As Twilight experimented with her new body, she found that several high level dark spells she earlier could not preform, she could now cast with ease. One such as turning into liquid shadow. She slithered her way into the library, and started to rip books off the shelves, using long, thick tendrils of dark magic. When she found a particular book, she sat In a quiet corner and began to read carefully, poring over the pages.

' So there's a huge series of Chrystal tunnels under the castle. I might as well start to look there for Cadance. Once I find her, i'll have proof that something is not right here, and the imposter can die.'

She put all the books on the shelves except that one. " I'll leave it as a clue for the others,the traitors." With that, she got a bookmark, and put the open book on that page. As she flowed out of the library and into the hall, she accidentally ran into a guard. Before he could make a sound, she covered him, and sapped his magic. In a soft voice, she said " I'm sorry about this, but i need more time."

As he fell to the floor, she quickly found a abandoned room, and locked it from the outside. She then melted the key, and threw it into a corner.

As she continued down the hallway, making a series of twists and turns, she pulled up her mental notes. ' The entrance should be right... Here!'

She pushed on one of the stones in front of her, and watched as the wall split apart. Giddely, she clapped her hooves, happy that the ancient map proved to still be accurate. She walked into the hole, and cast a heat vision spell on herself. After about an hour of walking, she saw a light orange shape behind a wall of crystals. Blasting it open, the smell of feeces immediately assaulted her senses. She shriveled her nose a bit, stepped forward and cleared the dust out of her eyes. She almost wished she hadn't.

The Cadance Twilight remembered had always been a bit pudgy, had a large smile, and a twinkle in her eyes. The pony she looked at now was as thin as a skeleton, and as dirty as one without a coffin, dust caking her coat. Her smile was replaced by a heavy frown, and her eyes were glassy, like she wasn't even there.

She carefully walked over to her side and whispered in her ear, " Cadance? It's me, Twilight. I'm here to bring you home."

With a smack of her lips, she tiredly looked up at Twilight and said " Twilight? Is it time for me to sit you already?"

With a pang of pain, she said " Yeah, but you seem really tired. Here, come lay on the couch." She stretched out a wing, and pulled Cadance onto her back. As Cadance fell back asleep, she muttered something about soft pillows. With that, Twilight teleported back to the entrance.

As she layed Cadance down on a bed in an empty room, she teleported to a set of double oak doors, and a large banner that said " Joy to the newly weds!"

She gave a smug grin, and thought ' Ok, let's see how badly i can crash the party.' After a second or two, she practically squealed. ' Idea!'

Celestia smiled down at her niece as she was about to say ' I do,' when she heard a loud scream come from the back of the room.

Black mist seemed to be floating out from under the oak doors, and spreading out across the floor. After a minute of this, it solidified into a mass of black tendrils that rose up, and began binding to each other like rope, forming the shape of a a large equine. When it could meet her eyes, it started to smooth out, starting to truly look like a living being. It's teeth were the first thing to reappear, a cruel laugh being cut by the razor sharp ends of them. It's wings and horn came next, looking like something that came from the inky depths of a horrible nightmare. The final thing that materialized was it's eyes, and those were the worst of all. They were purple, just like Twilights, but had a almost palpable anger behind them.

As soon as the monster had finished forming, it said " Hello everypony." It then picked up a bottle of champagne, and looked directly at the bride. " Hope i'm not interrupting something."

Author's Note

So, Twilight is pissed off. The next chapter will have plenty of Chrysalis beat down, but now I am going to work on THE CRUSHING MOON.