Thousands of Canterlot citizens including the princesses, the Mane 6, and Spike were then placed in the deep underneath the ground in Canterlot dungeons guarded by armed changeling brutes while they were chained to the ground in their individual cells. Any small shred of hope was lost at this point.

"C-Come on everypony, l-let's uh sing a song. Yeah! That will lighten up our spirits. You start us off Twi!" Pinkie pie said pulling out an accordion from her puffy pink mane.

"How about a song about how we failed?" Twilight said glumly.

"That's not very....uplifting."

Suddenly a changeling guard came by snatching the accordion away from the peppy pink pony before smashing it on the ground and stomping on it crushing Pinkie's heart to hundreds of tiny pieces, which in turn broke into much smaller pieces.

"Cheese Sandwich gave me that accordion." she whimpered much to the guard's annoyance.

"Yeah? Well you can spend the rest of your time here crying about it!" he said turning his back on her with a huff.

Bismuth watched this from his cell and couldn't help but feel bad for her. This all may not be exactly his fault but he wanted to do something, he felt the need to do something about all of this but had no idea what. Just then one of the changeling guards came by his cell.

"Lord Blackburn asks for your presence in the throne room."

Later, in the throne room:

A wedding like celebration was commencing as thousands of changelings and misshaped creatures sat in their seats as Blackburn stood just in front of his new throne as the throne room doors were suddenly pushed open with magic as Queen Chrysalis stood there dressed in a black wedding gown like dress but instead of a bouquet of flowers in her hands was a giant crown helmet made out of black obsidian shards with a single ruby jewel shard in the base of the forehead. She walked slowly and elegantly swaying her wide hips side to side holding the crown helmet high for everyone to marvel at, she soon made it to the stairs leading up to the throne before taking a knee and holding the crown as an offering. Blackburn walked down the steps and took a knee right in front of her allowing her to place the crown on top of his head, immediately two twin devil like horns shot out from the front of the crown glowing with red energy.

"I now deem you, Lord Blackburn." Chrysalis announced.

Every changeling and creature bowed in respect of their proud new overlord and leader when Bismuth was brought into the throne room by one of the guards before being thrown to the ground with a loud thud getting the attention of everyone in the room.

"I bring you the prisoner you asked for milord."

"Ah yes, the one known to the commoners as Bismuth. I must say, even though you technically had no hand in this I couldn't have done it without you."

"Uh, thanks?"

Everyone laughed.

"Wait, what I meant to say is...why did you do all this?"

Blackburn stopped laughing abruptly.

"Why? WHY!?! WHY DID I BRING THIS PATHETIC NATION TO IT'S KNEES!?! I merely accomplished something I left behind when I first fell in battle. The same battle that shaped all of history marking up to this very day. Many of my comrades and allies had fell before my eyes moments before I did, to this day I STILL feel their pain and sorrow. The moment I felt a blade pierce through me I realized something, that the world wasn't made to be fair. We are separated by those strong enough to conquer and those that are too weak to do anything. This is the true nature of the world."

"Listen, I may not have been on this earth long but from what I can tell there's much more to life than that."

"There is nothing more...in fact you weren't even meant to be here!"

"W-Wait what?"

"That fateful day you were created I was supposed to be in control but that damn stallion shot me before I had total control giving you an actual conscious. You were are just a mistake."

Hearing the explanation for his entire existent made him feel empty inside knowing that he was just the result of a curse gone wrong.

"But I guess that is a bit harsh to hear, therefore I am willing to cut you a deal." he said with the first form of sincerity in his voice.

"A deal? What kind of deal?"

"A seat of power in my new empire, simple is that."

The deal sounded rather perfect, to be granted power and rule all of Equestria. Yet memories of his parents, Twilight, Spike, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbowdash, Pinkie pie, and Pinkie pie's accordion prevent him from taking the deal.

"I'm sorry, I just can't accept."

"....And I'm sorry, for thinking you were actually smart. Send him back to the dungeons."

That's when Bismuth noticed the iron sword mounted up against a marble column as a decoration and made a lunge for it, several changelings flew towards him as he landed far passed the sword and instead grabbing the discarded clay bell on the floor before aiming it at Blackburn who immediately laughed.

"You stupid pony! You do realize that only works once right?"

Bismuth ignored his taunt and threw the bell at him who merely swat it away and the bell flew high into the air hitting another marble column leaving a large crack on it, the crack slowly grew until the top half started leaning with Chrysalis standing underneath it. Blackburn noticed this and quickly pushed her out of the way just before the column fell on top of him with a cloud of dust, everyone gasped as the Blackburn pushed the large column off of him damaging his armor as well as his crown helmet just a bit.

"You.....ARE GONNA PAY FOR THAT!" he yelled as he lunged at Bismuth slamming his giant fist into his chest sending them both crashing down and creating a giant hole in the floor before landing in the room directly underneath where Bismuth did the same throwing a mighty blow sending Blackburn crashing against a nearby wall sending dust everywhere.

The fight went on going breaking each floor until finally hitting the underground dungeon flattening the two changeling guards into pancakes with Bismuth being pinned down and Blackburn holding him by the neck until his horn started glowing a white aura unleasing a powerful beam sending Blackburn up the hundred of floors until he hit the ceiling of the throne room and falling to the ground landing on top of even more changelings with Bismuth teleporting in front of him with his horn powering up for another attack. But before he could Blackburn pulled out a giant black crystal shard from his bare chest causing him to scream and pain.

"I...WILL NOT LOSE TO THE LIKES OF YOU!"

At first Bismuth thought this was a petty attempt at suicide when Blackburn crushed the giant shard in his hands releasing a tornado of smoke surrounding him as he began his final transformation growing armor like scales, wide scaly wings big enough to knock down the walls to the castle, a long thick scaly tail, a giant reptile like body. He became a giant dragon of ice cold darkness looking down at Bismuth with enraged eyes before belching a hurricane of black fire burning the ground around Bismuth's feet.

"THIS IS YOUR END PATHETIC HERO!" he snarled with fire spilling out from his mouth.

Bismuth simply stood there staring up at the dragon.

"Why don't you tremble? What hope could you possibly have left!?!"

"Because...I have with me the one thing that can still defeat you."

"SHOW ME THEN! SHOW ME THE INSTRUMENT OF MY ALLEGED DEFEAT!"

"Okay...*sigh* here it is."

Bismuth slowly extended his arm for Blackburn to see.

".....What is it? Is it invisible? How come I can't see anything?"

"Because....it's just my hand. I want you to take it."

"...You want me to take your hand?" Blackburn asked in confusion holding up his sharp claws.

"Not like that! I mean it as an act of friendship."

".......Fr-Friendship?" he said losing his intimidating voice for a moment.

"Yes."

"ELABORATE!"

"Okay okay! Just, look down there." Bismuth said pointing down at the last few ponies not placed in the dungeons.

They were scared, cold, and alone. A stallion and a mare even had a young foal no older than a newborn to look after. At that moment a flood of memories started rushing back to Blackburn, the same brief yet special childhood memories he shared with Bismuth making him come to the conclusion that he....was wrong.

"For so long, I've felt nothing. Nothing but pain and endless suffering for thousands of years trapped in an endless void of darkness asleep to the truth that now rest before my eyes.......Bismuth."

"Yeah?"

".....I would like to wake up now....please."

"Then take my hand."

Blackburn looked at his claws in confusion.

"Um, here. Just...let me in." Bismuth said as his horn glowed and he started levitating loser to the dragon's scaly chest before it opened up like a door revealing a portal of pure nothingness but he stepped inside anyway.

He drifted inside what felt like cold vacuum of space until finding a floating husk of a stone body with no details to speak of suspended in midair like he was, he quickly floated over to it before grabbing the figure's hand and holding it tightly before he hugged the figure. At first nothing happened but then the lifeless body started to move returning the hug and like that the cold vacuum of space was gifted with light filling up the cold empty feeling, the dragon's scales started to glow and gain the colors of the rainbow before unleashing a blast of healing light in all directions repairing the castle walls and all the ponies who were trapped underground were brought inside the throne room with a flash just in time to see the glowing dragon being bathed in a heavenly light before it opened up it's mouth letting a single pony out. That pony wasn't Bismuth but Blackburn except the once cold and distant giant of a stallion now had a lighter shade of a rich emerald coat and a light lavender shapeless cloud like mane/tail. Blackburn stood up and faced the crowd of ponies before looking down at his hands, it has been forever since he had last seen his true self he dropped to his knees as tears filled his eyes for at long last he could hear his very own heart beat and the angry voices of grief and misery in his head no longer bothering him anymore.

"I...feel now." he said before looking up at the multicolored dragon realizing he had left Bismuth still inside yet the dragon didn't seem angry at all.

"How does it feel? To be alive once again." Bismuth's voice could be heard coming from inside the dragon.

"It's wonderful, but what about you? You're trapped in there because of me."

"No Blackburn, this was my intention. You have nothing to apologize for."

"......Jupiter."

"Huh?"

"King Jupiter, that is my true name."

"Ah, well then. King Jupiter, since you have proven you have seen the error of your ways...I grant you pardon and your freedom.

"Thank you."

"But in return, you must take my place."

"Your place?"

"As the beloved adopted son of Cadnace and Shining Armor and prince of the Crystal Empire."

"This....I can do. But what about you? What you will do?"

"That is for me to find out for I have decided to leave Equestria to find my own path, but before I do...I think there's someone who really needs some love herself."

Chrysalis soon stepped forward from the crowd for she had seen everything and now knows what she wants, she walked up to King Jupiter and handed him his helmet crown that has long since fell off during battle. He looked down at the cracked form of headwear and immediately threw it over his shoulder before grabbing her by her arms and pulling her in for a kiss that lasted for a few seconds until he broke away.

"Thank you for everything Chrysalis, I bet you'll find somepony worth living the rest of your life with someday." he said before he tried to walk away to be stopped as she grabbed his arm.

"I already have." she said before pulling him in for another kiss.

Everyone in the throne room cheered, even the changelings and the grotesque looking creatures from Tartarus couldn't help but tear up the beautiful sight. That's when Discord appeared right next to dragon Bismuth.

"Awww, how heartbreakingly sweet. I don't suppose you do weddings eh Bismuth?"

Three days later:

After PonyVille and Canterlot had been restored to their former glory nearly everyone in Equestria showed up for the biggest wedding in the history of Canterlot as ponies, changelings, and unknown creatures alike sat in attendance as King Jupiter stood proudly next to Dragon Bismuth who doubled as not only his best stallion but as the official for the wedding. The throne room doors soon opened up revealing Chrysalis dressed in a fabulously prim and elegant white wedding gown with her long teal hair in a long French braid holding a bouquet of green and white roses as she was followed by the Mane 6 as well as Cadance all dressed in brides maid outfits made unique to specify each mare's style and cutie mark thanks to Rarity. Pretty angelic music styling's were made by the amazing piano player Deemo (look him up if you don't know) as Chrysalis walked up to the altar and joined hands with King Jupiter as Cadance stood next to Shining Armor.

"You sure you'll alright with this?" Shining armor said raising an eyebrow.

"Well to be completely honest, my mind is yelling no...but my heart is screaming yes."

"That's my girl."

"Mares, gentlecolts, changelings, and....uh, other creatures. We are gathered here today to rejoice at the union of these once lost souls down the path of much sought after path of righteousness leading their love and happiness guide them. Let us began with the rings."

"Got ya covered." Spike said happily holding up the pillow holding the rings for Chrysalis and Jupiter to collect.

"Thank you Spike." Chrysalis said before placing a kiss on the small dragon's forehead.

"Wow, you really have changed. I like the new you."

"As do I Spike, as do I."

The two placed their rings on each other before holding hands again.

"The path of righteousness is open, you may now kiss the bride."

Chrysalis and Jupiter passionately kissed as a flock of doves were released into the air and everyone cheered loudly.

"Well, that's that then. I guess I should be taking my leave now."

"You're leaving so soon? At least stay for some cake first." Chrysalis said.

"I would, I really would...but my path is out there somewhere. And it is up to me to find it for myself. Goodbye everypony." Bismuth said right before flapping his mighty wings and flying out the open window leaving a trail of light after him.

"Goodbye Bismuth!"

"We'll never forget you!"

"Visit us anytime! O-Or sooner even!"

"Goodbye everypony, let our paths one day cross again. Until then never forgot who you are!"

Author's Note

Well there's not much I can say here except please leave a positive comment down below if you haven't already and...well, yeah. In the words of Wheatly from portal 2:

"the end."

Rutabaga