A New Queen To Serve

"So... let me clarify..." Niadra said, rubbing her temples. "You're saying Equestria, a peaceful realm, is a proverbial dumping ground for the cruelest of villains or those who died before their preordained time... to learn how to live peacefully?"

Chrysalis nodded and furrowed her brows. "Yes... wait... something is-"

A raspy, ethereal growl echoed through the hive, followed by an eerie silence.

"W-What was- THE HIVE CLUSTER IS UNDER ATTACK!!!"

As if on cue, the throne room doors were knocked clear of the hinges, revealing a white armored behemoth, easily Niadra's size. The throne room reflecting off of the newcomers golden, bug like visor.

Niadra reacted on instinct once more and charged, only to have the behemoth's hand close around her neck, lift her into the air, and slam her into the ground, causing the floor to crack from the force.

"Easy, Maine." A calm, almost robotic voice chimed, a flaming, holographic humanoid the size of a child appearing sitting on the behemoth's shoulder. "She's not the true threat."

Niadra hissed and lashed out with her tail, knocking 'Maine' back, then rose to her feet.

The two regarded each other for a moment, then charged.

Maine crouched low and put on a huge burst of speed, ramming his right shoulder into Niadra's stomach, and kept moving until he crashed into the wall, then pulled back, priming his fist for a killing blow.

Niadra reached up with her legs, locking them around Maine's neck as she dug her fingers into the stone wall, then with a mighty roar, slammed her opponent into the area of the wall above her, then pushed off the wall.

Maine growled again, ripped a chunk out of the wall, and threw it, the makeshift projectile shattering as it slammed into Niadra. It then grabbed a pillar, ripped it out of place, and threw it like a javelin, only to watch as Niadra blasted it apart with a blast of energy.

Niadra screeched and her second skin formed a pair of leathery wings, adding to the speed as she launched herself through the air, too fast for Maine to track, and kicked out both feet. There was a thump as feet met visor, followed by a clap of thunder as Niadra drove her opponent into the ground, a crater forming from the impact.

Niadra was about to relax when pain shot up her legs, followed by the sound of both her legs snapping, the bones protruding from her skin.

"Okay Maine..." The flaming humanoid said as it reappeared. "Now you can kill her."

Maine growled and stood up, stomping over to the fallen Niadra and raised his boot above her head and-

"YIPE! Wrong room!"

Every eye turned to the throne room entrance where a blue-armored human had just... appeared.

"YOU!!!" The glowing humanoid screeched.

Niadra took the opportunity and rolled away, her tail sweeping her opponent's feet from under him. At this time, she willed her second skin to form casts around her legs after adjusting the bones, then used a quick mend spell to repair them.

Maine growled and stood up, reaching for Niadra but was cut off when a jagged scythe stabbed the ground ahead of him. He was then knocked back by a powerful roundhouse kick from Chrysalis.

"SHE'S THE THREAT, MAINE!!!" The humanoid shouted, the behemoth lunging in response.

Niadra tackled him out of the air and pinned him to the ground. She raised her hand, extending her claws, and was about to tear out Maine's throat when Chrysalis rested a hand upon her shoulder.

"Stay your hand, Niadra." She said, watching as Niadra lowered her hand. "We might have use for him."