Ancient evils

Chapter 30: Harmony unleashed

On the next floor, a lone earth pony stood. She was a young girl, afraid and alone. She was softly sobbing in the center of the room. Fluttershy approached her.

"What are you doing in here?" asked Twilight.

"Why are you crying?" asked Fluttershy.

"I don't know how I got here... or how to get out." the girl said eerily.

She stopped her crying.

"But now that you are here..." said the girl. "Everthing will be just fine!"

The girl was covered in green flames. Her body blackened, with large holes in her legs and arms. Her eyes greened, and she sprouted insect-lke wings. She let out a loud, joyous laugh, which slowly deepened.

"You fools!" Chrysalis exlaimed.

Five more changelings came pouring down the stairs, and the barrier re-appeared behind them.

"I should have killed you two when I had the chance!" Chrysalis said to Topaz and Star. "I'm a little weak from the lack of love left in Equestria, but killing you all shouldn't be hard."

She fired a large green beam from her horn, which hit the ground, almost as if she aimed at it. Energy was coursing through the floor, empowering any of the changelings who touched it. Each one was of approximately equal to one of the mane 6, and as such, they were locked in combat, one on one. Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Pinkie each fought one, leaving Twilight as magical backup, Topaz and Star took on the changeling queen, along with Zecora and the princesses.

"This hardly fair, eleven of you against six of us." said the queen.

As if on cue, a group of 6 cultists teleported into the room. Sin's barrier did not seem to block his cultists from teleporting. Topaz, Star, Twilight, and Zecora had to deal with the cultists, leaving the princesses to fight the queen. The changelings did not morph, seeing as it wouldn't help them in such small numbers. The queen seemed different from the last time. She was weakened, but managed to hold her own. Her magic had a different feel to it. The color of it was much darker.

"Luna, are you ready?" said Celestia.

"Yes sister, we are ready." said Luna

The two of them began charging a spell. Chrysalis did likewise. Chrysalis created a large orb of dark green energy. It was like that of the cultists, but had a bit of her personal energy in it as well. Electric sparks covered the orb, and she released it, where it slowly floated to the center of the room. It collided with the ground, where it made contact with her previous spell. The orb covered the room in a dark aura, The cultists teleported away soon after they appeared, Sin had called for them. The magic of Chrysalis wrapped around thier hooves, pulling them to the ground. The magic slowly creeped up their bodies, nopony wanted to imagine what would happen when it coated them. The five changelings had done their purpose, and were disposed of by the magic. Chrysalis absorbed thier energy in order to keep the spell going. All dark magic required a power source, and Chrysalis wasn't going to use herself. That would hardly be fitting for a queen. The magic held them in place, and struggle as they may, it had crawled up to their shoulders. Chrysalis sat back and laughed, her victory finally secure. Nopony gave up, but there was very little they could do. It was up to their mouths, and they clould barely talk. Luna and Celestia touched thier horns together, shining bright. A beam of yellow and blue swirled towards Chrysalis, but it wasn't enough. She pulled up a magical shield, and the beam did not penetrate. Everypony but the princesses was encased, the princess only lasted longer because they were larger, and it took more time to creep up. The beam began to fade, and despair set in. Everypony was now encased, not dead, but motionless. Twilight simply looked around at her friends, unable to do anything. That is, until she noticed Rarity. She had started to glow, Applejack soon following. Pinkie was next, then Fluttershy and Rainbow. She caught on to what was happening, and started as well. The magic shattered like glass! Chrysalis was taken aback, but quickly engulfed in the power of the elements of harmony. She fell to the ground, defeated. A dark magic began to cover her, and sucked her into a black abyss. Such is the price of using forbidden magic.