Starlight Rising

Heading Out

In the wastes of southern Equestria, Queen Chrysalis had decided the time had come. She decided the time to get revenge on the princesses and the ponies in Ponyville had come. She called out to her general, "General Green Ooze, prepare our troops, the time has come."

Green Ooze replied, "I take it you have decided the time to attack has come?"

Chrysalis replied, "Yes, the time has come. Now gather our changelings and bring them to me. I will pick the ones that I will take to Canterlot to abduct the princesses while you will take the others and abduct those troublemakers in Ponyville."

Green Ooze replied, "Yes my queen."

The general headed off to various parts of the cave to gather the other changelings. In an hour he returned and the queen began inspecting the changelings. While none of them could speak, Chrysalis had the ability to tell which ones were smarter. She decided that she would take half of them with her and that Green Ooze would take the others. Once she had them sorted out she said, "Alright General, let's get going."

Green Ooze asked, "Your Majesty, don't you think we should wait until it is dark to do this?"

Chrysalis replied, "General, it will take us several hours to just reach the edge of the wastes. By then the sun will be setting and then we can proceed north from there."

Green Ooze asked, "By then we won't have enough time to reach Canterlot and Ponyville by the following morning. It is no short flight."

Chrysalis snapped, "And you think I don't know that?" She got in his face and continued, "We will take the form of pegasi once we reach the edge of the wastes." She pointed her hoof towards the exit of the cave and ordered, "Alright general, let's get going."

As the day ended they reached the end of the southern wastes where Chrysalis ordered them to land. She again inspected her forces, looking to see which ones were less exhausted after the long flight. She said, "Alright troops, we need to transform into pegasi that resemble the ones we encountered in Canterlot a few years back." She immediately changed herself into a pegasus guard pony. She cast her gaze out at them and ordered, "Now you all do the same."

Immediately her forces resembled her, they all looked like white pegasus guards. Chrysalis continued, "Alright troops, this is where we will part ways. General, you take your forces with you to Ponyville and I'll take mine with me to Canterlot."

Green Ooze asked, "Your Majesty, by the time we reach our destinations it will be dawn. Don't you think the ponies will wonder why there are suddenly so many white pegasi guards around?"

Chrysalis replied, "General, there are plenty of guards that resemble us in Canterlot so we shouldn't have any problems."

Green Ooze asked, "But what about Ponyville? It is a small town and I highly doubt they have a large number of pegasi guards running around, if any at all."

Chrysalis sighed, "Well once you reach Ponyville transform yourselves into other ponies, hunt down the troublemakers, put them in ooze cocoons and then haul them home."

Green Ooze asked, "By the time we get there, it will be daylight. Wouldn't it be better to attack at night?"

Chrysalis replied, "If we are quick enough, we can do this during the day." She pointed her hoof off towards the northeast and ordered, now go."

Chrysalis and Green Ooze took flight with their forces. They knew it would almost be dawn when she arrived in Canterlot, but that is exactly what she wanted. Both princesses would be awake yet fatigued, making them easier to abduct.

Attack in Canterlot

In Canterlot the time had come for Luna to lower the moon and for Celestia to raise the sun. Like she is at the end of every night, Luna was fairly tired and like she is every morning, Celestia was not fully awake.

As they headed out to the balcony Luna yawned, "Ugh, what a long night."

Celestia asked, "What happened?"

Luna replied, "We ran into some unruly manticores that were approaching the edge of the forest. One nearly headed into Ponyville."

Celestia asked, "They usually don't do that, do they?"

Luna replied, "No, they usually stay within the forest boundaries." She heard Celestia yawn loudly and continued, "Thou sounds most tired. Didst thou not get enough sleep?"

Celestia replied, "No. I couldn't sleep. I kept on having the same nightmare over and over....."

Luna interrupted, "We take it thou means the nightmares of Chrysalis and her changelings kidnapping us?"

Celestia replied, "Yeah, us and Starlight's friends."

Luna couldn't help but laugh, "Don't worry big sister, we dost not think we have anything to worry about. Chrysalis knows better than to try and invade." She looked at the sky and continued, "Well big sister, it is time to lower the moon and raise the sun."

Celestia nodded and they began to do their duties. As they did this a voice yelled, "Attack!"

Chrysalis and her changelings took their own form, charged at the princesses and covered them in ooze, leaving the moon still half up and the sun only half up. Celestia looked at the changeling queen and yelled, "Chrysalis, you let us go or I'll have to summon Twilight and her friends to come take care of you!"

Chrysalis laughed, "Don't make me laugh Celestia. I know all about everything that has happened. The Elements are back in the Tree and your precious Twilight is under the spell of some unicorn named Trixie." She yelled at her changelings, "Alright troops, put them in cocoons, we need to take them home."

Before they could finish covering the princesses the unicorn guards arrived. The captain ordered his forces to begin firing on the changelings. While they did that, he blasted the ooze away from the princesses and they also joined in on the fight. While Luna was busy knocking out changelings, Celestia confronted Chrysalis. Celestia growled, "You seriously think you can take us captive? I have news for you Chrysalis, you aren't so strong and we will defeat you."

While the unicorn soldiers were doing their best to take out Chrysalis's forces, many of them were becoming covered in ooze, rendering their magic useless. Chrysalis saw this and laughed, "Oh don't be so naive Celestia. Your forces are vastly outnumbered and more and more of them are being immobilized every second!"

At first Luna was able to handle the changelings but soon she had to go to freeing soldiers from the ooze, which the changelings quickly took advantage of. It did not take them long to get Luna covered, put in a cocoon and immobilize the rest of Celestia's forces. Chrysalis pointed her hoof out towards the battle scene and laughed, "Ha! Your forces and your sister have been taken out! Now it is me versus you!"

Celestia shouted, "You will not prevail Chrysalis."

As soon as she said this Chrysalis covered her in ooze and put her in a cocoon. Once they got the princesses secured, Chrysalis yelled, "Come on troops, let's get them home."

While they tried to put up a good fight, all the unicorn soldiers could do was watch as the princesses were carried off towards the south and hope that somepony would come along and free them from the ooze.

Attack in Ponyville

In Ponyville things did not seem right. The ponies looked out their windows and noticed that the moon had not fully been set nor had the sun been fully risen. This reminded them of the time that The Tree of Harmony was ill yet this time the forest was not growing out of control. Applejack stepped out and took a look around. She said to herself, "What the hay is up with the sky? It can't be the tree this time because the elements are in it."

She decided she would go wake her friends up and see what they think. She first headed to Fluttershy's. When she knocked on the door a very tired Fluttershy answered, "Oh hi Applejack. What are you doing up so early?"

Applejack replied, "Fluttershy, come on out here. Something's wrong with the sky."

When Fluttershy stepped out and saw what was going on, she was horrified, "Aaah! What's going on?"

Applejack replied, "Ah'm not sure but let's gather the rest of our friends and figure out what to do."

One by one, they went and woke up their friends. Each one of them reacted in their own way although Pinkie seemed to find it more humorous than anything since nothing else seemed out of the ordinary. Once they had all gathered Applejack asked, "Well ladies, what do y'all think is going on here? This ain't like it was last time."

Rarity replied, "Well I'm not sure but I think we should see if we can talk to Twilight."

Rainbow yelled, "Are you nuts Rarity? You know that Trixie won't let anypony talk to Twilight, much less ask her about something like this."

Applejack added, "And besides, given the control Twilight is under now, I doubt she'd be able to even think of anything."

Fluttershy suggested, "Well it's worth a shot isn't it. We won't know unless we go and see."

Rainbow sighed, "Oh alright but don't be surprised when Trixie won't let us in to see her."

The five headed towards Twilight's castle to see if they can see her. Applejack pounded on the door, "Twilight, we need to talk to you. We think something's wrong."

Trixie opened the door and snapped, "What do you want?" She saw who it was and continued, "Trixie thought she said for you five to leave The Hot and Dominant Trixie alone!"

Applejack got in her face and yelled, "Look, we need to talk to Twilight. This is important."

Trixie sneered, "Trixie is sorry but The Weak and Subservient Twilight is not allowed visitors. She has been bad so The Hot and Dominant Trixie has grounded her."

Rainbow yanked Trixie out by the hair and showed her the sky, "Now do you see why we need to speak to her? She might know what the hay is going on."

Trixie laughed, "You seriously think The Weak and Subservient Twilight would know what is going on? She can barely get around without The Hot and Dominant Trixie leading her around." She fired some energy at them and yelled, "Now be gone with you, Trixie has a little weakling she must go and punish."

Trixie slammed the door in their face causing them to sigh in frustration. Applejack said, "Ya know girls, if what Trixie is saying is true, we've got to convince Celestia to intervene. Who knows what could happen to Equestria with Twilight out of commission."

Fluttershy whimpered, "What if some villain were to attack?"

Just as she did this they heard, "They're they are, get them."

What they first thought was a huge group of pegasi transformed into changelings and immediately covered them in ooze. While most of them focused their attack on Applejack and her friends, a few drones felt drawn to Twilight's castle. Green Ooze saw this and yelled, "Troops, there is no need to worry about Twilight. Our queen said she is under the control of another pony, remember?" The changelings turned around and their general continued, "Help us get them put in cocoons and haul them home."

The drones did as directed and they began to haul their prisoners home with them. For both Chrysalis and Green Ooze, this was easy beyond their wildest dreams. As she was carrying Celestia home, Chrysalis couldn't help but laugh, "You failed Celestia! You failed your kingdom, you failed your subjects and you failed your sister! Soon Equestria will be mine, all mine!"