The daemon, Protector of Equestria.

Chapter: 3 Victory

It had nearly been a flash. One second the wedding was going beautifully with Princess Mi Amore Cadenza walking down the aisle then Twilight ran in shouting. She was followed by… the Princess?

Everyone in the room turned to look at the pony, she had clearly seen better days. Her mane was messed up and many scrapes and small cuts covered her body.

‘She’s a changeling! She takes the form of somepony you love and feeds of your love for them.’

All eyes then turned to the Princess standing at the top of the aisle. Her eyes starting to glow green and then green fire encircled her.  When the fires died down the Princess was gone replaced by a tall black skinned changeling. It had green eyes and two blueish insect wings.

‘Right you are princess and as queen of the changelings it is up to me to find food for my subjects.’

Green flashes appear out of the crowd either side of the aisle. They were changelings to. As quick as they could fly with their two insect wings they fired magic bolts at, the still wide open jawed, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. They had no time to react in seconds their hoofs where bound to the floor with magic. Anyone who had a horn or wings found it to be covered with a magic spell, which stopped unicorn magic and Pegasi wings from moving.

They turned towards Twilight and Cadence. They put a fight but soon had their feet and horns (plus wings for cadence) covered in a magic spell.

The other ponies in the room started a stamped in which everypony who wasn’t kept still by magic ran out the room, bumping into Twilight and cadence who were still at the entrance.

‘Looks like I have won! Canterlot is mine!’ shouted the queen changeling hovering just above the ground by the quick movements of its wings.

‘Not if I stop you!’ the princess announced as everypony turned to look at her.

‘I will defeat you!’ as princess Celestia said this, a white light appeared from her horn and a blast of magic went flying towards the changeling queen.

It quickly reacted by firing its own green magic to form a fight of strength between the queen and the princess. Then the green magic took over from the white and went right to Celestia’s horn.

The blast knocked her all the way to where Twilight was watching with fear, her tiara landed with a ding next to her face.  The end of her horn was charred and blackened.

She was alive but the damage had been done.

‘Princess!? Are you ok !?’ said Twilight her voice getting right into Celestia’s head. She knew she could not defeat the changeling queen. She needed help.

The changeling queen hovered over to the injured alicorn. Chrysalis towered over the fallen princess.

‘Finally my victory is here. I’m now Queen of Equestria!

Celestia had a full blown argument in her mind. Was she to call him forth and be rid of the invaders? Or should she try another tactic, one that doesn’t involve violence. In the seconds she had she made her mind up.

Celestia whispers something under her breath.

‘What was that my new prisoner?’

Celestia turned her head to face the changeling.

‘Patholis I require your aid!’

Confused faces looked at the princess. Even twilight, was only a hoof span away, had the same look of confusion on her face.

‘Err? .Princess who is Patholis?’

Celestia gave no answer.

‘Does the pathetic princess need help?’ said Chrysalis her voice cutting right into Celestia’s heart. She felt sorry for what was about to happen.

‘Answer m…’

The queen of the changelings was cut off by the sound of an explosion in the distance.

‘Oh no her army has breached the shield.’ Twilight said with a worried tone.

‘No, something far worse than an army of changelings.’ Answered Celestia.

Before anypony could react or draw breath a black stream dark cloud smashed through one of the windows of the throne room of Canterlot castle.

It slowed down and landed where shining armour still stood, his eyes still green with the changeling magic. The dark cloud poured down the steps and at its centre formed a figure.

An alicorn, male with a grey coat, tail and wings plus a sharp horn extending from its forehead. All eyes looked upon the figure with fear, anticipation and for Celestia only sorrow.

It walked casually down the steppes until its eyes opened to see the carnage before it. Celestia on the floor wounded, seven unknown ponies stuck to the floor with some kind of magic. But there is was standing over the downed Celestia, a tall black changeling. Patholis’ felt his rage build as he has a personal hatred for their kind.

‘Princess, am I to understand that you summoned me willingly?’

The princess in question lowered her head in shame for having to give the following answer.

‘Yes Patholis.’

‘Then the walls are breached, the kingdom is threatened now, I am here to help.’

The changeling queen had no time to react he was too quick. Patholis shot at her with all his speed, shadow blade unsheathed for all to see.