Take My Heart

Tamera was grateful that White had released her. The ground seemed to be becoming a close friend. She couldn't count the amount of times she had plummeted face first to it. Her eyes shifted and looked around as she felt pretty weak. She was hoping the equines would have just realized she wasn't a threat. Clearly they felt throwing the most power changeling queen in a prison was a better decision. Her eyes seemed to be glowing in the darkness of the cave like dungeon.

"see all if fine. Though we are probably forever stuck in this magic proof dungeon. At least we are safe from the war raging on outside." White said as he fluttered his wings. "Your lucky i was able to pull off that spell in here. These magic canceling crystals have their down time in power. Luckily one of those times was now."

"they threw me in this dungeon?" Tamera shook her head.  "They are quite the heart breakers. They are so clueless to everything around them. Unable to see the death the right and the wrong." Tamera said in a slight singing voice. White then responded in a voice of song as well.

"lost and ruthless they can't see through this. Never gonna rise without the proper education to the situation before them. They don't know love they kill it." white said in reference to his parents. Tamera being very motherly to changelings shook her head to his response. Her singing voice turned much softer and loving. Much like a mother.

"hush now quite now, they aren't that blind. Love is a weapon when used true. Without it the connection between everything, would seemingly fade without a turn of the cheek.  White little one, love is not what they lack. Difference is what drives them insane, change scares them along with the fact that creatures exist with preferences against theirs." Tamera sang softly before looking out the window to see the beam of light in the distance. Her weapon now weaponized under the control of one Queen. She could tell by the color that Chrysalis had gotten her way and activated it upon her appearance. Tamera was immediately drawn to take a closer look. Though such investigation was impossible behind these walls. How was she supposed to take part when locked away.

Sapphire was with yazz as both armies were prepping for a huge turning point in a war raging on long enough. Saph wasn't entirely thrilled with the thought of heading out to mingle with equine in hope for some kind of treaty on their ends of the war. Changelings had little to no allies and were willing to kill anything that seemed the slightest of threats, Equines used to be allies to the griffins. There was no reason they could not come to some kind of treaty.

"Sapphire are you and your men ready?" Yazz said as he walked into the courters she was residing in currently.

"no not really, what if this turns into a  battle instead. What if it is to late to mend with them?" Saph said in a very worrying tone of voice.  She never wanted to rule, she never wanted to fight. She was just a  little girl when this war began.  Her father was once the great leader of this army, ever since his death and her being brought into power. She has done nothing but cause loss of numbers. She always thought about her father. His bravery and his courage. He was the griffin she had always looked up to. She wanted to be like him, not take his place. She looked to yazz with tears now filling her eyes.  "I don't want to be the cause of the extinction of my species. Yes we are greedy, sure we aren't the kindest of animals. We don't deserve to be wiped from existence because of it."

"You won't become extinct by joining the equines. If you stay the way you are, after killing miasma. You will~!" Yazz said as he had gotten frustrated.

"all i do is cause death, my army hasn't won a battle since my father died!!" Saph said spreading her wings n an aggressive manor. "What if they kill us what if they betray us and send us to our deaths by the hooves of Changelings. I DON'T WANT TO WATCH ANOTHER GRIFFIN BE FUCKING EATEN ALIVE." Saph said huffing and puffing her breaths in anger.

"We have to take a chance every once and a while. We continue on the path we are, then both our species will more than likely be extinct. I frankly want to protect the future generations of both of our species. They shouldn't have their lives taken before they begin. Siding with equines. as Dumb and stupid as it may seem. They have numbers and power. They can probably save us.

"Yazz, i have put my trust into you and your leader Zacora. Countless times. But honestly something is telling me this is a terrible idea." Saph said walking up to yazz with her chest feathers puffed out. "I won't side with them, me and my army will remain away from them. They are the reason the changelings brought us into this war in the first place." Saph said with a grunt. "You choose to side with them and you will become our enemy.~!"

"I can't believe our years of working together has come down to this. You realize that Ponyville our trade center will go back to equine control if you do not side with them, with us~!" Yazz said in an aggressive tone of voice. "Your going to choose death over protection, i can't believe you would make that kind of decision. The Zebra nation has done nothing but side with you and help you. This one time your going to choose against our help~!"

"your help is to force me into a state of obedience to a lesser species. One that wants harmony but started a war instead." Saph said closing her eyes in a saddened way. "you know as well as i how this war began. We may had been kids at the time but we weren't unable to hear." Saph said as she turnned away from Yazz. "If they hadn't hurt those two queens nopony no griffin, no fucking zebra would be in this mess."

"they are prone to mistakes but that doesn't incline they can't change. They meant good. changelings can't feel and they never will. You saw what they did to your home. Your friend Peacock~!" Yazz tossed his staff against the wall. "you can't begin to tell me you wouldn't have done the same."

"IF I KNEW THE OUTCOME OF MY ACTIONS I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY~!" Saph said as she drew her sword. "Get out of my courters and join those equines by yourself. i want no part in your betrayal."

Evergreen had finally made it back to the campsite outside of lockdown Canterlot. Her horns slightly glowing with magic.  Evergreen unlike most dragons had magic abilities because she had changeling DNA infused inside her. She was right nest to spike every step of the way back. He was the only one she trusted. Everypony else wanted to kill her it seemed. She understood for the most part, she was the enemy for sometime. She sincerely wanted to change after being abandoned by the one she thought of as her mother. Spike could see it, He wasn't about to let anyone hurt her. He was glad he wasn't the little dragon he used to be. Full grown and angry was the way he was as of late.

"now evergreen, lets try and keep the purpose of the beam to ourselves for now. I don't want twilight and the others to be out here thinking they are going to die. After all i don't think chrysalis will learn how to use a weapon like that in just a matter of minutes." Spike said as they were nearing temporary camp.

"your friends should be scared. They have every reason to be scared. Just like they have every reason to hate me. I did kill several of their friends." Evergreen said as her horns were glowing brighter. "I wish they were all as understanding as you are."

"hard to understand when you killed my master." The voice of Draco sounded behind them. "Rainbow was my best friend and you stabbed her with the stingers on your tail." Draco said as he ran a talon on his own broken horn. "I don't see how you can expect understanding from everyone you have hurt."

"Draco i swear if your here to attack again i will be forced to defend." Spike said as he slowly turned around to face his friend.

"SPIKE GOD DAMMIT HOW CAN YOU CARE FOR THIS CREATURE. ~!" Draco said with a roar and growl. "Rainbow was your friend too and your defending the one who killed her?" Draco said as he stabbed the weapon on the end of his tail into the muddy ground. "Why are you so attached."

"that doesn't matter. Evergreen is hurt. Rainbow was more my friend then yours Draco. I knew her much longer than you. My heart aches for her. She wouldn't want you to seek vengeance~!"  Spike said as his upper lip twitched angrily. as thunderstorms were rolling in again. Draco would be hard to fight back if those clouds contained enough static.

"spike, Evergreen is a Changeling. She is just like the ones you have been fighting for thirty fucking years.  How can you be so blind, Vengeance is something Rainbow would not want, it's something i want and there is NOTHING~!"  Draco roared as lighting came down striking his horns. "your going to do to stop me." The lighting came out of dracos mouth slamming into Spike. Spike slid back n the mud as the lighting struck him. the pain shot through him like nothing he had felt before. Draco definitely had distance against spike.

"Oh i will do everything.....in....my power...to stop you." Spike said as pain was like an ocean inside him. Spike reared back and then charged forward to tackle Draco to the ground. Draco shot another bolt into spike upon his tackle. Spike roared and writhed in pain as he was knocked tot he ground. Draco then aimed for evergreen but was tripped up by spikes longer tail. Twilight and the rest of the group were rushing over to stop the fight between the male dragons. Terra flew up into the sky to try and reach them in time. Her crystal powers ready to restrain them both if needed. Spike pulled Draco in and bit him on the front leg. The sound of a breaking bone was immediately heard followed by a lighting bolt to spikes face. The shockwave knocked the nearby ponies to the ground. Spike roared in pain once again as he slowly stood up to be tackled by Draco. Draco was aligned for a finishing blow to kill spike.

"this is what happens spike when you fight for the enemy." Draco went to slam the axe like weapon on his tail into spikes neck. He was inches away when a long spike shot out the front of Dracos chest. Draco was slowly being raised up off the ground by the tail of none other than Evergreen. Her eyes were a rubby red as anger was consuming her magic wield. She let out a roar as she turned Draco to look into her eyes. The tail still stabbed right through him. Spike was trying to speak to tell her to release him but his voice was to weak.

"this si what happens when you don't know what your fighting for." evergreen said in a chrysalis like voice. "you will never hurt someone i love AGAIN." she said in a voice that sounded much like ambrosia now. "You will never~!" Her voice switched to another changeling queens voice. "Kill AGAIN" Her voice ended with the chrysalis tone once more. Evergreen was created by the beam when it was controlled by a part of each queen therefore her voice could shift between all of them. She ripped her tail out of his chest allowing him to fall dead and motionless to the ground. She raised her head into the sky and let out a high pitched and bat like screech.  her right front paw placed upon her kill. Her tail curling upwards to  the sky as well. Terra flew down from the sky and tackled the female to the ground.

"don't worry spike i wont hurt her, i'm just going to make sure she doesn't hurt anyone else." Terra said as she placed a hand on Evergreens head using her dragon abilities to put her into a dream like state.