All hail the queen

" Seize her! She must not disturb the wedding!"

As the guards surrounded dedicated the intruder, she chuckled and said " Boys, please. Don't poke a alicorn with sticks," With a pulse of magic, their Spears were torn from them and thrown on the ground, " Unless you wish to be burned."

Celestia gave a glance at her guards who stood down. " Who are you, and what do you want?"

The creature gave a laugh. " The Great and Mighty Celestia wants to know my name? I should feel honored, if you weren't a fool. As for what I want, I just want to make a point."

She Galloped over to Cadance and lit up her horn. As she cast the spell, Cadance writhed in pain and collapsed to the ground. Celestia screamed " Noo!" She charged at the intruder, but had her hooves taken out from under her.

She glanced up, expecting to see Cadance charbroiled, only to see a black insect where her niece was. ' What?"

" This, is what you've been protecting. I believe someone already called her out on this?" Celestia thought back to Twilight, and felt tears well up in her eyes. Shining Armour was shaking his head, like he was waking out of a bad dream.

" Huh? Is the reception over?" He looked down at the insect and jumped back. " What is that!?"

The insect groaned, and shakily got to her hooves. " It has a name you know." She raised her head, and winced. " It's Chrysalis. Queen Chrysalis." She looked over at the intruder, and said " Maybe I at least have the name of the one who did this to me?"

" Midnight." She then picked up Chrysalis, and threw her into a wall, sending ponies scattering. She broke the top of her champagne glass, and used it to stab her.

" Please, stop! We don't know where she has hidden Cadance!"

" I already found her and took her to a safe place." She turned her attention to chrysalis. " Now, you need to learn what happens when you mess with ponies I care about."

" Ponies you care about? But you aren't..." She gave a toothy smile. " Oh, i see what happened. Well well well, looks like little Twilight decided to grow up."

There were gasps of disbelief.

Rainbow Dash cried out " But, that can't be Twilight! She would never do something like this!"

Chrysalis coughed up green blood, and laughed. " What, like you would never betray her? Looks like you both crossed lines."

Midnight walked over and put a hoof on chrysalis's neck. " I will give you one chance to live. Leave, and never return.

" What, so we could go back to living in scorching caves? No, I would rather die before we do that!"

"So be it." A crunching noise echoed throughout the throne room.

Celestia shakily stood and said in a timid voice " Twilight? "

" It's Midnight." She turned to Celestia. " Midnight Sparkle is my name now."

The other elements bearers stood looking on in horror at the corpse of the former queen. " Twilight, why?" Said Fluttershy. " She didn't need to die."

" Oh come on Fluttershy!" She turned to face the group. " If I didn't deal with her today, she could have come back later on and tried to hurt us then, and if I imprisoned her, we run the chance of her getting free and coming back that way. This is more final. After all," She jerked her head towards the corpse. " No one can run from death."

Celestia walked towards her and said " Twi- Midnight Sparkle, as Princess of Equestria, I thank you, but now I must also ask you to give up your dark powers. Please."

" No way! This magic is the only thing I was able to use to make you listen to me, and you want me to give it up! No! You have to deal with me now. You can't just ignore me ever again. I won't let you!"

As they stood in front of the crowd, Celestia heard a ruffle of wings. " Excuse me," said an black bug, " but which one of you killed the Queen?"

Midnight looked at them and said " I did. Who might you be?"

" I am number two, the past queens advisor. I came in through the window." He pointed a hoof at the large open windows.

" So, why are you bugging me?"

" One, that pun was horrible, and two, according to ancient law set by the first queen, you are in charge now."

" Oh really?" She looked over at Celestia who was still looking guilty. A horrible smile filled her face. " Well, looks like ponyville is going to need a castle if I'm going to be a queen.

" Please Midnight, just come with me. Let's talk this out, and I'm sure we can-"

" Do what, convince me to not do this. No, I want this. I WANT this. And now, I'm going to have it. See you soon."

Midnight was covered in shadows as she and the changlings inside the room were teleported.

" Oh Faust, what have we done?"