped.

Queen Chrysalis chuckled,"And I'm sorry to say, unable to perform his duties as captain of the Royal Guard."

Princess Cadance cried out,"Not my Shining Armor!"

Queen Chrysalis stated her plans,"Soon, my changeling army will break through. First, we take Canterlot. And then, all of Equestria!"

Princess Celestia defied,"No. You won't. You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now that you have so foolishly revealed your true self, I can protect my subjects from you!"

Beams erupted from both their horns, colliding in the centre. At first it looked like Cortez would go a day without killing, but that changed!

Twilight Sparkle cried,"Princess Celestia!" The their princess colapsed.

Queen Chrysalis laughed menacingly,"Ah! Shining Armor's love for you is even stronger than I thought! Consuming it has made me even more powerful than Celestia!"

Cortez clicked his gun,"You forgot about me!"

"Actually I did not, you see if you stay here to fight me, the changelings will overrun canterlot! Muhaahahah!"

"Fine." Cortez ran and dove out the window, fired a few rounds at the changeling queen. She erected a barrier to deflect them as the glass shattered. Cortez fell toward the streets below, but threw his hover bord underneath him. He landed on it and looked up. He saw the barrier shatter above him, as the Changelings flew down in green streaks of fire. Only most of them did not make it to the ground. Cortez pulled out the gun he had obtained during the frost moon and loaded it.

Green Flashes erupted from the barrels of the gun, unleashing carnage upon the changelings. If not for there sheer numbers, they would have had no chance. The bullets whizzed and flew in all directions, finding there way to the enemys and embedding themselves into the changelings sculls.

Not wanting more of the to reach the ground, he set the chain gun up so it would continue shooting, taking out most of the changeling's that rocketed toward the ground.

As one hit the ground, Cortez threw his fist up, knocking a changeling's face off, then hurled a holy hand grenade towards a cluster of them. The course rang out through the street as Cortez ducked behind a dumpster as the bomb shattered all that lie in the street. Bits of hot glass flew towards Cortez, and had it not been for his armour, the glass would have killed him.

Twilight and the other ponies dodged streaks of changelings as they ran to get the elements, but there were to late. The changlings reached the ground and the clash began. It was only seconds later the a mighty roar rose from behind the ponies. They looked up as green flashes wizzed above them, finding their way to the changlings.

Twilight yelled as the barriar shatterd"Go, go!"

Rainbow Dash looked up as changlings rocketed towards the ground,"Looks like we're gonna have to do this the hard way." she looked and saw a copy of herself,"How did you...?"

Twilight Answerd,"They're changelings, remember?" She looked around,"Don't let them distract you. We have to get to the Elements of Harmony. They're our only hope."

changelings hissed as the clash began. Applejack looked at the cahos,"Ok, this is just gettin' weird." Not knowing she was the real one, twiligh pushed her to the ground,"Real me! Real me!"

Pinkie Pie laughed at the imatation,"Do me! Do me! Meh, I've seen better." She punched the bug.

Cortez ran across rooftops with a mighty battle cry, and threw a grenade down into some changlings. But he didn't whatch what was in front of him, and he slammed into a taller building. Changlings surrounded him, ready to strike. Cortez lie on the ground in defeat, as they carried him off.

Princess Cadance struggled," You won't get away with this! Twilight, her friends and the Terrarian will–.

She was inturupted by the doors opening. Cortez and the six ponies were push Queen Chrysalis laughed,"You were saying? You do realize the reception's been cancelled, don't you? Go! Feed!" The doors closed as Chrysalis laughed,"It's funny, really. Twilight here was suspicious of my behavior all along. Too bad the rest of you were too caught up in your wedding planning to realize those suspicions were correct!"

"Hey, don't forget I almost put a bullet in your head!" Cortez reminded.

"Oh right, from what I had heard about you I didn't think it would be this easy to capture you, well, now you are the one who will be dieing.".

Applejack sighed,"Sorry, Twi. We should've listened to you."

Twilight replied,"It's not your fault. She fooled everypony."

Queen Chrysalis looked at her "Hmm, I did, didn't I?"

Cortez decided to wait as the changlings queen sang,"This day has been just perfect

The kind of day of which I've dreamed since I was small

Everypony I'll soon control

Every stallion, mare, and foal

Who says a girl can't really have it all?"

"ME!" Cortez yelled loud enough to make all everyone in the room jump back, as he drew his gun.

The queen hid her terror,"Pfft, there are too many changlings, not even you can stop them!"

"I can still stop you." Cortez fired directly at her head, but the queen reacted a shield to stop them. A rocket impacted the shield, shattering it and throwing the changlings queen Into a wall. Cortez pointed his gun and walked toward her,"She's out!"

Twilight Yelled,"Quick! Go to him while you still have the chance!"

Cadence snapped him out of his trance,"Wha– where... huh? Is...is the wedding over?

Queen Chrysalis hit Cortez with beam of magic,"It's all over!"

Cortez sputterd,"Your spell! Perform your spell!"

Queen Chrysalis laughed,"What good would that do? My changelings already roam free."

Shining Armor tried to use his magic,"No! My power is useless now. I don't have the strength to repel them."

Cortez got off the ground, but his pistol was still on the other side of the room,"Sorry, I don't have mana potions with me."

Cadance looked at her soon to be husband,"Then my love will give you strength!"

Queen Chrysalis chuckled,"What a lovely but absolutely ridiculous sentiment." Three gunshots erupted form the other side of the room, but Cortez, forgetting he was using normal bullets, missed his target, and instead the shots tore the queens leg clean off!

Queen Chrysalis cried out from the pain, that distracted her from stopping Cadence and shinning armour,"Noooooo!" Queen Chrysalis and the other Changelings screamed as they were replled by the blast of love,"I will have my revenge, I swear Terrarian I will have my revenge!" But that threat would not be fulfilled. Cortez had aimed with precision this time, and the queen of the changlings received five bullets to the face.

Cortez closed his eyes in victory,"Stay dead this time." He whispered to himself. He expected to feel victories and happy. But instead he felt like a heartless monster. He took a deep breath and saw that no one else had noticed.

Princess Celestial looked at Cadence who was checking her for ingeriues,"Don't worry about me. I'm fine. You have a real wedding to put together." Cadance gulped.

The next day, Cortez went to the wedding. He did not expect to be invited, but he had received an Invite the previous night.

birds chirped, cymbals crashed. Cortez sat down.

Princess Celestia spoke,"Mares and gentlecolts, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of the real Princess Mi Amore Cadenza–"

Cadance inturupted,"Princess Cadance is fine."

Princess Celestia continued,"Hm. The union of Princess Cadance and Shining Armor. The strength of their commitment is clear. The power of their love, undeniable. May we have the rings please? I now pronounce you mare and colt."

Cortez was surprised to find himself cheering, along with the rest of the ponies in the room.

Shining Armor and Princess Cadance kissed.

Rainbow Dash yelled "Best... wedding... ever!" As Cortez saw a disk of rainbow light explod in the sky.

Princess Luna walked in, she had been recovering in secret all day,"Hello, everypony. Did I miss anything?"

Pinkie Pie squeeled,"Let's get this party started!"

Twilight Began singing,"Love is in bloom

A beautiful bride, a handsome groom,

Two hearts becoming one

A bond that cannot be undone because

Love is in bloom

A beautiful bride, a handsome groom

I said love is in bloom

You're starting a life and making room

For us."

Shinning armour came up to Cortez, who had mostly been sitting off to the side,"Hey, thanks."

"For what." He considerd telling him about the queen being dead, but decided not to."Saving the world for a third time?

"Yeah. At first I didn't trust you, but now I don't see how I couldn't." He paused,"I'm sorry."

"It's fine." Cortez sighed as he watched them pull away in a carriage.

Rarity jumped for flowers that were thrown out if the carriage,"IT'S MINE! Oof! Ahaha..."

"Love is in bloom

A beautiful bride, a handsome groom

I said love is in bloom

You're starting a life and making room

For us, (For us... For us... Aah...)"

Twilight met up with the other ponies,"Now this was a great wedding."

Cortez came up to them,"Hey, mind if I join you?"

"Sur—" She was inturupted by a large bang.

"Hey there me hearties, mind if we join ye?" Gunpowder Garry and All the other had come in a large blimp.

Confetti rained down,"Let's get this party started!"

"Pinkie, that's who I said you should meet." Cortez looked at the pink pony.

Over the next few hours it felt a lot more like a party to Cortez, the pirate had brought truckloads of ale. The goblin had rigged up some rapid fire confetti guns, while bunny was talking to pinke. Cortez found he was enjoying himself, but still did not find the victory he craved. He had no idea what he had brought upon equestria by killing the changling queen.

Luna sat above the party. She was not much for partying, but liked to watch.

"Hello Luna, I see you have concealed it."

"Me, concealed what?"

"Don't pretend you don't know, you and I both know that the nightmare will be upon us soon."

Princess Insectum sat in the hive, awaiting the news that equestria was taken. A wounded soldier approched her throne,"Y-y-your highness." He sputterd.

"Yes what is it."

"I regret to inform you, the queen is d-d-d-dead."

"What, no it can't be!" The changling princess roared.

"It is, she was killed by the Terrarian."

"N-n-no, this cannot be!" She hurled a stone at him in fury,"How do you know this!"

"Miss, I saw it myself."

The new queen let out a cry, as she cast a spell upon the worrier, burning him to death,"I will have my revenge Terrarian, and soon! General! Prepare the armies, as soon as we are at full strength, we will attack once again!"