The Enemy Of My Enemy...

by Niksuilija

The First Steps To War

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In the gardens of the castle of Canterlot, a statue of Discord, the God of Chaos, had stood for hundreds of years. In fact, it was Discord himself, trapped in stone. He was trapped when the Princesses of Equestria, Princess Celestia, the Ruler of the Sun, and Princess Luna, the Lady of the Moon, defeated him. He had not moved ever since that day- Or was it night? Nobody could remember, except for the Princesses. So as I said, he hadn't moved in a long, long time. Until now. Around the statue, a white rim appeared. The ground started glowing a bright white, and the  statue started falling in. When the statue had fallen completely, the rim disappeared as soon as it had appeared. A royal guard however saw this, and after he did, he made a new record for the fastest speed that a scared pony ever has ran. Discord however, found himself in a black room with a round table full of food and refreshments. The stone statue started cracking, releasing Discord from his prison. Once the stone had fully disintegrated, Discord found himself able to move again. He stretched, yawned and groaned before looking around himself.

"Somebody there?" He asked, in confusion of what had happened. He didn't get an answer.

"Where am I and who brought me here?" He asked again, getting annoyed of the silence. Again, no answer.

"Answer me!" He shouted, obviously pissed off to his captor.

"Calm down, nobody is going to hurt you. You must wait, the others aren't here yet. While you wait, go ahead and eat. I can hear your stomach rumbling, and every living creature on this planet, and possibly the dead ones.." A deep, masculine voice boomed, it's source unknown.

"..... Did you say 'nobody ?" Discord asked, confused of the alien way of speaking.

Outside the room's walls, a creature dressed in white powered up a teleportation spell.

---Scene Change---

In the main hall of the  Changeling castle, Queen Chrysalis was groaning to herself. After her futile attempt to take over Canterlot, the Changeling Hive was weak. They were starving, and low on numbers, due to the slaughtering of caught Changelings in Canterlot. She was sure that Celestia, being the two-faced liar she is, wouldn't tell her people of the mass executions. She also heard that the Princess of Love, Princess Cadence was now the ruler of the Crystal Empire. The Queen heard hoofsteps echoing trough the black halls.

'Great, another moaning citizen to take care of.' By all means, Chrysalis was no cruel dictator, in fact, she was actually very caring, unlike Princess Celestia said. She wasn't either an ugly bug full of holes, she was actually very beautiful. She was just getting annoyed by the never-ending stream of changelings asking for something.

"My Queen, there's a weird creature who wants to talk to you! We tried to stop it, we used everything, swords, spears, bows and even cannons and the thing didn't get a scratch!" The changeling shouted in panic.

The Queens eyebrows furrowed, and she turned to her guard.

"Where is the creature now?" She asked, readying for battle.

"J-Just outside this hall, My Queen." The guard said, terrified of the possible fight.

"Bring it in. I will deal with it myself." The Queen ordered, her voice devoid of emotion.

"R-Right away, My Queen." The guard shakily brought a hand to the door and opened it, as soon as he did, a white light lit the hall.

"I take it that you are the Queen of The Changeling Hive of the Badlands." A deep, distorted voice spoke from the direction of the light. The light was actually radiating off of the creature. His voice (The Queen figured that the creature was male due to it's voice.) sounded like two different voices merged together, and not in a good way.

"That I am, creature, and I don't respond well to any threat to me and my people, tell me who you are and what do you want!" The Queen shouted to the new creature.

"My name isn't important, but what I want is your alliance in the oncoming war against ponykind, I am able to help you if you accept." The creature informed the Queen.

"What war do you speak of? And why do you think I need any help?" The Queen asked, oblivious to the smirk on the creature's face.

"To answer both of your questions, the war I'm about to ignite, is the war with the purpose of destroying ponykind and their ways of racism and oppression. Secondly, I did just walk trough the hive, I saw the weakened people of yours."

"And what will happen if I refuse?" Asked the Queen, missing the loss of emotion on the creature. Suddenly, a a staff appeared from behind the creature.

"If your life is important for you, you won't decline of my offer. If not... I think you'll figure it out."

"I must say, you are one interesting.... Whatever you are. Calling me an ally first, then threaten me. I do not think I follow your logic."

"I only threaten you for a simple reason, I must remain hidden. Hidden from the prying eyes of the ponies. I have a strong belief some spy of Sunbutt is listening to us right now."

"Please, I keep the security of my hive as a priority. No spy is able to infiltrate my hive."

"Are you sure? Because I can hear a spell being casted right behind you."

"Wha-" The Queens words were cut short and replaced with a yelp as an invisible force yanked her to the side, when she was aside and against the wall, the creature's staff fired a ball of magical energy. The spell wasn't a pony one, neither a changeling spell, it was something else. And Chrysalis could feel the terrifying amount of power in the shot. Such a spell would kill a fully grown Ursa Major with ease. The spell hit something behind the throne, and something was sent flying. When Chrysalis was able to move again, she looked at the creature angrily.

"I should have you hanged, creature, nopony and I mean nopony is allowed to touch the Queen without permission!"

"But I didn't touch you, Queen Chrysalis," The creature said sarcastically "only my magic did."

"Smartflank..." The Queen muttered to herself, before looking at what he had hit. She saw only a pile of dust.

"What did you hit."

"A pony spy. He has sent our little conversation to his beloved Princess," The creature spat out the word 'Princess' with venom that was almost dripping on the floor. "And our plan is no longer safe. We must act quick if we want to destroy the world of ponies. So, Queen Chrysalis, do you accept my alliance?" The creature asked.

Chrysalis started thinking 'Maybe I shouldn't, the ponies have a big army, and we changelings are weakened... The Queen started remembering how the ponies treated her changelings, and she became angry. No, the ponies must be destroyed! They are evil, they enslave changelings, MY children, MY LOVED ONES! That must come to an end, and the ponies shall taste their own medicine!

"I accept the Alliance, but I want to know one thing: Who are you?" Chrysalis asked.

"You will see" the creature said before teleporting the Queen away.

When Chrysalis opened her eyes, she found herself in a room as black as the night, and saw Discord eating food from a table. The Draconequus then spotted Chrysalis and waved at her.

"Hi, Chrissy! Come on, join the feast! This stuff is really good!" The God of Chaos said.

"Discord, I should have known, what have you done to me?!" The Queen shouted.

"Hey, don't blame me, I was taken too!" The Draconequus defended himself.