A Changeling's Lament

by monsterlord18

Rating: everyone
Tags: Comedy, Queen Chrysalis, Fluttershy, Adventure, Crossover, Dark, Human, Main 6, Romance, Changelings, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 83372

the Changeling's are back and meaner then before, but one of their own isn't exactly keen on this.

set between (Everything Changes) and (Glade) of 'Friends From Unexpected Places'

Mirror's Edge has been in Ponyville for a few months, being cared for by Fluttershy after being critically injured. he's become a part of the town and a part of Fluttershy's life, even feeling something he never felt before. after F.S. and her friends are invited to attend the wedding of Trixie and Luna, he feels that he's now a part of the whole world and not just a random member of the swarm.

while there, however... he, Twilight, and Requiem discover a plot that Chrysalis and the Changelings are returning. now, Edge must choose between helping his own kind or helping the ponies he loves as the second Battle for Canterlot begins.

(yes, i am aware that there is a Fanfic out there with a Changeling named Mirror's Edge. it is purely coincidental. i choose the name because it fits with the Changeling's nature. plus, i like the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERyxFfMqDk )

Published 2012-10-18 23:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-11-19 09:17:12 UTC

A Normal Life

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 1

A Normal Life

Her hoof prints echoed though the cave as she made her way in.

“Come out, come out, wherever you are.” she playfully called out. Something stirred to her left. She took noticed and sadistically smiled. Her horn glowed green and stopped a hand from grabbing him. “I should warn you, I’m no weakling.” her magic grew stronger and slammed the hand down, pulling Oscurita into view. “now that I have your attention, I have a proposition for you.” Oscurita snared and tried to bite her but his mouth was clapped shut by a green whip. “be sure to hear me out before trying to turn me into lunch.” she walked forward a bit. A green orb appeared beside her, representing the hold she had on his mouth and hands.

“I’m about to go on a… violent property venture soon. Violent as to I’ll have to crack open a few skulls and break a few spines. And when I’m done, a new age will dawn for this world. But, there’s a problem with that. See, I tried this last time by trying to send my troops in during a wedding. Needless to say, it didn’t go well. I made a foolish error by announcing my attack beforehand and I certainly wasn’t expecting…” she paused and stopped with that part of the explanation. “so, I plan to invade again, but this time, I planned for every possible contingency. And the only way for it to go off without a hitch…” she glanced over to Oscurita and smiled.

He snarled at her and attempted to break the magic holding him. “oh well.” she sighed. “I guess you can stay this way forever. I know of a way to turn you back the way you were.” the cave became silent, much to her pleasure. She looked back at the more timid Oscurita. “now you’re interested, aren’t you… eTu`nes?” Oscurita went wide-eyed when he heard that name. he hadn’t heard it in forever, not since…

the mystery pony sent the orb away, breaking the magic hold over him. She flew on over and got a bit too close for comfort. “Listen carefully.”

The cork of a champagne bottle popped off as the gang celebrated Luna’s and Trixie’s engagement and Rarity’s pregnancy.

Edge felt a shiver go down his spine and shook with it. A fearful Edge gasped and looked out the nearest window. Fluttershy noticed him this and got worried.

There was a storm coming, a powerful one that will change the very foundation of the world.

Edge fell to the ground, bloodied and beaten. Above him, Chrysalis and the Changeling horde mocked him.

“how could you join with those vile ponies?” Chrysalis demanded. “They will never accept the real you as one of their own. You would have to keep up your pathetic excuse for a disguise for the rest of your life.”

“but they aren’t all bad.” Edge retorted, hoping to get thought to his queen.

“like that Fluttershy pony? Please, she hates you the most.”

“no. no, that can’t be true.”

Chrysalis’ horn glowed green, the glow forming into a blade. “for acts against the Changeling horde, I sentence you to death!”

“no.” Edge gasped. Chrysalis smiled a sadistic smile and sliced down at him. “No!”

Edge shot awake and nearly fell from the couch. He panted, trying to wrap his mind around his dream. Thankfully, it was just a dream. He held his head as he panted, only to feel something wet. He moved his hoof back to see water on it. He must’ve been sweating in his sleep.

“heh. Didn’t know Changeling’s could sweat.” he panted to himself. He looked out the window and saw that it was still night. He looked at the clock, seeing the time as 4 o’clock A.M. he sighed and fell back.

“5 months. Has it really been that long?” Edge lamented as he closed his eyes.

5 months, 12 days, 8 hours.

Mirror’s Edge has been counting the days he had been rescued from near death by Fluttershy. Since then, he had been grateful to her. So grateful that he found himself unable to leave until he paid her back. Of course, that’s when she say’s he finally paid back. But during that time, he had grown into a productive member of the town, becoming one of them. For a Changeling, this is quite the feast. Changelings feed on love but everyone’s giving it to him willingly; mostly due to the fact that he has himself disguised as a crimson unicorn.

During his stay, he realized that Chrysalis’ plan of taking it by force is stupid. There was a better way, even if he has to be in a eternal disguise. He has a good life and he’s not going to ruin it by revealing the truth.

Edge grumbled as he woke up again that day. He had another nightmare, worse then the first one. With puffy eyes, he got up and looked out the window. It was already mid-day.

“Damn.” he groaned. “Rainbow’s going to kill me.” he moaned and groaned as he got off the couch and cracked his back. He really needs to find a bed; even bad backs can effect changelings.

He looked around and saw that Bahamut was already long gone. He started heading for the kitchen when he noticed a certain yellow Pegasus sitting in the snow outside. “Fluttershy? What’s she doing out there?” he grabbed a scarf and headed outside to find out why.

Waking up with the love of your life next to you is something not everyone can experience. For Spike, however, it is the best feeling in the world.

He stared down at his slumbering mistress and smiled as he rubbed her belly. Growing inside her was their child. His child. Even two weeks after finding out, he still couldn’t believe it. It seems like a dream.

Rarity woke up to the feeling of him rubbing her belly and smiled. “Morning.” she said.

“morning.” he replied with a kiss on the snout. “how are you feeling?”

“Well, not getting any morning sickness yet so that’s good.”

Spike chuckled. “you know, I keep thinking about how our little guy or gal will look like. After all, Dragon/Pony hybrids haven’t been seen in centuries.”

“I know; I was thinking that too till Req found a book that focused on Hybrids. Turns out it all depends on who the mother is. And since I’m the mom, it’s obviously going to a pony with elements from you like wings or a tail or something like that.”

“And if I was the mom?”

“Then it would be a dragon, like you, with pony elements like my hair or charming personality.”

“I think Applejack would disagree on the personality thing.”

Rarity chuckled. “yeah, guess she would.” Spike was about to get up when Rarity stopped him. “we’re gonna make great parents, aren’t we?”

“certainly. And we had practice. You raised Sweetie Belle; I’m raising Peewee.”

“but she’s 7 years old and he’s a phoenix.”

Spike went ‘un…’ for a moment. “well, I didn’t say it was perfect.”

Rarity got up and out of bed. “well, nobody is. And those who think they are are stupid.”

“No argument here.”

Speaking of perfect, Trixie woke up to a perfect day with her perfect fiancée. Just 2 weeks from now, she’s going to be married to Princess Luna. She’s practically giddy with anticipation. And both of them didn’t have to worry with planning the wedding by themselves. Celestia helped, Twilight helped, Rarity helped, Amelia, Sora, and Requiem helped; everyone they knew was helping. Heck, even Cadence is saying this looks to be a bigger wedding then her’s and Armor’s.

And she was right… in more ways then one…

Someone else, who’s hiding not far from Canterlot, was giddy as well.

“another royal wedding after just 8 months?” she snickered. “how intriguing. And it’s not some out-of-nowhere princess. It’s Princess Luna and some street performer. This sounds too easy and too hard.”

“what do we do now, my liege?” her subordinate asked.

“There’s lesson’s to be learned in defeat.” she looked back to the subordinate and smiled. “we won’t make the same mistakes twice, my little changeling. No we won’t.” she looked down at her hooves. They were still injured from the last time they tried this. “and I know how to go about this.”

Something stirred not far from them. They both looked back at it, the female smiling. “and with HIS help, it will succeed.”

Edge dragged his way though the snow to Fluttershy‘s location, complaining as he went along. “I hate snow. It’s always wet and inconsistent. Plus, it’s cold.”

As he got closer, he could hear the faint sounds of singing, getting louder as he got closer to the animal lover. When he finally got close enough, he heard the song and was instantly mesmerized by it.

Begin Song:

Serah’s Theme - Final Fantasy XIII OST

Fluttershy was singing all by herself to the remaining woodland critters that were still awake fro the winter. Edge slowed to a crawl when he heard it.

Fluttershy:
♪Make my wish come true, let darkness fade to light
Show me there's still hope, show me it's not over
Battles we can win, our struggle lies within
Will we live to greet the dawn?
Love will not leave you, hate will not heal you
Promise me one day that peace shall reign♪

1:03. End Song.

Fluttershy closed her eyes and held her heart when she stopped. She heard snow being trampled and looked back to see Edge walking up to her. “Edge? What are you doing outside? I thought you hated the cold.”

“I do but I saw you sitting out here and wondered why. And when I came… I heard your beautiful singing.”

‘Shy blushed. “it was nothing special.”

“no. it was the most amazing singing I ever heard. There’s no words to describe it.”

Fluttershy blushed even further. If he was a regular pony, she would swear he was flirting with her. “you really like it?”

“like it? I love it.”

“well, truth be told, it’s a lullaby my mom’s sang to me when I was a baby. I wasn’t able to remember till I reunited with them in Las Pegasus. Thanks, by the way.”

Edge smiled. “No prob.” he winked at her. “what are friends for?”

Fluttershy silently chuckled. “oh. Speaking of which, Rainbow Dash was looking for you.”

Edge freaked out. “Ah! I forgot.” he concentrated and put on his disguise. “thanks for reminding me.” he turned around and ran as fast as he could to Ponyville. ‘Shy smiled as he ran off. Edge really changed. he wasn’t resentful and out-of-place; he was fitting in quite nicely. If only other Changelings were like him.

Confliction

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 3

Conflicted

Begin Song:

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

“I see.” Chrysalis snickered to herself for a moment. Her two subordinates, bowing before her, looked at each other with concern and confusion. “Mirror’s Edge has made a life for himself?”

“yes, indeed, my queen.” the Male Changeling said. “He seems to have been taken in by a yellow female Pegasus.”

Chrysalis wasn’t sure she heard him correctly. “a yellow Pegasus?” she repeated. The subordinate nodded in approval. “did she have any outstanding features?”

“yes. She appears to have a Cutie Mark shaped like 3 Butterflies and is quite timid. She also seems to have a good heart if she took care of one of us.”

“yes.” Chrysalis muttered, already coming to a full conclusion. “Fluttershy. The Element of Kindness. And the only way for Mirror’s Edge to have fully healed is if she willingly gave him love.”

“She would do that for one of us?” the female Changeling asked.

“it’s in her name. she’s the Element of Kindness. She wouldn’t bat a eye to anyone in distress; apparently we’re no exception.” Chrysalis muttered to herself for a moment. “then maybe…” she looked to her subordinates. “and he’s living with the ponies?”

“Not as himself. He seems to have adopted the persona of a crimson Unicorn who specializes in making mirrors, or at least did before he suffered ‘amnesia’.”

Chrysalis smiled wide. “I think I know of a way we can use this to our advantage.”

End Song.

Edge found himself in a lonely flower field by himself. The smell of citrus and roses filled the air. He took a big whiff and sighed contently.

A sultry voice called out to him, pulling him near. “Edge…”

Edge turned around and smiled again. Standing there was a Ultra-Super cute Fluttershy, her hair blowing in the wind, flowers in her hair and in a glamorous see-though dress. Being the unfortunate victim, he was struck by the Siren’s call and hovered on over, his wings doing no work.

The 2 got close to each other, closed their eyes, and leaned in to kiss. Their lips were just 2 inches apart; both ready for what was about to happen.

Which wasn’t that.

BBBBBBBRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!!!

Edge yelled and fell out off the couch, landing hard on his back. “ow…” he groaned. He looked to the window and at a annoying alarm clock. He snarled, walked over, grabbed the clock, threw it to the floor, and jumped on it until it broke.

“Damn clock.” he snarled before opening the door and kicking the remains out. “and in the middle of a good dream.” he fell back down to the couch and went back to sleep, hoping to get the dream back.

The 2 Changelings flew to the outer edge of Ponyville and put on their disguises.

The night earlier, they hovered though town, taking surveys on the town’s population so they don’t get caught by the original they’re copying. Fortunately, they didn’t have to worry about it as the forms they choose.

The male choose a golden Pegasus body with a green mane and the female choose a teal Unicorn body with a maroon mane. Satisfied with their new looks, they went into town to find their long-lost comrade.

Luna yawned as she woke up to Celestia’s new day. She rubbed her eyes and looked to her left. Trixie still soundly slept; chest rising up and down, up and down, up and down. Luna smiled. 1000 years ago, she never knew what love was; or even if she’d even experience it. Now she knows and she loves it. Guess there was one benefit for having Nightmare Moon possessing her and being banished for a 1000 years.

She kissed her Fiancée on the forehead before getting out of bed. She walked over to her desk, grabbed a piece of paper, a pen, and went to work writing the invitations. Trixie’s been doing most of the work. Time for her to let Luna take over.

“(hmm… maybe now would be a good time to bring Twilight and her friends. After all, they did such a good job with Cadence’s wedding. Maybe I should invite her human friends as well; see what they do for weddings.)”

As hard as he tried, Edge was not able to get his dream back, he just slept a dreamless night. He woke up and yawned. He noticed that Bahamut was long gone and he heard some commotion upstairs. Hoping Fluttershy isn’t hurt, he went upstairs to investigate.

Fluttershy grunted and groaned as she struggled to get a sweater on, only to fail in comedic ways. Edge came up and saw her get her head stuck.

“Fluttershy? What are you doing?”

“Trying to get a sweater on.” Fluttershy said in a muffle. “it’s not going well.”

“Why are you even putting on a sweater? You haven’t before.”

“that’s because today is abnormally cold.”

Edge sputtered. “doubt that.” he walked over to the window, opened it up, and peeked outside. He immediately pulled his frozen head back. “n-n-n-n-n-n-never m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mind.” he shivered.

“Told you.”

Edge grabbed a hammer and shattered the ice off his head in one hit. “guess getting to work is going to be tough.”

“you finally got one?”

“Yeah.” Edge pulled down on the sweater, trying to help get it on. “Waiter at Cavern on the Green. Sparkler put in a commendation for me after I helped her with her winter homework. Starting to think she was trying to get out of studying.”

“that’s Sparkler. And Cavern on the Green. That’s a fancy place.”

“I know.” Edge pulled down as hard as he could. He was able to get Fluttershy’s head though. As soon as he saw it, he immediately blushed. “Edge, why are you blushing?”

“Huh?” he looked to the mirror and saw that. “ah. Think that’s the cold talking.” he said. He looked away and silently cursed himself for making up such a bogus lie.

“oh. Well, the cold can do that.”

Fluttershy hopped a few feet before she tripped on a brush and started to fall. Edge reacted and tried to catch her, only to have them both fall to the floor. “ow…” they both went.

Fluttershy had falling on top of Edge and both were in a precarious position. “That hurt.” Edge moaned.

“Tell me about it.” Fluttershy moaned back. Edge tried to get up but Fluttershy was on top of him. He blushed a deep shade of red when he realized that. “Edge. You’re blushing again.”

Edge didn’t hear her; he was too mesmerized by her beauty. “w-what?” both just stared at each other for what seemed like forever when the bite of a apple broke their trance.

“Dear Penthouse Forum…” Bahamut joked, reading the magazine. Fluttershy got off of Edge and blushed in embarrassment as Edge got up as well. “so… you two are kinky.”

“I-I-I was just helping Fluttershy put her sweater on when she fell on me.” Edge explained.

“un-huh.” Bahamut didn’t buy it. He took a bite of his apple and snickered. “sure.”

Edge got very embarrassed and just stammered. “um… I un… I gotta go. I-I‘m gonna be late.” he headed out of the room as fast as he could.

“that was odd.” Fluttershy muttered.

“It’s Edge. He’s always weird.” Bahamut said. “come on. I’ll help. Claws help with things like this.”

“thanks.” Bahamut turned Fluttershy’s sweater and pulled it down; making it fit. “Edge’s been acting weird lately.”

“you just noticed?” Bahamut joked. “Maybe the cold’s getting to him. He is a insect, after all.”

“he’s bug-like in appearance. It’s not like he is a bug.”

Bahamut thought about it. “True but he‘s still acting weird. He even destroyed my alarm clock last night. He said he was having a good dream, too.”

“Weirder and Weirder.” Fluttershy sighed.

Edge kicked himself as he drudged though the snow. “Stupid, stupid, stupid.” he sighed and leaned on a tree. “What was i doing? I was acting like a total idiot.” he smacked himself and sighed. “why is this happening now?” Fluttershy’s face entered his face. He reacted and shook his head. “no way. I can’t be in love with Fluttershy. It’s physically impossible for us Changelings. There’s just no way.” he told himself.

He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the necklace Fluttershy gave him for Hearth’s Warming Eve. He smiled and put it on. He was never gonna part with this; no matter what.

“before, they just left a burning sensation in my belly. Now they’re leaving a horrible aftertaste.” Spike groaned as he rubbed his neck.

Just 2 minutes earlier, he and Twilight were busy re-shelving the library when a letter from the princess’ arrived via insta-Spike.

“you didn’t complain the last time.” Twi said as she read it.

“Because I didn’t notice it.” he popped in a cough-drop and sucked on it.

Twi finished reading the letter and chuckled. “well, isn’t that kind of her?” she muttered. “where is everyone, Spike?”

“off doing their own work. Why?”

“cause this letter entails to them as well.”

Edge played with his necklace, holding it up to the light. The light reflected off the pendent part and shone in his eyes. “Fluttershy…”

A pair of hooves hit the counter. “Edge!” Sparkler exclaimed. Edge yelped, nearly lost the necklace, and fell off a stool he was sitting on, landing head first in a garbage can. “If you’re thought messing around, you got a couple of customers at table 7, waiting for you to take their order.”

Edge pulled the can off his head and tossed it aside. “don’t surprise me like that.”

“sorry but I was calling your name 15 times before going forceful.” something reflected in her eyes. She looked down, saw the necklace, and picked it up. “What’s this?”

Edge yelled and snatched it out of her hands. “it’s something… very important to me.”

That sounds like something juicy but she decided not to pursue it. “okay. Remember, table 7.”

“yeah, yeah.”

Sparkler walked off to a different part of the fancy-shmancy restaurant. Edge got up, brushed any garbage off, put his necklace on, grabbed a order pad, and walked to the table where a golden Pegasus and a Teal unicorn sat. “good afternoon. Welcome to Cavern on the Green. My name is Mirror’s Edge and I will be your waiter for the day.”

“why hello there, Edge.” a slithery female voice said.

Begin Song:

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

Edge recognized it instantly and went wide-eyed in horror. “oh, no.” she looked to the female and gulped. “F-Friction?” the female snickered. Edge turned to the male. His eyes shimmered, giving Edge a big clue. “L-Leon?”

“nice to see you too, Edge.” Friction snickered. “it seems you’ve gotten quite comfy.”

“What are you two doing here?” Leon forced Edge to sit down. “Did something happen to the hive?”

“no no. the hive is fine.” Leon said. “We’ve all reunited, except for you and the original Ditto. You two are hard to find.”

Edge wasn’t buying it. These are 2 of Chrysalis’ best subordinates. She never sends them unless something big was happening. “what are you two really doing here? And speak truthfully.”

“Truthfully. That’s new.” Friction snickered. “back then, you would have tortured us for the truth.” Edge angrily looked away. “you’ve changed, Edge.”

“what are you two doing here?” Edge insisted.

“oh, Chrysalis sent us to… get some information.”

“Why. Is she planning another invasion?”

“we’re not at liberty to say.” Leon said.

“so she is.”

“you could say that.” Friction snickered.

Edge already knew where this was going. “Sorry, but I’m not going to spy for you. These ponies are nice people and I’m not going to betray them.” he got up to leave, his necklace slipping out. Leon noticed this and stopped him.

“my my.” he tapped the necklace and pulled it out. “what’s this? Oh, my. It seems that one of the ponies has gotten friendly with our Edge. Maybe we should give some… incentive for our friend to work.”

Edge snarled and slapped him away. “You stay away from Fluttershy!”

“I think you hit a nerve, Leon.” Friction said.

“you touch one hair on her mane and I’ll… I’ll…”

“do what? We’re the two most powerful Changelings other then our beloved queen.” Edge knew that was true and didn’t go anywhere with his threat. “tell you what; we won’t touch your little Pegasus friend if you promise to tell us any and all information about Canterlot these coming couple of weeks.”

Edge didn’t want to say anything but he doesn’t want Fluttershy to get hurt. He was between a rock and hard place. “look, all I know is that there’s a big wedding that’s gonna happen next week. That’s it.”

“a wedding.” Leon said in a mix of surprise and deviousness. “interesting. Chrysalis’ plans fall into fruition at the same event that lead to her greatest defeat.”

Edge chuckled. “doubt she’s gonna win. This is the wedding of Luna; Princess of the Moon. She’s tougher and more powerful then Cadence. And, there’s a few new, eh… toys that will stop her.”

“if you mean the humans, we are well aware of them.” Friction said. “that’s why our queen has a secret weapon of her own.”

Edge got suspicious and worried. “what secret weapon?”

“we’re not at liberty to say.” they both said with sinister tones.

“…edge.” Halo trotted in. “Edge, you here?” he walked further in and saw him sitting with the two disguised Changelings. “who…”

Leon and Friction looked at each other and went to work with their already prepared cover story. “anyway, we hope to hear from you soon.” Friction said in a calm and peaceful voice as she and Leon got up. They put down a couple of bits then headed for the exit. Friction stopped and looked back. “and we hope you consider our offer, Mr. Edge. It would be foolish for you to turn it down.”

The two walked out, leaving behind a air of wickedness for Edge and confusion for Halo. “Who were those two?” he asked.

Edge wanted to tell him the truth; honest he did. But he knew that if those two found out, there would be hell to pay. Alone, each had enough power to take down 5 Manticores. Together, they had enough power to rival the Princess’ and Chrysalis. “they were… a couple of business ponies from Canterlot, offering me a job.”

“hope you said no. Fluttershy would cry if you left without talking it over with her.”

Edge glanced down at the necklace. “I’m… still uncertain. Just need some time to think about it.”

“oh. Well, when you get a chance. Come by the library. Twilight got a letter from Luna and it’s addressed to all of us.” Halo turned around and left.

Edge continued to sit there, angry and stunned by what had happened. He grabbed the necklace and held it tight.

End Song.

Edge was the last to arrive at the library and he did so with a heavy heart. He took a deep breath and went inside.

“good. Edge is here.” Twi said.

“so what’s so important that you call to call us all, Twi?” Applejack asked.

“including us?” all the newcomers asked.

“If you’ll give me a moment, I’ll tell you.” Twi said. She took the letter she had received earlier and read it.

‘Dearest Twilight Sparkle,

If you don’t mind the pleasantries, I’ll get straight to the topic. You know that my and Trixie’s wedding is coming up in a few days and I’m sure, like us, you’re looking forward to it. But that is not the point for this letter.

I write this letter to you in hopes that you and your friends can help with the preparations for the wedding. Like with Cadence’s wedding, I wish for you to help out where you did last time; Pinkie with the Reception, Rarity with my gown and Trixie’s tux(she decided to go as the groom at her insistence), Applejack with the food, Fluttershy with the songs and music, Rainbow Dash with the Sonic Rainboom, and Twilight with making sure everything goes well.

And I am wondering what your otherworldly friends do for their weddings so invite them along; I wish to see their customs and how they work. If they are free, that is. Thankfully, I don’t think we have to worry about another invasion attempt. Changelings are bugs. They probably die out whenever Winter rolls around. Well, whatever the case…

Please come to Canterlot as soon as you can. We await your arrival.

Sincerely,

The Future Princess Luz de la Luna Lulamoon.’

“we get to help out with another wedding? That’s so awesome!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“And it’s the same jobs as last time. It’s gonna be easy this time around.” Applejack said.

“and she want to see our wedding customs?” the Newcomers said in unison.

“She’s gonna be… er… for lack of a better word, weirded out.” Hiccup said.

“Agreed.” Spyro and Zelgadis said.

“well, she did say she was interested in your customs.” Twi said, holding up the letter. “and to be quite honest, I am too.”

“well, I see no problem in going.” Riku said.

“Me neither.” Lloyd and Emil said.

Req snickered over to her friends. “well, I think we’re all agreed.”

“okay then. To Canterlot?” Twi asked.

“To Canterlot!!!” everyone excitedly exclaimed.

Edge wasn’t among those who cheered. He was still thinking about Friction and Leon said. If he didn’t help, they’ll kill Fluttershy. He looked over to her smiling form. He didn’t want her hurt. So, without anyone looking, he ducked out. Halo, however, did take notice of it.

“can I just ask what a Changeling is?” Fox asked, not really sure what they are. Both sets of off world groups asked as well.

Begin Song:

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

Edge slowly walked though a alleyway, hoping not to get seen. Unfortunately, he was by Friction and Leon. They jumped down from above and landed in front of in, disguises completely gone.

“well? What did you find out?” Leon asked.

Edge grunted as he looked away. He couldn’t bare to stare at them. “we’re… going to Luna’s wedding to help put it together. As far as I know, there will be no guards outside of the ones watching over the ceremony.”

“You’re sure?” Friction asked. “they aren’t prepared for another invasion?”

“they figure that since we’re bug-like in appearance that we operate like bugs and die out or enter hibernation when Winter rolls around.”

“hmhmhmhm. They are gonna be sorely surprised.” she snickered.

“the wedding takes place in a week, right?” Leon asked to confirm it.

Edge sighed heavily. “Yes.”

“we’ll see you there, then.” Leon and Friction spread their wings and took off.

Edge watched them fly away and painfully held his chest. Something bad was going to happen at the wedding. He just knew it. He fell against the nearest wall and hit his head against it before sliding to the ground. “Dammit.” he sighed.

End Song.

Betrayal

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 4

Betrayal

Begin Song:

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

Chrysalis took in what Friction and Leon said and chuckled. “they think us as mere insects?”

“Indeed. Guess when it comes to us, they do judge books by the covers.” Leon said.

“Can’t exactly blame them. We didn’t leave a good impression the last time we came.” Friction said.

“Still… we can use this for our advantage.” Chrysalis said. The sounds of snoring came from within the caves they were at. They trio looked at the cave mouth and heard it. “and if push comes to shove, we can always launch the invasion ahead of schedule.”

“is he willing to go though with it?” Leon asked.

“that scum Orochi told me that he’s… hard to work with but, with the offer I have for him, he’ll follow my every word.”

“What do you want us to do now?” Friction asked.

“go and ready the troops. This time next week, Canterlot will be ours.”

“and what of yourself?” Leon asked.

Chrysalis summoned up a mirror and a little notepad with writing dribbled all over that. Not long after that, her body began to glow green. “I’m gonna have myself a wonderful time at the ball.”

End Song.

Edge sighed as he laid back on the bed given to him for his stay at Canterlot. “what am I going to do…?” he asked himself before he closed his eyes.

Just before they all left for Canterlot to help Luna and Trixie with the wedding, Friction and Leon came to Edge again and pulled their magic. They told him to write about everything that happens in the week leading up to the wedding so they can get a idea of what they’re up against. They also said that if he refused, Fluttershy was gonna sleep with the fishes, and to show they were serious, they brought some cinder blocks. So, Edge had no choice but to record every detail.

‘Day 1.

We arrived in Canterlot; the humans are acting like it was their first time here. I must tell you, this place looks beautiful in the winter. Looks so much better when it’s not ravaged with war. Celestia showed us to our rooms for our stay. She didn’t have enough room for all of us so the humans decided to camp out in the audience hall. Before we went to sleep, however, Applejack went right to work thinking of some great food ideas for the reception and rehearsal. Lina and Gourry, being the bottomless pits that they are, volunteered to taste test. Nobody bought that for a second.

Day 2.

They waste no time getting to work. Applejack went into the kitchen with her coltfriend Zilver, Bonbon, and Req. turns out that Req was a baker back at her home before she… well, according to her, got her life flipped upside down.

I got stuck looking after Eris since Dash is practicing her Sonic Rainboom. Thankfully, the CMC were able to take her off my hands.

Pinkie and Marble, along with Berry and Derpy, went to work, thinking of a good theme for the reception. Thankfully, Marble and Sora are able to counteract Pinkie’s infantile mind.

Rarity got right to work designing Luna’s Wedding Dress. She says she’s gonna model it after the night. Which is odd cause Luna is the princess of the night. Well, whatever. She also has Lloyd and Fox working on Trixie’s tux. Hope they know what they’re doing; they are designing for ponies and not humans.

And Fluttershy… Fluttershy… … I wish I could tell her how I feel. Blblblblbl. I’m okay now. Anyway, Fluttershy, along with Lyra, Octavia, and Vinyl are hard at work on the music. I just hope they don’t screw it up; having more then one person looking over the music can go bad.

As for the rest… I’m not sure what they’re doing. They disappeared as soon as we arrived. They seem to be planning something; they’re being secretive.

Day 3.

I called it. Fluttershy, Lyra, Octavia, and Vinyl are almost at blows with what music to play. Vinyl wants Dupstep while Lyra and Octavia want traditional band music. Fluttershy is staying out of it, which is good thinking. I don’t want her to get hurt.

Anyway, they aren’t the only division to be having trouble. Applejack and her group are arguing over what to serve the guests. It’s stupid, really. Hiccup and Toothless went out for a little competition with Dash to see who is the fastest flyer. It was a tie. Trixie had Spyro and Cynder fly out to the towns in Equestria to send invitations. Guess they want a big audience. They should be back in time for the rehearsal.

Amelia and Zelgadis are planning to make fireworks with their magic; a task harder then it sounds. Even with Jax reluctantly helping, it isn’t going well.

Anyway, the ‘secret’ group has gone out again, doing something. If only they told us what.

Day 4.

Red Alert! Red Alert!

Luna and Trixie had a argument. I’m wasn’t sure what it was about but it sounded big. Twilight’s hard at work to try and calm them down but there’s only so much she can do. Thankfully, Cadence just arrived and helped calm them down. Turns out they were arguing over how many guests will be at the ceremony itself. Really? They argued over that? They have the same friends. What, was it the other hundred who’re gonna be there? I don’t know.

While that was going on, everyone kept doing their jobs. Thankfully, the ‘brawls’ between the music group and the food group were able to resolve their differences and get back to work.

Fluttershy told me that they decided to go with a combination of Vinyl’s Dubstep and Lyra & Octavia’s Traditional. Think that’s how they did it Cadence’s but I don’t know. We were blown out of Canterlot, remember?

Day 5.

I’ve been feeling… weird today. Every time I was around Fluttershy, my chest tightened and my heart beat a mile a minute. I also got sweaty hooves and shallow breathing. I-I’m not sure what this means but Cadence thinks I have a crush for Fluttershy.

I… there… that can’t be the case. I’m a Changeling. We can’t fall in love or have a crush. There’s no physical way. Chrysalis told us that we are incapable of producing love by ourselves. There’s no… no… but is it possible… that I could be. That would explain why I’ve been acting weird. Ever since Req held that mistletoe over us and we kissed, I was… I was feeling weird whenever I was around her. And that would explain why I said to do this to Leon and Fracture.

Could this be… could this be what love is? But… if it’s true, she’s a Pony and I’m a Changeling. There’s no way… this would work out.

As for the day, nothing really big happened. Spyro and Cynder returned from sending invitations to the towns. That’s about it.

Day 6.

Tonight is the rehearsal. It’s going on just as I’m writing this. Also, the mystery group is going to reveal what they were working on this past week. Also, I was seeing some weird things around Canterlot lately. Ponies have been acting weird and I think know why.

Chrysalis is making her move and replacing ponies with her forces. I’m more worried about who the queen herself is going to replace. Odds are she’s not going to pull the same move twice and replace Cadence. They all know what she acted like when it was Chrysalis and there’s no way she can hide the pregnancy; she says it’ll be any day now. I’m worried. I don’t want to betray my kind but I don’t want to betray my friends. And Fluttershy.

… at the rehearsal, I am going to tell her about my feelings. If this truly is love I’m feeling for her, then she deserves to know so she’ll make a informed decision in case she meets a special somepony fit for her. I also plan to tell her Chrysalis’ plan, that she plans to invade again. But if Leon and Friction find out, they’ll kill her.

Ugh… I’ll decide whether to tell her the plan later. Right now, I’m gonna tell her my feelings. I know I run the risk of breaking my heart but I have to tell her.

Leon. Friction. Please. Talk Chrysalis out of this. For my sake. I don’t wish to see my friends… my Fluttershy, hurt. Or worse.

Please. Try to talk some sense into her.’

Leon and Friction finished reading the report left by Edge in a alleyway outside the castle. They both looked at each other with sympathetic eyes.

“Changelings can’t fall in love. Can we?” Friction asked

“Edge did. And he’s one of the toughest Changelings around. To see him fall from a ruthless foe to this. He softened.”

“For the better?”

Leon wasn’t sure. But he was curious why their queen would lie to them about them not being able to fall in love. Why would she lie? “well, we won’t come to any conclusions by sitting here. Come on.” they got up, donned their disguises, and flew off.

A black hoof came down on the report and pulled it up. “well, well Edge. I wasn’t expecting this from you. Seems that I’m gonna have to change my plans a bit.”

Edge eventually found the group at the Great Dining Hall just 30 minutes after the rehearsal was over. Fluttershy noticed him come in and looked back at him. “Edge. Where were you?”

Edge panted as he ran up to her. “I had some… things to take care of. What did I miss?”

“you missed the rehearsal, for one thing. Now, Req and her friends disappeared for some reason.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know.”

They were about to find out as a full stereo and stage suddenly rolled into the room by itself and stopped right in the middle.

“is she really doing this?” Hiccup asked, fully knowing the answer.

In a flash of smoke, Req appeared in the middle of the stage.

“She is.” Aura said, not really surprised by this.

“Req, what is this?” Luna asked.

“my wedding present from me to you two.” she replied. She spun a microphone into her hands. “a little song to dance too.” she snapped her fingers, making a little flash as a guitar-bearing Ash and Vinyl & her mix-table appeared with her. “just a bit of foreword; the song I choose might not fit for you guys but if you think about it, it kind of does. I mean, Nightmare Moon was a beast.” Luna and Trixie looked at Twi with confused expressions. “Think about it after listening to the song.” she cleared her throat. “And feel free to dance. I mean it.”

Begin Song:

Beauty and the Beast - Jordan Sparks version.

Requiem:
♪Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly♪

“Beauty and the Beast?” Aura and Bahamut exclaimed in confusion. Not a song to play at a wedding. It does fit a couple but it wasn’t the bride and groom.

“beu-what and the who-now?” Applejack asked.

Requiem:
♪Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast♪

After a few seconds of listening, they have to admit that it does kind-of fit them. Luna was pocessed by Nightmare Moon, technically turning her into a beast and Trixie does have some enchanting qualities.

Luna offered her hoof to Trixie and she took it. Luna pulled her close and the two began to dance.

Requiem:
♪Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just a sure
As the sun will rise♪

Spyro & Cynder, Halo & Twilight, Pinkie & Marble, Rarity & Spike, Lyra & Bonbon, Lina & Gourry, Zelgadis & Amelia, Applejack & Zilver eventually joined in the dancing. Since their significant other was on stage, Aura and Sora danced together. some ballroom danced like Trixie and Luna, others did a hip-hop variant.

The rest did their own moves to the song. Derpy danced with a imaginary version of her true love, Dash did some playful dancing with Eris, and Celestia remembered back to her days with Cosmos and when they danced. The rest of them just clapped along.

Requiem:
♪Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the beast♪

While dancing, Spike whispered something into Rarity’s ear. She gasped softly before tears welled up in her eyes. She whispered something back to him, causing him to smile. They held each other closer as their dancing slowed.

“what did he say to her?” Twi wondered, noticing it as she and Halo danced.

“something just right.” Halo said with a smirk.

“I think I already know what you’re talking about.” she looked to them and smiled. “and I wish them luck.”

Requiem:
♪Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just a sure
As the sun will rise♪

Fluttershy sighed as she sat down on a chair right next to Edge.

“why aren’t you dancing?” he asked.

“I don’t feel like it.” she said. “This is a dance for couples, new and old. Besides, none of the other single people are dancing.”

Edge did notice that but he didn’t care. He got off his chair and grabbed Fluttershy’s hoof. “Come on. You deserve a dance.”

Edge dragged her out to the dancefloor, much to her surprise. Before she knew it, they were dancing. Slow dancing.

Requiem:
♪Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong♪

The whole world seemed to disappear as ‘Shy and Edge danced together, losing each other in the other‘s eyes. If others were looking, they didn’t care.

“Fluttershy… there’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you.”

“What?”

Edge got nervous. Nervous enough to make him sweat.

Requiem:
♪Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the beast♪

His necklace reflected light up into his eyes. He blinked and looked down at it. Staring at it gave him confidence.

“Fluttershy… I love you…”

She gasped and held her mouth when he said that.

Requiem:
♪Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the beast♪

“Well… what do you say?” he tenderly asked.

Fluttershy wasn’t sure what to say about that. He was a Changeling and she was a Pony. It would be… weird.

Requiem:
♪Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the beast♪

End Song.

The crowd stopped dancing and clapped at Requiem’s performance.

Edge and Fluttershy didn’t. he was still waiting for her answer.

“Well?” he asked.

“Edge, I… you’re a Changeling. There’s no way this would work out. If they found out who you were, they’d take you away and I don’t want to face that.”

Edge knew where she was going and sadly looked down. “I see.” he let go of her and turned to leave. “Sorry for troubling you for this. I guess this was just a foolish Changeling’s insanity.” he walked away, defeated and heart-broken.

Fluttershy sadly watched him leave but didn’t feel as heart-broken. She’s certain he was just saying that because of the necklace she gave him. “Yeah. That what it was.” then why was she feeling like she put her heart is in a million pieces.

Jax, sitting in a chair cause she didn’t feel like dancing, overheard this. She tried to remember where she heard the word from. “Changeling? Wasn’t that the…”

Edge depressingly walked though the castle halls, not caring if anyone saw him. He knew having his heart broken was a big possibility, but he never thought it would hurt this much. He eventually made it outside and found himself inside a rotunda. He leaned on the railing and looked down at the land far below. He dropped his disguise with a sigh and planted his forehead on the railing. “That was a stupid idea.”

“why yes it was, but you did it anyway.” a familiar sinister voice said.

Edge wasn’t surprised when he heard that voice. He turned around to see Chrysalis standing there in the entrance. Leon and Friction were with her as well. She walked on in as her two best troops took up positions inside the rotunda.

“look at you. You’re a shell of your former self.” Edge looked away from Chrysalis. “it just goes to show that love is only good for food, nothing else. Falling in love will lead to heartbreak and devastation. But of course, I don’t have to tell you that.”

“Why are you here?” Edge depressingly asked.

Chrysalis brought out the reports he wrote. “According to you, they aren’t expecting us. This is going to be like taking candy from a filly.” she sent the report away. “so, do you know of the plan?”

“yes. Leon and Friction told me when I gave them the report.”

“What plan?”

Begin Song:

Shepard’s/Estate Betrayal - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 OST

Jax, Halo, Hiccup & Toothless, Twilight, Sora, and Ash walked across the grounds towards the rotunda.

“Ah. Twilight Sparkle. Long time, no killin’.” Chrysalis joked.

“I was hoping not to never see you again!” Twilight angrily said.

“But I was hoping to see you.” Chrysalis evilly snickered. “I have a lot of nasty things I wish to do to you and thankfully for me, you can’t fight back unless you want your unborn foal to get hurt.” Halo stepped in front of Twi to protect her. “Oh. And you got yourself a boy toy. How quaint. He can watch while I kill you.”

“who is this?” Hiccup asked.

“oh. I heard there were unknown creatures here. I just didn’t realize they were so ugly.”

“Ugly!?” Sora exclaimed.

“just what are you planning, Chrysalis?” Twi insisted.

“Ugh. Ever the stubborn one. Well, if you must know, I plan on taking over Canterlot. And this time, I won’t fail.”

Ash scoffed. “yeah, right. You were defeated before. You can be defeated again.”

“not true. This time, I planned ahead.” her horn glowed green. Everyone’s body stiffened as they were lifted into the air. “and this time, I made no mistakes.” a green blast shot out her horn, hit the group dead center, and sent them flying back into the snow. Chrysalis slowly walked out after them as they struggled to get up. A whip came out of her horn, broke into 7, and held them all in place.

Jax struggled to get up when she noticed royal guards watching from above. “Hey! Get Help!” she called out. The guards glowed green and revealed themselves to be Changelings.

“I planned for that as well.” Chrysalis said as she walked up. “My first mistake last time was announcing that I was going to attack. A mistake I am certainly not making again. The second was not having any of my forces in position. As you can see, I made sure of that.”

“the others will find out about this!” Halo snarled.

“Will they?” Chrysalis snickered. Her body glowed as green fire swirled around her and made her disguise.

“What?” Twilight gasped.

Standing before them was another Twilight but with no preggo belly and with wings. “the 3rd mistake was taking someone’s place with a recognizable personality. You figured out right away that I wasn’t Cadence. But this time, if I keep my mouth shut, then they won’t figure it out.” Leon glowed and took on Halo’s guise and Friction took on her spying persona. “and the 4th…” she summoned out a enchanted knife and a life-sized picture of Celestia. “is not killing Celestia when I had the chance.” the knife hovered far from them. “as soon as Celestia says ‘you may now kiss the bride’…” the knife shot thought mid-air and sliced though Celestia’s picture cleanly. Twilight snarled as she tried to get out of the whip.

Hiccup noticed that one of that hadn’t changed yet. “Seems you’re short one persona, queeny. That guy there isn’t changing.”

“Oh.” Chrysalis playfully said. She looked to Edge and snickered. “you might as well do it. Your heart is already broken anyway and there‘s no way they‘ll forgive you when they do find out.”

Edge sighed as he looked away from everyone. His body glowed with green fire as he reluctantly changed back into his Ponysona. Everyone collectively gasped when they saw it was their friend. “Edge?”

“Edge?” Chrysalis playfully mimicked. “Yes, It was Edge. Your friend is one of us. Spying on your every move.” Chrysalis’s horn glowed, causing a ring of green fire to appear around them. Leon and Friction gasped when they saw it. “now, since you know so much, it’s time for you to say bye-bye.”

“Not again!” Twi exclaimed, knowing full well what happened last time.

Halo snarled as he looked at Edge. “I knew all along something was off with you, ever since the cabin 2 weeks ago.” the fire created a dome and began to sink into the ground. “I hope your happy with yourself, Edge.” Halo’s words hit Edge right in the heart. First he was love-broken now his friends hate him.

Chrysalis sensed this and comforted him as she lowered the dome into the ground. Everyone inside yelled out, hoping someone will listen and rescue them. “Ponies will never accept us as one of their own, Edge. They will always view us as freaks of nature; beings that shouldn’t exist. They may pretend to be your friend but they are just pretending to be your friend. At the first chance they get, they will take your heart and smash it.”

Edge knew that wasn’t true. Fluttershy didn’t smash his heart; She broke it into a million pieces.

The 4 Changelings watched the dome sink into the ground, taking any nuisances with it. That sight gave Leon and Friction second thoughts about this.

This Day Shall Be Mine

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 5

This Day Shall Be Mine

‘Previously on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic…’

‘Edge depressingly walked though the castle halls, not caring if anyone saw him. He knew having his heart broken was a big possibility, but he never thought it would hurt this much. He eventually made it outside and found himself inside a rotunda. He leaned on the railing and looked down at the land far below. He dropped his disguise with a sigh and planted his forehead on the railing. “That was a stupid idea.”

“why yes it was, but you did it anyway.” a familiar sinister voice said.

Edge wasn’t surprised when he heard that voice. He turned around to see Chrysalis standing there in the entrance. Leon and Friction were with her as well. She walked on in as her two best troops took up positions inside the rotunda.

“look at you. You’re a shell of your former self.” Edge looked away from Chrysalis. “it just goes to show that love is only good for food, nothing else. Falling in love will lead to heartbreak and devastation. But of course, I don’t have to tell you that.”

“Why are you here?” Edge depressingly asked.

Chrysalis brought out the reports he wrote. “According to you, they aren’t expecting us. This is going to be like taking candy from a filly.” she sent the report away. “so, do you know of the plan?”

“yes. Leon and Friction told me when I gave them the report.”

“What plan?”

Begin Song:

Shepard’s/Estate Betrayal - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 OST

Jax, Halo, Hiccup & Toothless, Twilight, Sora, and Ash walked across the grounds towards the rotunda.

“Ah. Twilight Sparkle. Long time, no killin’.” Chrysalis joked.

“I was hoping not to never see you again!” Twilight angrily said.

“But I was hoping to see you.” Chrysalis evilly snickered. “I have a lot of nasty things I wish to do to you and thankfully for me, you can’t fight back unless you want your unborn foal to get hurt.” Halo stepped in front of Twi to protect her. “Oh. And you got yourself a boy toy. How quaint. He can watch while I kill you.”

“who is this?” Hiccup asked.

“oh. I heard there were unknown creatures here. I just didn’t realize they were so ugly.”

“Ugly!?” Sora exclaimed.

“just what are you planning, Chrysalis?” Twi insisted.

“Ugh. Ever the stubborn one. Well, if you must know, I plan on taking over Canterlot. And this time, I won’t fail.”

Ash scoffed. “yeah, right. You were defeated before. You can be defeated again.”

“not true. This time, I planned ahead.” her horn glowed green. Everyone’s body stiffened as they were lifted into the air. “and this time, I made no mistakes.” a green blast shot out her horn, hit the group dead center, and sent them flying back into the snow. Chrysalis slowly walked out after them as they struggled to get up. A whip came out of her horn, broke into 7, and held them all in place.

Jax struggled to get up when she noticed royal guards watching from above. “Hey! Get Help!” she called out. The guards glowed green and revealed themselves to be Changelings.

“I planned for that as well.” Chrysalis said as she walked up. “My first mistake last time was announcing that I was going to attack. A mistake I am certainly not making again. The second was not having any of my forces in position. As you can see, I made sure of that.”

“the others will find out about this!” Halo snarled.

“Will they?” Chrysalis snickered. Her body glowed as green fire swirled around her and made her disguise.

“What?” Twilight gasped.

Standing before them was another Twilight but with no preggo belly and with wings. “the 3rd mistake was taking someone’s place with a recognizable personality. You figured out right away that I wasn’t Cadence. But this time, if I keep my mouth shut, then they won’t figure it out.” Leon glowed and took on Halo’s guise and Friction took on her spying persona. “and the 4th…” she summoned out a enchanted knife and a life-sized picture of Celestia. “is not killing Celestia when I had the chance.” the knife hovered far from them. “as soon as Celestia says ‘you may now kiss the bride’…” the knife shot thought mid-air and sliced though Celestia’s picture cleanly. Twilight snarled as she tried to get out of the whip.

Hiccup noticed that one of that hadn’t changed yet. “Seems you’re short one persona, queeny. That guy there isn’t changing.”

“Oh.” Chrysalis playfully said. She looked to Edge and snickered. “you might as well do it. Your heart is already broken anyway and there‘s no way they‘ll forgive you when they do find out.”

Edge sighed as he looked away from everyone. His body glowed with green fire as he reluctantly changed back into his Ponysona. Everyone collectively gasped when they saw it was their friend. “Edge?”

“Edge?” Chrysalis playfully mimicked. “Yes, It was Edge. Your friend is one of us. Spying on your every move.” Chrysalis’s horn glowed, causing a ring of green fire to appear around them. Leon and Friction gasped when they saw it. “now, since you know so much, it’s time for you to say bye-bye.”

“Not again!” Twi exclaimed, knowing full well what happened last time.

Halo snarled as he looked at Edge. “I knew all along something was off with you, ever since the cabin 2 weeks ago.” the fire created a dome and began to sink into the ground. “I hope your happy with yourself, Edge.” Halo’s words hit Edge right in the heart. First he was love-broken now his friends hate him.

Chrysalis sensed this and comforted him as she lowered the dome into the ground. Everyone inside yelled out, hoping someone will listen and rescue them. “Ponies will never accept us as one of their own, Edge. They will always view us as freaks of nature; beings that shouldn’t exist. They may pretend to be your friend but they are just pretending to be your friend. At the first chance they get, they will take your heart and smash it.”

Edge knew that wasn’t true. Fluttershy didn’t smash his heart; She broke it into a million pieces.

The 4 Changelings watched the dome sink into the ground, taking any nuisances with it. That sight gave Leon and Friction second thoughts about this.'

‘and now the continuation…’

Ash groaned as he opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Toothless looking over him. “someone mind getting him out of my face. He has terrible dragon breath.”

“first seconds up and that’s what you say?” Hiccup asked as he walked over.

Ash decided to have some fun. “oh, I’m sorry.” he said with a rude tone. “I thought that after waking up in a unknown location, we were supposed to break out the doilies and have a tea party.”

“well, talk about rude.” Toothless growled in agreement. Ash sighed and rolled his eyes.

“GYAH!!!” Jax slammed her chakrams into the crystals but didn’t leave a dent. “Damn, these things are tough.”

“I told you.” Twilight said.

“Do you know where we are, Twi?” Ash asked as he walked over.

Twilight looked up at the crystalline ceiling. “unfortunately, yes. These are the same crystal caves Chrysalis sent me and Cadence when she did this during Cadence’s wedding. They snake throughout the mountain that Canterlot is built into.”

“Well, obviously, you got out.” Sora said as she looked up.

“yeah, but I don’t recognize this part of the caves.”

“well, you shouldn’t.” Chrysalis said as her voice echoed though the caves. Toothless angrily snarled as Ash and Sora pulled out their weapons and aimed them. “Hahaha.” Chrysalis’ face appeared in one of the crystals. “I feel like this happened before, don’t you think?” she jokingly asked. “this must be the Déjà vu everyone talks about.”

“What do you want, Chrysalis?” Twilight snarled as she asked.

“nothing really, just to let you know that in a few hours, Canterlot, and with it Equestria, will be mine and Celestia will be dead.”

“Why are you doing this? What could you have to gain from igniting a war?” Halo asked.

“I discovered something about love. It’s always the sweetest and the strongest during wartime. When despair hits them in events they can’t control, they turn to each other for comfort and love. With the love I plan to gain from this war, we Changelings will be powerful enough to take over the entire world!”

“yeah? Well everyone will notice we’re gone soon!” Sora exclaimed.

“not true.” Chrysalis glowed green fire and changed into Twilight. “as long as I stay quiet, nobody will notice the difference.” she said in Twilight’s voice. “besides, if I do have to talk, I made sure to act just like you. As for your boy toy…” on another crystal, Leon appeared and changed into Halo. “nobody will complain about food poisoning, will they? And for the rest of your friends, I got a few good guess’s.”

She glanced over to the Viking and the night fury. “like for them. I’m sure everyone will believe they went on a flight that went on for too long.” she looked over to Sora and Ash. “and I’m sure I can think of a ‘orgasmic’ excuse for them.” Sora and Ash blushed as they looked away, hoping Jax wouldn’t understand. Luckily for them both, she didn’t. “and for Jax… well, her hatred for us equine folk has already spread far and wide. I don’t think anyone will protest if she doesn’t show up.”

“how do you know all that?” Ash asked.

Chrysalis/Twilight snickered. Edge’s profile appeared in the crystal next to hers. “Did you already forget that I had a spy in your midst?” Edge looked away, not wanting to look at them. “I know everything about you and your friends thanks to my precious little spy.”

“you son of a bitch…” Ash snarled. Edge closed his eyes, not wanting to see them. A single tear ran down his face before his pic disappeared.

“well, I must be going. Got a world to conquer and all.”

“We’ll find our way out! Me and Cadence did so last time and we’ll do it again.” Twilight exclaimed.

Chrysalis slyly chuckled. “you can try but you will fail, beautiful. But if you are, I would hurry. I have a big surprise for you all; something that will guarantee me victory. And don’t be surprised if you see citizens from the capital in here; I have plans for them and this place as well.”

she evilly chuckled as her picture disappeared. The crystal which she was on blew up. Ash took his smoking gun down and put it away. “great. Now what?”

“What else? We book it and hope we make it in time.” Jax said.

“Right. But which way?” Sora asked. They didn’t have a direction to go. Last time, Twilight and Cadence had a twinkle to go with. Now, they don’t have it.

Hiccup snapped his fingers. “Wait. I think I have something that can help.” he reached into the saddle bags he hung off Toothless’ neck. He rummaged though the bag, trying to find it.

“What’cha looking for?” Sora asked.

“Something Satoshi gave me back on Berk.” he found it and pulled it out. It was a small canister.

“What the heck is…” Ash asked before remembering what it is. “wait. Is that…”

“Yep. One of Satoshi’s beacons. It should hone in on it’s twin onboard Orion.”

“but we have’ta get back to Canterlot.” Sora exclaimed.

“the entrances and exit’s to the crystal mine should come out in the mountain it’s built into. Depending where we come out, it should be a climb or a fall to the capital.” Halo pointed out.

“oh. Well then, lead on Hiccup.” Hiccup nodded and pressed down on the bottom on top of the canister. A small orb of light, no bigger then a ping-pong ball, came out the bottom. It shot off, zigzagging though the caves, leaving a trail behind it. “All we need to do is follow that and we’re good.”

“great.” Twi sighed. The group started for the light, following the trail it left.

“Ah!” Twilight yelled out in pain, prematurely bringing their journey to a halt. She fell to her knees and held her stomach.

“Twilight!” Halo yelled out. He ran over to her. “you okay?”

“no.” she said in pain, keeping one eye open. “My stomach feels like it’s burning.”

“Can’t be the baby, can it?” Sora asked Ash.

“Can’t be. It supposed to be a good feeling when it kicks, right?” Ash asked.

“yeah. Maybe Chrysalis did something to her when she transported us.”

“that would probably do it.”

Twilight panted as the pain passed. “I’m fine.” she painfully said. “I’m fine. It’s gone.” she shook her head and got up.

“you’re sure?” a concerned Halo asked.

“yeah. I’m fine. Whatever it was is gone now. Besides…” she looked back at her belly. “I’m not the one you should be worried about.”

“are you guys done talking?” Jax asked a few feet away from them. “or are gonna let that bitch win?”

The group looked at each other, nodded, and walked after Jax.

A pocketwatch swung though the air, held in place by a finger. The owner, who hid behind a stalagmite, tossed it up and caught it in midair. “not what I was expecting.” Tsylatac said. “she’s more strong-willed then I expected.” he said before he disappeared.

Chrysalis/Twilight snickered as she watched the ponies and humans she had sent to the caves walk away. “they won’t get out. And even if they do, they won’t make it back in time to stop me.”

“If you say so, my queen.” Leon said.

Friction felt something was off and counted the people in Twilight’s room. “where’s Edge?”

“out at the rotunda. He hasn’t left since last night.” Leon said. “should we have left him alone?”

“ignore him.” Chrysalis/Twilight said. “he’s broken now and won’t be a threat to our plans. But if you are so concerned, Friction, go keep a eye on him.”

Friction bowed to her. “As you wish, my queen.” she donned her pony disguise and walked out. Leon donned his disguise as Halo and walked out after her. Chrysalis used her magic to close the door and shut the windows.

Once she was certain she was all alone, she laughed and cheered. “Yes! It’s all coming together!”

Begin Song:

This Day Aria (instrumental) by Youtuber MysteriousBronie

She evilly snickered, completely giddy that her plan is coming together.

Chrysalis/Twilight:
♪this day is going to be perfect.
The kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small.
Celestia will soon fall and the world not long too.
Who says a girl can’t really have it all…?♪

Back underground, the group ran as fast as they could after the orb.

Twilight:
♪who would’ve thought this would’ve happened again?
It seems like a horrible case of déjà vu.
If Chrysalis gets her way, then our friends will surely pay for a price they never asked for.♪

Chrysalis/Twilight:
♪Celestia, Luna, Cadence. They will all pay.
On these lips, I vow when I say…
That my rule shall be ruthless and my hoof of iron,
I will crush all who get in my way…
Before too long, Celestia will fall and her Empire with her.
Soon the world be all MIIIIIIIIIINE…♪

Back down in the caves, the group continued their way, now running as fast as they could. They eventually reached a fork in the road; the trail was leading them left.

Something twinkled to the right, far off in the distance, catching Jax’s attention. It distracter her long enough for her to take the right path instead of the left path. Unfortunately, she didn’t notice it until she was too far down the path.

Edge leaned over the edge of the rotunda, sadly looking at the necklace Fluttershy gave him. He had his heart broken by the one he loved and betrayed his friends. What a model citizen he was turning out to be. He couldn’t bare to look at it anymore. It’s just going to remind him of so many painful memories.

He tossed it into the snow and walked away.

The group stopped to take a breather.

“I never ran this fast in my life. And I was chased by a demon for half of it.” Sora panted.

Halo looked up and noticed they were short one short-tempered girl. “where’s Jax?”

Jax ran down the path she inadvertadly choose. She may not be going down the right one but hopefully one that would lead out at a exit.

Chrysalis/Twilight evilly smiled as she put on the real Twilight’s bridesmaid dress. She bent her wings enough to make it look like she’s 5 months pregnant. She used her magic to bring the knife that will do the deed over to her.

Chrysalis/Twilight:
♪soon the moment will arrive for me to be this world’s new queen.
They will never make it and their friends will pay for it.
This world is rightfully mine.♪
“All mine.” she laughed evilly into that good day.

End Song.

Someone knocked on Twilight’s door, catching Chrysalis off guard. “Twi? You okay?” A.J. asked.

“un… yeah. I’m fine. Just feeling a bit course in the throat.” she said.

“Oh. Well, hurry up. You are one of Luna’s bridesmaids after all.” that part, Chrysalis didn’t know. That puts her closer to Celestia. She played with the knife and silently chuckled. “Hurry up, will ya? Everyone’s waiting down at the audience hall.”

“Coming.” Chrysalis/Twilight replied. She tucked the knife underneath her left bent wing and walked out.

Edge sadly walked though the halls in his pony disguise.

“Edge!” Fluttershy called out. Originally, he would have turned instantly with a big smile. Now… he doesn’t care. She caught up to him and tried to look at his eyes. “Edge…”

“What do you want, Fluttershy?” he depressingly asked.

She could hear the hurt in his voice and felt guilty for making him feel that way. “look. I’m sorry for hurting you. I shouldn’t have…”

“Forget it, Fluttershy.” he coarsely said. “What’s done is done.” he slowly walked away, as far as he could from her. Fluttershy felt even more guilty for what she did. There must’ve been a better way to put him down gently, right?

The guests gathered in the audience hall, waiting for the wedding to commence. Edge sat as far back as he could. He didn’t want to be around anybody.

“You okay, Edge?” Dinky asked him with curious eyes.

“no. I’m not.”

“What’s wrong?”

Edge deeply sighed. “nothing for you to worry over, Dinks.” Dinky wasn’t buying it. There was something wrong with her and she was going to figure it out.

Trixie tugged at her tux with sweaty hooves and nervous demeanor.

“Nervous, sis?” Zilver asked.

“Yeah. I never thought I’d have a wedding with anyone. And here I am, about to marry a princess.”

“Love transcends all boundaries.” Zil said.

Trixie was surprised to hear him say something like that. “Since when did you start sprouting philosophy?”

“since a few months ago.” he looked over to Applejack and winked at her. She winked back and slightly blushed.

“I have to ask. What does that even mean, anyway?”

“it means that love can come from anywhere and anyone. Take Daring and Bolt. She’s a pony and he’s a Gryphon and they’re happily in love. Same with Rarity and Spike. Love can come from anywhere; even a wanna-be magician and a princess of the night.”

Trixie raised a eyebrow at the comment. “Wanna-be magician?”

“I call ‘em like I see ‘em.”

Trixie rolled her eyes and chuckled. She took a deep breath and looked to Celestia. “Ready.” she said.

Celestia nodded to her then looked to the organist. He cracked his hoofs and began playing.

The doors at the other end opened wide, revealing a GORGEOUS Luna in a equally Gorgeous wedding dress.

“Wow…” Trixie gasped in joy.

“Best work yet, Rarity.” Spike said.

“I try.” she chuckled. “I just hope I look as glamorous as her for our day.”

“you will. You are the best fashion designer in Equestria, after all.”

“oh, you.”

“JAX!” Ash called out.

“JAX!” Twi added. “JAX!”

Halo stopped and slid down from atop a crystal he was standing on. “This is getting us no where. If she’s alive, she’ll either come looking for us or find another exit. Either way, we can’t worry about her now.”

“I hate to say it but he’s right.” Hiccup said. “if we don’t go now, there’s no telling what will happen up there.”

Sora didn’t want to admit it but they were right. She looked back where they came and sighed. “I hope you’re all right,
little sis.”

Begin Song:

Le Sanctuarie - Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance OST

Jax grunted as she was sent into a crystal. She fell to the ground and landed on her front.

A giant scorpion, made out of crystals and gems, shrieked as it pinched it’s claws.

Jax grunted in pain as she got up. She wiped the blood from her mouth and chuckled. “You want to play, toots? Okay. Let’s play.” She grabbed her chakrams and charged at the giant beasty.

Luna arrived at the alter and smiled to Trixie. Trixie smiled back.

“all my life, I never thought little Lulu would get married.” Celestia said. She kept up a calm front but she was crying in joy for her baby sister.

“Same here, Tia.” Luna tearfully said, choking up. They shared one last hug as sisters.

Celestia cleared her throat and went on with the ceremony.

Chrysalis/Twilight, who was on stage with the rest of Luna’s bridesmaids, looked down to Leon/Halo and nodded. He nodded back and slipped out. Beneath Chrysalis’ dress, the knife glowed with a dim glow and slowly gained power as Celestia went on.

The scorpion lunged one of it’s claws at her. She jumped up, landed on the claw, and ran up it towards the arachnid’s face. The scorpion swung it’s tail down and almost hit her. She easily dodged to the right and hooked one of her chakrams on it.

The scorpion swung it’s tail up at the ceiling and slammed her into it. She grunted in pain as her vision blacked out.

She fell to the ground. The scorpion opened it’s mouth wide, ready to eat her.

Jax snapped her eyes open. “PSYCH!” she yelled out. Her chakrams glowed brown as she threw them into the scorpions gaping maw. “GROUND DASHER!!!”

Hundreds upon thousands of stalagmites and stalactites burst out of the scorpions body, killing it.

End song.

Jax panted and dusted herself off. “well, that was fun. And pointless.” Growling came from behind her. She grabbed her chakrams and turned to face it. “oh, crap.” she said, recognizing what they were.

A super-duper fancy black carriage rolled up the path to Canterlot, being pushed by it‘s constructors.

“Man, they are going to be surprised when they see this.” Lloyd said.

“I hope.” Spyro said. “took forever to build it.”

“You never built a thing in your life, did you purple boy?” Fox asked.

“No, not really, no.”

“and it showed.” Riku laughed.

“I don’t hear any words of praise being sent your way.” Lina said with a sneer. Zelgadis, Amelia, Gourry, Cynder, and Emil sighed with a groan as they held their faces.

The path left by the beacon lead the group outside.

“SUNLIGHT! At last!” Sora exclaimed in happiness before falling over.

“Never thought I’d see it again.” Halo said as he joined her.

“It’s only been 9 hours.” Ash said.

Sora raised her arm up. “and you were asleep for most of it so shut up.”

Hiccup turned off the beacon and put it away. He looked up and saw the city. “Looks like we have to climb.”

“well, you get to fly.” Twi said with a slight sneer.

The pushed carriage rolled on by. Amelia took notice of them. “Oh, hey guys!” she called out to them. She stopped what she was doing and ran over to them. Everyone stopped pushing it and ran over as well. Zelgadis snapped his fingers, making blocks appear to hold it in place.

“what are you guys doing out here? Shouldn’t you be up at Canterlot?” Emil asked.

“We would but it’s a long story.” Twi said. She looked on by and noticed the carriage. “looks like you were busy as well.”

“yeah. Took all week to build it.” Cynder said.

“Looks great.” Ash said. “really. Trixie and Luna will love it.”

“right. So, again, what are you guys doing out here?” Lina asked. Not exactly a great time to be taking a leisurely stroll.”

Hiccup began to explain when a sudden and powerful explosion came from the tip-top of the mountain, cutting their conversation short. Everyone in the hall thought it was a firework that had gone off early and ignored it.

Begin Song:

Falling Towards The Sky - Red vs Blue Season 9 OST

0:00.

Rocks and boulders of considerable size fell from the explosion down to the ground far, far, far below. Among them was a unconscious Jax.

“but I think they can explain it well for now.” Hiccup quickly said. He ran to Toothless, jumped onto his back, and shot off towards the falling rubble. Nobody need to ask; Toothless was the fastest among them.

Jax moaned as she opened her eyes and saw that she was falling. Worse among that was that their creatures moving among the rubble; creatures made entirely out of shadow shaped like ponies, humans, dragons, gryphons, and other miscellaneous monsters. The same Shadow Creatures that attacked Ponyville when she and her friends were stranded on Equestria.

Her chakrams fell not far from her. She reached out to grab them when the Shadow Creatures attacked her.

0:31.

Jax was able to grab it in time and slice it at the Shadow Creature, stabbing it in the neck and making it disintegrate.

The other shadow creatures charged at her. She pressed her feet against one of the falling pieces and jumped off of it, falling away from the rubble and making sure the monsters won’t get her. That part didn’t work out so well as all versions of the creatures sprouted wings and flew after her.

“Oh come on!” she exclaimed. Her chakrams glowed red. She let them go and they swung around her by themselves. “Flame Wheel!”

The chakrams spun around like a wheel and shot up to the monsters, turning most of them into ash and soot.

1:10.

Jax and the monsters fell past Canterlot first, catching the attention of those not at the wedding itself. The debris came next, some of it crashing into the edge of the city.

Those attending the ceremony didn’t notice it as it happened far from them.

A chain of magic connected her arm to one of her rings. She threw it up as hard as she could, grabbed one of the rocks, and pulled it toward her.

She landed her feet squarely on it and slammed the other ring into it. “GROUND DASHER!”

The rock broke into a million pieces, each other glowing brown, and each shot up at the Shadow Creatures, destroying most but not all.

The ground grew closer and closer. Jax already had a wind spell ready to go but she needed to time it right. It also didn’t help that the Shadow Creatures were pushing the rubble.

A black blur came from the sides and caught Jax plenty of time before she hit. The rubble crashed into the ground, causing no damage to anyone.

“Toothless?” Jax exclaimed.

“You surprised to see us?” Hiccup asked.

“Not really.” Red beams shot by them, one almost hitting Toothless’ wings. “but keep flying.” she ordered.

Toothless concentrated and flew as fast as he could.

1:46.

Toothless flew into a canyon with the Shadow Creatures not far behind them, each one firing a beam intended to kill them.

Jax lit one of her chakrams on fire and threw it at the Creatures. They easily dodged it but she didn’t curse it out. She was planning on it to miss.

A Shadow Creature flew out from behind a mountain and caught them in their path. Toothless shot a fireball at it, destroying it and flying though it’s remains.

A beam shot by and singed Jax’s hair. That was the last straw. “Oh, you’re going down now!” She exclaimed. She grabbed her only remaining chakram and concentrated power into it.

“What are you doing?” Hiccup demanded.

“Just keep flying!”

The Shadow Creatures inched closer and closer to them both; they could feel the heat emanating from them.

Toothless flew out of the canyon and turned towards Canterlot. The creatures copied his move and continued to fire at them.

A rune appeared in the middle of the ring. Jax held it from the sides, holding it like how one would hold the rim of a pot. She aimed it at the Shadow Creatures.

“JUDGMENT RAY!!!”

A powerful beam on pure concentrated energy shot out of the chakram, hitting and instantly destroying the Shadow Creatures.

2:38. End Song.

Jax panted as she keel over onto Hiccups back. Toothless slowed down, allowing Hiccup to catch her. “what was that?”

“My own version… of Req’s Judgment Ray.” she panted in reply. “it’s not as powerful but it wears me out all the same.”

Hiccup sputtered. “not as powerful? You left a hole in the middle of the canyon we flew though.”

“True. But Req’s would’ve destroyed the entire canyon and them some.” she shook her head and concentrated. “enough about that.” she turned around and held on tight. “We have to hurry. World to save, remember?”

“Right. Toothless?”

He didn’t have to tell the dragon twice. He flew as hard and as fast as he could to the capital.

“…and do you, Trixie Lulamoon, take Luna to be your lawfully wedded wife?” Celestia asked. Oh, man. Battle took place over the entire ceremony. Aw, would’ve been boring, anyhow.

“I do.” she said with meaning.

Elsewhere in the castle, the flaming chakram Jax threw earlier bounced thought the castle.

“Then by the power vested in me as Ruler of Equestria, and Luna‘s older sister, I now pronounce you Mare and Wife.”

Chrysalis smiled evilly on the inside. The knife gained more power as it’s trigger phrase neared. “you may now kiss the…”

The flaming chakram burst into the room, bounced off the ceiling, and shot straight for Chrysalis/Twilight, hitting her and sending her right into the wall.

“TWILIGHT!!!” all her friends yelled.

The chakram bounced on back to the entrance to the room where it was caught by Sora, who was standing in the doorway with everyone else.

“We didn’t miss anything important, did we?”

Fall

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 6

Fall

“…and do you, Trixie Lulamoon, take Luna to be your lawfully wedded wife?” Celestia asked.

“I do.” she said with meaning. Luna smiled over to her almost wife. They’re almost married. she can’t believe it.

Elsewhere in the castle, the flaming chakram Jax threw earlier bounced thought the castle.

“Then by the power vested in me as Ruler of Equestria, and Luna‘s older sister, I now pronounce you Mare and Wife.”

Chrysalis/Twilight smiled evilly on the inside. The knife gained more power as it’s trigger phrase neared. “you may now kiss the…”

The flaming chakram burst into the room, bounced off the ceiling, and shot straight for Chrysalis/Twilight, hitting her and sending her right into the wall.

“TWILIGHT!!!” all her friends yelled.

The chakram bounced on back to the entrance to the room where it was caught by Sora. “We didn’t miss anything important, did we?”

“SORA, ARE YOU INSANE!?!” Armor yelled.

“Are you? The Twilight right there is an imposter.”

“What are you talking about? She’s been here the whole time!!!”

“you might want to rethink that, BBBFF.” the real Twilight said as she walked in.

“Wait? How…” Aura pointed back and forth between the two, confused as everyone else in the room.

Chrysalis/Twilight moved the knife from behind her back and tossed it towards Celestia. A gunshot rang out and stopped the knife in it’s tracks, leaving a gapping hole in the middle.

“game’s over.” Ash said, pointing his gun at her.

“it’s happening again, isn’t it?” a not very surprised A.J. said.

Luna noticed something flying around outside, heading for them. Chrysalis/Twilight chuckled as she got up. “Guess it’s time for Plan B.”

Begin Song:

Changeling Showdown ~Queen Chrysalis Boss Theme~ by youtuber KingSpartax37.

A stain glass window burst into pieces as Toothless flew though it.

Jax jumped off, landed upside-down on the ceiling, shouted ‘INFERNO!!!’ and shot towards Chrysalis/Twilight like a rocket. She rammed into her and the two were sent crashing though another window to the snow below, leaving a crater upon impact.

A powerful green shockwave shot out of it, clearing out snow in a 50 feet radius and sending Jax flying into the castle wall. Chrysalis’ disguise melted away as she angrily snarled. “Guess it was to much to ask of Scorponok to kill you.”

Jax snickered and wiped blood from her mouth. “well, villains never seem to take care of the good guys themselves. Always comes back to bite them in the ass.”

Chrysalis’s horn tip glowed. “then I guess I have to rectify this myself.” she fired a beam of green light at Jax’s spot. She quickly moved out of the way and ran for dear life. The beam hit the base of the building, making a big explosion.

Jax’s other ring flew out of the building by itself and towards it’s owner. She jumped up, caught it, and threw it towards Chrysalis. She moved slightly to the right, making it miss.

“Someone mind explaining just WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!” Trixie exclaimed, nearly throwing a temper tantrum.

“Oh. Gee. Where do we begin?” Sora sarcastically said and callously said. She looked over to Twilight and let her take over.

“Well, Chrysalis is launching a invasion; learning from her mistakes the last time she did this, she locked us up in the crystal caves with, what Jax said, a giant crystal scorpion…” she pretended to thing for this one. “…and, oh yeah, EDGE BETRAYED US!!!”

“What? That’s nonsense.” Req said, dismissing it with a horse-like sputter.

“He did. He’s one of them. He’s a Changeling!” Halo exclaimed.

“No.” Aura said. “he can’t be. Right, Edge?” he looked over to him but he was already long gone. Same with Leon/Halo and Friction.

“FLAME WHEEL!!!”

A wheel of flame, as the name implies, scorched across the gardens, making a beeline for Chrysalis. She used her magic to make the wheel dissipate before it even got close.

Jax jumped though the embers, holding her chakrams above her. “THUNDER BLADE!!!” a sword make out of electricity appeared in her hands. She slashed down at Chrysalis, then left, then right. The queen dodged all 3 and bucked Jax in the gut, sending her towards the ground.

A green whip shot out of Chrysalis’ horn and wrapped around Jax’s gut. With little effort, Chrysalis flailed Jax all over the place, slamming her into walls, statues, pillars, even the statue of a certain Draconequus.

Chrysalis swung her over the edge of the city and let go of the whip. Jax clamored to loosen back up as she fell, barely having enough time to grab hold of the edge. One of her hands got loose and let got. She held on tight with her other one but holding the edge AND a sharp chakram can have it’s limits.

Chrysalis calmly walked over with a evil snicker and slammed her hoof into Jax’s hand, causing a lot of pain.

“You’re more troublesome then Twilight. And I hate…” she dug her hoof in harder. “… people who give me trouble.”

Jax scoffed away the pain. “glad I could be of…” her dangling hand still held on to her chakram as electricity sparked though it. “…Service!” she swung her arm up and hit Chrysalis right in the cheek; the force from the spell sending her back a bit. Jax held on tighter as she pulled herself up.

Chrysalis snarled as she held when Jax hit her; she scuffed up her natural beauty. “you will pay for that, you humanizing bitch!” her horn glowed and charged at Jax.

A spell bolt shot by her head a nearly hit her. She screeched to a halt and looked at where it came from.

End Song.

The group stood there, ready to turn her into a distant memory. The spell bolt came from one very angry Trixie and a equally mad Luna. “You are going to pay for ruining our wedding.” they both said.

Celestia walked past them, horn glowing and ready to fire. “you are under arrest for crimes against my empire. Give yourself up calmly and you won’t be hurt.”

Chrysalis snarled; her plan was unraveling. She had it all figured out. At least, that’s the look she gave them. In her mind, this is how she wanted things to go. She looked up to the sky and saw a black speck growing much larger.

“something’s wrong here.” Zel said. “Anyone else feel something’s off?”

“Yeah.” Satoshi said.

Chrysalis silently snickered to herself, then slowly grew to a soft chuckle, then just full out laughed. “.hmhmhmhmhmhm. Hehehehehehehehe! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“Okay, she’s lost it. Someone call the funny farm.” Bahamut joked.

Chrysalis stopped laughing and backed up to the edge. “You think this is over?” the tip of her horn glowed and shot a ball into the sky. It exploded like a firework, revealing to all the Changelings in the city that it’s time to move. “Oh, it’s not over! Not by a long shot!”

All over the city, Changelings in disguise revealed themselves and went about spreading total anarchy.

One Changeling accidentally knocked over a torch, setting a fruit stand ablaze.

Screams and yells came from the city, getting everyone’s attention. Smoke from the stand rose to the sky. Celestia snarled in anger.

“Are you going to destroy the city to get your way?!”

Chrysalis was pleasantly surprised by the fact that there was smoke. But, It pissed Celestia off so it worked for her. “why, yes I am. This city-- no no no. this world is rightfully mine. And I will have it.”

Req drew her sword and pointed it at her. “not if we have anything to say about it.”

Chrysalis snickered as she feigned fear. “Oh, no. the human goddess is going to stop me. What am I ever going to do?” she finished with a wicked sneer. “Oh, I got something that has proven to be more then a match for you. Something capable of stranding the great and mighty humans.”

She looked up to the sky and spread her hooves. “Come, Mighty Oscurita!”

Begin Song:

Hade’s Infernal Theme - Kid Icarus: Uprising OST

The black spot Chrysalis saw in the sky fell down to them like a comet. The group backed up when they saw it coming.

Wings extended out of it and slowed it down but it still fell past the city. A loud boom and a cloud of dust came from below.

“oh, there’s no way this is good.” Lloyd said as he and the others began to back up.

Oscurita’s massive hulking form rose from below and roared to the sky.

“Oh, shit!” Ash exclaimed.

Chrysalis laughed her head off. Her secret weapon already has them running in fear. Leon and Friction appeared next to her in flashes of green fire. Friction noticed that Edge wasn’t with them. She teleported away and came back with him.

“Thank you, Edge, forcing giving us the information necessary to launch this invasion.” Chrysalis said, lying though her teeth.

Edge looked away from them all, not wanting to see them when they broke loose with their anger.

“What?” Dash gasped.

“that’s not true.” Fluttershy said, not wanting to accept it. “He’s our friend. There’s no way he would betray us!”

“oh, but it’s true.” Chrysalis walked over to Edge and panted him on the head. “Little Edgy here was sent to spy on you all along. And Fluttershy knew all along that Edge was a Changeling. Bahamut and Pinkie too. Even your Cutie Mark Crusaders knew that Edge was one of us. And they didn’t warn you. How sad.”

Chrysalis grabbed Edge’s head and turned it towards his former friends. They were angry at him; super angry.

“How could you, Edge?” Req said.

“you son of a bitch…!”

Halo was the angriest. “When I get my hooves on you, you’re gonna be sorry you were born!”

Edge looked at all his friends before turning to Fluttershy. She was hurt that he would betray them. Hurt, and guilty; believe that she was the cause of this; of not telling anyone Edge was a Changeling in the first place, of breaking his heart when he told her his feelings. Of not being there for him.

Chrysalis snickered as she let Edge’s head go. “enough with the golden comedy. I got a world to conquer.”

“I won’t let you win, Chrysalis!” Celestia proclaimed.

“I’m afraid you don’t have a choice, Tia.” she turned her head and faced Oscurita. “Oscurita! It’s time! Make Canterlot my OWN!!!”

Oscurita roared and stretched out his wings.

End Song.

Begin Song:

Invasion - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 OST

Beads and streams of shadow flew out of the monsters wings and headed to all parts of the city. A good number of them landed in front of the group and took on various forms; humans, dragons, ponies, gryphons, eels, and ETC.

“Crap. Not again!” Aura said as he drew his lance. The creatures slowly headed for them, causing them to back up into a corner.

Lina powered up a spell when Req stopped her. “wait. There’s no way we can deal with this many numbers. And even if we do fight them off, we’ll have to deal with him.” she glanced up at Oscurita who snarled down at them.

“then what do we do?” Derpy asked.

Oscurita opened his mouth. A blue glow appeared in it and got brighter.

“RUN!!!” Req yelled out. Oscurita fired his beam attack just as they all made a run for it. The beam hit the palace where the wedding took place, taking it out in a big and fiery explosion.

With the boundless Shadow Creatures running wild, Canterlot has effectively turned into hell on earth, causing plenty of fires and untold amounts of destruction throughout the city.

A spider Shadow Creature chased a family of ponies down into a alleyway. They held each other tight and closed their eyes, wanting to believe this was a just a nightmare. The Spider snarled and lunged at them.

Req sliced a human shadow creature in half as she made her way across the rooftops. When she arrived on this world, she never would’ve seen this coming; nobody would. To see such a peaceful and serine place go down in flames… this world doesn’t need it.

Chrysalis laughed with glee as she watched this from on top of the palace with Edge, Leon, and Friction. Edge was horrified by the levels of destruction; Chrysalis wasn’t like this before.

“Do you see this, Edge? This is what I’ve been striving for all this time! This is the future of our species!”

“by destroying theirs!?!” Edge exclaimed.

Chrysalis looked down at him with anger. “one day, you’ll understand why war was the only option.” she turned and left with Leon and Friction.

Edge looked back at the city on fire. He hit his hooves to the cement. “Dammit! This is all my fault!” he exclaimed.

A dragon shadow creature moved in to kill the CMC who had found themselves trapped down a alley. They held each other close as the waited for the end. The dragon opened it’s mouth, ready to blast them with it’s own beam attack when it suddenly disintegrated.

“Come on!” Jax exclaimed. “You wanna get eaten or do you wanna live?”

Soarin’ punched though a Pegasi monster just before touching down near Celestia. “it’s a mess. The entire city is on fire and overrun by those monsters. And for every one we destroy, 10 more take it’s place.” Celestia couldn’t believe it. She looked up in horror to the city. Her Empire, her entire life’s work, was getting destroyed. “what do we do know, your highness?”

Although she was completely devastated that her empire had fallen, she had to keep up a calm outlook. She took a deep breath and exhaled, giving a order she never thought she would have to give. “evacuate the entire city to the train station! We’re leaving Canterlot!”

Soarin’, stunned by the fact that Her Majesty would say that, reluctantly nodded. “yes, ma’am.”

A giant crystal was hoisted to the top to the tallest tower in Canterlot. Chrysalis used her magic and slashed off the top, making ample room for it.

“what is this, my queen?” Leon asked. He never heard of this thing’s existence before.

“A crystal, imbued with the same magic Cadence and Armor used to throw us out. turns out the crystals in the cave can absorb magic and gain power over the centuries.”

“but if it’s the same magic used to throw us out, why did you bring it out?”

Chrysalis snickered as her horn glowed for a second. “I made some modifications.”

The crystal clunked as it was positioned on top of the tower. Chrysalis walked over to it and placed her hoof on it. “Magic within the crystal, hear my words…”

the gem stirred for a moment before shooting a pink beam into the sky. The beam hit a designated point and began to spread out a barrier similar to what Cadence and Armor did the last time Chrysalis tried to invade.

Satoshi, Ash, Sora, and Fox fired at the charging Shadow Creatures, keeping them at bay while citizens fled for the train station.

“Keep moving! Keep moving!” Amelia exclaimed, pointing and gesturing where the station was.

Req was the last one to arrive from all directions. She bent over and panted heavily. “is that everyone?”

“no. there’s more coming.” Spitfire said as she flew over.

Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash ran up, panting and nervous as hell. “you guys okay?” Req asked.

“No. I can’t fine Sweetie Belle anywhere.” Rarity said with worry.

“Same with Applebloom.”

“And Scootaloo & Eris.”

“There’s also 4 dozen more unaccounted for.” Spitfire said. “But they’re making they’re way here.”

A distant rumble got their attention. They looked up to see the pink beam shot up into the air and the barrier begin to take shape. “well, they better hurry.”

Chrysalis laughed from atop the tower. Her plan had gone better then expected so she deserved a nice evil laugh.

The barrier rumbled as it drew closer to the ground.

“They better hurry up!” Req exclaimed.

“HEY!” Jax exclaimed. She, the CMC, and the rest of the citizens were making a beeline for the station, running as fast as they could. “Hold the ride!”

“Hurry it up, hurry!” Emil exclaimed as he slashed at a Shadow Creature.

The thunder from the barrier forced Jax to look up. There was no way they were gonna make it; it was too far along. She looked down at the CMC, who were right in front of her. If everyone inside are going to be prisoners of war, kids shouldn’t be among them. She gripped her chakrams tightly, causing them to glow green.

“WHIRLWIND!”

A gust of wind shot out and carried the CMC away from the rest of the citizens and to the other side of the barrier.

Giddy with excitement, Chrysalis counted down how long till the barrier’s edge hit. “3...2...1...”

The barrier touched the ground, sealing Canterlot forever to the outside. The rest of the citizens still on the inside slammed into it, hoping to get out. The barrier was impenetrable and they could, in no way, make a dent.

They were sealed in.

End Song.

Several Pegasi rammed into the barrier a few feet above as some unicorns tried to blast it away with magic. No good.

Jax slammed her chakrams into the barrier, each one powered up but they couldn’t make a dent. “Dammit. This thing is strong.” she said from the inside.

“You can’t break it?” Req asked.

“Not even a dent. And something tells me Judgment Ray won’t do it either.”

A bit of commotion came from the station. Derpy walked up to the barrier, asking anyone if they saw her daughter. When she arrived at the barrier, she saw that Dinky was trapped inside with everyone else. When Jax did the whirlwind spell, Dinky was sent flying into a barrel.

“DINKY!” she yelled.

“Mommy!”

Derpy slammed against the barrier, trying to get her out.

Jax slammed her fist against it in agony. Guess she didn’t get all the kids out.

Oscurita heard Derpy’s yell and looked over in her direction. Why was she slamming against the barrier? Why was she trying to get in?

His Shadow Creatures, however, took this to mean something else and swarmed in that direction.

“This can’t be happening! This can’t be happening!” Derpy said over and over as she continued to slam against the barrier. She kept going until Req walked over and placed her hand on her shoulder. Derpy stopped and fell back. She can’t be losing her Dinky, not like this. “why… is this happening…?” she distantly said.

Begin Song:

Courtyard Apocalypse - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Soundtrack

A sudden explosion caught the attention of everyone inside the barrier. Legions upon legions of Shadow Creatures were converging on their location. Everypony screamed but Jax kept a straight face as her chakrams glowed.

“Get going!” she told everyone outside.

Req wasn’t so sure she should. Trapped inside a indestructible barrier filled with ponies; that would be hell in pure hell. “Jax, I…”

“I said get going!” she exclaimed. “I know I don’t have the best history with horses but this is war. Hatred… *foof* …out the window.” she turned her attention to the old grey mare. “Derpy. Trust me. I’ll keep Dinky safe.”

Derpy was helped up by Rarity and Applejack and was carried by them both to the station. “you better.” she said in a soulless tone as she left.

Req felt uneasy about this. Jax looked to her and gave her a nod of confidence. Req slightly smiled and nodded back. “You better keep everyone safe.”

“I promise I will.” Jax said with confidence. Req nodded and ran for the station. Jax walked to the front of the cowering group and readied for battle. “and I always keep my promises.”

A Shadow Spider jumped from a rooftop, heading straight for Jax.

Satoshi and Fox fired their guns at the advancing forces, keeping them at bay as everyone boarded the train. Applejack, Rarity, and Derpy were the last ones on. The conductor looked back to see if they missed anyone else and saw Req running for them, pursued by a flood of Shadow Creatures.

“Get going!” she yelled out, summoning her wings. The conductor nodded and pulled the lever.

The train wheels squealed as they rolled forward rapidly before slowing down.

Satoshi and Fox waited until the last second before jumping onto the caboose.

Req spread her wings and took to the air just seconds before a Shadow Lion reached out to bite her. She landed on top of the caboose just as the train leaved the station.

When the train reached a safe enough distance, everypony opened the windows and looked out at the burning and war torn Canterlot. This was something nobody would’ve suspected; not even the Princess’.

End Song.

The train pulled away from the burning capital.

Chrysalis watched them flee from the castle and smiled.
“♪this day has been just perfect. The kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small…♪” she hopped onto Celestia’s throne and got comfy. “♪Canterlot, I now control and soon the world will fall. who says a girl can’t really have it all?!♪”

Shadow

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 7

Shadow

Jax grunted when she hit the floor. “A simple ‘please move’ would’ve worked!” she yelled to the Changelings. They left and slammed the door behind her. Jax snarled as she got up. She looked around and saw that she was somewhere she had never been to before. “Where am I?”

The sound of clanking hoofs echoed though the throne room as our ‘favorite’ queen emerged from the shadows. “Celestia’s former throne room.”

Jax instantly got angry and powered up a spell. “You!” she brought up her first to punch her with a fire-induced fist. Chrysalis just closed her eyes and chuckled.

Overly big bracelets, strapped around Jax’s wrists, glowed and sent pain throughout her body, making her yell out in pain and hold her hands in pain.

“impressive, aren’t they?” Chrysalis sneered. “magic-reducing bracelets. Once they go on, they can never come off. And I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how it works.”

Jax grunted in pain as she held her hands. That was the most painful thing she had ever felt. “you are going to pay for this.” she snarled.

Chrysalis laughed at the prospect as she sat down on Celestia’s throne. “so you say. But how? I am in control. I have taken away your powers. And Canterlot is in a indestructible barrier; you know that from experience. And to top it off, I have the most powerful being on the planet on my side. I can’t lose! Guards!”

The Changeling guards came in and grabbed Jax. “there’s one problem with your plan, Chrisy.” Jax said as she was dragged away. “you underestimate us.”

The day turned to night as the train rolled over the tracks; each car filled to capacity and then some. It still hasn’t sunk in for everyone, especially the princess’.

Canterlot has fallen. The endless hordes of shadow sent by Oscurita overrun them all quickly.

A uncomfortable silence fell over them. And unfortunately, Lina was the one to break it. “well… this is one wedding nobody will forget anytime soon, right?” Luna and Trixie, the newlyweds whose wedding was ruined by the invasion, gave her the evil eye. “hey, I’m just trying to liven the place up. Sheesh.”

“Well, we don’t need you to do it.” Trixie harshly said. Lina just shrugged and got up.

Celestia stood at the end of the caboose, looking at her burning capital.

“You ever suspect something like this would happen?” Zel asked as he and Ash leaned on the caboose.

“no. never in my life did I think Canterlot would fall. that my empire would fall.”

“You mean you never suspected this from Chrysalis?” Ash asked.

“no. she tried before; and many before her, but nothing on this scale.” she looked back to the capital and tears came to her eyes. All those ponies trapped inside the barrier. One can only imagine how much hell they’re going though.

Begin Song:

Bee Rolls Out - Transformers: Fall of Cybertron OST

0:00.

The smoke from the train’s smoke stacks hovered on up into the sky, unexpectedly getting the attention of some creatures in the brush. One of them had a very noticeable scar over it’s left eye.

“Barely 3 weeks here and already thing’s have gone to hell.” Lloyd said.

“you should’ve been here 6 months ago.” Aura said.

The train rounded a corner and rolled into a tunnel; the last one before returning to Ponyville.

A large person, clad in bulking black demonic-looking armor, walked onto the edge of a hill and pointed to the train; or rather the exit to the tunnel. The creatures snarled and jumped down.
(picture for you guys of the black demon knight: )

“this is going to be a bad time for the baby to be born in.” Cadence said, referencing to her baby which is due any day now.

“Don’t worry. The way we roll, we’ll get the capital back and destroy Chrysalis in no time.” Req said in her overly cheerful way.

The light from the tunnel reflected into the train’s cars, illuminating the insides for a few seconds with each light.

“Good way to get a seizure.” Satoshi poorly joked.

“Canterlot falls and you tell jokes?” a random pony angrily asked.

“it’s a coping mechanism. It helps.”

The creatures climbed on the rock at the exit of the tunnel, waiting for it to come at them. One stuck his head in upside-down and saw it’s light.

“When we get back to Ponyville, we’re gonna need to think up a plan.” Fox said.

“yeah. But what can break though that barrier?” Riku muttered.

The train rolled out of the tunnel and onto the plains leading back to home. The creatures jumped down from above and landed on the cars.

Loud thuds could be heard on top of every car, confusing and frightening everyone inside.

“can’t be more of those Shadow Creatures, could it?” Halo asked.

Req drew her sword and used it to open a door.

1:26.

A creature came down though it and roared. It didn’t last long as it was shot out by Riku’s Dark Firaga.

“What the heck is that?” Applebloom exclaimed.

Req leaned down for a closer look. She recognized it instantly. “a Shadow Walker? Here?”

“A what?” the ponies and newcomers asked. They never heard of one before.

More footsteps came from the top, followed by vicious growling. Req gripped her sword tight and ran for the exit. She gripped her sword into top of the exit and swung on it to the top.

A Shadow Walker hissed as it was landed on by her. She sliced across it’s neck, cutting off it’s head.

It was a whole swarm that covered the train from engine to caboose. “Great. Add Gargoyles and Bonewalkers and I’d swear that Catalyst was back.” she swung her sword and charged at them.

“Great. These guys again?” Aura complained, pulling himself from the cars to the top.

“You know what they are?” Armor asked.

“Yeah. Nothing friendly so don’t even bother trying to talk to them.” He lunged himself up and stabbed a Shadow Walker down though the head down to it’s hip.

Before long, Ash, Sora, Bahamut, Riku, Emil, Lloyd, Spyro, Cynder, Zelgadis, and Lina joined in on the fight. Everyone else stayed inside to keep an eye on everyone.

“whoa! These guys are ugly!” Lina exclaimed.

“Then take them out before they turn you into dinner.” Ash said. He charged head first into one, flipped onto it’s back, and fired at it’s neck.

Lloyd and Emil found themselves surrounded by Shadow Walkers. They looked at each other and came up with the same idea. They spun around in a circle, swords outward, and both yelled out ‘Demon Fang!’ a blue shockwave shot out of their swords and went in all directions, eliminating all Shadow Walkers near them.

Lina and Zel stood back to back, battering on what spell would be most effective in this situation.

“Thinking what I’m thinking?” Zel asked.

“Yep.”

A Shadow Walker snarled and jumped towards them. Both Zel and Lina performed the same spell. “Dig Volt!!!” lightning shot out from their palms, striking every monster near them.

From within the cars, the fighting sounded furious. Screams of death and inhuman roars scared the kids and forced families to hold each other close.

“Wish I knew what was going on up there.” Aura gritted though his teeth.

2:37.

The person in the black armor walked out on thin air and approaching the tracks.

With a flick of his left wrist, he summoned out a wicked looking black demon sword and rose it into the air.

A spark came from the hilt, creating a beam of light that extended out 30 feet.

“what in Tartarus is that?” the train engineer muttered, he and his companion noticing the blade beam.

The armored foe swung the blade backwards, taking up a pose like Starkiller’s from Force Unleashed, and swung it.

2:54.

The sword missed the engine on purpose and hit the train cars. The entire thing bounced and rattled when it first hit.

“What was that!?” Pinkie exclaimed.

Applejack looked up and saw it. “un… you might wanna see this.”

The blade cut though the top of the cars like they were butter, taking off the roofs and leaving one long gaping hole.

The roofs snapped off like legos as the train ran into it, creating a violent uproar.

“Look out!” Req yelled. She jumped up to avoid the coming attack. Most of the others did as well. Ash and Riku weren’t so lucky as they got caught in it and sent flying away with the metal.

Req flipped in mid-air and snapped her fingers. See-though blue barriers were put in place of the roofs, making a safe place for everyone to land.

“what the hell was that?” Sora yelled.

“Trouble.”

The sword beam disappeared into thin air. The armored person scoffed and disappeared in black fire.

A Shadow Walker was pierced though the heart and disintegrated into darkness.

“Was that the last one?” Bahamut panted.

“looks like. Never thought we’d see those here.” Satoshi said from inside.

“You know what they are?” Marble asked.

“Trouble. That’s all you need to know.” Req said. She turned and headed back to the ladder. “right now, be glad they’re all--” Req was interrupted when she walked into something. She slowly looked up at the head of the armored behemoth. “…gone?”

The badass grabbed Req by the neck and held her up. He turned around and kicked her off the side.

“Req!” her friends yelled.

The armored behemoth turned to them and summoned his sword. “uh-oh.” Lloyd said.

Req hanged on to the ladder of the second-to-last car for dear life.

Lloyd yelled as he charged at the demon-looking opponent. He blocked one of his swords but the other hit the armor. It hit and just bounced off.

“What?” Lloyd gasped in surprise.

The black knight chuckled and grabbed Lloyd’s sword. He spun around and sent him flying off.

Bahamut and Spyro came flying in from two different directions; Bahamut coated in azure fire, Spyro in rock. The 2 slammed into the knight but that proved to be a bad idea.

“ow…” they both said in pain, holding their heads.

The knight tossed his sword up into the air, grabbed both their tails, and just like Lloyd, sent them flying off the train. The knight grabbed his sword just as Zel charged him and blocked his attack.

The two had a brief sword fight before the knight hit Zel with the flat of his blade, knocking him out cold. 3 for 3, he kicked Zel off the train.

“Gaav Flare!” Lina yelled. Fire shot out of her hands and struck the knight. To make things bad, the knight sliced though the fire, grabbed Lina, and tossed her overboard.

4:04.

Emil charged from behind and almost stabbed the knight in the back but he quickly moved to the side and karate-chopped Emil in the back.

Cynder flew down from above and shot poison at him. The knight raised his hand and blocked it. He grabbed Cynder’s tail as she flew over and flung her into Emil. Thankfully, he side-stepped in time, making her the only one to get flung.

Unfortunately, the knight spun around once and sent a pulse of Darkness at him. Emil slammed his sword into the barrier, trying to hold on but the pull was too much and he was forced to let go.

4:22.

“Whoa!” Req pressed herself against the side to avoid getting hit by Emil. She grunted as she swung her arm up and grabbed a metal rod.

4:35.

Inside, Aura grabbed his lance and headed for the exit to face this over-powered monstrosity.

Inside the armor, the knight smirked as he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers. Everyone inside all the train cars froze where they stood, sat, ETC. all except for one lavender unicorn.

“what’s going on?” Twilight worriedly said, her, for some reason, being the only moving. Heavy footsteps came from above. She looked up and saw the knight slowly walk over. The sword in his hands disappeared. Twilight was still afraid. She’s worried he came for her.

He snapped his fingers and, sure enough, she is his target. Invisible whips tied around her and lifted her up into the air. She grunted in pain as she tried to get loose but the bonds were too tight.

The knight turned around and disappeared as quickly as he appeared. Twilight as well.

Req, who was still hanging on, saw them teleport away and got mad. She pulled herself up and ran to the front of the train.

5:21. End Song.

Twilight reappeared in a flash of light in a confined wooden house that clicked and clacked. She was in the caboose of the train. She saw the night standing there, not doing anything.

“What do you want with me?” Twilight asked.

The knight reached into it’s pouch and pulled out a pocket watch. Twilight confusingly looked at it then back to the knight. “my arrival has nothing to do with you.” he slowly walked over to her but stopped when Twi powered up her magic.

“stay back. I’ve got months of pent up magic ready to come out.”

The knight scoffed and snapped his fingers. Like before, invisible whips tied around her and rose her into the air. He slowly walked over to her. “why are you doing this?” Twi grunted.

The knight stood there in silence for a moment. “to save your world.” he brought up his left pointed finger and touched Twi’s forehead with it, making her enter a trance.

Eris coughed as she rubber her neck. Req had just broken everyone out of their little frozen state when she figured out what spell that guy used.

“Who was that guy? How did he do that?” Dash asked.

“I don’t know. But he took Twilight somewhere.”

A angry Halo looked out the window as the train rounded a bend and saw light coming from the caboose. “And I think I know where.”

Begin Song:

Awakening - Halo 4 OST

0:00.

The watch glowed bright as green light wisped out of in and towards Twilight’s stomach. As she is in a trance, Twi isn’t fighting back and trying to stop him.

The glow from the watch stopped…

0:32.

…and Twilight fell to the floor, regaining consciousness and coughing. The watch disappeared and the knight turned to leave.

A blast of magic shot though the caboose, tearing up the wood between it and the knight. He brought up his sword and blocked it.

“Get away from my girl, you prick!” Halo exclaimed, horn glowing bright.

1:08.

The knight lowered his sword, got angry, and slowly walked over to him. Halo thinks this might’ve been a bad idea. The knight flipped his sword and pointed it at the unicorn when he was suddenly picked up and slammed into the barrier roof.

He rolled over and saw Requiem falling towards him with her sword raised high. He quickly got on his hands and flipped back, avoiding her attack.

“huh. You’re surprisingly nimble.” Req smugly said as she took her battle pose. “well, I’m just as nimble.” the Knight gestured her to attack, which she did.

She charged in and raised her sword up. The knight just stood there but raised his sword. The two blades slammed into each other, creating a bit of a shockwave that flattened everyone in the car they were on.

Sparks flew between the blades as each tried to one up the other. The knight let his right hand go of the sword and summoned up another weapon. He slashed up at her, catching her off guard and hitting her in the cheek, making her fall. the knight sent the other weapon and away and raised his sword to stab her.

“Illumination!” Req yelled out.

A ball of light appeared and flashed as bright as the sun, temporarily blinding the knight and everyone else.

When the light dissipated, the knight looked and saw that Req had disappeared.

“Ethereal Rift!”

A X-shaped beam of light shot from the direction of the engine, heading towards the knight. He just raised his sword and let it hit the point of it, causing to activate prematurely.

2:25.

True to it’s name, the Ethereal Rift caused a rift to appear in real-time, sucking everything in like a black hole.

Everyone in side the cars held on for dear life as the spell did its work.

Aura grunted as he glanced up at the rift. He aimed his lance and fired a stream of Sol-fire into it. The rift grew red-hot and exploded, creating a LOT of smoke.

2:55.

With one swing of his sword, the knight sent the smoke away. Req landed on his shoulders and slashed down at his head. Like with Emil’s blade, it bounced off and wiggled.

The knight grabbed her sword by the blade and swung Req off of him.

3:20.

Req landed on her back but quickly got up to attack him again but felt the sword missing. She looked back to the knight to see it in his hands. He flipped it around, grabbed the handle, and swung it above his head.

Requiem was deathly surprised that he is able to wield it; normally, it would shock anyone that wasn’t a god or goddess into a coma. “how is he able to…” she shook her head and snapped out of the shock. No time for that now.

She saw that Emil’s sword was still sticking out of the train. She reached over, grabbed it, pulled it out, flipped it backwards, and charged at the knight.

The knight scoffed. He flipped Nexus Ultimus backwards, and used it to counter her attack.

The force sent Req rolling back a few cars. “Damn. He’s tough.” she looked him over, hoping to find a weak spot, and saw anchors coming from his feet, grounding him to the barrier. “lucky for me, I’m quick.”

She flipped onto her feet and quickly bolt for the enemy. He powered up both swords and sent a powerful sword beam her way. She jumped, landed on her back, and slid under the beam and himself. She swepted under his feet, knocking him over. She slashed up at him then a hard slam down.

Nexus Ultimus slipped out of the knight’s fingers and bounced to another car. Req slammed Emil’s sword down on the knight’s arm and ran over to her blade. She jumped over, rolled, grabbed it, and took her battle pose again.

The knight pulled Emil’s sword out of his arm and tossed it towards the caboose, where it hit and stuck.

4:15.

He got up, smirked, and summoned up his other weapon; a wicked looking Pole-Ax.

Req just smirked and got cocky. “You want to play the duel-wielding game? Fine.” sparks shot between her left and right hand as Nexus Ultimus split into two; the blue-bladed angel sword Nexus and the red-bladed demon sword Ultimus. “I can play that game, too.”

She ran towards the knight, dragging the swords behind her, as the knight prepared.

4:31.

Req spun around and slammed both blades into his own. The knight swung his sword and almost hit her in the head but she ducked. She jumped back and sent forth a few fireballs to hit him. The knight swung his Pole-ax, blocking the fireballs, and hit her in the left shoulder, cutting deep.

Req grunted in pain but kept on the offensive. She jumped over the knight and kicked him in the back. He stuck his sword into the barrier, grabbed Req’s foot, and slammed her into the barrier.

4:53.

The knight grabbed his sword and dragged it across the barrier, lighting it on fire. He swung up and hit Req in the chest, sending her flying back into the back of the coal car.

The knight swung his sword to the left, making the fire disappear. He slowly walked over, confident that this will be the last time he’ll see her.

Wrong-o.

A blast of white light came from her location. She hovered just inches above the train, angel wings out the back and sword and body glowing.

“you made a big mistake bucko.” she angrily said as her two blades formed back into one.

The knight scoffed as he pointed his pole-ax towards her. He always wanted a challenge.

5:41. End Song.

“That hurt.” Emil groaned as he and everyone else got up.

“That guy was tough.” Zel groaned as he cracked his neck. “surprised he was able to knock me out.”

A flash of light caught their attention, breaking up their little talk. They looked to see the light move and head towards Ponyville.

“uh-oh. I think that guy pissed off Req.” Ash laughed. “he’s gonna get it now. Once Req goes full-out goddess, we can say good-bye to the bad guy.”

Begin Song:

Chasing Prince Ahmet - Assassin’s Creed Revelations Unreleased OST

0:00.

Req yelled as she was sent flying into the engines smoke stack. A whip came out of the knight’s hands, wrapped around her waist, and pulled her down towards the barrier, which she hit hard on her back.

Her angel wings disappeared and the glow dissipated as cuts bled from everywhere on her body.

0:16.

The knight slowly walked over, bloody sword in hand. Like before, everyone inside the cars were frozen from a spell of his. Only their eyes and nervous systems worked, giving them complete awareness.

The knight reached the bloodied and beaten goddess and smirked.

“not how I remember it our last encounter, Serenity.” He raised his sword high.

Req struggled to move but was too injured to do anything. She was completely at his mercy.

The knight raised his sword as high as he could and…

0:48.

…Stabbed down into Req’s shoulder. She grunted in pain as he made sure it was in good and tight. He lifted her up off the barrier. Blood dripped down and splattered on the barrier.

“so disappointing, Serenity.”

1:04.

He swung hard and sent Req careening towards the caboose. She hit it hard, causing it to collapse on top of her. The knight smirked and started to walk to her when the sudden appearance of sunlight caught his attention. He looked to the east and saw that the sun was, in fact, rising. And without the princess working her magic.

1:22.

“Well, how do you like that?” he snickered. “the sun is rising. And without help from you.” he said to Celestia. “how intriguing.”

He returned his attention to Req. “You’re lucky that I had a time limit, Serenity, or else this would’ve ended a lot differently.”

The mysterious and deadly black knight disappeared in dark fire, leaving them all.

1:39. End Song.

Out with the old...

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 8

Out with the Old…

Orochi sat on a chair in a dark room carving a potato when the Dark Knight appeared and walked though it.

“you just know how to cause trouble.” Aqua said. The knight stopped in his tracks and looked over to the human body. “you just can’t contain yourself. It like trouble is all you know.” the knight started to leave when Orochi tossed the knife into the wall in front of him.

“We’re talking to you, Tsylatac.” Tenebrae said. “you know, you didn’t have to do all that.”

“Although I am surprised to see that you were able to wound Requiem to near death.” Fulmen added.

Tsylatac pulled the knife out of the wall and flipped it in his hands. With a flick of his wrist, he threw it back to Orochi and walked off. “but I must ask; what was with the watch?” Glacies asked. Tsylatac ignored him and walked off. “always so mysterious. Never says anything more then a full sentence.”

Chrysalis hummed to herself as she gave herself a hoof-icure. She had taken over Canterlot in less then 2 days; less then 20 minutes with the actual invasion, so she deserves to look pretty. Unfortunately, the feeling from this little ‘look pretty’ deal is sending shivers down her spine.

“this feels… wrong.” she threw the nail file out the nearest window. “I’m not sure why Ponies think they need to look pretty.”

Not long after taking over Canterlot, Chrysalis and her forces quickly went to work turning the city into something more familiar to them. And Chrysalis, being the queen that she is, choose the best room in town for her own; Celestia’s own private quarters. She made a few… tweaks to it to make it more accommodating to Changelings. She still had some work to do, like getting most of the furniture out of there.

She started to use her magic to move a desk when a drawer fell out and landed on the floor. Curious, she put the desk down and grabbed the drawer. She noticed letters upon letters within them. She grabbed a few and read them.

‘Dear Princess Celestia,

I have learned a very valuable lesson about friendship: I was so afraid of being thought of as a showoff that I was hiding a part of who I am. My friends helped me realize that it's okay to be proud of your talents, and there are times when it's appropriate to show them off... Especially when you're standing up for your friends.’

‘Dear Princess Celestia,

When you first sent me to Ponyville, I didn't know anything about friendship. I met somepony tonight who was having the same problem - your sister, Princess Luna! She taught me that one of the best things you can do with friendship is to give it to others, and help them find it themselves! And I'm happy to report that all of Ponyville has learned that even though somepony seems a little intimidating, even scary, when you offer them your friendship, you'll discover a whole new pony underneath. And even if my Star Swirl the Bearded costume didn't go over, this still turned out to be the best Nightmare Night ever!’

‘Dear Princess Celestia,

Today I learned a great lesson about friendship. Well, you might think that it would feel good to get lots and lots of stuff, but it doesn't feel nearly as good as giving something special to somepony you really care about. But I learned that it truly is better to give than to receive, and that kindness and generosity are what lead to true friendship. And that's more valuable than anything in the world. Well... almost anything.’

‘Dear Princess Celestia,

Sometimes it can be hard for a shy pony like me to stand up for myself. When I first tried it, I didn't like the pony I became, but I learned that standing up for yourself isn't the same as changing who you are. Now I know how to put my hoof down without being unpleasant or mean.’

Chrysalis looked at them weirdly. “What are these things?” she grabbed the drawer and took another look, trying to fine what they are. She looked on the front and saw it. “Friendship Reports?” Chrysalis scoffed as she looked though the rest. “Why would Celestia be so focused on someone’s friendship status? It’s not like this is Mane-book or anything.”

The doors to the room opened wide and two Changelings walked in, dragging another behind them. “we have brought Mirror’s Edge, your highness.”

Chrysalis threw the drawer to the side, crashing it against the wall. “excellent. Leave him and wait outside.” the two bowed and left, closing the door behind them. Chrysalis walked over to Edge as smugly as she could. “Edge, Edge, Edge.” Edge sadly looked away, not wanting to look at anyone right now. “Thanks to you, Canterlot is ours and Equestria will soon fall. so, I must ask and ponder, why would you try to… what’s the expression the humans use… ‘off yourself’?”

Edge still looked away but closed his eyes. “why do you care?”

“I care because you are one of my top soldiers. It was thanks to you that I… we were able to take Canterlot.”

“whoop-de-doo.” Edge sadly said sarcastically.

Chrysalis didn’t need to be psychic to finally figure out the problem. “Oh. Is this because of that little yellow Pegasus? Fluttershy, I believe she was called? Don’t tell me you still love her even after she broke your heart?”

“It’s not just her. It’s all my friends. I betrayed them all and… and…”

Chrysalis rolled her eyes and sighed. “I don’t have time for this. Either you put all that behind you or else I’ll have to take drastic measures.” Edge ignored her. He wasn’t going to forget about it that easily. This was going to haunt him till he died. Chrysalis got angry. “fine. You leave me no choice. Guards!” the 2 Changelings who brought Edge walked back in. “it seems Edge is going to be a problem. Take him down to the dungeons and Purge him.”

That scared him. “no. no no no, not that!” Edge pleaded.

“you left me no choice, Edge. Time has come for you to join us once again.”

the 2 Changelings grabbed Edge and pulled him away. He struggled to get free but they had him tight. “No no no! anything but that! No.” Chrysalis turned and looked out the window.

Edge was strapped to a green crystal deep in the dungeons. “No. please, let me go! Please!” he pleaded. He didn’t want to be purged and the Changelings assigned to this didn’t want him to be either.

“Sorry, Edge, but you did give her no choice.” a sadistic Changeling said.

A scared Edge and thought back to Fluttershy and his friends. They were about to go away. A single tear fell down his face as it began.

“no. No. NO! AH!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Dinky depressingly sat in a corner, away from everyone. She was all alone in this mess; her mom was gone, her friends were gone, she believes that nobody else will comfort her. She’s all alone. All she had was the necklace with the golden ring her mom gave her.

Jax, meanwhile, sat in a corner as well. Not because she was sad but because she wasn’t keen on getting friendly with equines. She wasn’t going to get friendly any time soon.

Not long after Canterlot was taken over, everyone still trapped inside were sent into the dungeons till Chrysalis could think of something good to do with them.

“DIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!”

That loud yell put everyone on edge, leaving some to wonder who was the unlucky shlub. It also forced Dinky to run into Jax’s arms.

“I’m scared.” she shakingly said.

Jax kept her arms away from Dinky, not wanting to touch her at all. Though, she knows the feeling. She was scared too. Being separated from her friends, her weapons. Not being able to use her magic. She brought her wrists to her eyes and looked at the bracelets Chrysalis had forcibly put on her. She had never felt so helpless.

Eventually, a few Changelings came down from above and opened all the cell doors. “Come. Our queen wants to see you all.”

Jax was thrown into the gardens and landed in a pile of rubble. Chrysalis had ordered everypony to be taken to the town square. Jax believes she figured out why.

The entire city was decimated; you could hardly tell it was a city anymore, more like bombed out ruins. Every building was destroyed, the streets were cracked and cratered, trees and plants are lifeless, every animal had been silenced. It’s like a nuke had come down on the city.

“Damn.” Jax gasped. The ponies all whimpered at the devastated sight. To see the capital of the empire come down like this… they don’t even know if everyone who escaped are okay. Everypony had someone special in these dark times; lovers, significant others, children. Everypony but Dinky. Jax saw her sitting alone and felt sorry for her.

2 Shadow Creatures appeared from the ground and snarled at them, scaring everyone but Jax.

2 Changelings appeared from the sky. One cleared his throat. “May I present your new ruler, Empress Chrysalis.”

Begin Song:

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

A floating platform powered by those same crystals as in the caves and for the barrier shield, came floating down, Chrysalis on top of it.

“Citizens of Canterlot. I… am your new ruler. Celestia is dead. Your friends and family have abandoned you. And your beloved heroes, and those Elements of Harmony, are no more. There is a new order and it is my order. Serve me well and reap the benefits. Don’t and… well, you’ll be Purged.” the Changelings shivered in fear when they heard that, giving reason to believe that being Purged isn’t exactly pleasant.

A young earth pony filly grabbed a rock and tossed it at Chrysalis, hitting her in the head. The Shadow Creatures snarled and moved to attack him. “Hold!” she ordered. The Shadow Creatures listened and backed off. “there are always those who would reject a new rule. It’ll pass.”

“and what happens if we don’t want your rule?” a male unicorn asked.

Chrysalis‘ mouth sneered wide. “I’m glad you asked.” Leon and Fracture walked up to the crowd, dragging a badly injured honor guard behind them. The crowd gasped in fear and slowly backed up, everyone but Jax that is. “This guard continued to fight us even after Canterlot was sealed within. But, even the toughest have to rest.”

“what are you going to do to him?” Jax asked.

“Me? Oh, no no no. I’m not gonna do anything to him.”

“you’re not?” Jax asked in surprise. That was surprisingly kind.

“No. he is.” she pointed down to the opening.

A Changeling, holding himself in high regard, walked towards them, wearing some high society armor, slowly walked into view. Chrysalis evilly snickered as he walked in and the Ponies backed up in fear.

Dinky recognized the Changeling, even in all that armor. “Edge?” Mirror’s Edge stopped just a few feet away from the prisoner and waited. “Edge!” Dinky happily exclaimed. She ran over and hugged him. “oh, it’s so good to see you!” Edge just stood there, not moving a muscle. Dinky happily looked up at him and saw something that turned that smile into a expression of fear. Edge’s eyes were soulless and lifeless. Worse still, he doesn’t remember her. She let go and slowly back up in fear, trying to hold back some tears.

“I’m afraid he won’t be the same Changeling you know anymore, Dinky.” Chrysalis evilly snickered. “for you see, he was Purged. And he now follows my every order.” Edge’s glowed green for a moment. Dinky reached Jax and grabbed her leg out of fear. Jax didn’t stop her; she was afraid as well. “General Mirror’s Edge. Kill the guard.”

Edge’s horn glowed and pointed it at the guard. Mothers grabbed their kids and held them. A flash of green light followed as Edge killed the guard off-screen. Dinky cried and buried her face into Jax’s leg.

“Anyone who opposes me will face a fate far worse then what the guard had got.” Chrysalis declared. “I’m sure the family of Sun Frail will be saddened to hear that their husband and/or father was killed.” she turned to her guards and nodded. “from this moment on, you will work in the Crystal Caves down below Canterlot and mine them for us. Anyone who fails to do their duty will be killed in a matter worse then the guard.”

The guards circled the prisoners and lead them away. Jax looked back at Mirror’s Edge, not believing that he would do that. For a moment, she saw his eyes go back to their original color.

The Sacking of Ponyville

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 9

The Sacking of Ponyville

“it is so nice to have you back, general.” Chrysalis said to Edge as she sat on the throne.

Edge bowed to her. “It’s good to be back, my queen. Several weeks on leave really did me some good. I feel better already.”

“I’m glad. I always need my best at top strength.”

A Changeling came in and whispered into Edge’s ear. He nodded when he heard the report. “I’ll be back soon, my queen. Got some personal business to take care of.” Edge bowed to her and left.

Friction was confused. A few weeks vacation? He was living with ponies for 5 months. “um… my queen. What happened to him?”

Chrysalis smiled. “impressive, isn’t it? Purging someone can do quite a number of things to them. One of them being erasing memories.”

“Erasing Memories?”

“repression, actually. Edge has no memory of the past 6 months. He doesn’t remember being taken in by Ponies; he doesn’t remember the wedding of Trixie and Luna… he doesn’t even remember his love for Fluttershy. He‘s exactly who he was before all that; a completely sadistic general of the Changeling forces.”

Friction remembered her Purge. It wasn’t exactly a pleasant experience. She can only imagine having your memory erased and your brain messed with. Edge walked back in with a couple of Changelings behind him. “how’d it go?” Chrysalis asked.

“my forces are ready for my command. They know I’m back at the ready.”

“Good.” Chrysalis got up from the throne and slowly walked alone the right side of the room. “now… we need a good first target.” she noticed something out the window and looked at it with a snicker. “and I know just the place; that innocent little hamlet…” she crushed a bug with her hoof, staring out towards the town that lies not far from Canterlot.

Satoshi looked though a telescope at the capital, hoping to see something. Out of everyone, he had the best eye-sight. He has to since he’s the pilot of Orion.

“Well? How’s it look?” Fox asked, sitting on the railing of Twilight’s balcony.

“well…” Satoshi tinkered with the sights. “there’s some fires here and there; I’m guessing bon fires creating by the prisoners. Other then that, nothing. I can’t see a thing other then that pink barrier.” he sat away from the telescope and softly hit it on the lens, causing it to spin. “if Orion was fixed, it’d probably be gone by now.”

“how long till it is fixed?” Applejack asked as she walked up to the balcony.

“we’re just about there. Just need to connect the wires to the main control console and she’ll be able to fly. But until we get that device was stolen from us by that monster, we’re stuck on this world.”

“as long as it can fly, we’ll have a advantage.” Celestia said as she walked up to the balcony. “we’ll have something Chrysalis won’t have.”

“yeah, but Orion got totaled when it went up against that giant monster.”

The princess had an idea on how to deal with that. “I think I know how to fix that.” Celestia said with a wink.

“OW!!! Not so tight!” Req exclaimed.

Her fight with the knight had left had badly injured with a few broken bones in her arms, legs, and chest, as well as a ton of cuts and bruises. She’s lucky she got out alive. Currently, she’s being bandaged by Twilight, Cadence, and Nurse Redheart.

“if you didn’t want it tight, you shouldn’t have gotten injured.” Redheart commented, bandaging Req’s arm.

“don’t blame me, blame that knight guy.” Req angrily muttered. She looked to Twi, who was getting some rags wet. She moved her attention to Twi’s prego belly. “did you even figure out what the knight wanted with you?”

“no. I didn’t see what he did to me. Once he stuck me in that trance, I lost all connection. I’m not sure how he did it but… I think he took my soul out of my body.”

“He did what?” Cadence gasped.

“I wouldn’t be surprised.” Req said. “I know… knew a few people who were capable of doing that. They don’t take it out, they just… what was the term Gabs used… disconnect it for a few seconds.”

“Whatever the case, it felt… wrong. I just hope he didn’t hurt Starlight.”

“You and me both.” Cadence said. “I want to meet my niece or nephew one of these days.”

“Speaking of which, when do I meet mine?” Twilight asked, carrying the rags over.

Cadence chuckled. “anyday now. I’m a bit anxious.”

“you wouldn’t be the first mother to be on edge.” Req joked.

Eris laughed as she ran though town, dragging a piece of cloth behind her. Her pursuers weren’t having a good time.

“ERIS!!!” The CMC yelled as they ran after the baby Draconequus. “Stop running!” Eris ignored them and continued to run.

“why does she do this?” Sweetie Belle whined.

“I don’t know.” Scootaloo replied.

Eris ran out of town and towards Fluttershy’s cottage. Applebloom dived to catch her but missed and slid into a tree, causing snow to fall on her. Eris stopped at Fluttershy’s door and swung the cloth though the air.

“*heavy panting* she… is… fast… for a kid…” Pipsqueak panted.

Applebloom stuck her head out and spit snow out. She noticed the house and got confused. “Why are we here?”

Sniffling came from somewhere with everyone leaving to believe it came from Eris. “I don’t know, but I think Eris is crying that we caught her.” Feather Weight said as he flew over to her.

Applebloom hit snow out of her ears and shook her head. She heard the sniffling but didn’t hear it coming from Eris. “I don’t think it’s her.” she got out of the snow and shoot it off. “I think it’s coming from inside the cottage.”

“The cottage?” the rest asked. Yep, they heard it coming from there.

Curious, Scootaloo opened the door.

Fluttershy silently cried her heart out as she held a picture close. “Fluttershy?” ‘Shy heard Scoots ask, sniffled, and wiped her eyes, replying with a cracked voice. “S-Scootaloo… what are you doing here?”

She and the rest of her friends came in. Eris ran in and jumped onto Fluttershy’s couch. “why are you crying?”

“Crying?” Fluttershy wiped her eyes again. “I-I wasn’t crying.”

“yes you were.” Sweetie Belle said. “we heard you outside. Plus, there’s still tears rolling down your face.”

Fluttershy touched her face and felt them. “o-oh. I see that I was.”

“Are you okay?”

Eris, in her silent genius, quickly took the picture out of Fluttershy’s hoofs and landed it to a confused Scootaloo. “Eris!” Fluttershy exclaimed.

Not really sure what’s going on, Scootaloo looked at it and recognized a very familiar Changeling. “is this Edge?” Fluttershy forcefully took it back from Scoots and held it close. “ ‘Shy?”

Fluttershy sadly looked away from them, only muttering one sentence; “I miss him.”

Chrysalis chuckled as her Changelings made the P.O.W.’s gather in the Canterlot gardens.

“Now what, another execution?” Jax asked, still as confident as before.

“oh, no no no no no.” Chrysalis smiled as a crystal came down from above. She flickered to live, showing Ponyville. “it’s time for a feature presentation. I call it ‘the fall of a empire.’”

A sudden and loud explosion echoed though town, shaking every building and breaking every window.

Begin Song:

The Hunted - Assassin’s Creed Revelations OST

More followed after it, crashing around the town and encircling in a ring of fire.

“What the hell?” Aura exclaimed.

Wisps of shadows moved along the ground, out of the fire and making their way towards town. A Shadow Lion burst out of the ground and landed on top of Aura. He struggled to get the lion off but he couldn’t it with it trying to get at his neck.

A blast of magic shot it off as Lina ran over, fireballs ready to go. “you gonna lie there or are you going to fight?”

Aura quickly got up and grabbed his lance. “duh. Fight.”

“not again.” Celestia gasped as she looked at the ring of fire surrounding the town. She fell to her knees in shock. “This can’t be happening again.”

Satoshi ran as far as he could out of the town and towards Orion. If this was a attack, and if they lose, he wasn’t going to let them take the blueprints.

A platform crystal hovered over the fire. a certain general sat on top, giving orders. “Encircle the town. Make sure no one leaves. Our queen want’s prisoners!” Edge ordered. He looked down at the town and saw Sugarcube Corner. Something flashed in his mind, causing him to hold it pain. “why does this town… feel familiar?”

Ash twirled his guns as he fired in all directions, giving the citizens time to flee. Spyro grunted as he hit the ground next to him. “That hurt.”

“This is unprecedented, don’t you think?” Ash asked him.

“It’s war. They never give warnings.”

“True.” Ash shoved Spyro out of the path of a Shadow Rhino. He shot it in the head, killing it and making it disperse into darkness.

“nice shot.”

“I aim to please.” another explosion cut their little banter short. Ash quickly came up a idea. It was risky but what other options do they have. “Spyro, get down to the train station and see if they can get one ready. We’re gonna need a quick getaway.”

“you sure?”

“You got a better idea?”

“ow ow ow. Watch it!” Req complained as she was carried away from the library by Twilight and Redheart.

“you can’t move, remember? Broken legs?” Redheart retorted.

“then give me crutches.”

A Shadow Komodo Dragon jumped down from above the library and towards them. Req noticed this. If she can’t fight back with swords, she can still fight back with magic. “Seraphim Blade!” a cut of light appeared and sliced the Shadow Creature in half. “Good to know I can still use magic.”

Twilight rolled her eyes when she noticed something. “wait. Where’s Cadence?”

“Probably getting Armor now let’s go.” Req yelled.

“Come on! You got to get it to move!” Spyro complained to the train engineers.

“Sorry, but ever since last night, the ol’ gal’s been acting weird.” one of them said.

“Then deal with it in the next town.”

“the next town is 40 miles away and this train isn’t keen with salt air.”

Spyro groaned and grabbed the leader and walked him over to give him a good view of Ponyville. “you know what will happen if you don’t start that train up?” he shook his head no. “those things…” Spyro pointed to a Shadow Creature. “…will have you for dinner.”

That was all the convincing he needed. “Start up the train.”

The fire from the explosions rose up high to the sky. Edge watched from the platform and smiled. “it’s good to be back.” he said with a sneer.

End Song.

Back in Canterlot, everyone was seeing the devastation being done to a otherwise peaceful town.

“mom…” Dinky tearfully croaked. Jax looked down and felt sorry for her. Their world was coming down around them and she can’t do anything.

Bahamut flew over to Fluttershy’s cottage and burst though the door. The CMC and Fluttershy were still inside, cowering in a corner. “What are you all still doing here?” he asked. “They called for a evacuation. We have to get to the train station.”

“we’re scared.” the girls of the CMC said with a whimper.

“I know. War is scary and nobody should witness it but if you don’t move it, you’ll become someone’s dinner.”

Being the fearless girl she was, Eris ran over to Bahamut and jumped on his back. The others looked at each other and gulped. “Well… if Eris isn’t afraid…” Fluttershy shakingly said.

“Good, now let’s get going!” Bahamut exclaimed.

Begin Song:

Unforeseen Assault - Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike OST

0:00.

The ponies cautiously peaked out first, making sure the coast was clear, before making a run for the train station. Bahamut spread his wings and took to the sky.

Chaos ruled the streets as citizens fled for their lives, hoping to live to see another day. Changelings and Shadow Creatures alike chased after them, hoping to take prisoners.

Cadence ran as fast as she could to the station. She wasn’t able to find Armor so she’s hoping he’s still alive and at the station.

A sudden burst of pain from her mid-section caused her to stop and hold herself in pain. A group of Changelings saw her and converged on her location.

0:33.

Lina fired a fire ball and Aura sliced at a few Shadow Creatures, killing most of them. A Shadow Spider emerged from the ground behind them and pounced onto them. It kicked Aura’s weapon away and sprayed web onto Lina’s hands.

“well, so much for us getting away.” Lina joked.

0:41.

Satoshi ran as fast as he could towards the station, blueprints in hand. Even though he didn’t hear the order to converge there, he knew that was the most logical place to go.

0:57.

Explosions continued to rain all over town, leaving walls of fire and large craters behind. In one such craters, prisoners were being gathered up; 3 of them being Aura, Cadence, and Lina.

1:13.

Fluttershy and the CMC ran as fast as they could though the war-torn streets, not wanting to become corpses or prisoners. They unknowingly ran underneath Edge’s little platform. He saw them and snickered.

He jumped off it, flapped his wings as fast as he could, and shot down towards them.

1:21.

He rammed into Fluttershy, flew into a alley, pinned her against a wall, summoned up some claws, and held them up to her face.

Fluttershy panted in fear with her eyes snapped close. Edge held the claws up to her neck but felt like something was holding him back.

“Grgh. Gra. Gy…” the claws shook as his mind began to flash with images, images he never saw before.

Fluttershy heard the shaking and wondered why she wasn’t dead yet. She opened them up and looked in a mix of surprise and horror to see that Edge was the one holding her up against the wall, the one trying to kill her “Edge…”

His soulless eyes sparked back to his normal purple eyes then back again. He was surprised to hear that from a normal Pegasus. “How do you know my name?”

A blast of ice hit Edge and sent him into the end of the alley. Fluttershy fell to the ground and rubbed her throat. “Come on!” Riku exclaimed before running off.

Fluttershy nodded, got up, and ran to the exit. She stopped and looked back at Edge. Why would he attack her? She somberly looked away and ran off.

Edge grumbled as he got up. Why did that pony feel so… familiar?

1:57.

The people clamored as they got onto the train for the second time in 2 days. Ash and Fox fired their blasters at the Shadow Creatures, keeping them at bay.

“So what’s our destination?” Spyro asked inside the engine room.

“Little town 30 miles east of here. Think it’s called Maredrid or something like that.”

The last of the ponies clamored on as Hiccup did a headcount with tallies in his journal. Bahamut, the CMC, Riku, and Fluttershy just arrived, adding a few more to his count. Something felt off so he re-counted. “We’re missing 16.” Satoshi arrived and panted. “make that 15.”

“where were you?” Sora asked.

Satoshi brought his blueprints to viewing height. “had to get these. Can’t let evil-doers get it.”

“You know what happened to the missing 15?”

“yeah. Caught a few glimpses. They were taken captive; Lina, Aura, and Cadence among them.”

Hearing that Cadence got caught sent Armor over the edge. He ran out, hoping to get to her. Twilight ran out after him. “whoa whoa whoa, BBBFF!” she ran in front of him and got in his way. “There’s nothing you can do for her!”

“But that’s my wife and my unborn child in there!”

“I know! But there’s nothing you can do for her. Besides, Aura and Lina are with her as well so they’ll protect her from danger.”

Armor looked up to the burning town and sighed. He was leaving his wife in the middle of all this. He didn’t like it but Twi was right. “All right. I hate it but all right.” Twi ran back to the train. Armor turned to head back to the train but glanced back to the town. “be safe, Cadence.”

The Prisoners whimpered in fear at the bottom of the crater. Aura, Lina, and Cadence kept on strong faces so they don’t show fear. Edge walked on over, drawing the heads of his former friends. “Edge? Edge, what are you doing with them?” Aura asked.

First the Pegasus, now this… thing. How do they know these him? “what do we do with them, sir?” a subordinate asked.

Edge looked at them long and hard, thinking of a good punishment for them. “send the ponies to Canterlot for the crystal mines. Lock the humans in the deepest part of the town. And…” he looked over to Cadence and remembered Chrysalis’ words. “take the Alicorn to our queen. She wishes to meet with her.”

“Yes sir.”

“Edge is giving orders to Changelings?” Aura asked.

“basterd turned full traitor. Knew he was a bad egg the moment I laid eyes on him.” Lina said.

Cadence wasn’t so sure. She felt conflict in his heart and heard it in his voice. Something happened to him and she plans to find out what.

The train whistle bellowed as the train itself slowly pulled out. Shadow Creatures continued to converge on it but only to be blasted away.

Fox and Ash waited till a opportune moment before jumping onto the wrecked caboose.

The whistle reached the prisoners, giving them feelings of relief. Long as the Princess and the Elements got away, they still had a chance.

Another pain hit Cadence, causing her to groan in pain.

The train pulled away from the station and away from the burning city. If nobody believed it before, they did now.

War has officially come to Equestria.

End Song.

Incoming Shit-storm

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 10

Incoming Shit-storm

A Crimson Unicron with a Silver Mane tinkered with his invention. “if I move this here and connect that to there…” the machine sparked, temporarily electrocuting him. “AY! Ay vamera.” he stuck the edge of his hoof into his mouth to calm down the pain. “that smarts.”

He sputtered as he sat down at a desk. “what I am missing?” he muttered. He looked for his blueprints, sending papers that weren’t it down to the floor. One of them, which was completely accidental, was a picture of a rainbow-maned cyan Pegasus.

In a bar downtown in the same town, a gruff and angry unicorn was drinking like there was no tomorrow.

“Damn girl. First she turns my life into a living hell, then goes and makes friends. *angry scoff* my life has gone to hell ever since we found her.”

A gryphon came in, carrying a newspaper. “hey, did you guys hear?”

“hear what?” the barkeep asked.

“Canterlot and Ponyville have fallen.”

“What?” everyone at the bar exclaimed in surprise. It caught the attention of the drunk pony.

“it’s true.” the gryphon set the paper down on a table and read it, drawing a crowd. “ ‘ in a repeat of her failed invasion 6 months ago, Chrysalis and her Changeling forces launched a full-scale invasion of Canterlot during the wedding of Princess Luz de la Luna and Trixie Lulamoon…” that got the drunkards full attention. “…and, with a unknown and powerful new ally, was able to take and seal the city in a barrier. 2 days later, she launched a full attack on Ponyville, sending her new general Mirror’s Edge to claim it. During the 2 battles, more then 80 ponies had been taken captive and 3 of the new arrivals. Among the prisoners is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, who had been captured in the Sacking of Ponyville. Princess’ Celestia and Luna were able to escape the battles with the refugees from Canterlot and Ponyville. She was last seen heading east, to the town of Maredrid.’”

“that’s this town.” some pony pointed out. “when’d this paper come out?”

“2 days ago which means her train should be coming in any minute now.”

The drunkard put his mug on the counter and smiled drunkenly before walking out.

Dinky sat alone in a forgotten part of Canterlot, away from everyone else. She just wanted to be alone.

Working down in the crystal mines is quite a challenge. They’ve been given nothing but pick-axes and little shovels to carve out giant crystals from a cave. Despite being a ruthless tyrant, Chrysalis was being quite generous. She gave them 2 half-hour breaks, including a hour for lunch. The hours, however, are atrocious; start at 4 A.M. and end at 10 P.M. it also doesn’t help that the guards are some of the worst Changelings they had ever seen.

Dinky sniffled and wiped her eyes when she picked up the sound of snoring nearby. Whoever it was, he was loud. Dinky got up to go look. The snoring got louder as she got closer.

She rounded a corner to the other side of the mountain and froze in fear when she saw where it was coming from.

The snoring was coming from a slumbering Oscurita.

The train rolled into Maredrid station and hissed to a halt. Everyone grumbled as they walked off. they were tired and wanted to sleep. Spending a long time cooped up in crowded train cars was too much.

“oh, man.” Sora stretched her arms up until her back cracked. “the next time I go on a train better be the day of my funeral.”

“I’ll be sure to line it up.” Zilver groaned.

The mayor of Maredrid trotted on up to the station with a few members of the city council. He immediately spotted Celestia and walked over to her. “Princess Celestia?” he asked in a Spanish accent.

“hmm?” she and Luna looked over to him.

“my name is Bell Toll and it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to Maredrid. If I heard that you were coming sooner, I would’ve set up a much better response.”

“it’s okay, Bell. it wasn’t exactly planned.” Celestia looked to her subjects and sighed. “If you don’t mind, maybe we can retire to the town hall so we can discuss where my subjects from Ponyville and Canterlot can stay.”

“of course. Taking about War is always tough.” he walked off back to town. Celestia began to follow but stopped when she noticed Luna wasn’t with her. She turned to her sister. “you coming, sister?”

“Soon. I haven’t been to Maredrid before.”

Celestia chuckled. She was imprisoned for 1000 years so that was to be expected. Besides, she owns her. “I understand. You and Trixie still need a honeymoon, after all.”

“That’s right, beautiful.” Trixie said as she grabbed Luna. “I hear the beaches are magnificent at sunset.”

“now I’m intrigued.” Luna chuckled. The two walked off, leaving Celestia to chuckle. She still finds it hard to believe that her baby sister found a lover. Now if she could only get Cosmos and Erys back.

Armor was among the last off. As soon as he got off, he began to walk in the direction the train came from. Twi and Halo saw him walk away and ran after him. “where are you going?” a insistent Twi asked.

“I’m going back to Canterlot to get Cadence.”

“By yourself!? Listen, Armor, if you go back there, you’ll get killed.”

Armor stopped and turned to face her sister. “but that’s my wife, my pregnant wife, and your sister-in-law. Aren’t you worried about her?”

Twi looked away, now sure how to respond. So, as if by instinct, Halo stepped in. “she knows, Armor. And if it was Twi who was captured, I would want to go rescue her too. But you can’t. the Changelings have the place completely overrun. You’d be killed before you set foot in Ponyville.”

Armor angrily sighed. He really hated this. “fine. I won’t go.”

Twi breathed a sigh of relief. “thank goodness.”

Armor looked in the direction of the towns and angrily scowled. “I can already picture Chrysalis planning her next move.”

Chrysalis danced to ‘Somewhere beyond the sea’. two cities in 2 days. That’s too perfect.

A flash of dark fire came from the ceiling but she didn’t notice. Orochi saw her dancing and groaned. “Now that is just embarrassing.” Terra said.

“Sorry, I can’t hear you over how excellent I’m being.”

“So I heard.” Ignis said as he took over. “Conquered 2 cities in 2 days; that’s a new record for this world.”

“so I heard.” Chrysalis spun and jumped onto the throne. “so. Why are you here?”

Orochi chuckled and walked over to the stain-glass murals, stopping just beneath the one for Discord. “I’m here to take back what is mine. Oscurita should be back with his master, after all.”

Chrysalis chuckled. “I’m afraid I’m gonna have to say no.”

“what?” Tenebrae exclaimed. “you’re going back on our deal?”

“no, I’d say you’re going back on yours.” she got up and grabbed a little crystal. “I told you that when I conquered Equestria that I would give Oscurita back to you. Last I checked…” Chrysalis hovered the crystal over to Orochi who just stood there angrily. “I haven’t conquered Equestria. I just took over the capital and a small hamlet out in the countryside.”

“so… you won’t give him back?” Fulmen asked.

Chrysalis’ horn glowed, causing the crystal to glow and extend a small blade out of it. “not until the world is mine.” Chrysalis stopped her magic and grabbed the crystal.

Orochi angrily sneered at her. “fine.” Glacies said. “just remember that if you fail to live up to your promise, you will have made a powerful enemy.”

The doors opened up wide. Edge walked in and bowed. “My queen, I have b--” he looked up and noticed Orochi. Naturally, he got into a battle pose. “do you need assistance, my liege?”

“no no. he was just leaving.” Chrysalis said. Orochi silently growled at the queen before walking away. A wall of dark fire appeared in front of him and he walked into it. “ugh. Politics. I always hate them.” Chrysalis sighed as she sat back down on the throne. Edge watched the fire disperse and continued to walk in. “you were saying, General?”

“oh. We have captured Princess Cadence and have brought her here to Canterlot, as per your orders.”

That news was gold to her ears. “thank you, general. Bring her here. I wish to meet with her.”

A sleepy Eris yawned as she laid on Rainbow Dash’s back. The two, plus Scootaloo and Soarin’, had been exploring the city since they arrived and both were getting tired.

“quite a big place.” Dash yawned. “Although I swear I heard the name Maredrid somewhere before.”

“same here.” Soarin’ and Scootaloo said. “just trying to place it where.”

Eris heard the sound of sparks, her ears flickering to find the direction. Once she found it, she opened her eyes, jumped off Dash’s back, and ran towards it.

“Eris!!!” Dash whined. “not again.” she ran after the baby.

“this happen a lot?” Soarin’ asked.

“more then you know.” Scootaloo sighed as they ran after them as well.

“…so if you have any shelter you can give us, we would really appreciate it.” Celestia said to the town council.

The group of 5 talked amongst each other. Celestia hoped for good news. She already had a ton of bad things happen to her and her subject so this would give them something to be thankful for.

“we’ll do all we can but we don’t have a lot of buildings for everyone.”

“Thankfully, the winter’s here the lightest in Equestria.” another councilwoman said. “the worst we had was the Windigoes at the dawn of Hearth’s Warming Eve.”

“so… there aren’t enough buildings?” Celestia asked to confirm. Everyone shook their heads ‘no’. “I understand. Guess some are going to be sleeping outside.”

Trixie and Luna held each other close as they looked at the sunset glistening on the ocean waters.

“you know, I’ve never been to the ocean before.” Trixie sighed.

“same here.” silence fell on them for a few moments. “you know what would make this moment even better?”

“kids?”

Luna chuckled with a smile. “you’ve been thinking about it too?”

“yeah. We would make good parents.”

“The best.”

“She would be so magically intune, with both her parents being such powerful magic users.”

“un… last I checked, we were both female. So one of us would be the parent.”

“oh, right.” Trixie thought for a moment. “rock, paper, scissors?” Luna softly face-palmed and chuckled. Trixie faux-smiled and laughed as well. “sorry, heard that from Satoshi.” she explained. She looked up at the sunset and smiled. “well, we got plenty of time to talk about this. Besides, we still need to un… seal the deal.” she walked in front of her new wife, brushing her tail beneath her chin.

Luna slyly chuckled as Trixie’s tail brushed underneath her. “I like the way you think.”

Trixie chuckled and slowly trotted off, looking back at Luna, when she ran into someone and fell to the ground. “ow.” she looked up a saw a drunk unicorn standing over her. “sorry, but do you mind watching where you’re going?”

The drunkard snorted and staggered down to her. “oh, you don’t remember me, bitch?” he fell to the sand. Trixie backed up. “you made my life a living… *hiccup* …living hell.”

Trixie took a moment but she recognized him as the Stallion who made her life a living hell. “dad…”

Eris laughed as she ran though the streets, scaring some of the locals.

“Eris! Please stop!” Dash exclaimed as she ran after her.

“Sorry.” Scootaloo told to the locals as she continued after Dash.

Eris eventually came to stop in front of a open garage. “ooh.” she exclaimed, taken over by the shiny objects. She ran on in as the other 3 arrived in front of the garage and stopped.

Dash panted when she looked up to Eris. “Eris… you know you shouldn’t be going into other ponies places without asking.”

Soarin’ looked up and saw something familiar with the garage. “hey… doesn’t this place feel… familiar to you?”

Scootaloo looked around and noticed it as well. “yeah. Can’t place where.”

Dash, who had just picked Eris up and put her on her back, also started to take notice. There was a familiar feel to it, no doubt about it. Curious, she walked over to the desk and saw Blueprints.

“blueprints? For mechanical wings?” she gasped when she realized where she was. “This is…”

“Rainbow Dash?” Dash, Soarin’ and Scootaloo looked to the entrance of the garage to see Storm Shadow standing there with a cup of coffee. Dash gasped in joy as she smiled wide. “what are you guys--”

Dash interrupted him with a big hug. Shadow was caught off guard when the hug hit. Soarin’ and Scootaloo smiled. None of them thought they would see him again.

“I thought I would never see you again.” Dash cried as she held Shadow tight. Shadow got angry, pulled Dash off of him and pushed her away, much to her surprise. “Shadow?” he didn’t reply, instead, he just gave her a mean stare and stormed off. “Wait, Shadow.” Dash walked after him. Soarin’ and Scootaloo looked at each other with worry.

Cadence was escorted into the throne room by a couple of Changeling guards. She stopped just before the throne, which was surprisingly empty. “where’s Chrysalis?” she asked her guards. The guards just stood there in silence.

Several minutes have passed before Chrysalis herself walked in. “thank you, you two. You may leave now.” the guards bowed and left, closing the doors behind them. “so, we meet again, Cadence.”

“why am I here?” Cadence angrily asked.

Chrysalis brought her hooves to her mouth and tapped them together. “you don’t remember?”

“I remember you trying to invade Canterlot during my wedding.”

Chrysalis brought her hooves down and chuckled. “you really don’t remember.” she gave a wry chuckle. “guess I’m gonna have to remind you.”

Suddenly, and without warning, Chrysalis suddenly kissed Cadence.

*author’s notes*
And I’m gonna stop here. These arcs will be completed next chapter. Just feeling a bit under the weather right now.

Forbidden Friendship

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 12

Forbidden Friendship

A pick-ax cracked into a crystal and shattered a few shards off of it.

“oh, this is a whole LOT of fun.” Jax sarcastically and angrily said as she lifted her pick-ax up. “who doesn’t love being down in a mine, working your ass off to the point of passing out? Who doesn’t love being a workaholic?” she slammed her pick-ax into the ground and groaned as she fell. “now I know how the slaves felt.” Dinky was thrown into the mine and right into a mine cart. The Changeling that threw her chuckled as he walked out. “where were you?” Jax asked.

“out exploring.” Dinky groaned. “but apparently, you can’t do that during work hours.”

“I think anyone would’ve told you that.” Jax sighed. She rested her head on the crystal as Dinky walked over. She sat down beside Jax and copied what she did.

“you know, the weirdest thing happened to me.”

“What?”

“well, I was out exploring when I came across that giant monster the queen used.”

Jax opened her eyes and looked at Dinks. “Oscurita?”

“yeah, that’s his name. he was about to eat me but didn’t. he even purred for a moment. I’m not sure why. But…” she sat up and grabbed her mom’s ring. “I think it has something to do with this.”

Jax grabbed it and looked at it. “a golden ring?” she took it off the necklace and put it on. “well, doesn’t turn people invisible.”

She put it back on the chain as Dinky took it back. “when he saw it, he just let me go. I don’t know why.” she put it back around her neck and let it hang.

“Hey!” a Changeling cracked a magic whip at the two. “get back to work.”

“Okay.” Jax said in a dulcet tone.

“Sorry.” Dinky added in the same tone.

The prisoners have made their home at a fountain in the middle of a relatively less destroyed part of town. Bonfires blazed from the buildings that circled the fountain, each having close to 10 to 15 prisoners around it. Jax and Dinky, along with a good chunk of the prisoners, found shelter in what was once a donut shop. What they all did for food, however…

A tray of what was probably oatmeal landed in front of Jax. It would be edible if it weren’t for all the flies and the mold.

“Enjoy.” the Changeling sneered as he walked off.

“Gee, thanks.” Jax grabbed her trail and dumped the contents into fire, creating a small mushroom cloud.

In a corner, Dinky inadvertadly overheard the Changeling who brought their food talk to another. “…did you feed the beast?”

“no need. Chrysalis ordered that he be cut down on his meals. Besides, he had a pony earlier.”

“A pony?”

“yeah. A kid, too. Foolish filly walked into his area and became lunch.”

“oh. You know, I always wondered how they taste.”

“I heard a Dragon down south say they taste like a mix of chicken and apples.”

“Apples? Well, they do eat them a lot. Wouldn’t be a surprise.” the two Changelings laughed as they walked off. Dinky felt sorry for Oscurita. The pony must’ve been her but he didn’t eat her. He let her go, now he‘s paying the price.

Jax tossed her tray out, almost hitting a certain princess in the head. “hey. Watch where you’re throwing that.” Cadence said.

“Cadence?!” the ponies all exclaimed in surprise.

“what are you doing here?” Jax asked as Cadence sat down at their bonfire.

“I got captured. How else would I be here?” she asked.

“good point.” Jax got up and walked to the counter. “so… how’d you get captured?”

“they launched an attack on Ponyville. Mostly everyone got away but, me, Aura, Lina, and a few other ponies got captured.”

“Aura and Lina got caught?” Jax asked in surprised. She jumped over the counter and rummaged though it.

“yeah. Not sure where they are. They weren’t brought here with the rest of us.”

Aura, Jax could understand, but Lina? She’s basically a unstoppable force of nature. Well, everyone has off days every now and then. “ah. Here we go.” she said. She reached down and pulled out a tray of a dozen donuts. “saw Donut Joe hide a few of these a few days before the wedding. They may be stale now, so…”

“who cares! Better then slop.” a earth mare said as she ran over. She jumped to them but Jax raised the tray before she got close, causing the mare to hit the counter.

“no no no. we’re gonna share these with everyone.” the mare moaned where she hit. She tossed one to their group and told a Pegasus to take one to each group.

“this is… surprisingly kind of you.” Cadence pointed out.

“huh?” she looked at the princess with a confused expression. “well, I can’t be choosy at this point. I mean, I’m stuck here with you all. Got no time for hatred. Well, hatred for your kind of equines.”

“thanks. I think.” Cadence said, not really sure how to take that. Their donut was cut up into 15 pieces, which was no small feat due to it being already small, and passed out among the group of their bonfire. Cadence took a nibble of hers before sighing. “I didn’t think it was Chrysie after all this time.”

Jax dropped her piece of the donut down her gullet and swallowed it whole. “you say something?” she asked.

“I haven’t told anyone this, mostly because I forgot myself, but I befriended a Changeling when I was Dinky’s age.”

“you did, your highness?” a Unicorn asked.

“well, ask him or her if he can help.” Jax said.

“that… would be a problem.”

“how so?”

“she’s currently in control of Canterlot right now.”

Chrysalis looked out the window to a dreary Canterlot. Cadence not remembering their old adventures together, their childhood escapades. It can hurt anyone, even the coldest of people.

The main doors creaked open and Mirror’s Edge walked in. he bowed and lowered his head. “you set for me, my queen?”

“yes. I did.” Chrysalis walked away from the stairs and grabbed the crystal she showed to Orochi and threatened Cadence’s life with. “I never told anyone this, and I’m hoping that you will keep this a secret.”

“of course. But… what is it?”

“you were friends with her?!” all the refugees exclaimed.

“I didn’t remember it until now but... Yeah. I didn’t even realize that Chrysalis was Chrysie until she pointed it out herself.”

“okay. I just have to ask…” Jax started.

“…what happened?” Edge finished.

Chrysalis sat down at the throne and rubbed the crystal. “it was 16 years ago. To the day, I think…”

*before I go any further, you should know that in my little universe here, Season 3 and Beyond never happen. Which means the Crystal Empire is, and has been, under the rule of Cadence and her family and Sombra didn’t try to turn it into hell on earth. Also, I am planning on bringing Sombra in, but not in the way you expected and he’s quite a ways away from coming in.*

16 years ago…

Young Cadence, no more then 8 and already has her Cutie Mark, laughed as she tried to catch a few butterflies as she and her friends and family sat down to a picnic. The butterflies fluttered to a small forest and Cadence ran after them.

“Don’t go to far, dear.” her mother called out.

“I know mom.” she ignored her and continued to run after the butterflies.

She ignored them and ran into the woods. She almost caught one when she heard moaning. A scared Cadence stood there as she tried to find the source.

“hello. Hello? Is someone there?” she called out.

The moaning came again. Cadence looked around in the bushes and inside tree trunks to find it. Inside a rose bush, she found the source.

A heavily hurt 9-year old Chrysalis. Cadence gasped and ran off, calling for help. “Mom! Mom!” Chrysalis looked up to see her run away before blacking out.

3 hours later…

Chrysalis woke up and found herself in a unknown location. She grunted in pain as she sat up. She was in some sort of room, with the walls entirely made out of crystal. She took off the blankets to see herself covered in bandages.

“who…?”

The door to the room opened and Cadence walked in. “oh, thank goodness, you’re up.” she sighed. “I was worried that you were beyond help.”

Chrysalis looked at her wounds then back to Cadence. “you helped me?”

“yeah. Why? Shouldn’t I not have?”

“but… I’m different then you. I was raised that ponies would never help a thing like me.”

Cadence scoffed. “then whoever told you that was a complete moron. Of course we would help you. We’d never abandon someone in need.” Chrysalis wasn’t so sure. She was raised by those beliefs and raised hard. “oh, my name is Cadence. What’s yours?”

Chrysalis didn’t want to tell this… Cadence her full name. so, she came up with a abbreviated one. “Chrysie. My name’s Chrysie.” Cadence giggled and smiled. Feeling unnatural, Chrysalis smiled back, or tried too.

Cadence and Chrysalis laughed hard when Cadence told the funniest joke in Chrysalis’ life. That got the attention of Cadence’s parents.

“So, your visitor is all better?” her mother asked as she walked into Cadence’s room.

“Much better.” Cadence happily said. “her name is Chrysie and she’s from a land far away.”

“Very far.” Chrysalis chuckled.

“oh. How far is it?”

Cadence and Chrysalis looked at each other and smirked. “as far as the moon!” they both said out loud.

2 days later…

“wow!” Chrysalis gasped as she looked at the crystal palace. “You’re a princess?!”

“yep. Next in line for the Crystal Empire throne.”

Chrysalis smirked. She couldn’t help but think of this. “you got a boyfriend?” she jokingly said.

Cadence blushed as she stammered. “w-w-what? Of course not, d-don’t be silly. Me with a boy? That’s preposterous.”

“uh-huh.” Chrysalis said, not really convinced. “So, there any other royalty I should know about in your family?”

“well, there’s my aunt Celestia. She’s the ruler of Equestria. In fact, I think she’s in town right now. You want to meet her?”

“Can I?”

“sure. She’ll be glad to meet someone like you. You are fun, after all.” Cadence trotted off, leaving behind a surprised Chrysalis.

“fun…” she muttered to herself. Nobody had ever called her fun before. She shook her head and ran off after Cadence.

Celestia and Cadence’s parents talked with each other in the drawing room.

“…yes yes. I heard about that. That poor Derpy girl disappeared. Hope you find her.” Cadence’s father said.

“me too.” a somber Celestia said.

Cadence and Chrysalis walked in. “hey mom. Hey dad.”

the Princess was caught off guard by the presence of Chrysalis. “who’s this?”

“this is Chrysie, my new best friend.” Chrysalis went wide-eyed in surprise. “she was hurt when we found her so I helped nurse her back to health.”

Celestia curiously looked at Chrysalis, who got really worried and intimidated by the princess. She could feel her power emanating off of her. “she’s certainly… interesting.”

“Cadence, if you don’t mind, we have important stuff to talk about.” Cadence’s mother said.

“Okay, dad. Come on, Chrysie.” Cadence ran out, Chrysalis not far behind her.

Celestia watched them leave, curious by the black filly. “who was that black one?”

“Don’t know. She never said much of where she’s from.” Cadence’s father said. “so, you were saying about upping our borders?”

“oh, right. There’s word that there’s something happening in the arctic north. There’s some unexplained dark clouds swirling there.”

2 days later…

Chrysalis and Cadence stood at the same spot Cadence found her.

“Do you really have to go?” Cadence sadly asked.

“yeah. My parents must be worrying about me by now. But I’ll come back as soon as I can.”

Cadence smiled. “I’ll hold you to that.” Cadence used her magic to bring forth a small crystal. “take this. Something to remember me by.”

Chrysalis gingerly grabbed it and smiled. “Thanks. I’ll cherish it forever.”

1 and a half years later…

Cadence and Chrysalis, both at age 10, held their sides as they laughed their heads off. “and then, and then…” Cadence gulped. “…the Diamond Dog says ‘this diamond isn’t shiny. This is a…’ then the thing exploded and covered them both in sap.”

Chrysalis laughed her head off but eventually stopped to take a breather. “oh, that was too funny.” Cadence laughed and sighed as she laid back in the grass. Chrysalis laid beside her and sighed as well.

Cadence lamented if she should tell Chrysie this. “Chrysie.”

“hmm?”

“next week, I leave for Canterlot. I’m gonna be the foal-sitter for my aunt’s new protégé. She’s supposed to be pretty powerful and pretty cute.” Chrysalis whined a bit, getting the attention of Cadence. “I’m sorry but when Celestia gives you a direct order, you gotta do it. Besides, I still got a week before I leave. So we got a lot of chances to break out and party, huh?”

“that sounds good.” a distrat Chrysalis said.

“Great. Meet me back here at 8 tonight. I’ll invite everyone I can and we’ll party our plots off.”

That cheered Chrysalis up even more. “Great.”

6 hours later…

Chrysalis arrived at the same field she and Cadence were earlier, dressed up and ready to party. There was no one there for now so she figured they were just getting ready like her.

{Chrysalis} [Cadence]

“{I waited all night for Cadence to return. When she didn’t show up, I figured she was caught up with something and continued to wait.}”

“[I guess she never realized that I unexpectedly left for Canterlot that night. My parents surprised me with the trip earlier then expected.]”

“{I waited for days and days, though rain and wind I waited. It was in that heartbreaking moment that I realized that…}”

“[I don’t know how long she waited but I guess in that course, she came to a realization that…]”

“{[Ponies aren’t to be trust.]}”

Present Day.

Chrysalis looked at the crystal and sighed. “it was then that I realized that Ponies aren’t to be trusted. They will take your heart after a lifetime of happiness and smash it into a million pieces.”

“if you say so, my liege.” Edge said, not really sure why Chrysalis told him that story. “but… why would you tell me this? I’m not friends with a Pony.”

The Purge worked better then she expected. “it’s… just in case you do happen to become friends with one.” Chrysalis placed the crystal back on the pedestal and sealed it in it’s magic barrier. “know that they will do anything to become your friend then shatter it completely.”

Cadence finished telling the story, leaving the refugees with somber faces. While she didn’t show it, Jax did feel sorry for the Changeling Queen.

“So she’s doing all this out of resentment; out of spite and vengeance.” Jax concluded.

“that’s what I came to, too.” Cadence sighed.

Nobody noticed that a small pink unicorn had disappeared from the place.

Dinky tip-toed over to Oscurita, carrying the trail of gunk and her donut shard.

“hey!” she loudly whispered. Oscurita stirred in his sleep and moaned. “Hey!” Oscurita stirred awake and lazily looked in her direction. “I heard that you didn’t get any food on account of me and I felt sorry for it so I brought you my food. It’s not much but it’s better then nothing.” Oscurita snorted and angrily looked at her. “forgive me for actually looking out for you. You spared my life and I want to make it up to you. So…”

Oscurita sighed and sat up. She was going to insist on this and won’t back down. He reached over, grabbed the tray between his thumb and pinkie, opened his mouth, and dropped it in. he gagged and coughed. The taste was more then he could take.

“tastes bad, doesn’t it?” Dinky joked. “Should’ve warned you about that.” the sound of a fallen rock scared Dinky and made Oscurita look in that direction. “Listen, I’ll come back as soon as I can.” she started to run off but stopped and looked back at him. “see you later.”

She ran off, leaving him behind. He lightly smirked at the thought that someone cared about him. Legitimately cared about him. And something about her felt familiar and it wasn’t that ring. He fell asleep, trying to figure out why she felt familiar.

Volare

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 13

Volare

“…and then, Sweetie Belle falls in love with Spike and she’s trying and trying and trying to impress him but he was in love with Rarity and she fell in love with him, coming to a quite a awkward moment.”

Dinky was telling her own version of the story up to now to a sleepy Oscurita from his shoulder. He didn’t even ask for a story. How could he? He hasn’t spoken in so long. He is this close [ ] to hitting his head against the mountain and he showed it. Dinky noticed it and nervously chuckled.

“un… sorry. I didn’t mean to go all out. Guess I picked up my mom’s habit of blabbering. In fact, she even gave me this necklace when I couldn’t find mine. Said it belonged to a old friend of hers that disappeared awhile ago. She never said who it was; she never even dropped a name.”

Oscurita softly growled for a bit, wanting her to go away.

“oh, you probably want to go to sleep, don’tcha?” she jumped down from his shoulder, landed on a small outcropping, then jumped off that to the ground. “sorry if I kept you up. Better get back before I get in trouble.” Dinky ran off while waving good-bye.

Oscurita opened his eyes and went to sleep. At least for 2 minutes before he heard foot-steps again. He opened his eye and saw Dinky standing right there again. “Sorry. I forgot to give you this.” she tossed up a shard of a donut. It landed on the same spot where she sat. “sorry. Bad throwing arm.” she ran off again, for good this time. Oscurita closed his eyes and slammed his head into the mountain, falling asleep this time.

Scootaloo and Eris sighed together. Rainbow Dash hasn’t once tried to make amends with Shadow, same with him to her. Both were being stubborn and rather worried by the fact that they don’t know what the other will do, but most of all they were worried that the other will leave again. So, Scoot’s and Eris came up with a plan to try and get them together.

“you want me to look pretty?” a surprised Dash replied, sitting up in the bed in her little hotel room.

“yeah. Men do not like Tomboys. Believe me, I know.” Scootaloo said, feigning a nervous groan.

Dash laughed at the concept. “I do not do pretty. Like, at all. Last time I tried to look pretty, I ended up looking like a dweep.”

“Do you want Shadow or not?” Scoots asked, insisting that she make up her mind.

A dumb expression came over Dash’s face as she thought to herself. She looked up at the mirror and tugged at her hair. She didn’t want to lose Shadow again. “pretty me up.” she sternly said.

Eris tugged at Shadow’s ears, trying to get him to leave his garage.

“for the last time, Eris, I don’t want to play.” he replied as he tinkered with his blueprints.

Eris’s face puffed up as she angrily sat down. so much for that plan. She needed to think of a new one and fast; Scootaloo should be going well with her plan to get Dash down to the beach and if she bombs, there goes any plans of getting Dash and Shadow together. She had to get desperate.

Shadow leaned back in his chair, trying to figure out what would make his invention better, when he noticed Eris standing over him. “What do you want now?” he groaned.

Her response was a frying pan to the face. Instead of knocking him out, as it should’ve, it instead caused a lot of pain. “OW!” Shadow fell back and to the floor. Eris jumped off before the chair hit and tossed the frying pan away, acting like it wasn‘t there. Shadow held his bloody nose as he angrily looked at her. “if I play with you at the beach, will you leave me along?”

Eris delightfully nodded and ran out of the garage to the street. Shadow gave a groaning sigh as he got up and walked after her.

“mind if we stop by the hospital first?”

The basement beneath the library was turned into a make-shift prison for the Changelings prisoners. Well, their non-pony prisoners. Pods hung from the ceiling for their prisoners to hang out. Hehe. Get it? Hang o-- you don’t get it. Anyway, only 2 were filled, both of them human.

“Let us go!” Lina exclaimed, trying to break out of her cocoon. Chrysalis stood belong and chuckled at her naivety and stupidity. Nobodies every broken out of that. “you better let us go before I turn you into a Dragon Slave shish-ka-bob!”

“my my. What anger. If only you were evil like me.” Chrysalis chuckled as she strode throughout the room. “then you would be free.”

“yeah, I think I’ll pass, you prick.” Lina sarcastically said.

“please don’t piss her off.” Aura asked. “I would like to get out of this in one piece.”

“oh, we’re gonna get out of this in one piece, all right. And the queeny down there is gonna get out of this in pieces!” a glow came from inside Lina’s cocoon.

“oh no.” Aura said in worry. Chrysalis wasn’t worried. She just looked at Twilight’s old scientific equipment to try and confirm Pinkie’s Pinkie Sense.

“Gaav Flare!”

Lina’s spell didn’t fire. Instead, her cocoon electrocuted her, very comedicly I might add.

“warned you.” Aura muttered.

“guess you’re lacking in the brain department.” Chrysalis chuckled as she left. A burned and twitchy Lina hissed as smoke rose out of her body.

Chrysalis walked out of the battle-damaged Ponyville and out to a nearby mountain. There rested the reconstructed and all-new Orion. Everything that was inside the ship was now outside with little to no care for the occupants privacy.

one Changeling grabbed a magazine and turned it on it’s side. A much larger picture flipped out but he wasn’t too sure what he was looking at. “is this what humans look like naked?” he said in disgust. he threw the Playboy away and went back to rummaging though the ships contents.

Chrysalis arrived and saw them looking though it. She noticed a odd poster lying on the ground. She grabbed it and it showed a half-naked model on it. “these humans are disturbing.” she said as she threw it away.

“no argument here.” Friction said as she read though ‘Of Mice and Men’. “this is just crap.” she tossed it into the same pile and went though the crap again.

Leon bumped into a box and opened it up. Inside was tons of movies. He grabbed one and looked at the cover. “Land Before Time?”

Friction looked in it as well and pulled out another. “Twilight: New Moon? it’s official; The humans are nuts.”

“yep.” all her brothers and sisters there agreed.

“So what do we do with all of these?” one of her subordinates asked.

“just leave them. We won’t have any use for them.” Chrysalis said, tossing aside a fake earring.

“And what of the ship?” Edge asked, looking up at it.

“leave it. Celestia and her cohorts have been routed to who-knows-where. Besides, that idiot Jax said it was wrecked thanks to Oscurita.” she looked up at it. “they may have fixed the body, but I doubt it’s still flight-worthy.” she turned and left the ship.

Since she never gave orders, the Changelings were unsure what to do. So, they just put the stuff back and went back to their old posts.

Rarity hummed as she worked on Dash’s hair and face. Scootaloo helped out by holding Rarity’s supplies.

“are you sure I won’t look like a complete dweeb?” Dash worriedly asked.

“you want to win Shadow, don’t you?” Rarity asked.

“…yeah, but do I need to look like a dweeb?”

“you’ll look fine, Dash. Trust us.” Scootaloo said as she handed Rarity a perfume bottle.

Dash saw it and freaked out. “no no. no perfume. NO Perfume!!!” Rarity sprayed the bottle on the stubborn Dash, who coughed at the smell of it. “Ach. I said no perfume.” she gagged.

“it doesn’t matter. You’re all done.” Rarity said, feeling confident about her work. Scootaloo smiled at how beautiful her distant cousin looked.

Dash took a deep breath and nervously exhaled. “okay. Let me see it.” Rarity used her magic to bring a full-body mirror in front of Dash.

Dash gasped when she saw that her hair rolled up like toothpaste and curled to the right. A small jewelry scrunchie tied the back of her hair a la Applejack with a headband holding the top of her hair in place.
{in short, this picture:
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Dash looked herself over and slightly blushed. She was never gonna say it out loud but Rarity did a awesome job. She did look beautiful. Now, time to impress Shadow.

A torrent of black fire appeared in the woods near the human ship for a moment before dissipating. Footsteps crunched in the snow as the person who appeared as it walked over to the Orion. It dug it’s hand into the movie bin and pulled out a monster movie.

“hehe. This will get those pathetic morons running.” he snickered.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a blank card. He opened the case and placed the card on the disc. The card glowed a charcoal glow as the image painted by itself onto it. Once done, he closed the case and tossed the DVD back. He raised the new monster card up to the sun and sneered.

“Time for the King to make his big return.” he put the card back in his pocket as another torrent of black fire appeared behind him. “and I was so looking forward to that Legendary remake before Catalyst ruined Earth.” he walked into the fire and disappeared.

A bored Shadow blinked a few times as Eris made a sand castle. “Flag.” she said, telling him to put a flag on top of one of the towers. Shadow sighed and begrudgingly placed a seashell on top of it. This may be a part of the plan but Eris was feeling nothing from him. She looked up and saw that the other half of the plan was approaching.

“Can I please go home now?” Shadow asked, really wanting to leave. Eris stammered for a moment, trying to think of a way for him to stay but she couldn’t, unless he could surf. Or she could. Shadow groaned and got up. “I’m heading home.”

He turned to leave onto to run into the BEAUTIFUL Rainbow Dash. Both instantly blushed when they saw the other.

“h-hey Shadow.” Dash nervously said.

“hey, Dash.” he replied, just as nervous.

Eris and Scootaloo walked to the side, leaving them alone. Not far, Requiem popped in a tape into a radio and began playing Volare. How’d she get on this? It’s Req. romance is her drug.

After a awkward silence, Shadow was the first to say it. “you look different.”

Dash brushed her hair back and blushed. “Rarity and Scootaloo got to it.”

Shadow smiled at the gesture. “well, it wasn’t necessary. You looked hot the way you were.” Dash nervously chuckled and groaned as she lowered her head. “but… why would dress up like this?”

“well… because I… I wanted to impress you.”

“me?”

Dash sat down on the beach and sighed. “when you left, I was devastated. I didn’t know what to do.”

“I know. Scoots told me.” he said as he sat down beside her. “you actually tried to kill yourself?”

That was one part she wishes she could forget. “well, you were a big part of why I did that but… another reason was because…” Dash stopped as several tears came to her eyes. Shadow felt bad and looked away. He caused her to try and kill herself. He never suspected that she was hiding her true feelings from Soarin’ to prevent hurting him. Shows how much he knows.

“I left because I didn’t want to hurt you. And I didn’t want to make you choose between me, a going nowhere inventor, and Soarin’, a world-wide celebrity. It’s obvious who would’ve won.”

“you don’t know that. God, you’re just like Halo; completely nervous when it comes to relationships.”

“Can you blame me? I had no experience when it came to this stuff.”

“Halo’s best excuse right there.”

The two stopped talking for a moment and just looked out to the ocean.

“so… where do we go from here?” Dash asked.

Shadow sighed as he scratched the back of his neck. “well… you hurt me when you were going out with Soarin’. and we both know it wasn’t on purpose but you still hurt me.”

“what do you think I felt when you left? I was hurt too. I didn’t even get a proper good-bye.” Dash sighed as she got up. “something tells me you’re not gonna go for this. God, this was such a stupid idea.” Dash started to walk away as Shadow just continued to sit there.

She was almost off the beach when Shadow turned her around and hugged her close. “I know we didn’t leave things on a positive note but…” he let go but still held on to her. “I am willing to put my heart on the line one more time. If you‘ll let me.”

Dash was dumb-struck at first but smiled. Finally, things were going right in her life. “and if you’ll let me put my heart on the line, I’ll accept.”

“Deal.” both smiled. they leaned their heads forward and touched their foreheads together. “so… do we cement this with a kiss, senorita?”

“let’s wait till date number 3. I may be a tomboy but I’m not easy.”

Shadow chuckled. “I know that’s true.” Dash smiled.

Elsewhere on the beach, Eris high-fived with Scootaloo and Req. this was one relationship brought back from the abyss that nobody thought they’d see.

“so… what’s the real reason you broke up with Soarin’?” Shadow asked, curious about the true tale.

Dash broke the embrace and nervously chuckled. “un… turns out we had the same father.”

“oh.” he said, not surprised by it. At first. “OH! So, that means you two are…”

“brother and sister.”

A very disturbing thought entered shadow’s mind, causing him to wince. “did you two…”

Dash knew where he was going before he even said it. “thankfully, no.”

The King of Monsters

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 14

The King of Monsters

Chrysalis looked at a map of the world with great interest. She is busy trying to find a new target on her world-wide conquest but she wasn’t going to use Oscurita this time around. He’s been acting weird lately and she was unsure why so until he finds out, he’s gonna be out of the war.

“having trouble finding a target, my queen?” Edge asked.

“yes. There’s so many prime targets and so little time. It’s like a baby in a candy store; the choices are too good. You wish you can take them all.” Edge slightly chuckled. He somewhat knew the feeling.

Unable to make a decision, Chrysalis used her magic to summon up a knife; the same knife she almost used to kill Celestia. “what are you doing?” Edge asked.

“leaving our next target up to chance.” using her magic, she tossed the knife into the air above the map and let it go. The knife spun in mid-air and fell to the map, landing on the Changelings next target.

the coastal town of Maredrid.

Derpy yawned as she woke up on another day. Another day without her Dinky. She wishes that she was taken prisoner instead of her daughter; Faust knows what torture she’s being put though right now. She depressingly sat back and looked out the window. The sun wasn’t even over the horizon and she was up.

“geez, I never woke up this early since my days with eTunes.” she yawned. eTunes. Just saying that name always made her smile. If only she knew what happened to him, then she could…

Several figures flew away from the city and towards the mountains near the town. One of them looked a little bit familiar. Curious, she got up and went after them.

Fluttershy sat by herself on a bench near the darkened beach. She was playing the raid on Ponyville in her mind and why Edge was there, helping the bad guys.
*Flashback*

Fluttershy and the CMC ran as fast as they could though the war-torn streets, not wanting to become corpses or prisoners. They unknowingly ran underneath Edge’s little platform. He saw them and snickered.

He jumped off it, flapped his wings as fast as he could, and shot down towards them.

He rammed into Fluttershy, flew into a alley, pinned her against a wall, summoned up some claws, and held them up to her face.

Fluttershy panted in fear with her eyes snapped close. Edge held the claws up to her neck but felt like something was holding him back.

“Grgh. Gra. Gy…” the claws shook as his mind began to flash with images, images he never saw before.

Fluttershy heard the shaking and wondered why she wasn’t dead yet. She opened them up and looked in a mix of surprise and horror to see that Edge was the one holding her up against the wall, the one trying to kill her “Edge…”

His soulless eyes sparked back to his normal purple eyes then back again. He was surprised to hear that from a normal Pegasus. “How do you know my name?”
*end Flashback*

“he acted like he didn’t know me.” Fluttershy muttered to herself. “And those eyes. Those soulless eyes.” she tightly closed her eyes, tears softly rolling down her face. “what happened to you, Edge? What did Chrysalis do to you?”

A passing Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, who just woke up from playing too hard on the beach with Scootaloo, Eris, Pipsqueak, and Feather Weight. heard her cry and looked at each other, wondering what’s going on with her.

Edge looked at himself in the mirror, replaying his recent conquest of Ponyville. That yellow Pegasus knew his name and acted like he knew him. Not to mention those weird images that ran though his head. This was a mystery he is determined to figure out and that Pegasus, Fluttershy, has the answer. He walked out of his room and onto the deck of a pitch-black ship where his forces waited for his order.

Derpy flew though the air, wondering where those mystery ponies flew off to. She’s curious as to what they were doing up in the snow-filled mountains near Maredrid but the bigger question is who would fly all the way up here.

She spotted several figures up ahead, all gathered around a small bonfire. More curious now then she was a few moments ago, she flew on down.

When she touched down, the first thing she noticed was that everyone there were Lunar Guards; the bat-ponies that served as Luna’s guard. And with them was the S1/Day look Princess Luna.

“Luna?” Derpy said in confusion. She walked over to her as she was talking to a couple of her guard.

One of her guards was in the middle of a explanation when she approached. “they appear to be unguarded on the west approach so if we…”

“Luna? What are you doing here?” Derpy asked as she approached.

“Derpy?” Luna returned in surprise. “What are you doing here?”

“I saw some mystery ponies fly up here so I came to find out who. Why are you up here?”

Luna looked to the map. “we’re gonna launch a sneak attack on Canterlot.”

“What!?

“a spy of ours, who was there when the barrier came down, told us that most of the Changeling forces have left to conquer another city. At that time, Canterlot is defenseless. We’ll look for a chink in the armor, infiltrate the city, and take out Chrysalis.”

She may not be part of the guard but Derpy knew that was a stupid plan. “un… can I make a few constructive criticisms?”

“Constructive Criticisms?” Luna repeated, not sure what she meant.

“yeah, um… for starters, that is a stupid plan! For starters, you know that only half of the Changeling horde is gone. So what about that giant monster, the one whose monsters made us lose Canterlot and Ponyville? You take him into account?”

“we know this will likely be a suicide mission.” one of the guards said.

“then why do this?”

“for our families.” Luna said. “some of us have families still in Canterlot. Free Fall’s husband, Sun Frail, is still in there, as well as Cryo Spell’s son. as well as your daughter, Derpy.”

Luna had her their. She did miss Dinky something fierce but she knew that… “I know but I’m not going to risk my life on a suicide mission. And you said your fighting for your families so what about Trixie, Luna?” Luna was caught off guard by that and looked away. “the two of you just got married and you already want her to become a widow?”

Luna wasn’t sure what to say. Her own guard lost family during this war but she still has hers; Her sister. Her friends. Trixie. “I…”

Begin Song:

The Ark - Transformers: Fall of Cybertron OST

A large shadow passed over them all, cutting the conversation short. Everyone there looked up and gasped in terror when they saw what passed over them.

“They…. They have one?” Derpy gasped.

The shadow moved away from them, leaving them to wonder what they just witnessed. Luna shook her head and regained herself. “It’s heading for Maredrid. We have to get back and warn them.” she said.

Luna and her guard gave themselves a running start before taking to the air.

“h-hey!” Derpy exclaimed, not a fast runner or flyer like them. “I’m not as skilled as you guys!” she flew after them, hoping to catch up.

The shadow moved down out of the mountains and moved over Maredrid, covering the city completely.

“What in the world is this?” Hiccup exclaimed.

“how can there be a shadow during dusk?” Twi exclaimed. “it’s not possible.”

Cynder looked up and gulped. “I’d say that makes it possible.”

Above the city was a massive ship similar in shape to Orion. The difference is that it was made entirely out of lumonesint shadow.

“is that Orion?” Satoshi gasped. “it’s impossible. I took the blueprints.”

“Doesn’t mean that Oscurita can’t copy it.” Req said. “remember all the Shadow Beings he sent after us were copies of us and the ponies. Who’s to say he can’t copy ships?”

“good point.”

The Changelings on board the shadow ship were antsy in the pantsy, eager to get some fighting in. they let Oscurita take the first two cities, now it’s their turn.

Edge walked out onto the bow and thrust one of his hooves forward.

“Take this city in the name of our great leader Chrysalis. And show them all the power of the Changelings and the power of our new flagship, the Vascillia!”

The cannons aimed down at the city and fired, destroying a good chunk of buildings in a single volley.

The Changeling horde hissed as they jumped from the ship and headed down to the city. Some slammed into the ground like back at Cadence’s wedding and went to work.

A changeling hissed as it chased Colgate and Berry Pinch into a alley. Riku smirked and summoned up his Keyblade.

“Wait! Stop!” Berry Punch exclaimed as she ran in front of him.

“what are you doing? You want those two to get killed?”

“no, but I don’t want you to kill the changeling.”

“What?” Riku said in confusion and anger.

“in the millennia’s we raged war, we never killed anyone, even if they killed us. That’s our rule for war and we’re sticking to it.”

Great. Not killing is going to make this entire conflict more difficult.

The Changeling hissed as it closed in on Pinch and Colgate. It was about to deliver the final blow when it suddenly froze. The two looked to the exit and saw Riku standing there. Berry Punch ran in and hugged them both.

Riku sighed and rolled his eyes. “not a good time to be hugging.”

Orochi appeared on the side of a mountain overlooking the city and smiled. He lived for stuff like this. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the card he had made the night before.

“time for you to make your return…” Glacies said as he raised the card into the sky. Wind swirled around him and shot up into the air. “Mighty King of Death!” a beam of Neon Blue light shot out of the card and into the air.

Derpy, Luna, and the rest of the Lunar guard returned to see Maredrid in flames and the citizens in it screaming our in fear and terror.

“and there’s another reason you can’t launch an attack on Canterlot.” Derpy somberly said.

A stern Luna heard her but didn’t want to say anything about it. “all right. Let’s get down there and help out anyway we can.”

Luna and her guard flew on down to the city. Derpy spread her wings to follow but noticed Orochi standing on the cliff, holding the card up. The beam shot out, catching her off guard.

“what’s he up too?” she muttered.

Edge scanned the town from above, trying to find the Pegasus he was looking for. Sure enough, he found her running though town, trying to get to safety. He jumped of and flew down after her.

End Song.

Fluttershy ran though town as fast as she could, avoiding all the localized fights and fires as best she could.

Edge hit her from the side and dragged her down a alleyway before pinning her up against a well with his right hoof. In his left hoof, he summoned up those claws and held them up to her.

Fluttershy strained as she opened one eye. “…E-Edge…”

“there you go again with my name. Last we met, you also mentioned that name. how do you know me?” he pushed her up further, putting pressure on her throat. “Tell me.”

Fluttershy strained as she tried to breath. “y-you are… my best friend.”

Friend? Best friend? This Pegasus has really lost it. He let her go and let her fall to the ground. She held her neck as she coughed, filling her lungs with air. “Friend? Impossible. Ponies and Changelings can never be friends. Chrysalis told us herself.”

Fluttershy coughed as she looked up at him. “do you believe everything she says?”

“yes. She’s our queen.”

“well, she’s wrong. We were friends. The best of friends. You helped me get reconcile things with my mothers. You helped some of my friends with tough spots in their lives. You… you even…”

“Shut up!” Edge exclaimed. “you honestly expect me to buy such drivel? How dumb do you think I am?”

“I’m not trying to trick you. Chrysalis did something to your mind, I’m sure of it. The Edge I knew- no. the Edge I still know was a kind and gentle soul who was friends with everyone. I even gave you a present for Hearth’s Warming Eve.”

Geez, doesn’t she ever shut up? How can someone ever be friends with a Changeling? There’s no way.

“Fluttershy!” Bahamut exclaimed as he flew down the alley towards her and Edge. He slammed in the Changeling and held him in the same position he had Fluttershy in seconds earlier.

“Time for you to face the music, Changeling.” Bahamut snarled as fire formed in his mouth.

“Bahamut, wait. That’s Edge!”

Bahamut stopped his fire when he heard that. He took a closer look and recognized him. “it… is Edge.” he gasped. He let him go, making him fall to the ground. “but why is he working for the enemy?”

“Chrysalis did something to him, I’m sure of it.”

“Who in Tartarus are you?” Edge groaned as he rubbed his neck.

“it‘s me. Bahamut. Your friend, remember?”

Another one, claiming to be his friend. And a Dragon, no less. That started filling him with doubt. What if there was some truth to the Pegasus’ words.

A dark cloud lowered from the sky and began to take the form of what was on the card. “time for the king to make his return.” Glacies said forebodingly as the wind whipped around him.

“Hey!” Derpy exclaimed as she walked up to him. She had a stick on her back, ready to go. “who the heck are you?”

Orochi looked back and snickered as Ignis took over. “well, well, well. If it isn’t the nuisance.”

“nuisance?” Derpy asked, not sure what he met by it.

“it’s thanks to you that he isn’t operating to his fullest potential.” Aqua said.

“What are you talking about?” Derpy asked, still trying to figure it out.

Lumen took over and pulled her over. “you should know. The two of you go back a long ways.” he tossed Derpy over his back and kicked her down to the city. “lousy wretch.”

Derpy yelled as she fell to the ground. The kick cracked her left wing so she couldn’t fly right. A flash of blue flew over and caught her, making them both fall into a few garbage cans.

Derpy moaned as she got up and rubbed her head. Luna moaned as she sat up. “that hurt.” they both moaned.

Trixie and several Lunar guards ran over to them. “are you two okay?” Trixie asked.

“just peachy.” they both sarcastically replied.

The dark cloud took shape of a familiar monster, much to Orochi’s glee. “Now. Rise, King of the Monsters! Rise, Gojira!” Terra exclaimed.

Begin Song:

Guardando Nel Buio - Kingdom Hearts 1 OST

Lightning bolts made out of pure darkness shot out of the clouds and struck the mass, giving it organic qualities.

A Changeling was shot beneath the feet by Ash then head butted by Spyro. They both heard a loud boom and looked up.

Giant lavender eyes opened wide as the monster from the card finally came to life.

“Hahahahaha! There’s no way they can stop you now! Now, Crush them Godzilla!”

Godzilla (in his Godzilla 2000 look) growled for a moment then let loose his Trademark Roar. It was loud enough to echo across the entire planet. “what was that?” Dinky asked back in Canterlot.

Req looked up and instantly reacted. “HOLY SHIT! Where’d that thing come from!?!” she exclaimed in fear. “we have to run!” she said to Celestia.

“no.” Celestia said her to herself. “I won’t run away. Not again. I already lost two cities and many of my subjects. I won’t lose anymore!”

“normally, I would agree with you, but NOT WITH THIS GUY!!!” Requiem yelled, pointing to the towering king. “This is the kind of thing you want to run away from!” Req ran around, sounding like Shemp as she ran.

“Trust us. If it can scare Req, you should really run.” Sora said.

Orochi, or rather Terra, laughed like a mad-man. “HAHAHAHA! Destroy! Crush! Obliterate! Kill them all!”

The monsters spines flashed for a minute before he let loose a fireball. “Don’t remember him doing that in the movies.” Ventus mentioned.

The fireball hit downtown Maredrid, destroying everything in it.

Vascillia aimed it’s cannons and fired again at the town.

Shadow gathered up his blueprints for his invention and ran out his house. And just in the nick of time as it exploded not 5 seconds after he left.

Having already planned in case the Changelings attacked the coastal town, trains were already made to leave, with one car separated for food and water. The first train is loaded with Maredrid natives, as well as children. Once it was filled, it took off, leaving only one more train; the same train used in the escapes from Canterlot and Ponyville.

A explosion rocked the town.

Fluttershy yelled and fell over. As if by instinct, Edge caught her before she hit the ground, catching all 3 of them by surprise.

“Did I…” Edge muttered. Fluttershy blushed at the awkward position, but mostly due to the fact that it was Edge that caught her. He let her go as another explosion echoed. He looked up at the ship, thought to himself, then looked to the Pegasus and Dragon. “Go. Leave.” he calmly said.

“Edge, I…” Fluttershy stopped right there. She wasn’t sure what to say.

“Go before I change my mind.”

Bahamut grabbed Fluttershy’s hoof and both ran out of the alleyway. Edge watched them leave and felt… relieved. Why would he feel relieved. Images flooded though his mind, bombarding him with strange pictures of that Pegasus. Either the Pegasus or his Queen was lying to him. And only one person had the answers he needed.

The spines on Godzilla’s back glowed bright pink, same with his mouth.

After watching his movies, Req knew what was happened. “Nyaaaaaah!” she exclaimed like a Stooge. “Hurry, hurry, hurry! Get in quick!” she exclaimed.

Fluttershy, Bahamut, Luna, Trixie, and Derpy were the last ones on board. Req jumped on top of the train and fired a sliver of light past the engine.

Having seen the signal, the engineers threw the train into motion.

The train squeaked as it’s wheels spun and pulled the train out.

The Vascillia pulled out of the city, every Changeling in the attack on board.

Fully powered up, Godzilla let loose a powerful Heat Beam. It struck the center of town. What followed could only be categorized as a miniature A-Bomb.

The force from the explosion caught up to the train, making it rumble violently. Thankfully, it stayed on the tracks and kept on chugging.

End Song.

Godzilla growled as he disintegrated and went back into the card. Orochi lifted it up and smiled. “works better then I thought.” Lumen snickered as he put it away. He looked out at the remains of Maredrid. There was nothing left of the city but a smoking crater.

He heard a train whistle off in the distance and playfully smiled. “well, time for me to indulge myself.” Tenebrae said as he looked though the cards. He found one just perfect. “Time to unleashed the Hounds of Hell.”

Lloyd groaned as he fell onto his back. “What a day.”

“At least we got a 3 day break out of all this.” Amelia said, trying to stay positive.

Satoshi glanced out the window, looking back at the rising mushroom cloud from what was once Maredrid. His vision moved down and he saw something running towards them. Multiple something’s.

“Grab your guns.” he told Fox and Ash.

Confused by what he meant by that, Req got up and walked to the window as the trio walked to the caboose. “oh, shit. Hell Hounds.”

A pack of Hell Hounds ran towards the train, moving as fast as the locomotive. Ash, Satoshi, and Fox took aim and fired at the monsters.

Their shots fired wide, covering a wide area. Some hit the Hell Hounds but they were stubborn and just shrugged them off.

One Hell Hound got up and lunged towards them, mouth wide open.

Leviathan

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 15

Leviathan

Lloyd groaned as he fell onto his back. “What a day.”

“At least we got a 3 day break out of all this.” Amelia said, trying to stay positive.

Satoshi glanced out the window, looking back at the rising mushroom cloud from what was once Maredrid. His vision moved down and he saw something running towards them. Multiple something’s.

“Grab your guns.” he told Fox and Ash.

Confused by what he meant by that, Req got up and walked to the window as the trio walked to the caboose. “oh, shit. Hell Hounds.”

A pack of Hell Hounds ran towards the train, moving as fast as the locomotive. Ash, Satoshi, and Fox took aim and fired at the monsters.

Their shots fired wide, covering a wide area. Some hit the Hell Hounds but they were stubborn and just shrugged them off.

One Hell Hound got up and lunged towards them, mouth wide open.

The Vascillia flew though the air, heading back to Canterlot. The Changelings on board cheered at a top well done. On this side of the country, there’s no way for the escapees to hide now.

Edge, however, felt uncomfortable. He had 2 different people say that he was their friend; both of whom he swears he never met. But… there was something in him that’s telling him he met them, he knew them. And every time he thinks about that Pegasus, he feels… weird. Like really weird. And Chrysalis told him that there’s no way Ponies could ever be friends with Changelings. Her story said otherwise and that Pegasus also says other wise. So who’s lying? He saw Leon and Friction walk by but didn’t pay it much heed.

“my liege. The prisoner is resisting.” a subordinate said to him. Edge got up and went with her down to the bowels of the ship. The soldier opened the door and Edge went right in.

“Let me go.” a familiar English accent said. “I’m just a foal, what do you want with me?” Pipsqueak asked.

Edge leaned forward and snarled. “you are something to keep a nuisance from further interfering with our ally.”

Pip had absolutely new clue what he was talking about. Edge knew that but didn’t care. He left the room and closed the door behind him.

“soldier.” Leon said as he walked over to the navigator of the ship. “when that train left, what route did it take?”

The Navigator thought back to the attack and the trains fleeing from Maredrid before it blew up. “mmm… that route would…”

Begin Song:

a Hard Ride - Assassin’s Creed Revelations Unreleased OST

0:00.

One Hell Hound caught up and lunged towards them, mouth wide open. A fireball flew down it’s gullet and blew it apart from the inside.

Fox spun his staff and put it back behind his back as he raised his rifle. “these things are worse then Sharpclaws.”

“I remember those. Not fun.” Satoshi said with a gasp at the end as they continued to fire.

Shots fired out from the caboose, each one trying to take out one of those Hell Hounds but they were too fast and too dexterous. In short, they were in trouble.

A few shots from Ash’s pistols hit one right in the head but it kept on chugging along.

“what’s going on out there?” Cynder asked, poking her head out. A fireball shot past her head, singeing her horns. “never mind.” she said. She looked the other way and saw that the train was nearing a bridge.

“Bomdi Wind!” Zel and Amelia yelled out, casting a powerful wind spell that slowed the Hell Hounds down and gave the train a little boost.

“Not sure what you guys did but it worked.” Pinkie said up to them. A fireball shot right by her, singeing her hair. “oop.”

0:32.

The train rolled onto the bridge, beginning a 2 day slog across it to the other side. The lead Hound growled to it’s compatriots, who growled back at him. the Hell Hounds split up; some going on the sides and running along it, not losing momentum or grip.

“now that’s cheating.” Satoshi whined.

“just keep shooting.” Ash said.

Something LARGE stirred beneath the surface of the water. It growled up at the train, feeling something familiar was on it, then swam along the side of the bridge, keeping pace with the locomotive.

“why does this keep happening?” a random pony screamed out as everyone inside took cover the best they could. Fireballs from the Hounds flew by the windows, creating scary shadows on the walls that scared the fillies and foals.

A Hell Hound running along the side caught up to the train and fired a fireball at it, hitting the caboose on the right side, destroying the wall.

The explosion rocked the entire train. Twi grunted as she hit against the side. She rubbed her shoulder then looked out the window.

“wait… something about this feels… familiar.” she muttered. The same glistening water, the super-wide river, the ship sailing across it. A knot formed in her stomach as she recognized it and she felt Starlight get the same knot.

They were heading back to the Gryphon Kingdom.

1:04.

The Hell Hounds started to gain momentum over the train and caught up with it easy. One jumped up onto the caboose onto to be met with the cold steel of Zel’s sword, knocking it over the side.

“Freeze Arrow!” he yelled, firing a arrow of ice out of his sword, hitting the hound. The hound froze and fell to the river below.

Once he hit it, the hound howled out in pain as it evaporated in mist.

“what just happened?” Satoshi asked, looking over the side.

“I think they don’t like water.” Amelia said.

That gave Ash an idea. He input a sequence into the jewels encrusted into the handles of his pistols, took aim, and fired at a Hell Hound. The round hit and splashed over the monster like water. It howled in pain as it too evaporated.

“huh. They do hate water. Zel, Amelia…”

“Already on it.” they both said as they powered up a water spell.

1:40.

Surrounding the train on all sides, the Hell Hounds moved up onto the train itself and snarled at the windows, scaring everyone inside.

Spell fully powered up, Zel and Amelia opened their eyes and let it loose.

“Torrent!”

A tidal wave started from the front of the train and moved it’s way towards the caboose, taking out any monster on the way. It eventually moved past the caboose and took out any remaining perusing Hell Hounds.

1:59. End Song.

Zel and Amelia panted as they fell back onto the caboose’s roof. They looked at each other and high-fived.

Ash walked back into 4th train car and sputtered as he fell to his feet. “they’re gone.” he sighed. “ugly bastards almost got us, though.”

“We know.” Emil pointed to a window which shows the outline of a Hell Hounds head.

“but where did they come from? Those things aren’t indigenous to our world.” Zil wondered.

“I think I know.” Derpy said, getting their attention. “Back at Maredrid, I saw someone use a card to summon up that monster that destroyed the town.”

“a card? what is this, Yu-Gi-Oh?” he muttered to Sora. She shrugged, not really knowing.

“you remember anything else?” Sora asked.

“not really. Just that he kicked me hard.” she said as she rubbed her back.

Suddenly, the train screeched to a halt, propelling everyone forward.

The wheels sparked as the train grinded to a halt. The steam rushed forward and rose into the air.

Celestia walked to the engine, holding a bad neck. “what gives?” she asked with a groan.

“there’s a large beast blocking the road ahead.” the engineer explained. Curious, she walked over to the side and looked out ahead of them, as did everyone else in the cars.

Blocking their route was a Leviathan, a large serpentine creature with the head of a crocodile. This one had a bad left eye with a noticeable scar over it. The passengers gasped in fear at the sight of it.

“They have them here too?” Req muttered. She remembered the Leviathan she and her friends encountered on Earth, and again on Berk and Warfang. They have the same design. Couldn’t be just coincidence.

The Leviathan slithered off the bridge and slowly swam over to the train. It peered inside the cars and snarled. He knows he felt something familiar inside it.

“What’s he doing?” Marble asked with a gulp.

“I think he’s looking for someone.” Pinkie whispered back.

Back at the engine, the engineer was trying to get the train moving again. That sudden stop messed with the coal intake and the train was still beat up after all 3 escapes.

The Leviathan looked into each car, searching for his target.

“just to clarify, how strong is that thing?” Emil shakingly asked.

“VERY strong.” Applejack replied, just as shaken up.

The Leviathan reached car 4, looked in, and saw a familiar gray mare; one he hasn’t seen in years.

“YOU!” he exclaimed in anger. A confused Derpy pointed to herself, wondering if he was talking about her.

Begin Song:

Modern Crisis City - Sonic Generations OST

He reared his head back, powered up his beam attack, and fired at the car. It hit, causing a explosion that destroyed the wall and covered the entire train in smoke. Everyone inside coughed as the smoke did it’s job and incapacitated them. The leviathan reached in, grabbed Derpy, and fell back into the water.

“Who’d he take?” Fox exclaimed, watching from the last car..

“I don’t know. But there’s one way to find out.” Zel said as he cast ray-wing.

The Leviathan swam up the clear river, taking the gasping Derpy with him. She struggled to get loose so she can get more air but his grip was too strong.

The Leviathan broke the surface not far from the bridge and roared to the sky.

Derpy took a deep breath and coughed up water. The monster looked down at her and snarled. “why did you take me?” she strained to the Leviathan. “just who are you?”

The Leviathan gave a guttural growl as he brought her to eye level. “what a shame. You don’t remember me? Well I remember you as clear as day. And I remember that welp you were with; that waste of scales eTu`nes.” he put on the squeeze. Derpy grunted in pain as she felt her body be put under a lot of pressure. “It’s ironic, really. I mess up your eyes and he goes and takes out my left eye.”

Derpy yelled out in pain and, at the same time, remembered what he was talking about; that day 20 years ago, when she got her derped up eyes. “I-it’s you. You’re that monster from 20 years ago.”

The monster chuckled, glad that she remembered him. “and now, since your little friend isn’t hear anymore and I’m feeling hungry, I think it’s time for a little snack. I’m thinking on having Pegasus Cakes!”

Derpy yelled as the monster pulled her to his mouth. A surge of electricity hit him in the back, causing him to yell in pain. When it stopped, he kneeled forward. A spot on his lower back crackled as burns traced all over it. The monster snarled and looked in the direction it came from.

“Let her go, you… you thing.” Amelia demanded. Zel fired another lightning round at the monster. The Leviathan moved to the side and roared up at him. He powered up and fired his beam attack. It cut between the two, forcing them to separate. Req flew beneath it and powered up her sword.

“Seraphim Blade!”

She cut up, sending a sword-beam at the monster. It hit him on the neck, causing a mini-explosion.

The monster snarled then laughed. “oh, that tickled.” he evilly glanced up at him and powered up his beam attack again. “now let me show you a true beam.” he reared back his head, ready to fire again.

Req brought her sword up to defend herself when a large black mass suddenly flew by and crashed into the Leviathan, sending both into the water with a huge splash.

Derpy was sent flying into the air. Due to the pain caused by the leviathan, she wasn’t able to spread her wings in time. Thankfully, Luna caught her before she got anywhere near the water.

Derpy took a breath of relief and sighed. “thanks for the save, Luna.”

“it’s no problem.”

A large, explosive splash erupted out of the water. “Move it!” Req yelled. All 4 of them moved away from the big splash, only getting soaked instead.

The Leviathan snarled and bit down on his attacker’s arm. His foe responded by grabbed his throat and choking him.

Luna looked back at the battle and saw who the new guy was. “Is that…”

“Oscurita?” Amelia finished.

A shadow-less Oscurita roared as he also bit down on the Leviathan’s neck. The Leviathan roared out in pain. With one swift stroke, he tail-whipped the dragon in the head, making him let go. Oscurita punched the monster right in the jaw, knocking a few teeth out.

“I don’t understand. Why’s he fighting for us?”

“And what happened to his shadow disguise?” Req added.

“Who cares.” Zel said. “let’s get out of here before he decides to come after us.”

Everyone nodded and flew back to the train. Derpy looked back at the fight, wondering why a enemy would help them. But her bigger question is… “Why does he feel… so familiar?”

The Leviathan wrapped itself around Oscurita and put down the squeeze, hoping to choke the life out of him. The monster recognized who he was fighting and chuckled. “I remember you. The little welp that took my eye. Hmhm. After I‘m done with you, I‘m gonna have that mare for a snack.”

Oscurita growled in anger. He struggled and got loose of the hold the monster had on him. He turned around in mid-flight and powered up his beam attack. The Leviathan powered up his and reared his head back. Both fired at the same time and both hit in the middle, causing a big explosion that sent the leviathan into the river and the dragon into the coast.

The force caught up to the fliers, lifting them up into the sky for a moment. They looked back and saw the explosions residue. They also saw a long dark shape swimming towards them under the water.

“Move it!” Req yelled. Everyone flew away as fast as they could but the Leviathan was pretty fast by it’s own right.

Req, Amelia, and Zel already returned to the train but Luna was taking her time thanks to the injured Derpy on her back.

The Leviathan burst out of the water, mouth wide open, ready to eat them whole.

“Derpy!”

“LUNA!”

The monster was suddenly slammed into the bridge by a foot. The hand belonging to the same foot grabbed Luna and Derpy and flew beneath the bridge to the other side. Oscurita spun around several times and stopped in a epic pose far above them, Derpy and Luna in his clutches.

“LUNA!” Trixie yelled out.

The Leviathan held his head, shook it, then growled as he looked up at Oscurita. A beam hit him in the head, sending him flying away. The beam continued to strike, sending him far, far, far away.

Oscurita closed his mouth then looked down at the two mares he clutched out of the air. They were both out cold. Not surprising, considering what he did. He spun around and flew away, leaving behind epic contrails.

End Song.

“No! Luna!”

Req snarled and flew to the other side of the bridge. She looked back to the distrat Trixie and winked. That somewhat filled Trixie with confidence. “leave Luna and Derpy to us. You all get to Feather Top as soon as possible.”

Zel and Amelia joined up with Req. Toothless, Hiccup, and Gourry joined up with them.

“leave the rescuing to us.” Zel said with a thumbs-up.

“Dealing with giant monsters is our specialty.” Gourry and Hiccup both said in confidence.

She didn’t like this but Celestia knew it was the right choice. “Agreed. You come back safe with Derpy and Luna, you hear? There‘s a reason that monster took them both and something tells me it‘s tied into this whole mess. Bring them back alive, okay?”

“will do.”

Req’s body shone bright as she cast a spell that would help them. “Angel Wings!” the spell spread over them, giving the humans, minus Hiccup, angel wings. “this’ll get us there faster.” everyone nodded and flew off after Oscurita.

The train began to move again as Celestia watched them fly away. “(those two… eTu`nes and Derpy… they may be the only ones worthy…)”

Return

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 16

Return

Chrysalis angrily snarled when she heard the news. Out of anger, she fired at and destroyed a pillar. Edge and Pipsqueak were taking off guard by her destroying that pillar in a such a violent fashion

“I don’t think I heard you correctly!” she snarled.

“un… on the way back, we saw Oscurita fly in the direction of their escape. And when we saw him again, he was flying away from a battlefield where, from what we guess, fought a Leviathan and saved Princess Luna and a gray mare. He didn’t even touch the train on which the escapees escaped on.”

Chrysalis snarled again and destroyed yet another pillar. “that damn bastard has gone rogue. It seems he doesn’t care if he gets turned back or not. When he returns, make sure he receives due punishment.” Edge isn’t sure how he would do that but agreed none-the-less. “now… who’s this little colt?” she gestured to Pipsqueak.

“this was the only prisoner we could get from the attack from Maredrid. Calls himself Pipsqueak.”

Chrysalis looked down at the kid, who cowered behind Edge in fear. “why is he here?”

“I figured he would keep our little purple nuisance in check.”

Jax sat back on a crystal pillar and sputtered as she let go of her pick-ax and fell to the floor. “what a week.” she grumbled. Dinky mimicked her perfectly. Things slowly and gradually got worse as time went on. More then a dozen ponies started getting sick from all the mining dust and lack of air deep within it. Even though she was heavily pregnant, Cadence was also sent down to work. Fortunately, it was just taking food and water to the miners.

“better then digging at rocks.” the princess said with a groan as she sat down beside Jax.

Jax looked back at Cadence’s prego belly and got a bit mad. “that Chrysalis has some nerve sending a expectant mother down here.” she angrily muttered.

“I know but after what she thinks I did 16 years ago, I don’t blame her.”

“you ever thought of telling her that? Might get us out of here.” Dinky suggested.

“I tried to get to her a few times to tell her but those guards of hers, Leon and Friction, won’t let me.”

The sound of a pick-ax hitting the ground caught their attention. The pony it belonged to fell to the ground, having trouble breathing. “Dad.” his son exclaimed, running to his side.

Cadence lamentably sighed. “seeing that always makes my heart sink.” a couple of guards came in and dragged the sick pony away. “civilians caught in a war nobody saw coming, forced to do dangerous work for a tyrant.”

“sounds like war on every other world to me.” Jax muttered, using a small but sharp rock to clean her fingernails. “just have to hope that it’ll get better soon. I think that’s what keeps people going…” she looked and saw the kid pick up his father’s pick-ax and go to work. “… hope that it will end soon.”

Cadence nodded in agreement for a few seconds. Pain shot out of her mid-section, forcing her to bend forward and hold her stomach in pain. “princess!” Dinky exclaimed.

Cadence gasped for air and panted. “I-I’m okay.” she said painfully.

Jax didn’t buy that lame excuse, recognizing the signs. “no, you are not. I remember this from when Krystal had Marcus and when Toothless‘ girlfriend Cupid laid eggs. Cadence… you’re going into labor.”

“What!?” Dinky exclaimed in surprise. “it’s coming now?”

Cadence shrugged off the pain and sighed. “no. no, it’s not. That’s the first contraction I had in 3 days. The baby is still far from coming. Odds are, it’s gonna be another week until it comes.”

Jax must‘ve heard that wrong. “wait wait wait. You’ve been in labor for 3 days?” she gave a sighing chuckle. “you’re stronger then me. I can‘t even deal with the flu, let alone labor pains.”

“well… I do know that she won’t be coming anytime soon.”

Dinky sighed and looked out to the outside though a crack in the ceiling. She’s wondering if her mother will come back soon, along with everyone else.

Speaking of whom…

Derpy groaned as she opened her eyes. They were blurry at first but eventually cleared up. She had a killer headache. “Man. I wish I had some Tylenol right now.” she groaned. She looked up and saw that she was in a large cave. She heard snoring to her right. She looked and saw that Oscurita was sleeping. “why… would he save me?” she wondered to herself. She heard groaning to her left and saw that Luna was there with her. “Luna!” Derpy ran over and shook her. “Princess. Princess Luna.”

Luna groaned as she woke up. She saw a worried Derpy standing over her, concerned for her. “D-Derpy.” she held her head as she sat up. “where are we?”

“I don’t know but I think we should get out of here.” she pointed behind her to Oscurita.

Luna winced in fear. “we should get out of here before he wakes up.”

“right. But where do we go?” they both looked around, trying to find a way out. A small pebble hit Luna in the head, getting her attention.

“Psst! Over here!” Amelia whispered. Luna and Derpy looked and saw her and the others right behind a pillar. The two tip-toed over to them, trying not to wake Oscurita.

“Be careful not to make any noise.” Gourry whispered.

They neared the group when Derpy tripped and fell into a small pile of pebbles, making a lot of noise. Oscurita’s eyes shot open and snarled when he saw them trying to escape.

Derpy poked her head out of the pile and shook pebbles out. She looked up and gulped. “oops.” Oscurita roared and moved to take them out. “my bad.” she embarrassingly said to her friends.

Oscurita roared and moved to attack them. His back rubbed against the ceiling, causing it to cave it. A large boulder fell to the princess but she was too busy looking at Oscurita. Derpy did notice it and ran over to her. “Princess!” Derpy ran into Luna and pushed her out of the way as the entire cave caved it.

Twi depressingly sighed as she looked at the Gryphon Capital from the train. She was hoping she wouldn’t have to return; not after what happened last time.

Last time she and her friends came, Trixie, in a effort to impress Twi and make the librarian fall in love with the magician instead of her brother, used a spell that inadvertadly turned every pony in Equestria human. Any pony outside of the country, such as Daring, Cadence, and Armor, were unaffected. Learning that there was a reversal spell, the gang set out for the Gryphon Kingdom. Once there, they learned that it was located in a old fortress of Nightmare Moon’s. once there, they found the spell, learning too late that using any spell in the fortress, be it a light spell or the Reversal spell, Nightmare Moon would be revived without Luna. They used the spell, bringing about her return. After a long and arduous fight, which included Req getting possessed by the monster, Trixie almost dying, and Jax trying out the newly created Personality Shift, and some rather unexpected help from a giant dragon, they were able to defeat Nightmare Moon for good. Not long after that, Twi, Trix, and Derpy went out to celebrate, which resulted in Twilight getting kidnapped and that… resulted in the developing Starlight.

Halo could sense that Twi was upset and walked over to her. “you okay?” he asked.

“no.” she looked out the window to the massive tower in the middle of the city. “you remember what happened to me last time, right?”

“yeah. You got kidnapped and that resulted in Starlight.”

Twi cringed and held her stomach. “I think Starlight hates coming back here, too.” she sadly laid her head on her seat as Halo sat down beside her and nuzzled her.

“it’ll be okay. You have Armor, Cadence, Celestia and Luna, your parents. And me, if you want.”

Twi smiled and kissed her coltfriend. “of course I want you.”

“I wonder how Gilda’s doing.” Dash wondered. “it’s been too long since we last saw her.” she said to ‘Shy. “I wonder how she’ll react when she finds out I became a mom.” she looked down at the slumbering Draconequus and snickered. “well, adopted mother.”

“she’ll probably be surprised.” ‘Shy depressingly said.

Shadow was a little out of place, mostly due to ‘Shy’s personality. “un… did I miss something?”

Dash looked to her friend and gestured Shadow to come close so she could tell him without ‘Shy knowing. “her friend, Mirror’s Edge, turned out to be a Changeling sent to spy on us. After he returned to his own kind and helped them take Canterlot, she’s been like this.”

“oh, man. Think she’ll be all right?”

“Hopefully.” she looked back to ‘Shy and got sad. “I hate seeing her like this. Wish there was something I could do to cheer her up.”

The train rolled into Feather Top station and hissed to a grinding halt before groaning. The engineer walked off the engine and patted her. “you did good, girl.”

“Wow. Big place.” Lloyd said in astonishment as he looked at the city. “much bigger then Meltokio back home.”

“I’d say bigger then Canterlot.” Sweetie Belle added, visiting the city for the first time as well.

“it’s big. No question about it.” a distant Twi said, feeling off for being here.

“you okay?” Cynder asked.

“no. not really.” she walked off to find her parents. In all this confusion these past few days, she never even tried to.

Cynder watched in confusion as she walked off. “did I… say something wrong?”

“no. she just has bad memories about this place.” Sora said. “Really bad memories.” Now Cyn was curious but didn’t pursue it. Besides, she had a pretty good guess why.

Celestia walked off and looked up at the tower. “I’ll be back. I’m gonna go talk with King Zaltan.”

Ash looked to Celestia’s left and gestured her to turn around. “I think he’s coming to you.” Celestia looked and saw the king coming to see them with Gilda and Jason coming with him.

Zaltan arrived and bowed to Celestia. “Princess. We received your letter 11 hours ago. Allow me to be the first to say welcome to Feather Top, though I wish it was under better circumstances.”

“you and me both, Zaltan.” Celestia somberly replied. “so… do you have shelter for us?”

“Plenty. There’s tons of abandoned buildings in District 4, summer get-a-ways that have been put up by the owners, and plenty of hotels. Not to mention loads of room in the tower itself.”

“Sounds better then our ol’ town.” the mayor of Maredrid commented.

Gilda yawned. She was never a fan of politics. Thankfully, she immediately found her ol’ friend walking down to the streets. She snuck on after her and grabbed Dash.

“Dashie. Long time no see.” Gilda chortled as she gave the Pegasus a noogie.

“hey hey hey hey.” Dash grumbled, trying to get loose from Gilda‘s death grip. “Can’t breath. Can’t breath.”

Gilda chuckled and let Dash go in a spin. “so, what’s new Dashie? Other then the war, I mean?”

“well, I became a mom.”

Gilda heard that but laughed. She fell to the floor, laughing in pain. “Oh. Oh, that’s rich. Dash a mom. How dumb do you think I am?”

Dash looked at the guffawing Gilda with half-fazed eyes. Eris poked her head out from between Dash’s feet and looked at the laughing Gilda. “mommy, who that?”

“just a old friend.”

Gilda stopped laughing and wiped tears from her eyes. She noticed the Draconequus then looked up at dash. “you know you got a thing between your legs?”

Dash looked down and saw Eris. “Hey, Eris. What are ya doing?”

“hiding, mommy.” she said in such a cute way.

“Scootaloo being scary again?”

“un-huh.”

Gilda shook her head, not believing what she was seeing. Dash really was a mom. Adopted, but still a mom. “you weren’t kidding, were you?”

Dash chuckled and smiled. she then remembered something she needed to do. “I-I have to go somewhere. Can you look after Eris for a minute?”

“where to?”

“It’s just something personal.” Dash unfurled her wings and flew away as Scootaloo, Shadow, and Soarin’ reached where she was.

“Where’s she going?” Soarin’ asked.

“I don’t know.” Eris curiously walked up to Gilda and pulled out one of her feathers. “Ow.” Gilda looked down at the baby and snarled. “though she left something I never expected her to have.”

Eris curiously looked up at Gilda when 3 other fliers flew over to them.

“was that Dash that just flew away?” Zatch asked.

“yep.”

Lightning noticed Eris and immediately went into mother mode. “OH! Look at the cute little baby!” she spoke in baby talk, which freaked out Eris rather then enjoying it.

“Dash’s daughter. Well, adopted daughter.” Shadow said.

“oh, hey. Shadow. Long time, no see.” Gothic said. “so… you and Dash finally going out?” Shadow gave a groaning chuckle as he scratched his neck.

“just trying to figure out where she went right now.”

“She did leave in a hurry. But why?” Gilda muttered.

Scootaloo thought about it, thinking back to when Dash jumped. The reason why she left entered her mind. “I think I know where she went.”

Pipsqueak yelped as he was thrown into the mine. He landed and skidded on his face, cutting his chin a bit. He quickly got up and turned to face the Changeling that threw him.

“Try that again! Just try it.” he said, trying to act brave but was, in fact, scared for his life. The Changeling chuckled and left.

“Pipsqueak?” Dinky asked in surprise. He turned around to see Dinky right there, happy to see him. “Pipsqueak!” she ran over and hugged him, causing him to blush red like a tomato. “What are you doing here?”

“Got captured. How else would I have gotten here?”

“What happened?” Cadence asked as she and Jax walked over to him.

“the Changelings attacked this small town; Maredrid I think it was called. Anyway, they used a giant monster to completely destroy the town; turn it into a crater.”

“oh no.” Cadence gasped. Maredrid was one of her favorite towns.

“What monster?” Jax asked.

“it was that one from the movie shown at Nightmare Night. Not those gremlin things but that giant monster. What was it called?”

“Godzilla?”

“yeah. That’s it.”

Jax was officially lost. Godzilla was a movie monster; it doesn’t exist. So unless Chrysalis or Oscurita figured out how to turn movie monsters real, there’s no way for him to be around. She then remembered that this happened before back on Iselia when that monster from The Host attacked. This couldn’t be a coincidence; someone somewhere was making them come to life. But who and why?

The group have been given the beach house they had used the last time they were at Feather Top. Since there was more of them, they had to make every inch count, even the balcony. Thankfully for everyone sleeping outside, winters in the Gryphon Kingdom are warm; at around 68 degrees. They still had snow but it wasn’t always 4 feet deep, usually for inches.

“let’s see… where will me and Luna sleep?” Trixie muttered.

“why not take the master bed?” Armor suggested.

“oh, no I couldn’t. this is yours and Cadence’s beach house, after all.”

“I know but this was supposed to be your honeymoon. Go on and take it. I insist.”

“Us too.” everyone said in agreement.

Trixie smiled at her friends but her expression took a turn south. She looked out the window to the river and sighed. “if they get back in one piece.”

A soft sprinkle of rain pattered down in to a graveyard. A cyan Pegasus walked along a path to a particular gravestone and set down some roses.

“hey, mom.” Dash softly said. “I’m sorry for not visiting you when I was here 6 months ago. We were all busy trying to turn us back into ponies, and the stuff with Nightmare Moon and Twi getting knocked up… I didn’t have time to come by the old homestead. Now I’m starting to wish that I did. I would’ve seen you one last time before you… you…” Dash tried to hold back tears but she couldn’t. she broke down, fell to her knees, and cried. “Dammit. Why did you have to go and die? Why didn’t you tell me you were sick? I would’ve tried to find you a cure.” Dash hit the ground with her hoof and cried some more. “dammit… why did you have to die?”

Tears fell from her face and landed on the grave stone. She can’t believe that her mother was gone forever. Why wouldn’t she tell her about a decease that was slowly killing her? Why is her life spiraling downhill like this? It’s just not fair.

Dash continued to cry until a clawed hand grabbed her right hoof. Dash tearfully looked and saw Eris standing there, holding her hoof. “Eris…” Dash grabbed Eris and hugged her tight. “I’m not going to let you go. Ever.” more tears fell down her face and slipped down on Eris’ shoulders. “I’m gonna be the best mom I can be. I swear it.”

Shadow walked over and placed a hand on her shoulder. “Dash… I’m sorry.”

Dash sniffled as tears continued to fall. “I-I-It’s okay.” she shakingly said. She cleared her throat and got up. “it’s okay. I just… I can’t believe it. I don’t want to believe my mom is gone. I just…”

“I know. I know.” Shadow softly said. “but you have Eris.” they both looked down to Eris who looked up to them with a smile. “And you have Soarin’, Scootaloo, Gilda, Zatch, Gothic, Lightning…” Shadow took her hooves and held them. “and you have me.”

“…Shadow…” Dash broke down again and cried into his shoulder. He didn’t fight it and just let her cry. Eris felt that this was a tender moment between the two of them and snuck off.

Night had fallen on what was a rough week for the refugees. It felt like ages since anyone had a rest, and by golly they needed it.

At Trixie’s insistence, she’s sharing the bed with Dash and Shadow. She overheard her crying at the graveyard and knew full well what it’s like to lose your parents. She lost hers twice. She hoped that Luna was alright, as well as everyone else. She doesn’t want to be alone just 8 days after being married.

She heard the door open downstairs and slowly got out of bed, careful not to wake up the new slumbering couple. She reached the bottom of the stairs to see Zel, Amelia, Gourry, Hiccup, and Toothless come in. they were careful not to step on anyone.

“Guys.” She loudly whispered. “When did you get back?”

“just 20 minutes ago.” Zel whispered, holding his wounded shoulder.

“We were lucky to get out of there alive.” Gourry whispered.

“what happened?” a curious Trixie asked.

Amelia yawned and tried to keep her eyes open. “We’ll tell you tomorrow. Right now, we’re sleepy.” she walked off and landed right on the floor.

“What about Luna? And Derpy?”

“Req took them to the hospital. Derpy saved Luna from a cave in but got crushed. And when that happen, the monster just… up and ran.” Hiccup explained.

Trixie breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness Luna was okay. But poor Derpy. She hopes she’s all right. She has a lot of thanks to give the mailmare for saving her wife. But… why would Oscurita run away? From what she heard, it would’ve been a good opportunity to take them all right. Why didn’t he?

True Colors

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 17

True Colors

Begin Song:

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

A blast of green fire struck across Oscurita’s chest, causing him to yell out in pain.

“HOW DARE YOU DISOBEY ME!?!” Chrysalis yelled at the top of her lungs. She fired another blast and hit him in the head. “YOU TRY ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN AND I’LL DO MORE THEN JUST THIS!!!”

she blasted him again and again and again. Her Changeling horde watched in horror as she laid the smack-down on the fight-less dragon. The ponies also watched in horror.

A hissing Oscurita fell to his knees and coughed up purple. “YOU PULL SOMETHING LIKE THIS ONE MORE FUCKING TIME AND THE DEAL IS OFF!!!” Chrysalis stormed off, not before blasting him one last time.

“oh my Faust.” Cadence gasped.

“I may be kinda sadistic but even I know that’s borderline devilish.” Jax said.

Dinky worriedly looked at the dragon. Oscurita snarled as he held his chest, the last spot she blasted.

“Don’t you think that was going overboard, Chrysalis?” Leon asked as he, Friction, and Edge followed after her. “I mean, he just disappeared for a day.”

Chrysalis snarled and pinned Leon to the wall, pressing down on his neck, cutting off his air. “ ‘just disappeared?’ there’s a lot of things he can do in a day. He could’ve told that Celestia our battle plans; our secrets; a way to break though the barrier.” Leon struggled to breath as Friction stood there in shock. “Is that what you want? our endless food supply to go away? Our species to go extinct? Is that what YOU WANT!?!”

Leon had trouble breathing but was able to nod yes. Chrysalis let him go and allowed him to fall to the floor. She walked off in a huff. Leon got up just as Edge pinned him to the wall. “you would be wise not to cross our wise queen. Or me.” he said in a threatening tone before walking off.

Leon rubbed his throat as Friction walked up next to him. “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Leon said. They looked at each other. “you unfortunately thinking what I’m thinking?”

“yeah. And I’m regretting thinking it.” Friction said in a monotone.

End Song.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

The steady beep-beep of a heart monitor filled the hospital room. The machine was connected to a unconscious Derpy. Req and Luna were sound asleep on nearby chairs, keeping an eye on her. Well, Req was asleep. Luna was contemplating. That could’ve been her in that bed, out cold with a 50/50 chance of coming out of it. She owes Derpy her life for saving hers; if she ever comes out of that coma.

The door to the room softly opened as Trixie slipped in. “Hey.” she whispered to Luna.

“hey.” Luna replied.

Trixie softly walked over and sat down on Luna’s lap, giving her a quick peck on the cheek. “how’s she doing?”

“Still out cold.” she looked at Derpy and sighed. “that could’ve been me.”

“huh?”

“I don’t know if the others told you but when they saved us from that monster, there was a cave-in. it was going to hit me when Derpy pushed me out of the way and took the full force. If she didn’t do what she did, I would be laying there.”

“you can’t control what some ponies are going to do.” Trixie snickered as she thought back. “if I didn’t try to turn myself into a stallion for Twi, I wouldn’t have turned every pony human, we wouldn’t have come here, Nightmare Moon wouldn’t have been revived, Twi wouldn’t have gotten pregnant, and I wouldn’t have met you.”

“yeah, but…”

“but what?” Luna softly snorted and got up. She grabbed a nearby pencil and plunged it deep into her hoof.

“Luna!” Trixie softly exclaimed, surprised her wife would do that. Luna stopped her from doing anything and showed the little hole she put in her body. The wound bled but the bleeding slowed and eventually halted as the wound closed itself up. “What did…”

“We Alicorns can heal faster then any other pony, Just like how Req can heal broken bones in just 2 days because she’s a demi-goddess.” she looked to Derpy and sighed. “so that should’ve been me lying there. I would’ve been healed by now.”

“but why you? You have me, Twilight, Celestia, Cadence, and everyone else who care about you. So why do you think you should be injured right now?”

Luna looked back to the mare, knowing the answer long before Trixie asked. “because she’s a mother. And I don’t want her daughter to lose her mother during a war. I know what that’s like.” Luna somberly said, thinking back to when she and Celestia lost their mother. Trixie held Luna, knowing she needed someone right now.

Twi grabbed a bag and put it on her back. Halo and Armor were in another section of the shop, acting like a couple of idiots.

“that will be 10 bits.” the Changeling shopkeep said.

“okay.” she reached back and pulled out the said bits. “hard to believe that Changelings can be as nice as you.”

He gave her a snarl look. “And what does that mean? are all us Changelings all evil beings hell bent on world conquest?”

Twi bit her hoof and gulped. She caused a big mess now. “no no no. I mean that with all that’s happened, you didn’t really get a stunning reputation.”

The Changeling sighed. He knew she didn’t mean harm. “I know. But not all us Changeling’s are as evil and sadistic as Chrysalis. Most of us prefer peace. Some of us even lived in Equestria when the invasion, the current one, hit. I can only imagine what happened to them. Some were my best friends.”

Twi could only imagine as well. If someone found out they had a Changeling living in their midst, it would turn into chaos for their city. And the Changeling themselves- Faust only knows what would happen to them.

“Twilight. You okay?” Halo asked.

“oh. No. just thinking.” Twi made sure her bag was secured and headed to the door. “Well, I better get going.”

“Okay. And congratulations on the baby.” Twi waved back with a smile but, inside, she felt like crap. It probably had to do where he built his shop. This building, the place where she was… taken advantage of, was turned into a maternity store. In some weird way, that makes appropriate.

She walked out and headed down the street with her brother and boyfriend, both of them talking about boy things, something she’s not interested in. they passed though a marketplace on the way home, dodging people of all species left and right.

“… I tell you, it sucks that it closed down. I mean, where am I going to get my fix now?”

Twilight went wide-eyed when she heard that voice. She froze in place and shivered with each breath. Halo looked back and noticed her like that. He tapped Armor, making him stop. “Twi? You okay?”

“he’s here.” she gasped.

“who?” Armor asked.

“they guy who…” she held her stomach with both fore-hooves, still in shock. That’s all the information those two needed. They looked around, trying to find the Pegasus she described when she was… well, you know. She also looked around and found him when he spoke again.

“…I’m telling you, you do it a few times and you’ll be right as rain.” a mint-green Pegasus said to a couple of Dragons.

Spike sat by himself on a couch in the beach house, reading a book. Rarity sat down next to him and snuggled up next to him. “What’cha reading?”

“Something of Sora’s but I don’t quite get it.”

Rarity looked underneath for the title. “50 Shades of Grey? Odd title.”

“Odder book.” Spike muttered and threw it away. “I couldn’t even follow it.”

Rarity chuckled softly. “so… did you think about what we should do about IT?”

Spike sat back and got comfy. “well… we know we won’t be able to show up Luna and Trixie. There’s no way anyone can top that.”

“so true.” Rarity rested her head on Spike’s lap. “so… a small one? With just family and very close friends?”

“sounds like our best option. Might get everyone’s mind off the war.”

“I know I want my mind off it.” she rolled onto her back and looked up at him. “Seems like just yesterday we were going out.”

“Seems like yesterday I was still a kid.” Spike added.

Rarity chuckled and kissed him on the cheek. “now look at us; we’re having a child and getting married.”

“I’m glad it’s with you. I can’t picture my life without you.”

“you’re such a charmer.” Rarity cooed as she leaned up and kissed him.

The door to the beach house opened up and Sweetie Belle walked in. “oh. Sorry. I didn’t mean to interrupt.”

“It’s okay, sis.” Rarity giggled. “do you want something?”

“no, it’s Fluttershy. She’s been crying really hard.”

Fluttershy? Crying? Normally, this would sound like every day thing for her but she hasn’t cried much since she became friends with Edge. Now, these seems like something out of the ordinary and something worth investigating.

Edge walked though the castle corridors and out into a garden. Something about this place felt familiar to him. He walked down the path to a pagoda and looked out at the view.

“Wow. If there’s one nice thing I can say about ponies, they know how to build cities with views.” He turned to walk off when light reflected off something in the snow into his eyes. He covered his eyes as he moved out of it’s range. “What is that?” he muttered as he walked towards it.

Sweetie Belle lead Spike and Rarity to the same sand dune she left her friends.

“well, good news is that she’s stopped crying.” Applebloom said.

“Still, we should probably talk to her.” Rarity said as she walked over. Spike and the rest of the CMC followed. As they got closer, they heard what sounded like singing.

Edge reached down into the snow and picked up what was shining in his face. He brushed the snow off of it and took a good look at it.

It was a golden chain necklace with a butterfly pendent.

Something about it felt familiar. Very very familiar.

As if carried over the wind, a song entered his mind. A song that felt heartwarming and friendly.

As Spike, Rarity, and the CMC got closer to Fluttershy, they definitely heard a song.

Begin Song:

Serah’s Theme (Japanese version) - Final Fantasy XIII

♪Make my wish come true, let darkness slip aside
Hiding all our hope, mocking what we treasure
Battles we can win, if we believe our souls
Hang in for the light, till dawn
Fate will not leave you, hate will not heal you
Pray and one day, peace shall flow everywhere♪

End song.

Fluttershy opened her eyes and looked up to the sky. That song always helped her feel better.

“Fluttershy?” Rarity said in confusion.

‘Shy looked over to her and saw them all. “Rarity? Spike, Scootaloo? What are you guys doing here?”

“we heard you crying. Same way you did back in Ponyville.” Applebloom said. “are you okay?”

Fluttershy sadly looked away and sighed. “no. I’m not. I’ve been thinking about Edge and… that song just came out.”

“Why?” Spike asked.

Fluttershy looked up to the sky and closed her eyes, taking in the salt air. “I think I figured out why Edge betrayed us.”

Edge tried to pin where he heard that song from but he swears that he never heard it before. Suddenly, his head began to hurt. He grabbed it in pain and fell to his knees.

“does he need a reason to betray us? He’s a Changeling. They will betray you whenever they get a chance.” Rarity said.

“that is so not true, Sis.” Sweetie Belle said with genuine force. “did you forget the 5 months he spent with all us? He was kind and caring and loveable. There’s no way he would betray us; at least without some good excuse.”

“And besides, the Changelings that live here are nice and sweet just like him.” Scootaloo added. “They hate this war as much as we do.”

Spike and Rarity looked at each other. Leave it to kids to point out the obvious, but overlooked, views the grown-ups always seem to miss. “well, even if that’s true, that still doesn’t give him a reason to betray us.” Spike said.

Fluttershy winced in pain. “Actually. I know why. Back at the rehearsal dinner, during the dance, Edge told me that he… that he loved me.”

“Loved you?!” they all exclaimed.

“Can a Changeling even fall in love?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“I guess so. They feed on it; who’s to say they can’t feel it.”

“Edge told me that there’s no physical way for Changelings to feel love but… I think I did something to him.” a seagull landed on the sand and poked it’s beak into seashells. “All those weeks caring for him when he was injured; willingly giving him love… he probably devolved it himself.”

“so… he betrayed us because you rejected him?” Rarity asked, trying to make sure.

“Well… yes. But that was only because he was a Changeling. There was no way it would work out between us. But… now that I think about it, I think I made a mistake. When I see couples like you and Spike, or Daring and Bolt, or any of the other couples here in the capital, the more I think I made… a very big mistake.”

“Mistake?” everyone calmly asked.

Fluttershy deeply sighed as she held her heart. “I had the best time of my life with him; my favorite laughs, my favorite cries, my favorite hugs. He even helped me get back together with my mothers. And… every time I was around him in the last month, I got nervous and excited to be near him.”

Rarity pieced what she was saying together and figured it out. “Wait… are you saying…”

Fluttershy removed her hoof from her heart and softly cried a single tear.

“I love him… from the bottom of my heart.”

Edge held his head in pain as a major headache worked it’s way though, bombarding him with images upon images of someone’s life he swears were not his. He saw… a crimson Pegasus hanging out with the same people he was in charge of pursuing, hanging out with that purple dragon called Spike… spending time with that yellow Pegasus.

“Fluttershy…” he groaned in pain.

Something snapped in his mind, something that made complete sense, like a barrier had been destroyed. He fell to the snow and took in a deep breath, coughing along the way. Beads of sweat fell from his brow and landed in the snow with each jagged breath.

“what… is happening to me?” he cringed as he held his heart.

Eventually the pain passed, allowing him to get up. He grabbed the necklace and looked at it. The butterfly… it was the same one that was on Fluttershy’s flank. She says they were friends, even a dragon confirmed it. And this necklace was solidifying that fact. So if it was true, one question remained.

Why can’t he remember any of it?

A shadow passed over him and flew away. He looked up and saw Vascillia fly away. He put the necklace inside his armor and took off after it. He had a different destination for that ship.

“I love him… from the bottom of my heart.”

“you what!?!” everyone exclaimed in surprise.

“what? You find pony/changeling relationships disgusting?” Someone said from behind. They looked to see a couple of figures standing behind them, both Changeling. Spike snarled as he got claws ready. “well, I think pony/dragon relationships are disgusting.” Leon said.

“What are you two doing here?” Fluttershy asked, ignoring the danger.

Friction walked in front of Leon. “we know what happened to Edge and how our queen got that monster. And we’re willing to tell you…”

The True Reason

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 18

The True Reason

Orochi walked though the fortress that once belonged to Nightmare Moon centuries ago. Now there was nothing but rubble and dust.

“My my my. They really torn this place up.” Terra joked.

“And that’s somehow funny?” Fulmen asked.

“well… yeah.”

Aqua groaned as she rolled her eyes. “un-believable. And I thought Ignis was the volatile one.”

“hey! That’s violent.” Ignis said.

“Quiet!” Glacies exclaimed. “if we want to get our toy back, we have to make sure that Chrysalis has no one to oppose her.” Orochi walked though the decimated forest and to the edge of the mountain top. He reached back into his pockets and pulled out a deck of cards. “and since he worked so well last time…” he reached in and pulled out the one he used last time. “…I think it’s time for the king to make his return.” he looked up and smirked at the distant city of Feather Top.

In the main throne room, Celestia had just finished explaining the full story to Zaltan and his two children Gilda and Silverbolt.

“…and then, after a unexpected bout with a Leviathan, we ended up here and you know the rest.”

“hmm… I never knew Chrysalis would be this desperate.” Zaltan muttered.

“desperate?”

Zaltan got up off his throne and walked down. “you know that we trade with all nations, regardless of standing, and that we have Changelings living here, right?”

“yeah. I saw a few down in un… section 3, was it, on the way here. Why?”

“well, before we made them citizens, we asked them why they left their homeland and came here. What we heard was… disturbing.”

“Disturbing?”

“very disturbing. Not something we like to discuss openly.” Leon said as he walked in. Celestia readied her magic and prepared to attack him. “peace, princess. I come not to fight.”

“Then why are you here?”

Leon looked back to the guards and counted only two. In case Celestia said no, he’d need to make a quick getaway. “to help you defeat Chrysalis.”

Fluttershy sat along on the snow covered hill, absorbing what Friction and Leon had told her. She replayed the scene in her head, still trying to understand.

“Purged?” Fluttershy asked, making sure she heard that correctly.

Friction nodded in confirmation. “Purge is what Chrysalis calls her little toy.”

“but what is it?” Spike asked.

“it’s something Chrysalis does to make her most troublesome and disobedient soldiers loyal and mindless members of the hive. Well, that’s one of it’s functions but nobody knows all of them. She mostly uses it for obedience issues.”

“what did it do to Edge?” Fluttershy insisted.

“from what Chrysalis has told me, it purged Edge’s memory of the past 6 months, leaving him as he was before meeting all of you; a sadistic general in Chrysalis’ army. He lead the attacks that took Ponyville and Maredrid.”

Fluttershy’s soul sank when she heard that. “so… he has no memory of his time with us?” Applebloom asked.

“no, they’re there. They’ve just been violently moved to the most remote recesses of his mind.”

“violently?” Rarity asked.

“well, Purging isn’t exactly the most kind of experiences.” Friction shivered in fear. “I still have nightmares about mine.”

Fluttershy fell to her knees when she heard that. Edge? In such pain? This was all her fault. it had to be.

“Why are you telling us this? What’s your angle?” Spike asked.

Friction turned to leave and unfurled her wings. “Come to the King’s Chambers in 2 hours with your friends; both Elements of Harmony and Human. Everything will be explained there.”

Fluttershy opened her eyes and looked up to the sky. Edge being turned into what he was now, it had to have been her fault. If she hadn’t rejected him, maybe this whole war would’ve been avoided.

A mysterious soft shrieking sound entered her ears. She looked and saw something in the distance, heading straight for her and the city.

“oh no…”

Dinky lead Pipsqueak down a path to a being only she seemed to approach without dying.

“are you sure he’s nice? He did destroy Canterlot.”

“Trust me. He’s nice.” Dinky insisted. “he’s just misunderstood.”

“are you sure? He’s a giant monster.”

“That doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have feelings.”

They walked around the corner and neared the giant dragon. Pipsqueak gulped in fear when he came face to face with the giant. He was waiting for them and stared at them when they approached. He noticed the new guy and snarled angrily.

Pipsqueak squealed as he ducked behind Dinky. “hey!” Dinky exclaimed with gusto. “Be nice! He’s a friend.”

Oscurita snorted steam out of his nose before going back into his familiar sleeping position.

“He listened?” Pipsqueak said in surprise.

“yeah.” she looked down to her chest and the ring hanging off the chain. “I think he’s only listening because I have this ring.”

“Why?”

“I’m not sure. But as long as he doesn’t eat me…” Pip nervously chuckled as he walked over with Dinky. Dinky jumped onto his arm, much to Pip’s shock. “he won’t hurt you. Trust me.”

Pip gulped in fear. He wasn’t so sure. He was a giant monster. They’re known for not having feelings. Dinky rolled her eyes and used what magic she could to bring him up. Pip nervously shook when Oscurita looked towards them. “un… hi…” he nervously said as he waved.

Back in the throne room, the heroes of multiple worlds entered the throne room, some caught completely by surprise when they saw Leon and Friction standing on the other side with Celestia and Zaltan.

“What are those things doing here!?” Armor angrily said as he prepared his magic.

“every single pony is going to do that, aren’t that?” Friction asked.

“We didn’t exactly leave a good reputation on them.” Leon joked.

“Calm yourself, Armor.” Celestia ordered. “They are here as friends.”

“Friends?” Fox said in confusion. “un… did you forget what those two did to Canterlot?”

“I am well aware but they have decided to side with us.”

“Why?” Twilight said, not believing it for a moment.

“Because our Queen Chrysalis had grown too corrupt and too vile for her to keep saying she’s doing this for out benefit.” Leon said.

“Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Ash said, leaning on the wall.

“Exactly.” Leon and Friction looked at each other and nodded. “but before we go any further, you’ll gonna need to know our history.

Begin Song:

From Shadow Unto Crystal by youtuber CarbonMaestro

Leon and Friction’s horns glowed as they prepared to use their magic. Some of the group took that as a threat and readied their weapons. Req stopped them before they did something stupid.

The shades will closed shut and the windows covered.

Leon and Friction combined their magic and shot a sliver of light into the center of the room. It sparked and expanded out, covering the entire room. Everyone reacted and backed up a bit, even the royalty.

The light turned into a lush green countryside with rolling hills and plenty of plains.

“for countless centuries, we Changelings lived in peace, living in seclusion from the other races…” Leon started. The image flashed, bringing forth plenty of towns inhabited by Changelings. “…we happily fed off the love for each other, keeping us substrate for great a long while. But, we would travel to the other countries on occasion and… ahem… borrow loving families.”

“you mean kidnap.” Riku said.

“if you want to put it that way.”

“anyway…” Friction interrupted. “… we lived happy and peaceful lives, living under the monarchy of the royal family. Until…”

“until what?”

“until HE came.”

The image changed from a peaceful and tranquil place to one of war and death. At the far end was a black unicorn with purple fire coming out of his eyes and a red horn. He had armor on his chest and a red cape which morphed into wings. Dark fire rose around him as he smiled wickedly.

“w-w-w-w-w-who is that?” Applebloom said, scared out of her wits. And she wasn’t the only one. Everyone was pretty frightened by his appearance, even Celestia and Luna.

“We don‘t know.” Leon said.

The Unicorn raised a staff into the air and swung it towards a Changeling city in the distance. A army of shadow ponies rose from shadows and marched towards it, leaving dark crystals in their wake.

“he launched an attack on our country, seeking to turn it into his own chaotic playground. He was quite powerful and nearly overwhelmed us. But, thanks to the sacrifice of the royal family, we were able to rout him away, sealing his powers away.”

The Unicorn snarled and roared, launching a bolt of magic into the sky before a wave of green fire washed over him.

“but before we sealed his powers away, he cursed our land, turning it into a veritable wasteland.”

The image changed, showing a damaged country-side that looked like it was hit by several dozen nukes.

“nothing ever grew there anymore. And anything that did turned into ravenous mutants that devoured anything and everything. At some points we… even had to resort to cannibalism to survive.”

“oh dear.” Amelia somberly said.

“that’s not the worst of it.” Friction said. “during the final battle, we lost the last heir to our throne. She sent flying by one of HIS spells. From what she told us, she wound up at the Crystal Empire, where she befriended it’s heir.”

The image changed to filly Cadence and Chrysalis meeting each other for the first time in the forest.

“Cadence?” Armor breathed.

“they became the best of friends until Cadence was ripped away from our princess and taken to Canterlot 16 years ago.”

“16 years.” Celestia muttered. Something about that time felt familiar. It also felt familiar to Twilight. They both arrived at the same conclusion.

“it was because of me, wasn’t it?” Twilight asked, knowing full well the truth. “Cadence came to Canterlot because I became Celestia’s student and she needed a foal-sitter to look after me when she couldn’t.”

“no. It was mine.” Celestia sadly said. “I never knew she could be capable of this, at that young age. And I didn’t believe that was her 6 months ago, either.”

“what are you talking about?” Gilda asked, having trouble following that part of the story.

“she’s saying that the filly Cadence befriended 16 years ago…” Req said as she walked to the center of the image, right near Cadence and Chrysalis. “… is currently the one in control of Canterlot.”

Armor looked at the filly, knowing who it was even before Req said it. “Chrysalis. She launched both invasions as revenge at Celestia for taking Cadence away, and to save her people.”

“that was her original intent…” Leon said as the image changed to the current Chrysalis with the same eyes as the Unicorn from before. “… but she’s grown too power-hungry. She’ll see the world burn before helping out her people.”

“it all leads back to that Unicorn.” Zel said. the image switched back to the evil and epic looking equine with fire around him. “if we find him, we can probably reverse this.”

“we tried but we couldn’t find him. It’s like he disappeared into the shadows he commanded. No, it all comes down to defeating Chrysalis; even if it does leave us without a ruler.”

Celestia couldn’t accept that. She could never take out a kingdom for her own. And each country is connected to their rulers. If they die, the country and it‘s citizens go with them. “no. there has to be another way. Changelings don’t deserve to die. They have a right to live just like us.”

“but if you want your country and friends back, you have to take her out.” Leon insisted.

“Oh!” Pinkie exclaimed out. “didn’t Jax say she invented a spell that could help with these type of scenarios?”

Req hit herself in the head; how could she have been so blind? “of course. Personality Shift!”

“the what?” the newcomers asked.

Req snapped her fingers, switching the picture to their battle with Nightmare Moon. “during our fight with Nightmare Moon, she took advantage of a situation and possessed me and the only way to get her out of me was for Jax to use a spell she had recently invented; Personality Shift!”

The image moved, showing Jax casting the spell. The spell turned into a white blade, which she grabbed and charged at Nightmare Requiem. She hit her in the head, causing a flash of light. When it passed, Req and Nightmare fell to the ground separately.

“well, that’s good and all but Chrysalis isn’t possessed by anyone.” Friction said.

“Ah, but that’s the beauty. The spell has two different ways to work. The first one, you already saw, but the second one…” the image changed the 2 different Chrysalis’. “turns the victim into two separate people; One good. One evil.”

Now they were getting it. “so if we rescue Jax and have her cast the spell on Chrysalis…” Spike started.

“… we then take out the evil one and leave the good one for the Changelings. Everyone wins.” Applejack finished.

Celestia liked it. It was better then no plan at all. “all right. But we still need a plan of attack. Chrysalis still has that barrier surrounding Canterlot as well as that monster Oscurita.”

The doors opened wide, breaking the image. “I’m afraid we have bigger problems right now.” Fluttershy panted.

Vascillia flew over the river and right towards the capital. The Changelings and Shadow Beings prepared for a fight but Edge was here for a different reason.

He was looking for confirmation about a number of things, biggest of which was those images that keep entering his mind.

He reached into his armor and pulled out the necklace. This seemed to be the catalyst for it all. Another flood of images raced though his mind. He bent over and held his head in pain. The answers he needed were here; he’s sure of it.

Orochi raised the card up and let it go. It hovered their as the image glowed.

Tenebrae snickered. “Time for a grand finale…”

Wisps of darkness wrapped around the image then into the sky.

Battle of Feather Top

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 19

Battle of Feather Top

“haha. You’re right. He is friendly.” Pipsqueak laughed as he swung from Oscurita’s finger. He was trying to take a nap but these ponies kept waking him up.

Dinky looked at his face and snickered. “lazy and tired would be the better word.”

“Well, I’m just glad he’s not eating me.”

“me too. Life would be pretty boring if one of my friends became lunch.” Dinky chuckled before adopting a somber expression. “hope everyone else, and mom, are okay.”

Begin Song:

Chaotic Tension by youtuber Baschfire

The Vascillia, the Changeling flagship, fired it’s cannons down at the city walls, destroying the towers on the eastern-most side.

Different cannons aimed at the city and fired blobs of darkness. The blobs hit in major population centers and formed into Shadow Creatures. Everyone yelled in fear when they took form.

The group ran to the nearest balcony and looked out to see the ship hover over the city’s defense line and fly right in.

“well, that’s not good.” Hiccup said sarcastically.

“looks like Chrysalis is serious on conquering the entire world.” Armor muttered.

“no worries.” Zaltan said as he walked to the edge of the balcony. “we Gryphons never go down without a fight.”

“Don’t we know it?” Dash and Pinkie joked, looking directly at Gilda.

Req drew her sword and summoned her wings. “well, we can’t let them get away with this. At this rate, they’ll conquer the world by this time next week. And I don’t know about you but I’m not going to let that happen!”

“yeah. And neither are we!” Spyro said, hitting his fists together. “we’ve grown to like you all and we’re not gonna let some vengeful queen kill our friends.” all the humans nodded in agreement as they readied their weapons.

That filled the ponies with hope, knowing that their otherworldly friends are willing to risk their lives for a world that’s not their own. Celestia would be lying if she said she didn’t consider it. She didn’t want them sacrificing their own lives in a war that doesn’t concern them but she knows that they aren’t going to be swayed.

Req looked back and winked. “This is going to be easy peasy. We dealt with tougher foes then this.” she got ready to jump when Leon stopped her. “What?”

“just remember. Don’t kill any of the Changelings. There are too few of us as it is.”

“how few?” Applejack asked.

“remember the invasion 6 months ago? That was our entire population.”

“so few…” Celestia gasped. “very well. We will do all we can to keep your brethren alive.”

Leon and Friction felt relieved. Req climbed up onto the railing and turned around to face them. “Catch you all on the flip side.” she said with a wink before falling backwards. Spyro, Cynder, Bahamut, and Toothless jumped up and fell after her.

“now how do we get down that fast?” Emil asked.

Riku pretended to think before lifting him up onto the railing with him. “how else? With the express elevator.”

“you have to be kidding. We’ll become pancakes.” Sora said.

“I don’t think so.” Fox said, looking down.

Ice shot out of Spyro’s mouth and stuck to the side of the tower, he then flew around and around the tower, making a grind path for them.

“That’ll work.” Gourry quickly said.

Without another word, the humans jumped off and fell to the ground below. They landed on the trail of ice and skidded down it.

The ponies all watched from above when Dash was the one to say it. She flew up a few feet into the air and turned to her friends. “Come on. We’re not gonna let them do all the fighting for us. This is our war.” the ponies all looked at each other and nodded. This was their fight as well and they weren’t gonna let the humans do all the work. The Pegasi and Gryphons flew off the side and towards the city while everyone else headed for the exit.

Everyone but Fluttershy, that is. She just stood there, contemplating what to do. The sound of cannon fire got her attention. She looked up to the ship and steeled herself. Edge was on that ship, commanding this battle. And she had to stop him. And she could only think of one way to do it.

Half-way down the tower, Spyro broke off and spun around, firing dozens of ice trails in multiple directions, all leading to different sections of the city. The humans took advantage of this and each one jumped onto a different trail.

A Shadow Lion snarled as it cornered a defenseless earth pony in a corner.

“oh, no you don’t!” Zel exclaimed as he jumped on it’s back and stabbed his sword down though it’s head, killing it instantly. He instantly ducked when a Shadow Troll swung it’s club at him. “Fireball!” as the name suggested, a fireball shot out of his hand and hit the troll right in the head, killing it and turning it into dark wisps.

A 40-foot long Shadow Snake hissed as it wrapped around quite a lot of citizens and began to choke the life out of them. And Eris was among them.

“Hey!” Dash punched the snake in the head, flipped over, and kicked him. “Nobody hurts my daughter!”

The dazed snake shook it’s head and hissed at Dash. It lunged it’s head to bite her. Dash didn’t move but held her ground.

Twin katana blades came down though the bottom of it’s cranium, killing it and dispersing it into darkness. Lloyd jumped off it before it fully disintegrated and spun his blades around as a few Shadow Dogs came ran towards him.

The Vascillia’s cannons continued to fire at the city but only half were doing that task. The other half were busy trying to take down a stubborn Demi-Goddess and two powerful rulers of night and day.

Req cut a cannon ball in half, spun her sword around, and swung it down towards the ship, sending a sword beam it’s way. It hit against the side, leaving quite a hole in it, before it repaired itself.

“that’s not fair.” Req whined.

“it’s war. When is it ever fair?” Luna retorted as she flew past.

“Good point.”

Luna flew to one side of the ship whilst Celestia flew to the other side. They both fired their magic at the ship, hitting on the sides. Normally, it should’ve blown into pieces but since they’re dealing with dark magic, the beams shot though the other side and hit the other’s sister.

Both fell to the ground, wings crippled by each other. Req flew down after them. She grabbed Celestia’s unconscious body then used the Bind spell on Luna, bringing the Alicorn to her.

They crashed into a fountain, sending a small splash into the sky. Req surfaced and put the princess’s on the edge.

“that could’ve gone better.” Req moaned. She blew her wet hair out of her face and coughed.

The cannons continued to fire at the town, either destroying buildings or adding new Shadow Creatures to the battle.

Edge stood at the helm and looked down at the battle. He reached into his armor and pulled out the necklace. He felt uneasy doing this but was unsure why. He felt guilty for doing this but just doesn’t know why. He didn’t have to wonder why for long as his answer’s were flying towards the ship.

“don’t fire at that yellow Pegasus. She’s mine.” he said with gusto to the fire crew. They reluctantly followed his orders and didn’t shot at her. The Pegasus landed on the deck and stared him down.

“I was hoping you would arrive. Fluttershy.”

End song.

Cadence pushed a mine cart down into the mines, still being forced to do her job of passing out food and water. She noticed that Jax and Dinky were missing. “if they find out, nobodies’ going to come out happy.” she muttered. And there’s only so much she can do to keep everyone happy in this scenario.

A sharp pain shot though her stomach, causing her to keel over and hold her midsection. She was hoping she had more time but feels like she doesn’t.

“Edge! Please, stop this!” Fluttershy asked with tear-filled eyes.

Images began to flood though his mind again, something he’s starting to get really tired of. He shook his head and got rid of them. “Listen. The reason I’m here is because I want answers. You and that dragon back at Maredrid said I was your friend. I keep getting these images in my head about some crimson pony that feels like me. And to top it off…” he pulled out the necklace for her to see. “… I found this lying in the snow and when I picked it up, I heard a song. Tell me, what is going on!?!”

Fluttershy was stunned that he still had the necklace she gave him for Hearth’s Warming Eve, even though he doesn’t remember it. “Edge… your friends told me that… you were Purged.”

Purged? Him? Impossible. He’s the most loyal Changeling in Chrysalis’ army. There’s no way he could be purged. But… that’s the only way that can explain everything; the images, the song, reason why he got a bit nervous when he was around or thought about that Pegasus. It’s possible that…

A loud and thundering boom stopped his train of thought as they both looked up.

Begin Song:

End of the Road - Assassin’s Creed Revelations Unreleased OST

0:00.

Dark clouds rumbled far above the city, swirling into one spot not far beneath it. The clouds began to take shape as it did last time.

“oh crap.” Bahamut gulped.

“not him again.” Shadow said in worry.

“what in the world is that?” Zaltan gasped.

“nothing pretty.” a soaked and injured Celestia said as she limped over.

“last time we saw this, it turned Maredrid into a crater.” Req said.

Zaltan gulped out of fear. “what was it?”

“pretty powerful monster.”

Orochi smiled from the mountain top as the monster took form.

“yes. Rise from the abyss once more and destroy our enemies!” Tenebrae laughed. “Come, King of the Monsters!”

The clouds took on organic qualities and fell from the sky to the swamp below. It landed with a big boom, causing bit of a earthquake and sending a lot of water into the sky. Clouds swirled out of the crash site and into the air.

“this isn’t going to end well.” Applejack gulped.

0:40.

Dark red eyes shone out of the water and smoke before they all dispersed.

Godzilla roared to the sky as loud as he could, signaling his return.

Back on the mountain, Orochi was practically giddy. “Yes. Go, Godzilla. Kill, destroy. Eradicate them all! HAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“how do we beat that thing?” Gilda shakingly asked.

Req summoned her wings. “I don’t think we can.”

1:12.

Godzilla heard and Godzilla obeyed. He powered up and fired his heatbeam right for the tower.

The beam was blocked by a joint barrier by Req, Zel, Riku, Spyro. A shock slivered up the heat beam and into Godzilla’s mouth but nobody noticed. Unfortunately, the king was too strong for them all and the beam, although weakened, still broke though, sending the four of them rolling and spinning away in different directions.

The beam hit the tower but wasn’t as strong as before. It brushed against the side, taking out a large chunk of the tower but not destroying it completely or to where it’s so damaged on one side, it fell down the other.

Godzilla snorted angrily and powered up his heat beam yet again.

1:28.

When Godzilla fired his heat beam, something unexpected happened.

His back flickered like a light bulb and his heat beam came out all cut up and in three’s, like a three-shot rifle. One of the shots shot over the city and into the river while the other two hit harmlessly outside of town.

Everyone, even Godzilla himself, was surprised by that change of events.

“Well, so much for your new toy, Tenebrae.” Fulmen snickered.

“Shut up. He’s still unstoppable.”

Godzilla thought of a way he could use this to his advantage. He powered up his new heat beam again and fired, this time aiming very carefully. The shots hit right in the town itself, causing block-sized explosions.

1:52.

Fluttershy watched in horror from the ship as the city beneath them burned. She turned to Edge, who was just as dumbstruck as she was.

“Edge, stop him!” she pleaded.

“what makes you think I’m controlling him? I was with you and that dragon when he appeared at Maredrid, remember? So this isn’t my fault.”

Godzilla roared to the sky as lightning crashed down around him.

2:17. End Song.

Jax walked though the town, trying to find Dinky and Pip. They always went missing every day and at the same time. Something bugged her about that and she had to find out. She rounded a corner and found the tired beast with Dinky and Pipsqueak in his hand. Initially, she got protective.

“LET THEM GO!” Jax yelled. That got the attention of the trio but also the attention of several Changeling guards. She ran over to the monster who snarled back at her.

“Wait!” Dinky jumped off and got in Jax’s way. “he’s not dangerous.”

“Not dangerous? He stranded me and my friends, helped the bad guy take over the world, and probably the biggest one of all, he’s making me go though pure hell.”

“he’s not a bad guy. He’s just being used and misunderstood.”

“Misunderstood!?” the Changelings rounded the corner to see the human and filly argue. “He’s a monster! Monster’s aren’t misunderstood! They have no feelings and they are focused on one thing and one thing only; who’s gonna be lunch!”

“He is not like that! He let me live when I stumbled across him.”

“he was probably full! Trust me, kid! That thing is only thinking about how to have you; with fries or a salad?!”

Dinky angrily frowned at Jax. Super mad at her stubbornness, but also that Jax may be acting out because of her hatred for the monster for stranding her on what she calls ‘hell’. “sometimes… I wonder who the real monster is; Oscurita. Or you.”

Dinky stormed off, walking past Jax and the surprised Changelings. They wanted nothing to do with this. Pip gradually followed after Dinky and past the Changelings. Jax stood there, completely dumbstruck. She’s not a monster. That… thing was the monster. She was right and she knows it. She angrily looked up at Oscurita who angrily looked back at her. She just scoffed and walked off. Oscurita snorted and went back to sleep. Thanks to that annoying human, he had lost the only pony willing to come even remotely close to him. First chance he get’s, he’s gonna do what that human suggested and have Jax with a side of fries and a salad.

Godzilla loudly roared as the citizens in the town below screamed and ran for their lives.

“what do we do!?” Sweetie Belle whined, cowering with her friends under a picnic table.

Zaltan thought for a moment and only had one painful conclusion to go with. “I’m afraid we’re gonna have to leave Feather Top.”

“What!?” the Princess’ exclaimed.

“there’s no way we can beat such a monstrosity. There’s just no way.”

“no.”

Begin Song:

Unfinished Battle - Xenoblade Chronicles OST

Req walked past them, sword in hand and ready to go. “no more running. I ran when I found out who I was. I ran from my brother. But I am not gonna let my friends run themselves into oblivion!”

“Requiem…” Twilight softly said.

“me and my friends have been able to take down gods before. This is just a giant lizard that breath‘s fire with a tendency of being indestructible. Nothing more then a overgrown dragon.” Ash said as he walked up next to her.

“you’re not backing down from this, are you?” Luna asked in a mutter.

“Yeah. Remember, we are gonna fight for you, even if this isn’t our world.” Spyro said as he walked up. “just because we’re from different planets doesn’t mean we can’t help out, right?” he asked with a wink.

“right.” Celestia said with a gasp. They really meant what they said.

Godzilla snarled and fired his heat beam. Just like before, it broke into three shots and hit separate parts of the city. One such beam headed for them.

Req glowed for a moment. Her blade extended and burst into light. Req swung it with all her might and hit the beam back to it’s sender. It hit Godzilla in the chest, making him stagger.

“What?” Tenebrae gasped, completely caught off guard that a measly human could reflect a powerful attack.

“So much for your little plan, Tenebrae.” Glacies said in his cold tone.

“Grr. Just shut up! He can still win this.” Tenebrae snarled, returning his attention to the fight.

Godzilla roared as he powered up his heat beam again as the groups premiere ice users ran to his feet.

“you have a plan for this?” Amelia asked, staying back far enough not to be crushed.

“Well, Jax would probably use Blizzard.” Zel said.

“So…” Spyro came up with a good idea.

Fox came up with the same idea and spun his staff to his shoulder, a small but powerful puff of ice coming out of it when it hit. “we freeze his feet.”

The king snarled as he tried to swat flies away from his face.

Req dodged one such swipe and fired a beam out of her blade and into his cheek. It hit, cutting deep enough to draw blood.

“at least we know he’s not invulnerable.” Hiccup remarked.

“just focus on dodging.” Satoshi said as his little brick deally morphed into a rocket launcher. “leave the fighting to me.” he aimed the rocket and fired, hitting the wound and making it explode.

The King roared in pain then tried to bite down on Toothless. Thank goodness that Night Fury’s are fast.

Ash fired at the king from the ground with his pistols and Sora from her bow. If anything, they can distract Godzilla long enough for someone to come up with a plan.

“you know that won’t do anything, right?” Spike asked.

“We know. Doesn’t hurt to try, right?” Ash replied.

Lloyd, Emil, and Riku ran up the kings tail, dragging their blades behind them, creating a path of blood. Godzilla swung his tail back and forth, trying to swing them off, which he did.

They fell 100 feet to the ground, not screaming. Riku tried to think of a way out of this when he remembered he was still wearing the outfit he had on The Grid. So, hopefully… he reached into his pocket and pulled out a baton.

“oh, please let this thing work.” he hoped as he activated it. The baton separated and morphed into a Light Cycle just like in the movie and show. “Yes!” he happily exclaimed. He got behind the wheel and revved it up.

Using a Gravity spell, he pulled Emil and Lloyd over to him, revved up the engine, and landed safely on the ground, with a big bounce I might add.

“Whoa! How’d you do this?” Lloyd said in great exclaim.

“don’t know the how. Just be thankful for the why.” He said back to them as he drove off.

Cannons fired from the tower, all directed at Godzilla. The Changelings had all but retreated, knowing that with him around, this city is toast.

Fluttershy just watched from the ship, not able to move. Meanwhile, more images flashed though Edge’s head, this time of him protecting him. And his heart was telling him to save her as well.

A heat beam shot towards the ship. As if by instinct, Edge pushed Fluttershy off the ship just before the beam hit the bow.

Fluttershy tumbled though the air but was able to regain herself to see the ship take the hit but still fly. Her heart was a bit joyous by what had happened.

“Edge… you are still in there… right?” she hopefully asked as she held her heart.

A bruised Edge pulled himself up and looked over the side to see that Fluttershy was alright. Grateful that she wasn't hurt, for some reason, Edge ordered them to retreat.

“Pull back to the river!” he announced. “let the beast finish this.” he looked back over and softly spoke to himself. “Don’t make me regret this. Fluttershy.”

Req yelled as she fell into the fountain near the princess’s. she pulled herself and spit out water. “Thanks for the help. Really appreciate it.” she groaned.

“Well, what can we do against a monster like that!?” Dash exclaimed, gesturing to the towering behemoth.

She had a point. There was little these ponies and gryphons could do against such a beast. Unless… “wait. Twilight. You said you were cutting back on magic for Starlight, right?”

“Yeah…” Twi reluctantly replied, not really sure what she’s talking about.

“did you use any magic this month?”

“Other then getting us out of those caves, no.”

“Great. Armor, Rarity. How good are you with ice spells?”

“ice spells?” they both replied in confusion.

“Just what are you getting at, Req?” Lyra and Vinyl asked.

Req looked at them and snickered.

Spyro, Fox, Zel, and Amelia had just frozen Godzilla’s feet in place, making him unable to move, when Fox was suddenly picked up by Zaltan. The dragon and magicians noticed it and flew after them.

“what’s going on?” Spyro asked, flying alongside them.

“we got a plan.” Zaltan said with a snicker.

The Changelings watched from the ship as dozens upon dozens of spots filled the skies. “What in the world…?” Edge muttered.

Chrysalis watched this from the throne room via a crystal and snarled. “No!”

The Prisoners watched from a crystal in the mines, each taken by surprise by the sheer numbers. Even Jax and Cadence were taken aback.

“Whoa!” Pip exclaimed in surprise.

A unknown black equine watched from a faraway hill.

“well… seems that the various species can come together after all.” he said with a deep and sinister voice. “Looks like Orochi was wrong after all.” he said before disappearing in dark flame.

Orochi, or rather Tenebrae, snarled at the sight. “NO!” he jumped up and down like a bratty child. “NO NO NO NO NO NO!”

Every flier in the Gryphon Kingdom capital took to the air; Gryphon, Pegasi, G.K.(Gryphon Kingdom) Changelings, and Dragons. Each one carrying a Unicorn, each one with a glowing horn.

Godzilla took notice of them and roared loudly at them. His jaw was clamped shut by a well placed Bind, leaving only a small portion of his mouth open but not enough to where he can fire his beam.

Req flew past Luna, who was carrying Twilight, and stopped right in front of everyone. “Everyone, concentrate on a Ice Spell! We’re gonna freeze this guy from the inside out!”

All the Unicorns nodded and concentrated with all their might on a Ice Spell. The other-worldly magicians thought of the strongest ice attack they could think of.

Godzilla tried to rip the spell off his mouth but Req had it on tight. There was no way he was going to get it off.

Small blue beams of light descended from the horns of the unicorns and into Req’s blade, which she held above her head. “(we only have one shot at this. So we better make this count!)”

The spells reached their apex and were ready to fire. Req sensed this and bellowed “BLIZZARD!” as she thrust her blade to the monster and fired a beam of pure ice to the king. Ice spells of various types shot from the Unicorns and Magicians and joined with hers, making it more powerful.

Godzilla got the spell off and fired his heat beam, forgetting that it had somehow turned into a three-shot attack. The shots all flew past the ice, past the fliers, and past the Vascillia, exploding harmlessly in thin air.

The beam shot into Godzilla’s mouth and right down his throat, reaching his heart and freezing it. The ice expanded out of it and went down every vein in his body.

Godzilla shrieked in pain, unable to do anything of what was going on inside of him. The beam continued to shot into his mouth, making it even more painful.

Ice extended out of every part of his body, including his eyes and nails, until he was nothing but a frozen dead statue.”

End Song.

Chrysalis yelled in anger she slammed the crystal into the floor. “Dammit! Even that arrogant jerk can’t kill them!”

The doors opened and a soldeir walked in. “Your majesty, w--”

“WHAT!?!” Chrysalis yelled. “What could be so important that you had to disturb me!?!”

The Changeling, though dumb-struck by his queen’s outburst, kept his same posture. “we have a development with Oscurita. We know why he’s behaving the way he is.”

Tenebrae yelled as loud as he could over the fact that Godzilla lost. “Stupid, mother bucking, self-centered…” in his anger, he tore up Godzilla’s card. “I wash my hands with this!”

Aqua sighed. “you do know you could’ve used that card again on another world in a few days, right?”

Tenebrae, realizing his mistakes, gathered up the shards and tried to put them together to no avail.

“idiot.” Ignis muttered.

“I vote we get out of here before he does something stupid.” Ventus voted.

“Agreed.” Glacies said. A portal of dark fire opened up behind them and he walked into it.

Tenebrae yelled yet again, this time in anger towards one certain human. “ARGH! Oh, I’m gonna get that Requiem if it’s that last thing I do!”

the ice spell stopped and everyone panted as they looked at what they did; The King forever frozen in a statue of death.

Fluttershy flew up beside Req and lamentably looked at it. “he may have been a creature of shadow… but I still feel sorry for him.”

“me too.” Req said. She powered up her sword and sent a sword beam towards the monster. It hit, shattering the kind into a million pieces. Wisps of darkness rose from the pieces and dissipated in the air.

“I didn’t think Oscurita could make monsters like that.” Celestia gasped as she flew down beside her.

Req was going to agree but didn’t. Oscurita couldn’t have been able to make that thing. For starters, he hasn’t even seen a Godzilla movie. How could he have know what he looked like? Secondly, Oscurita had to be there to make the Shadow Creatures and the ones that came with the Changelings were made before hand. And thirdly, is Oscurita was on site, why didn’t he attack them himself?

She had a bad feeling about all this.

To Win a War

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 20

To Win a War

Dinky yelled as she was thrown into the throne room. She landed hard and skidded to a halt. “what was that for!?” she yelled to the Changelings. They ignored her and left.

“why am I even here?” she asked herself as she got up.

“You are here…” a super angry Chrysalis said from behind. Dinky looked to see her sitting on the throne with wind gusting around her. “to pay for your insolence!”

A fearful Dinky backed up in fear. “w-what? What are you talking about?”

Chrysalis snarled as her horn glowed. Dinky was lifted off the floor and slammed into the ceiling. “you know what I’m talking about!” she flew up to Dinky and snarled in her face. “Your association with Oscurita is putting a halt to my plans!” she grabbed the filly and squeezed her throat. “He’s gone soft and it’s all your fault!” Chrysalis physically threw Dinky to the floor. She hit and heard something crack.

Chrysalis landed on the ground with a frightful force. She walked over and pressed down on Dinky’s neck again. “If Oscurita can’t work properly, then I can’t control the world!” Chrysalis’ eyes turned green with red pupils and purple fire coming out of the sides. “and it’s your fault that he’s like this!” she kicked Dinky into a pillar, cracking her back. Chrysalis’ horn glowed as she stopped a few feet away from Dinky.

Dinky struggled to get up, feeling something broken in her rear-left leg. “he’s not… some thing… for you to use.” she groaned. “he has feelings.”

That tears it. Chrysalis used her magic to pulled Dinky to her. “he is nothing but a tool. Nothing more. A monster like him has no feelings!”

Dinky looked at her with a slight chuckle. “then why did he spare me? Explain that.”

Chrysalis snarled and threw her to the ground. “Ask your mother! She and he go WAY back.” Chrysalis evilly chuckled as she raised her hoof. “if you’re still alive, that is.” she looked to the door and saw Edge standing there, stunned that she’s doing this. “Watch close, Edge. This is what happens to those who oppose me!” with all her might, Chrysalis slammed down on Dinky’s head.

Elsewhere, far in the Gryphon Kingdom, a mother sensed her daughter in distress and shot awake.

“DINKY!” Derpy yelled out as she shot up. Pain erupted though her body, causing her to fall back holding her stomach area.

Sparkler and Luna, who happened to be in the hospital helping with the wounded from the battle, heard her outburst and went into her room. “well, look who’s finally awake.” Luna said.

Derpy opened one eye and painfully looked at them. “Luna…” Sparkler suddenly hugged her, causing Derpy to blush a little bit. “Sparkler… sorry for ending up like this…”

“I’m just glad your okay, mom!” Sparkler tearfully said.

Luna rolled her eyes under her eyelids and chuckled. “I’m just glad your okay. We were all so worried that you wouldn’t come out of the coma.”

“coma…?” she pushed Sparkler away for a moment and looked her body over and saw that she was covered in bandages. “what happened? The last thing I remember is a cave-in and… oh, Luna. Are you okay?”

Luna chuckled. “I’m fine. Thanks to you. You pushed me out of the way in the nick of time but… Derpy, it really should’ve been me.”

“why?”

“well, Alicorns can heal faster then normal ponies, like how Req can heal faster then her friends. I would’ve been out of a coma in 3 days then you being in a coma for… Faust, who knows how long.”

Derpy patted Luna on the back and chuckled. “it’s okay. Even if I did know, I still would’ve done it.”

“but…”

“just stop right there, Luna.” Sparkler chuckled. “my mom can be stubborn and it‘s usually when it involves her friends.”

“that’s right. Besides, we’re friends now. You would do the same for me, right?”

Friend. Until now, she only considered Celestia, Twilight, and Trixie her friends. She never considered anybody else to be her friends. “yeah. We are, Derpy.” Derpy smiled and they both hugged.

Derpy heard crying outside her room. She looked to see a whole lot of people worse then her. “did I miss something important?”

“We’ll explain later.” Luna chuckled.

Sparkler remembered that Derpy had shouted something that made them come in. “mom… you yelled out something when you woke up.”

“I did?” Derpy thought back to it and remembered. “Oh. It’s Dinky. I think she’s hurt.”

“Dinky?” Sparkler exclaimed in surprise.

“But she’s all the way back in Canterlot. How could you tell she was in pain?” Luna asked. “Are you sure she was hurt?”

“I’m positive. I know my daughter better then anyone. She‘s hurt. I think something bad is going on back home.”

*Half a hour past the battle with Godzilla…*

“…repeat what you just said.” Celestia asked in confusion, not really understanding what Leon and Friction are planning. She, Zaltan, and the other major players were in the throne room, talking about what to do.

“launch an attack right now! Chrysalis is vulnerable right now.” Leon said. “This kind of defeat will make her angry and unfocused.”

“you’re asking to launch an attack…” Armor started. “on our capital. Which is enveloped by a impenetrable force field. Which is guarded by a giant monster that makes hordes of monsters made out of shadow. With just what little forces we have?”

Friction shrugged. “it’s not perfect.”

“you’re basically asking us to launch a suicide mission.” Celestia exclaimed.

“you want your empire back or not?” Leon asked in anger.

“I want it back. I just don’t want to lose my people taking it back.”

“nor mine.” Zaltan agreed. “unless there’s a way so that we all come out alive, we’re not going to risk our lives in a suicide run.”

“I believe…” Satoshi said as he barged in, carrying blueprints in his hands. “… I can help with that.

*present day*

The mint-green Pegasus somberly walked though town with Armor, Halo, and Twi following right behind him.

“Are you sure that’s the bastard who took advantage of you?” Armor asked for confirmation.

“well…” Twi wasn’t sure. “he has the same voice b--”

“that’s good enough for us.” Halo wickedly said as he and Armor headed to him. Using their magic, they caught the Pegasus off guard and dragged him down a alley when they pinned him up against the wall.

“You have a lot to answer for!” Armor sinisterly said, holding the Pegasus in place with his front-right leg. “I could send you to jail for attacking a member of the royal family!”

“What!? What are you talking about?” he replied in confusion.

“Don’t play dumb. You know what you did!” Halo angrily said. He walked to the entrance and brought Twi in.

“Oh. She’s cute.” the Pegasus idiotically said. He looked down and saw the preggo belly. “yikes. Pregnant. Never mind.”

That sent Armor over the breaking point. He hardly pushed the Pegasus against the wall as his horn began to glow. “That’s all you have to say for taking advantage of a member of the royal family?!”

That didn’t do much except make the Pegasus more confused. “okay. I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“6 months ago, you took advantage of my sister in a house of ill repute and now she’s pregnant with your child.”

“What!?! Impossible. I’ve never gone near one of those places in my life.”

“but you said that ever since the place closed down, it’s been tough to get your fix.” Halo said.

“I was talking about my favorite ice cream parlor. It closed down and I haven’t been able to find a place that does it as great.”

“And the ‘do it a few times and you’ll be right as rain line?’”

“I was giving a friend advice on how to grow radishes. Granted, it’s not good advice, bu--”

Armor squeezed down on the Pegasus’ neck. “Stop lying!”

“It’s the truth.”

“doubt it. Twili, is this the one who took advantage of you?”

Twilight looked at the Pegasus, who looked back at her. With a sigh, she shook her head no. “It’s not him. He has the same voice but not that feeling of dread I felt.”

“dread?” Halo and Armor muttered.

“See? I told you it wasn’t me. And plus, there’s only so many voices in the world. Some are bound to repeat.”

He had a point there. Armor let him go and let him breath. “Sorry. Guess I got the wrong guy.”

The Pegasus rubbed where Armor pinned him and got up. “that happens. You’d be surprised how many people mistake me for someone else.” he walked to the exit. “good luck with whoever got ya knocked up. He’s in for a painful surprise.” he slightly joked, still rubbing his neck.

“so it wasn’t him.” Halo said.

“sorry, Twili.”

Twi smiled and hugged them both. “it’s okay. Just knowing you two are going to help is more then enough for me.” while still in the hug, she looked the alley exit and watched the Pegasus walk away. She remembers green, just not as a skin color.

Bodies of the dead lay under cloth along main street. Families and friends mourned the loss of their fallen comrades and cried.

Soarin’ sat in front of one, keeping a straight face but was broken up inside. “Soarin’?” Dash was surprised to see him here. “what are you doing here?”

“saying good-bye… to a old friend…”

Curious who, Dash walked over and pulled the cloth off the dead guys head. It was a stallion she never saw before. “Who…”

“Diamond Cage. He was a Wonderbolt who retired and moved here. He was my idol. He taught me everything he knew.”

“wow. Sorry he’s gone. Wish I could’ve met him.”

“yeah…” Soarin’ looked away down the street and sighed. “makes you think if you should… just go for it.”

“Go for it?” Dash replied in confusion. She walked over and looked in Soarin’s direction. They both saw Spitfire walking down, making sure that the grieving families were all right. Dash chuckled softly. “are you in love with Spitfire?”

Soarin’ gave a wry chuckle. “you may say that.”

“why didn’t you say anything?”

“Same reason why Shadow couldn’t ask you out. She’s way out of league.”

Dash sputtered and laughed. “nonsense. Just go and ask. You never know if it’ll work if you don’t go and try.”

Soarin’ knew she was right and didn’t try to argue. He looked to Spitfire, took a deep breath, filled up with confidence, and walked over to Spitfire. Dash hoped for the best, unaware that her little ‘speech’ was overheard by her coltfriend.

Shadow took a deep breath and walked over to Dash just as Soarin’ walked up to Spitfire.

“Spitfire…”

“Dash…”

Both mares turned around and looked to the other. “will you go out on a date with me?” they both asked, hoping for the best.

Before Spitfire and Dash could ask, everyone in the city heard a lot of commotion coming from the tower. For the past couple of days, there was something happening up there but they couldn’t piece what was going on.

Well they were about to find out.

“Are you sure it’s ready?” Celestia asked Satoshi.

“only one way to find out.”

“Right. Well, I better go and get ready for a big rousing speech.” she joked before she and Zaltan walked off.

Satoshi and Gilda looked at each other and chuckled. “let’s hope this works.” they both said, hoping it would.

The sound of spinning fan blades echoed though the air, getting the attention of everyone in the city.

“What is that?” Amelia muttered.

Something descended from the clouds above, putting the city under a cloak of darkness. For a moment, everyone thought it was the Changelings again then realized that it wasn’t.

“they didn’t.” Req said, realizing that they were looking at.

“they did.” Ash said with a big smile.

A big ol’ Airship flew on down from above and hovered above the city. It looked exactly like the Orion except for a few differences.

First, the masts have been replaced with a giant hot-air balloon bigger then the ship.

Second, the ship is a bit shorter and pointier, making it like a flying arrow.

Thirdly and lastly, there wasn’t as many decks like with Orion. While Orion had 4, this new airship only had one for cannons.

In short, this new airship was designed for combat.

The ship landed in the center of town, or as close to the center as it could. Celestia and Zaltan walked up to the bow together. Down in the town, just in front of the ship, a news crew put a microphone in front of the ship and were gonna transmit this around the world.

Celestia cleared her throat and spoke as loudly as she could. “3 weeks ago, something happened that no pony, gryphon, or anyone could’ve seen coming; Canterlot fell. To a powerful horde. A horde we could not comprehend.”

Zaltan cleared his throat and walked in front of her. “it was horde that has conquered all of Equestria and has set their sites on the world itself. The Gryphon Capital Feather Top was recently hit by a attack against a powerful foe. Not everyone… got out alive.”

All over the world, this little speech was playing though tv’s, radios, basically whatever electronics that can convey sound.

Ponyville: the occupying Changelings listened from a radio that was loud enough to be heard down in the library’s basement for Aura and Lina to hear.

“The hoard is the Changelings.” Celestia said as she took over. “and their sights are on the world itself. And if they don’t get their way, the world will burn.”

Trottingham: the radios all over the city played the little speech.

“but it’s not the Changelings fault that they launched this invasion. They were forced to do so via a lack of resources and a vengeful queen.”

Badlands: the dragons overheard this though radios they had ‘procured’

“their country was decimated with by a unknown foe in a war that is much like what’s going on now. A war of destruction and annihilation. They didn’t ask for it and they paid the price for it.”

Cloudsdale: the Pegasi hovered, stopping what they were doing to listen.

“so this war they had launched is to prevent themselves from dying out; from going extinct. But their ruler, in her pursuit of vengeance, is taking things too far. If she gets her way, the world as we know it will drastically change.”

Canterlot: the prisoners and changelings overheard this though the same crystals they saw Ponyville, Maredrid, and Maredrid in. Chrysalis heard this and snarled as angrily as she could.

“as much as we feel sorry for the Changelings, we are not going to let them conquer the world just so their queen can get her revenge.”

Feather Top:

“so, by this time next week, we are going to launch a counter-attack. We’re gonna take Canterlot back, take down the queen, free the Changelings, and save the world!” Zaltan said with gusto.

“everything you know is at risk.” Celestia said to finish. “If the queen wins, they will suffer the consequences. We’re not forcing you but we’re asking you… we’re asking you to help us save the world. To save your family and loved ones. So save everything and everyone you know! To bring an end to this dreadful Winter War.”

The crowd, without a word, cheered.

“Well, that got them wiled up.” Applejack chuckled.

“And they needed it.” Zil said.

Edge walked thought the castle, shocked by what he saw. He never suspected that Chrysalis would do such a thing to a child. He looked up and saw that he had somehow got in the dungeons.

“how’d I get here?” he muttered. He continued down into the dungeons, looking around when he saw something odd.

A large crystal, shining bright despite there being no sun. “A Crystal? Here?” a shiver went down his spine. There was something deathly familiar about this. He slowly walked in close to it. He saw his reflection in the crystal, which changed to a crimson Pegasus before changing back. “What was…”

He reached out to touch his reflection. When he did, a surge of energy shot though him and sent him crashing into a wall and falling to the floor, being knocked unconscious.

I want to be with you

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 21

I want to be with you

Edge woke up to find himself floating in a white abyss. “what in th--” he fired a bolt out into it but it kept going on and on and on and on an--- you get the picture.

“what kind of foolishness is this!?” he exclaimed. “Where am I?”

“in your mind, dingle-dork.” his voice said from everywhere.

“Who are you? I demand you show yourself.”

“I was already planning on it.”

In a small flash, the crimson Pegasus he kept seeing in those images appeared in front of him. “you.” Edge growled. “Who in Tartarus are you? Why do I keep seeing you in images that run though my mind.”

The Pegasus snickered. “Duh.” he was engulfed in green fire and changed back into a white version of Edge. “because I’m you.”

Edge powered down his magic attack, mostly in confusion. “what? That’s Impossible. I’m me.”

“I know. I’m your memories.”

“memories?”

White Edge shown bright and changed the image to 3 weeks ago. Edge looked down to see him chained to the same crystal he just touched. “You were purged. Chrysalis took your memories from the past 6 months and just… send them away to a corner of your mind. But… turns out we have a strong will.”

“how so?”

“cause I kept on surfacing in those images. You started getting them back in Ponyville when you met back up with Fluttershy. And ever since then, they kept coming. It was me trying to resurface.”

“why?”

“because this isn’t you. Fluttershy changed you and for the better.”

“wh--why? What is so special about her?”

The background changed to Fluttershy’s cottage with her sleeping in her bed. Edge looked at her and started blushing. “because she cared for you when you were injured. She helped heal you. She willingly gave you love to feed on. And… she was the only one to give you a present.” Edge knew what his memories were talking about. He reached into his armor and pulled out the necklace. “and… if we weren’t so brash and we weren’t a Changeling… she would’ve been our marefriend.”

“Marefriend?”

“yeah. During our six months with her… something happened. Something that allowed us, a Changeling, a being incapable from producing love, to fall in love. That told me that Chrysalis was lying to us about our nature. And… if we didn’t act so stupid and joined with her… then maybe this war wouldn’t have happened.”

Edge deeply sighed. “you’re telling me the truth.”

White Edge gave a sighing chuckle. “of course I am.” he walked over to him. “Memories can’t lie.” he stopped a few feet away and offered his hoof. “come on. Don’t fight it.”

Edge glanced away from his memories. So it was all true. All of it; being friends with that Pegasus, Chrysalis lying to him. He had a lot to make up for, and this was the first step. He looked down at the necklace, closing his hoof around it.

He nodded to White Edge and accepted his hoof with the one with the necklace.

Edge found himself back in the hallway where the crystal thrown him into. He held his head in pain as all his memories and old personality came back.

He noticed the necklace a few feet away and grabbed it. Several tears fell down his face when he remembered the horrible things he did these past 3 weeks.

“Fluttershy… I’m so sorry…” he softly and tearfully said.

He took a deep breath and sighed. He steeled himself and closed his hoofs on the necklace. He put it on and walked out of the dungeons. He had a lot to make up for.

He exited the dungeons and the castle just in time to see this.

Dinky fell to the ground in front of the prisoners. Everyone gasped when they saw how badly injured she was.

“Dinky!” Pipsqueak exclaimed as he ran over to her. She weakly looked up to him and managed to break a smile before falling unconscious.

All the prisoners were stunned that this would happen to a child and looked at her with such distain that they couldn’t look anymore. Jax was horrified as well. It reminded her of how she looked when she was caught in that stampede.

“Dinks…” she softly said before she couldn’t take anymore and looked away.

Chrysalis walked in with clear anger in her eyes. “THIS!…” she used her magic to raise Dinky to the air. “THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OPPOSE ME!!!” Leon and Friction appeared in a out-of-sight area and walked out from behind a building to see this. “IF ANY OF YOU PULL SOMETHING LIKE WHAT SHE PULLED, YOU WILL GET FAR WORSE!!!”

Chrysalis angrily turned to leave. Jax, furious that someone would hurt a kid, grabbed a pick-ax and slowly ran up to her. She raised it, ready to pierce it into the tyrants neck, when she was suddenly grabbed by magic. She was lifted off the ground and constricted by a unseen snake. Chrysalis turned around and grabbed Jax’s neck.

“you… you are the cause for all this!” the queen snarled. She blasted Jax right in the face, sending her into a pillar. She collapsed right into a mine cart filled with sharp crystals. “and let her be a lesson as well!” Chrysalis threatened.

Cadence watched in terror as her former childhood friend walked away. She didn’t know that leaving 16 years ago would affect her. Well, the green eyes, red iris’, and purple fire coming out of her eyes seems to be proof enough. She changed. and not for the better.

Edge took a few feet towards them when Leon and Friction ran in. some of the prisoners got ready to fight them.

“It’s okay. We’re allies.” Friction said.

“Allies?” Pip asked, not budging from Dinky.

“it‘s a long story.” Leon said. He looked out and saw Edge standing there. “maybe we should move Dinky and Jax in. we don’t want anyone cynical to overhear us.”

The Prisoners grabbed Jax while Cadence put Dinky on her back. They went further into the mine away from Edge. He doesn’t blame them, but that means he has to work on his own. And if nobody knows he changed back, that leaves him with a lot of free room.

“Edge!” Chrysalis exclaimed. Edge was caught off guard and looked to her. “Come with me! We have to talk.” a reluctant Edge followed. He wanted to help his friends but, for now, he better keep up his mean sadistic nature.

Back in Feather Top, following Celestia’s and Zaltan’s speech, every citizen in the city, including the filthy rich and children, have pitched in to help build as many airships as they can in a week. If what Leon and Friction said was true, Chrysalis will be venerable. She does not take defeat well, I believe is what they choose to describe it. And with the Winter War coming to either end in a few days, some people are looking to the hopeful future.

“all this time and we still didn’t find our Cutie Marks.” Sweetie Belle sighed as she and her friends hung at one of many parks.

“and if the world ends, I won’t wanna go to the afterworld with a blank flank.” Scootaloo said with gusto.

“but I doubt we can find our Cutie Marks in a week.” Applebloom said.

“we can still try.” Sweetie said.

“well… we’re in a new city.” Scootaloo said. “And it there is a war on so…”

“nothing war related.” Sweetie and Applebloom said in unison. Scootaloo frowned and hit her hoof on a nearby tree. She hit it hard and it hurt. A lot. Scoots whined as she held her injured hoof in pain. Her friends didn’t show support by laughing.

Req, overheard them while passing by, chuckled as she came up with a idea for them. “you need help finding your Cutie Marks?”

“yeah. You have a idea, Req?” Scootaloo painfully asked with one eye open.

Req chortled. “oh, do I.”

“Well, what is it?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“come to the tower Tuesday at 7 P.M. I’ll explain everything there.”

Applejack and Zilver sat on a bench, looking out at the city.

“So… war.” Zil softly, hating that this came around.

“yeah. War.” Applejack replied in the same tone.

Zil thought to himself for a moment. “listen… I’ve been thinking.” A.J. curiously looked at him. “the reason we’re together was because of that near pregnancy scare 3 months ago. And we never done anything close to what Spike & Rarity or Twi & my brother are. At best we‘re friends with benefits.”

“What are you saying, Zil?”

Zil sighed. “if you want to see other ponies, I won’t blame you. I’m not exactly boyfriend material. So…” Zil got off the bench. “if you want to see other people, I won’t stop you.”

Zil started to walk off when a lasso wrapped around him and pulled him close. A.J. kissed him with a smile. “Zilver… I don’t wanna see other ponies. I wanna be with you.”

Zil was pleasantly surprised by that. “really?”

“Of course I do. I love your sense of humor. I love the way you hold me at night.” then she went uncouth. “and I like what you do to me at night.” Zil blushed in embarrassment as he scratched his head. “and if I could picture me with anyone, it would be you.”

“Really?”

“well, running off when we thought I was Pregnant set you back a few points…” Zil shrugged in agreement. That was a low point, even for him. “but… other then that… there’s no one I see spending my life with.”

“you just saying that?” Zil asked, making sure.

A.J. smiled and placed her hat on his head. “Honesty is my specialty.”

Twi and Halo sat on their backs, looking up at the starry night sky.

“nice night.” Halo said.

“yeah. Too bad this could probably be our last.” Twi sighed. Halo nodded in agreement. He knew that was likely true. “oh.” she squealed, holding her stomach.

“what’s wrong?”

“Starlight’s kicking.” she waited and the baby kicked again. “Oh, it feels so weird.” she shakingly said with a hint of glee. “Come feel.”

Halo flipped onto his front and placed his hoof on her stomach. “whoa.” a astonished Halo said. “That must feel weird.”

“you have no idea.” Twi breathily laughed. “that’s my Starlight.”

Halo chuckled as the baby continued to kick where his hoof was. That feeling of hope in him, and her, solidified his decision. “Twi…”

“hmm…”

Halo let go and scooched up. “ever since we met, I’ve been in love with you. Though for a time, I haven’t been able to say it.” Twi remembered that and didn’t like it. “and… when you got pregnant with Starlight, I thought I wouldn’t be with you at all. But thanks to everyone, I was able to ask you out.”

“are you going somewhere with this?” Twi asked.

“yeah. I am.” he used his magic to pull a box to his hooves. Twi gasped when she realized where he was going. “the more I think about it, the more I’m convinced. I want to be with you and with Starlight for the rest of eternity.” he opened the box, revealing a diamond ring. Tears formed in her eyes even before he asked.

“Twilight… will you marry me?”

Twi gasped and cried at the same time. “yes. Yes, Halo. I will!” she cried. Halo smiled wide and put the ring on her horn. She cried happily as he kissed her on the lips.

“I love you, Twilight.”

“I love you too, Halo.”

They kissed again long and passionately. Twi chuckled in the kiss, making Halo a bit curious and nervous. “I am getting one big family.”

“huh?”

“Trixie married Luna and my brother married Cadence, which technically makes us royalty. And Spike is pining for Rarity and your brother is going out with Applejack…”

Halo knew where she was going. “dear Faust, the family get-togethers will be hectic.” Twi nodded with a chuckle. “and I’ve seen Applejack’s family pictures.”

Twi chuckled as she leaned forward. “that’s why A.J. has a farm. Lotsa room.”

That gave Halo a kinky idea. “speaking of rooms. What do you say we un… find one?”

“Halo.” Twi seductively chuckled. “well… guess we should consummate our engagement. Just… go easy for Starlight.”

Halo winked. “deal.”

Twi looked up to the stars which sparkled in her eyes. “this night has been just Magical.”

Back at the local bakery, which had taken in Pinkie, Marble, and the Cake family, Marble and Pinkie were in their own little room, talking about the days ahead.

“This is so exciting!” Pinkie exclaimed as normal.

“War is exciting?” Marble asked, wondering if she had officially lost it.

“of course War isn’t exciting. I was just saying that us… being together… alone…” she said with seductive eyes. She slowly scooched over to him. “you know… we haven’t done anything… fun ever since we started going out.”

“We were going out?” Marble asked, acting oblivious to her flirting.

That ruined the moment. “wh… yes. We were going out, Marble.”

“I was just messing with ya. I always do that to ponies I love.”

Pinkie chuckled and nuzzled up next to him. “You love me?”

“you changed me from a Emo kid to my old self. I’d say that qualifies for love.”

“oh, Marble.” Pinkie kissed him on the lips and he kissed back. “are the doors and windows locked?”

“yeah. Why?”

Pinkie chuckled then pinned him on the floor, much to both his surprise and pleasure. “cause I’m about to give you the best laugh of your life.”

“keep your eyes closed.” Shadow said as he lead Dash down in a alley.

“Shadow. You better not be leading me into a wall.” Dash said with her eyes closed.

“I won’t. thought you might want to…” Dash interrupted him and walking into a trash can. “never mind.”

Dash tripped over it but kept walking. “Could’ve warned me.”

“I was about to.” Shadow lead her into a small little outcropping and stopped her. “okay. Open your eyes.”

Dash opened her eyes to see a fancy table with quite a spread on it. “whoa. Wha… did you do all this?”

“Yeah. Not bad for a first date, right?”

Dash smiled with a chuckle. “yeah. Not bad for a first date.”

Shadow pulled out a seat and offered it to her. Dash politely bowed and took it. “we have all your favorites; Dandelion Lasagna, Apple Pie, Mint Ice Cream…”

Dash laughed. “what’s all this for, Shadow?”

“well, it’s probably our last day together so, I figured, right not go all out.” Shadow said as he sat down on the opposite side.

“Shadow…” she insisted.

“Fine.” Shadow sighed. “I… I don’t want to lose you again.”

“lose me?”

“like with Soarin’. of course, that was thanks to my own stupidity and not saying anything. And I made it worse when I left.”

Dash shook her head as she grabbed a glass. “no. it was me. I was in love with you too but since I was with Soarin’, I didn’t want to break his heart. Didn’t imagine you were feeling the same. Plus, I never abandon anyone.”

“I know.” Shadow said. “like how you never abandon your friends or like how you didn’t abandon Eris when you found her.”

Dash nodded. “sometimes, Loyalty can be a burden.”

“but it shows that you never abandon someone in need. That’s a good thing.” Shadow tapped his hooves on the table. “so… if you ever fall in love with someone and… want to be with him instead of me… I want you to know that I won’t feel bad if you do.”

Dash was surprised that he would say something like that. “Shadow. I won’t fall in love with anyone else. I love you, and even if I wasn’t the most Loyal pony in Equestria, I’d still be with you. To quote Applejack, ‘that’s the honest truth.’” she said in A.J.’s voice.

Shadow smiled. “thanks, Dash. Just needed to hear that.” Dash smiled back and even winked. “So… no sense in letting this food go to waste. Let’s eat.” Dash whole-heartily agreed and they both dug in.

Spike and Rarity looked at a wedding book in the part nearest to the south exit.

“what about a festive Caribbean wedding?” Spike suggested.

“mmm…” Rarity wasn’t sure about that.

Spike realized he asked a stupid question. “no?”

“no. as fun as it sounds, I think we should just have a small formal wedding with just our close friends and family.”

Spike considered that. He looked at his fiancée and got a idea. “hmmm… maybe we can do a combination of the two.”

“a combination?”

“yeah. A Formal and Fancy ceremony for you…”

“… and a Caribbean party for the reception.” Rarity finished. “huh… that does sound like a good idea.” Spike smiled and sat back. “where’d you come up with this idea?”

Spike looked to her, smiled, and placed his hand on her stomach. “our little dragon/pony hybrid here.”

Rarity chuckled. His hands are cold but she liked that. “yeah. It’s funny. 3 months ago, we were just friends; you were just a kid and helping Twilight at the Library and I was trying to find the perfect Coltfriend. Now… you’re all grown up and we’re having a baby & engaged to be wed.”

“life can surely hit you by surprise.” Spike chuckled.

“Thief!”

The couple looked down to the park way below to see a Gryphon Cop chase after a G.K. Changeling thief. The Changeling tripped on a rock and fell to the ground. Several cans and bags of food fell and rolled along the ground. The Gryphon caught up and pinned him on the ground.

“Nice try, Thief. Now you’re gonna go away for a long time.” the Gryphon said, putting the pressure on the Changeling. Rarity and Spike walked on down, wondering what’s going on. “this doesn’t concern you two. Just walk off and mind your own business.”

“What did he do?” Spike asked.

The Changeling was able to wiggle his throat out enough for her to talk clearly. “my family is starving and we don’t have any money for food so I had to resort to drastic measures.”

“well, unfortunately for you, stealing is a crime.” the Gryphon said. “I’m afraid you’re going away for a long time.”

“no. my family will die.”

“then you should’ve thought about that. Now come on.” the Gryphon picked up the Changeling and began to haul her back to town.

Without thinking, acting on instinct, Rarity stepped in. “Wait.” she said. The Gryphon stopped and both he and the Changeling looked back. “how much would you say all the stuff she stole is worth?”

The Gryphon looked at the items and did a quick count. “about 65 Bits.”

A purse appeared beside Rarity. She put out a single bit that said ‘100’ on it. “here. This should be more then enough.”

The Changeling, happy by her generosity, took it and smiled. “Thanks.” she used what magic she had to gather up the foodstuffs. “I’ll be by the store tomorrow to apologize and pay for all this stuff.” she told the cop before running off.

“that was really nice of you.” the Gryphon said as he turned around.

“Well… in such dark times, it pays to show Generosity.” Rarity said.

The CMC arrived at the tower at the right time but there was nothing here. Req wasn’t there, leaving them confused.

“Didn’t Req say to meet her here?” Sweetie said.

“yeah. Where is she?” Applebloom muttered.

“I’m over here.” Req said, walking up with a sound set.

“What is all this?” Scootaloo asked.

Req stopped pushing it and jumped onto a speaker. “a little something that will get the troops morale up. A… USO show.”

“USO Show?” the CMC asked, not really sure what she was talking about.

Req rolled her eyes. “just help me set up. We’re gonna blow everyone’s minds away.”

Chrysalis poured some wine into a couple of glasses. “ugh. Sometimes… I wonder why I don’t just destroy this city and just move on to another.” she sighed. She offered a glass to Edge, who took it.

“Why don’t you?” he asked.

“because what I did to that girl will make them produce stronger love. Plus…” she grabbed a little crystal and held it up to the light. “this is the only place in the world with these kinds of Crystals.”

“how so, my queen?” Edge asked, keeping up his little guise.

“this kinds of crystals can be easily manipulated to become any shape you want it to be. For example…” Chrysalis tossed the crystal up and shot her magic at it, a powerful thing already in her head. The beam hit the crystal. It violently bulged and shattered. Edge covered his eyes to protect himself from the shards.

Growling emanated though the throne room. Edge looked and saw what the crystal had become.

A silver crystalline dragon growled and roared, looking around like a frightened puppy. Chrysalis softly pet it on it’s chin, calming it down.

“What in the world is that thing?” Edge asked with fear.

“A Silver Dragon. A long lost species that I had just brought back. And this one is the first of many. They were quite frequent in the Crystal Empire, until they were hunted to extinction for their crystalline coats.” with a shine from her horn, Chrysalis changed the dragon’s personality from freighted and nervous to mad and enraged. The dragon roared loudly, echoing down into the mines. “and I hope for this one to be the vanguard of my new force.”

“new force?”

“yes. Oscurita’s been too… what’s the word? touchy-feely. So… he’s being, eh… let go.”

“Let go?”

“yes. Cut loose. Set free. Kicked out of our little club. Why have a dragon with feelings get in the way…” Chrysalis turned her attention to her new pet. With a quick use of magic, Chrysalis made a dragon head-shaped scar on his forehead, making him the leader of her new force. “why I can have soulless beasts leading the way?”

Edge was beyond words. She made a promise to Oscurita and she wasn’t going to keep it. If he was still the heartless general he was, he’d say it was a good idea. Now… he quickly thought of a lie to get out of the room. “I have some things to attend to, your grace.” he bowed to her. “by your leave.” Edge turned and walked out. Chrysalis chuckled as she petted her new toy.

“Chrysie really did a number on her.” Cadence somberly said. She was able to bandage Dinky up the best she could but she was too beat up for her to do anything good. “unless we get her to a hospital, she won’t live past a week.”

“Dinky…” Pip somberly said, sitting right beside her.

Jax, who was just cut in several spots on her body, looked at Dinky. She still can’t believe that someone would do that to a child. “what’s wrong with her?”

“What isn’t wrong with her? She’s got broken bones in every part of her body. I pretty sure she’s got concussions and collapsed organs but what do I know? I’m not a doctor.”

Pipsqueak looked at Dinky with a sad expression when he remembered something. “wait. Jax, you’re a magician. Don’t you have any healing spells?”

Jax looked at Pip like he said he was getting a sex change. “what? If I knew a healing spell, I would’ve used it on myself to heal these lacerations. No, Req’s the healer in our group.”

“then… we have no choice but hope Leon and Frictions’ plan works.” Cadence said.

“and if we hold up our end of the plan.” Pip finished.

Cadence dipped a rag into water and placed it on dinky’s forehead. Another shot of pain raged though her stomach, causing her to lean forward and hold her stomach in pain.

“Cadence…” Pip said worriedly.

“I-I’m fine.” Cadence painfully said as it passed. “I’m okay.”

“like hell, you’re not.” Jax said. She got up and walked over.

“I said I’m fine. I think I know my own body. Besides, the contractions are still 5 hours apart. I’m fine. I can survive.”

Jax didn’t buy it but she knew that Cadence wouldn’t listen. “fine.” Jax sat back down. “Just don’t come crying to me when that baby is half-way out.” Cadence rolled her eyes with a slight humor.

Begin Song:

1000 Words (English Orchestral Version) - Final Fantasy X-2 OST

OR

1000 Words - Sweetbox Version
(yeah. Another choice. Like with ‘This is Halloween’ back in the Nightmare Night chapter, you have a choice.)

Suddenly, a song began playing on all bandwidths, broadband, the works all over the planet. Jax immediately recognized the voice. “Req?”

Requiem:
♪I know that you're hiding things
Using gentle words to shelter me
Your words were like a dream
But dreams could never fool me
Not that easily♪

Req stood on top of a stage right in front of the Capital tower, singing into a microphone. Applebloom and Scootaloo pulled the last two cables and plugged them in, making lights appear around her. Sweetie Belle, however, was doing nothing and is bored.

Requiem:
♪I acted so distant then
Didn't say goodbye before you left
But I was listening
You'll fight your battles far from me
Far too easily♪

A crowd began to form in Feather Top as most of it’s citizens came to hear her sing.

Back in Ponyville, Aura and Lina, where were still in cocoons, heard the song. They looked to each other and snickered. They knew what was coming.

Fluttershy listened to the concert from the outskirts of the city. She saw a changeling run by, carrying food. Curious why a Changeling would need food, she followed.

Requiem:
♪"Save your tears 'cause I'll come back"
I could hear that you whispered as you walked through that door
But still I swore to hide the pain when I turn back the pages
Shouting might have been the answer
What if I'd cried my eyes out and begged you not to depart?
But now I'm not afraid to say what's in my heart♪

Fluttershy followed the Changeling to a small hut. She crept up to a window and peered in. inside were 3 children; 1 Pony, 1 Changeling, and 1 Hybrid. Their father, a regular Earth Pony, sat with them as the Changeling came in.

“Mommy!” the Children all shouted as they ran to her and hugged her.

“Mommy?” Fluttershy mouthed.

“hey.” the Changeling chuckled, hugging each other them. Her husband walked over and kissed her. “I met the nicest pony today. She paid for all this.”

“Wow.” the Changeling child said as she looked in.

“remind me to thank her.” the Earth Pony said. He kissed her in the cheek and smiled. “I missed you.”

The Changeling smiled and nuzzled up to him, grossing out the children.

Fluttershy lowered herself from the window, holding her heart as she struggled to take in what she saw.

“Edge…” she tearfully said before flying off.

Requiem:
♪Though a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They'll fly to you
Crossing over the time and distance holding you
Suspended on silver wings
And a thousand words
One thousand confessions
Will cradle you
Making all of the pain you feel seem far away
They'll hold you forever♪

Requiem looked to the bored Sweetie Belle and gestured her to come up. Sweetie looked to the crowd and shook her head & mouthed ‘no’. Req rolled her eyes and pulled her onto the stage. She tossed the filly a mike, which she reluctantly caught.

“just sing what comes naturally.” Req whispered with a wink.

Sweetie looked to the crowd and gulped. She took a deep breath, calmed down, and grabbed the mike with what Magic she said.

Sweetie Belle:
♪The dream isn't over yet
Though I often say I can forget
I still relive that day
You've been there with me all the way
I still hear you say♪

Fluttershy landed under a tree and softly cried. She really hurt him back at Trixie’s and Luna’s wedding rehearsal. She knew then what she did was wrong and her heart told her so. She sadly looked up to the moon and continued to cry. “Edge…”

Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, Edge looked up at the same moon from atop the tallest tower in Canterlot. There was no liable way he was going to get Fluttershy back. He heard her say that she doesn’t want to be with a Changeling.

Both of them closed their eyes and thought of the same dream.

Requiem:
♪"Wait for me, I’ll write you letters"
I could see how you stammered with your eyes to the floor
But still I swore to hide the doubt when I turn back the pages
Anger might have been the answer
What if I'd hung my head and said that I couldn't wait?
But now I'm strong enough to know it's not too late♪

Fluttershy and Edge, both dressed for a wedding, slow danced with each other with their friends watching. Both smiled at each other as they had found true love with each other. They both leaned in and kissed.

They both snapped out of their imagination to see themselves kissing thin air.

Sweetie Belle and Requiem:
♪'Cause a thousand words
Call out through the ages
They'll fly to you
Even though I can't see, I know they're reaching you
Suspended on silver wings♪

Fluttershy shed a few tears before looking up at the moon with a mean glare. She is going to get Edge back or die trying. She was going to tell him her feelings or, like I said, die trying. She got up and headed to the city.

Edge pulled out the necklace and looked at it. Even if he couldn’t be with her, he wanted to give Fluttershy a future. He tenderly closed his hoof on the necklace then put it back. He got up and flew down to the ground. He was going to give Fluttershy a future or die trying.

Requiem and Sweetie Belle:
♪Oh, a thousand words
One thousand embraces
Will cradle you
Making all of your weary days seem far away
They'll hold you forever♪

Princess Celestia, all dressed up in battle armor, walked out into the balcony and looked down at the concert. Luna and Zaltan, dressed them same, joined her.

A Airship hovered up and stopped in front of the balcony. All 3 of them unfurled their wings and flew into it.

The train that had helped them all escape from the Invasion of Canterlot, the Sacking of Ponyville, and the Destruction of Maredrid, was being loaded up with soldiers, half of them off-worlders. The conductor tapped the engine and sighed.

“well, girl. Time for one last run.” he somberly said as he started her up.

The Elements of Harmony, their family, and half the off-worlders loaded up onto the same airship that the royalty boarded. Fluttershy landed on it just as it was about to take off. The Elements looked at each other and nodded. Half of them might not be able to fight

The train whistle blowed, getting Req’s attention. She patted Sweetie Belle on the back, told her she had to go, and flew off to the locomotive. Sweetie and the crowd watched her fly away.

“Okay, Sweetie Belle. Time to go in for a big finish.” she softly told herself. She took a deep breath and…

Sweetie Belle:
♪Oh, a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They'll fly to you
They'll carry you home and back into my arms
Suspended on silver wings ohhhh
And a thousand words
Call out through the ages
They'll cradle you
Turning all of the lonely years to only days
They'll hold you forever♪

Sweetie Belle ended just in time for them all to see the airships take off and fly of for war. Her pregnant sister was up there, leaving Sweetie Belle to worry about her. For about a few seconds.

She felt something odd with her flank. She looked back and gasped when she saw a note-shaped Cutie Mark. She squealed and showed it to her friends. They smiled and cheered her on.

The Airships flew over the city and out to the horizon. The fanciest among them, covered in ribbons, red cloth banners, and silver armor on the front, took the lead. The airplane-like sound filled the air as they flew off.

6:24. End Song.

War

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 23

War

Edge looked around, making sure nobody was around. Once he was sure there was no one there, he started up his wings and flew up to the top of the castle. Well, the near death Dinky and Oscurita saw him but didn’t they didn’t do anything. Edge reached the top of the tallest tower and almost tripped. “Whoa.” he got himself up right and sighed. “that was close.”

He hopped over a small indent and walked towards the crystal supplying power and energy to the barrier.

“okay… how do I work this thing?” he muttered. He cautiously reached out and touched the crystal but it didn’t do anything. “hmm…” he walked around it and touched it on the other side. “maybe it’s a flick of the wrist?” he waved his hoof in front of the crystal. A small screen appeared with a keyboard underneath it. “that’ll work.”

He clicked in a few keys, causing command interfaces to appear. “Hmm… Friction said they were 2 hours out 14 minutes ago, so…” Edge pressed in a few keys, causing the shield functions to appear. “huh… quite a number. Let’s see… organics. That must be why we Changelings are able to pass though it but I don’t need that. Items… Cookies? Na… ah. Here we go. Sleep Mode.”

He pressed on the icon for that, causing a timer to appear. “let’s see… a scout said he saw a train roll by two hours ago, so… 1 hour and… 44 minutes outta be enough time.” he put in the time and hit enter. A timer appeared and began counting down. “better put in a secondary feature, in case the Sleep fails.” he went back to the desktop and went to Functions. “hmm… I’m gonna need to think of a good way to make both sides think one of them destroyed the barrier. And the only one powerful enough on their side is that goddess.”

He put in the code where once Req hit the barrier with her sword, it would shatter. Of course, that’s only if she does it before Sleep Mode counts down completely or if it fails.

Once it was in, Edge closed it, and flew down to the ground before anyone could see him. He feels guilty for betraying his kind but he won’t let Fluttershy live in Chrysalis’ twisted world.

He pulled out the necklace and held it close for a minute before putting it back and flying off.

Satoshi looked though the lens of a sniper rifle down to Ponyville. He, Fox, Req, Riku, Hiccup & Toothless, and Gourry took cover on top of a mountain a reasonable distance from the taken town.

“What do you see?” Riku asked.

“well…” he moved the scope to the library. “good news is that the town is intact. Guess all the fire and explosions were just for show.”

“just for show?” Gourry asked, acting like the idiot he is.

“meaning they didn’t destroy any houses but left plenty of craters.” Req explained.

“oh.”

Fox pulled a handle out of his knapsack, which instantly transformed into a sniper rifle. He looked though it. “there’s plenty of Changelings and Shadow Creatures on hand. Oh, well this is new.”

“what?” Hiccup asked.

“they have a dragon.” Satoshi said, finding the same thing Fox saw. “with a coat made out of crystals.”

“Rarity’s gonna throw a fit when she finds out she missed a dragon made out of diamonds.” Req chuckled.

“So where would they be keeping Aura and Lina?” Gourry asked.

“my guess, in the deepest part of the town.” Req guessed. “either Applejack’s apple cellar or Twilight’s basement. Either way, when they hear the battle, they’ll join up.”

“true.” everyone agreed.

Satoshi and Fox cocked their weapons and took aim. Req pushed their weapons down. “wait. Remember what Leon and Friction said. There’s too few of the Changelings left so don’t kill them. You want the ones in the Gryphon Kingdom to be the last of their kind?” Satoshi and Fox looked at each other then tinkered with their weapons, setting them for stun.

Req flicked out and looked at her watch. “we have… 30 minutes before the fleet arrives so we have to move now.”

Begin Song:

Assault - Final Fantasy X OST

Riku flipped his baton out with a smirk and Toothless spread his wings. Req jumped onto Toothless with Hiccup while Gourry climbed onto Riku’s light cycle. Toothless took off and the Light Cycle zoomed on down the mountain. Fox and Satoshi laid on their stomachs and took aim at their opponents.

A Shadow Manticore snarled as it moved town, unaware of what was soon to befall him. It heard a sound whiz by it’s head. It turned to look. Big mistake as a bullet hit it in the head, killing it and making it disintegrate. The other Shadow Creatures and Changelings looked to see what had befallen it when another shot hit a Shadow Chimera in the head. A stun round hit a Changeling in the shoulder, knocking him out. That put them all on high alert, each one eager to find and take out the perpetrator.

The sound of a revving engine caught their attention. Riku’s Light Cycle revved up a ramp and jumped over Berry Punch’s house. The bike turned back into a baton in mid-air, Riku grabbed it and quickly put it away as Gourry drew his sword, or rather a handle.

“Light come forth!” Gourry exclaimed. Light extended out of the handle and formed into a sword.

“neat trick.” Riku said. “but…” Riku summoned his Keyblade. “Can it do this?” Riku aimed his Keyblade down at the horde and fired a Dark Firaga spell. The spell hit the ground and exploded outwards a few feet, taking out a few Shadow Creatures.

“Who needs it when I can do this?” Gourry gripped his sword with both hands, spun around, and sliced 5 Shadow Gryphon’s heads off. He skidded as he landed and swung his sword around again, taking out 3 more.

Toothless roared as he zoomed overhead. He passed the town and pulled up. Req jumped off the dragons back and fell to the town with the force of a locomotive. She spun her sword around her body, engulfing her a pink shield, and shot towards the ground like a rocket, it even exploded when she hit the ground.

The ceiling shook, sending dirt and dust falling onto Aura’s and Lina’s cocoons.

“I’d say they’re back.” Aura said.

“Duh, you think?” Lina said in a mocking tone.

“well, how do we get out of here?” Lina’s pod began to blow red. Aura was able to overhear a few words. ‘…Pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand…’ Aura freaked out when he realized it was Lina’s most destructive and trademark spell. “No. no no!” he struggled to get loose. “Someone get me away fr--”

“DRAGON SLAVE!!!”

A loud boom and a whole lot of smoke came from the basement of the library. The smoke burst out of the library and out onto the Ponyville streets.

“I think it’s safe to say Lina is now loose.” Satoshi joked. Fox rolled his eyes as the human looked down the scope and shot a Changeling with a stun round.

Lina got up off the ground and dusted herself off. A dazed Aura sat up and spoke gibberish. “I made sure it wasn’t powerful enough to destroy the place. Sheesh. Give me some credit.” she walked over to a nearby table. Aura cleared his head and got up as his lance was tossed to him.

“they sure didn’t take them far.” Aura said as he swung it around, making sure he wasn’t rusty.

“whatever. Now let’s get in the fight.” Lina said with a slight cheer. Aura nodded and ran up the stairs. Lina ran a few feet when she noticed a pair of yellow rings lying on the same table.

“these look like Jax’s Chakrams.” she muttered as she picked them up. “she’s gonna need these.” she put them in a pocket and ran up to join him.

Req grunted as she was pinned up against a wall by a Shadow Scorpion. She used her sword to hold one pincer at bay and magic for the other. The Scorpion readied it’s tail, which she had completely forgot about, when the monster suddenly exploded in a torrent of fire.

“What?” she whispered to herself as she fell back to the ground. She looked and saw Aura running towards her. “Aura!” she happily exclaimed. She ran over to him. A horde of Shadow Dogs interrupted what they were originally going to do, instead forcing them to go back to back.

“so? What did I miss?” Aura asked.

“I’ll explain later. For now, let’s just focus on getting out of here alive.” Req said with a smirk. They both spun their weapons and ran into battle.

The Silver Dragon roared and swiped it’s tail along the ground. Riku jumped over the tail and landed on the dragons back. He then ran up to it’s neck and stabbed his Keyblade into it. The Dragon roared and tried to bite him off. Riku slipped and held onto the Keyblade.

“Some help here!” Riku yelled.

Toothless came screeching out of the sky and shot fireball after fireball after fireball at the monster. The fireballs bounced off the dragons diamond skin; he didn’t even get his attention.

“that’s some tough armor.” Hiccup said as Toothless pulled a wide u-turn.

Gourry yelled as he slashed at the dragons legs. Like with Toothless, he just bounced off. “This isn’t good.” this time, however, the dragon did take notice and growled at the knight. “I, un… was just trying to clip your toenails.” Gourry said in worry, trying to prevent the dragon from eating him.

The Dragon roared and ran right towards Gourry when…

“Ragna Blade!”

A sword made out of pure darkness sliced the monster down the head all the way down to it’s tail. Riku pulled his legs up to avoid the attack.

The two halves fell apart and slumped onto the ground. Riku jumped off and summoned the Keyblade to his hand.

“Lina!” Gourry happily exclaimed, seeing the sorceress standing on top of a fountain head, Ragna Blade dissipating.

“Sorry I’m late. Traffic was terrible.” she joked.

“That’s all of them.” Fox said as he put his sniper rifle away.

“Okay.” Satoshi’s rifle turned back into it’s original brick form before he put it away. “now…” he looked to the crash site then back the way they came. At best, they had 10 minutes. He could see the dots on the horizon representing the fleet. “what do you say we give ourselves some greater firepower?”

Fox looked to the crash site and saw where he was going with it. “I like the way you think.”

The trains whistle echoed though the valley, making ear contact with everyone in Ponyville.

“Right on time.” Req said, looking at the watch. “let’s get to the station.” everyone nodded and ran to it.

The Train barreled down the track, heading back along a route it took to escape 3 weeks ago. The group arrived at the train station and waited for them.

“now would be a good time to fill us in on the plan.” Lina said.

“you’ll find out in a few minutes.” Riku said.

Lina and Aura rolled their eyes. They could never get a straight answer.

“We got trouble!” Hiccup yelled down, flying overhead.

A Shadow Creature moved out in the fields and bolted for the train. “No!” Req exclaimed as she summoned her wings. It was too late. The Shadow Creature hit the train engine and exploded, causing the engine to explode and derail.

Everyone inside the cars screamed as the cars flipped over and over. The flaming engine flipped over to the group and hit the station.

End Song.

The explosion could be heard all the way at Canterlot. Edge, Leon, and Friction, all in separate locations, ran to the edge and looked out to see a plume of fire rise from Ponyville.

“Uh-oh.” they all said.

Chrysalis heard this as well and walked out to the balcony of the palace. “hmm… guess Celestia wasn’t lying.” she muttered.

She flew off the balcony and over to the giant dragon. “Oscurita!” she yelled. The dragon stirred and looked at her. “you want me to hold my end of the deal? Then listen carefully.”

Despite the wreck being very bad, nearly everyone inside was alive. Nearly everyone.

“battle hasn’t even started and already we have our first casualties.” a slightly injured Gilda said, looking at 4 bodies under cloth.

“that’s always a possibility in war.” Req softly said. “I learned that the hard way.” she thought back to her brother and sighed.

The engineer looked at the wreckage of the train engine and sighed.

“s-sorry about your engine.” Dash said with a bandage over her right leg.

The engineer grabbed the stick and chuckled. “well… we both knew this was going to be her last ride. She was getting close to retirement anyway. Same with me.”

Dash smiled with a sigh and grabbed a odometer. “I’m sure Shadow can make you a better one.”

“how long till the fleet gets here?” Armor asked Req.

“I think in…” suddenly, a bright pink glow temporarily blinded them.

Begin Song:

Prince of Darkness - City of the Fallen

0:00.

The glow came from the barrier covering Canterlot. It glowed bright then quickly diminished.

“That was odd.” Chrysalis muttered, looking up at the barrier.

Edge cheered inside his thoughts. Looks like Sleep Mode is getting closer to activating. He just had a few more plans to put into play.

“what was that?” Dash asked.

“I don’t know but it can’t be good.” Req said.

She and the ponies ran to the edge of the battle line to see the barrier glow again.

“how much longer till the fleet arrives?” Armor asked again.

0:20.

His answer immediately came as the Airships rumbled overhead. The sound on engines filled the air as each and every one flew over.

“that answer your question?” Req said with a smirk.

0:36.

The Airships formed a tight battle line centered around the flagship.

Celestia walked to front of the ship and looked at her city. There was so much destruction, it didn’t even look Canterlot anymore.

“Chrysalis… what possessed you to do such madness?” she softly asked herself. She then steeled herself for the coming battle. She raised a hoof to the sky.

The metal tip of the ship glowed pink, as did every other tip on every other ship.

“Fire!” she yelled out as loudly as she could.

The glows tipped of the tips of the tips (try saying that 5 times fast) and fired diamond-shaped magic missiles at the barrier.

The missiles hit the barrier but they just bounced off. The barrier glowed bright again and shot lasers of it’s own.

0:57.

The fleet maneuvered to avoid the flak.

A laser torn though the bottom of the Flagship, making it rumble.

Satoshi and Fox ran as fast as they could thought the snow and the woods when they heard muffled explosions from above. They looked up to see the fleet taking fire from the barrier.

“We better move it.” they both said as they booked towards the crash site.

The lasers continued coming; some just passing the ships by while others hit their targets and tore though the ships.

Suddenly, the lasers stopped coming, making everyone on the ships believe they had a chance to breath. Boy, were they wrong.

1:24.

A single Silver Dragon, the same one that Chrysalis had marked, flew out of the barrier and roared as loud as it could.

Before long, dozens upon hundreds of Silver Dragons flew out of the barrier and into the sky.

“Orale…” a defeated Shadow said, looking at the dragons.

Shadows etched along the ground and out onto the fields from Canterlot to Ponyville.

The shadows stopped just a few miles from town then extended out as far as they could.

Hundreds of Shadow Creatures rose out of the ground and snarled at the soldiers.

Chrysalis lightly chuckled from the castle. There’s no way she’ll lose; not this day.

2:01. End Song.

“oh, that’s not good.” Sora gulped, looking at the impossible numbers.

“Come on. We’ve been though worse then this.” Ash said with a wink. That cheered Sora up, making her chuckle. A howl from above cut their little flirty short.

Begin Song:

Assault of the Silver Dragons - Final Fantasy IX Ost

The lead Silver Dragon landed in front of the Shadow Creatures and spread it’s wings. It gathered strength and roared to the sky as loud and as long as he could.

The Shadow Creatures roared with him and charged at the good guys.

The Dragon snarled and flew up to the air battle.

The Ponies gulped out of fear and the Gryphon’s bit their nails at how many there were. Req and her friends, however, weren’t deterred.

“oh, please. I dealt with 4 different Demon Lords in my sleep. This is going to be a piece of cake.” Lina smugly said.

Req slowly pulled her sword out and pointed it at the monsters. “yeah. Well, I dealt with a sadistic god who was out to get me. Beat that.” the humans shrugged.

They had nothing. The natives wondered why the humans weren’t as scared as they were when they came to the same conclusion. They weren’t scared cause they knew they were going to win and save the world. And they weren’t going to let them take all the glory.

Req spun her sword and took a battle pose, as did everyone else; both human and native. “here we go!” she exclaimed. She swung her sword and lobbed off the head of a Shadow Dragon. Trixie used her magic to send the body careening back to it’s ‘friends’.

The Silver Dragons hovered in place in front of the barrier, waiting for the fleet to make their first move. They should’ve attacked first. A whole lot of flak; missiles and cannonballs, streaked towards them and hit, taking out a good chunk of their forces.

The Dragons fired back with fireballs of their own. They hit the ships, causing explosions that rocked each and every one.

“Damn! There’re too many!” Celestia grunted as the flagship shook a lot.

The Vascillia flew from around the barrier and powered up it’s main cannons. Celestia went wide-eyed in fear. “no…”

Suddenly, a large green beam of light shot though the fleet and hit the dragon line. It caused dozens of explosions throughout the line, as well as one big explosion in the middle.

“What?” the princess gasped.

“what in the world!?” Chrysalis exclaimed in anger, watching the fight from the balcony.

The original humans stopped their battling for a moment, saw the explosion from below and smiled.

“he’s back.” they all happily said.

A Massive Airship, as big as Vascillia flew from behind the fleet and out to the front. It had masts where the balloon from the other airships should be but, thanks to that, it moved faster. It passed the Flagship and fired it’s main cannons. A green beam came out of each one, spiraled into each other, and hit the center of the dragon line, causing another explosion. On the side of the ship, the name ORION was printed in big letters.

“I’m back in business, baby!” Satoshi happily exclaimed.

The Orion moved to the left, heading straight for Vascillia. While flying that way, it fired it’s starboard cannons at the dragons, taking more out of commission.

“oh, I’m on Fire!” Satoshi chortled with glee.

The Orion fired it’s main cannons at the enemy ship, punching a big ass hole though it’s deck. The Vascillia fired back but it’s shadow rounds bounced off a invisible shield.

“nice try.” Satoshi laughed as he pressed his most favorite button again. The ship fired it’s main cannons again, cutting though the ship in the aft.

“God, I love this ship!”

The explosions could be heard all the way from the mines. Jax recognized them from all the battles she spent with it and smiled with glee.

“Orion’s Back, Baby!” she cheered.

The Orion fired it’s main cannons yet again. The beam hit, this time destroying the ship completely. It blew up into millions of tiny pieces that rained down on the battle field.

Chrysalis yelled in anger as she lost their only ship.

“No more miss nice girl! OSCURITA!”

The massive dragon flew by the castle and out of the barrier.

Satoshi heard a loud roar that was oh so familiar. He looked to see Oscurita fly out of the barrier and towards him.

“not today, you’re not.” Satoshi angrily said as he pressed his favorite button. “Gonna make you work for it this time.”

The fan blades retracted into the masts of the ship which, in turn, retracted back into the ship itself. A green semi-invisible shield appeared over the deck. The massive fans in the back of the ship retracted into the ship as well with two massive engines taking their place.

“Come and get me!” Satoshi yelled as he pushed the speed lever all the way forward.

The Orion’s engines powered up and ignited, sending the ship immediately into a sonic boom. Oscurita stopped in amazement. It didn’t got that fast when they fought the first time. He shook his head and gave chase, going into a sonic boom as well.

End Song.

Lloyd flipped over a Shadow Chimera and stabbed it in the head. The sonic booms reached the battlefield, sending everyone a few feet to the left from the wind.

“that was new.” Lloyd said in surprise. The Chimera, who was still alive, tried to kill the swordsman with it’s snake tail. Lloyd moved to the side and sliced it right off.

Leon and Friction walked into the mines, looked thought it, found and headed over to Jax, Cadence, Pip, and Dinky.

“they’re coming.” Friction said.

“who?” Pip asked, putting a rag on the heavily injured Dinky’s forehead.

“the army. Who else?” Leon said in a joking tone. “not a good time for that, is it?”

“not really, no.” Jax said in a monotone.

“Right. Well, they’re right outside right now. Attacking the capital with airships and ground troops a--”

Jax wasn’t sure she heard that right so she interrupted him. “wait wait wait. Airships?” Leon and Friction nodded. “ha. Satoshi must’ve grabbed the blueprints just before they abandoned the town. How else would they have created Airships?”

“so… ready to get back at Chrysalis?” Friction asked with a wide smile.

Jax looked to the ponies with her. All 3 of them nodded. “then we better get ready.” Cadence said. She got up to go get the prisoners when another contraction hit.

“Okay. That’s it.” Jax got up and sat Cadence back down. “you’re in no position to fight. Just leave this to me.”

Cadence didn’t want her to do this all alone but with the baby this close, she didn’t want to risk it. “*sigh* all right. You know, you changed Jax. A few months ago, you wouldn’t be trying to save us.”

She was right, Jax had to admit that. A few months ago, she wouldn’t lift a finger to save horses or ponies or zebra’s or any other kind of Equine. Now… seeing them in this situation… she softened up to them a little. She still hated them but not as much like last time. But there’s only one reason she’s doing this. “it’s pretty much broken now, but…” she looked to Dinky and sighed. “I made a promise. And I NEVER break my promises.”

She picked up a pick-ax and slowly made her way to the nearest Shadow Creature.

Begin Song:

Spiral - Red vs Blue Season 9 OST

0:00.

Jax gradually picked up speed before jumped up and stabbing the Shadow Creature in the spine, getting the attention of the prisoners.

“Come on! Time to show Queen Chrysalis some of our hospitality!” Jax proclaimed. The Prisoners nodded and murmured in agreement. They wanted to get back at her for some time. They grabbed whatever weapons they could and ran for the exit. Jax tinkered with the bracelets Chrysalis had forced on her and got them off in 2 seconds flat.

“how…” Leon began to asked.

“Figured it out a long time ago. Just didn’t do it because I’d be outnumbered and wouldn’t have time to cast.” she ran towards the escaping prisoners as Leon and Friction looked at each other. That actually made sense.

Jax ran to the front of the group, and just in time as the doors kicked down with a massive Shadow Spider in their way. Jax, who didn’t lose any momentum, just smirked and gripped the Pick-Ax, which started to course with electricity.

“ELECTRIC WHEEL!”

0:27.

Outside, the battle on both the ground and in the air raged on with neither side giving way.

A squadron of Silver Dragons flew between ships of the fleet, avoiding the fire given them. They were quickly shot down by the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself.

“nice shot, bud.” Hiccup said, scratching Toothless’ ear when a fireball shot past them. “*sigh* it never ends.” Toothless snorted in agreement and went super sonic.

0:47.

Bahamut roared down from the sky like a rocket and crashed into the center of the Shadow Creature horde. He flew though the horde itself, made seen by the massive blue shockwave behind him, sending up plenty of Shadow Creatures to be picked off by his allies.

Applejack used her rope to tie down a Shadow Eel long enough for Emil to cut right though it.

“not bad thinking.” Emil praised.

“Keeps them from squirming around.” A.J. said as she quickly rolled it back up.

Aura swung his lance over his head. Blades of fire came out of the lances and killed any Shadow Creature near him.

“I love this power.” he chuckled.

Spyro and Cynder spun around like a double-helix, each one covered in a dark purple glow, and crashed right into the Shadow Creature horde.

“way this is going, the Shadow Creatures will be obliterated by sundown.” Zel said as he sliced from some Shadow Wolfs.

“yeah. Considering we don’t die first.” Zilver said as he blasted a Silver Dragon in the face, blinding it long enough for Zel to stab it in the neck.

“Good point.” he said as he pulled his sword out.

1:39.

Req summoned her wings and took to the air to annualize the situation. In a word, not good. The Shadow Creatures had the allied forces outnumbered 10 to 1 and they keep coming. Only way to stop them for good is to take out the source, and since Oscurita isn’t here, there must be a crystal inside that’s generating them.

1:50.

Jax yelled as she stabbed a Shadow Crab in it’s eye, killing it but also breaking the axe. “Crap weapon, anyway.” she threw the remains down and snapped her fingers, summoning a fireball.

2:10.

Edge ran as fast as he could though the streets. The attack hit faster then he thought so he had to move in order to make it happen. A image of Fluttershy flashed though his head, momentarily making him cry but he didn’t stop running.

Req flew though the air, dodging fire left and right. She screeched to a halt and flapped her wings to go up.

Once at a high enough altitude, Req pulled her wings in and fell towards the barrier.

At the same time, the timer for sleep mode was nearing Zero.

Nexus Ultimus glowed bright. Req flipped around and slammed her sword into the barrier at the same time as when the timer reached zero.

2:37.

The barrier glowed bright pink and shattered into pieces.

“YES!” Req cheered.

She quickly saw the crystal producing the Shadow Creatures and destroyed it.

Celestia noticed the barrier go down, as did everyone else.

“Move into the city!” she ordered.

The Airship captains complied and ordered their ships to blockade Canterlot. Back down on the ground, that gave incentive for the troops to move.

Lina noticed the barrier go down and tossed the Chakrams as hard as she could towards the exposed city. When she heard the order to move in, she already had a good spell to go to get rid of the monsters lickaty-split.

“Darkness beyond Twilight. Crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows…”

2:57.

The Chakrams flew into the city like a pair of UFO’s, getting the attention of the Changelings, who didn’t want anything to do with that fight down in the valley.

At the same time, the mountain began to rumble violently. The Chakrams moved towards the mountain as a red spot appeared in it and started to get brighter.

3:10.

The side of the mountain blew up as Jax jumped out of it. She grabbed her Chakrams and began to cut though the Shadow Creatures faster then you can say ’Bob’s your uncle.’

After she had her fill of that, she spun around like Req did back at Ponyville, summoning up a small pink shield.

“CRIMSON LANCE!”

The small shield-covered human shot towards the ground, hitting it and causing a big explosion. A normal human wouldn’t survive such a ordeal but, well, Jax is far from ordinary.

3:28.

Both Changelings and Shadow Creatures gathered around the crater of fire that the human had created and then realized they shouldn’t have.

Jax’s silhouette shown though the fire, scaring the Changelings and giving the Shadow Creatures a worthy opponent.

Jax’s eyes glowed yellow as she looked up. She spun her Chakrams and took her battle pose. “tell your queen the bitch is back.”

3:39.

She shot out of the fire like a bolt of lightning, cutting though Shadow Creatures like a knife though soft butter and sparring the Changelings by bocking them on the head.

Jax flipped up into the air and slashed down at the camera.

4:04. End Song.

Battle of Canterlot

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 24

Battle of Canterlot

The CMC poked their heads out of the snow, having been knocked unconscious from the train wreck. The battle in the air and on the ground raged but they didn’t take notice

“I blame you for this idea, Scootaloo.” Feather Weight moaned as he rubbed his head.

“well, I want to try to get my cutie mark. Sweetie Belle found hers so why can’t I find mine the same way?” Scoots argued as she pulled a case out of the snow.

Sweetie Belle looked at her flank and took great notice of her new Music Note Cutie Mark. “who knew singing was my special talent?”

“Well…” Scootaloo opened the case at a portable camera. “I think our talents are things we never suspected; I think my special talent is reporting.”

“Won’t know till you try.” Applebloom said as she grabbed the camera and hosted it up to her shoulder. “ugh. Just hope mine isn’t a camera girl. This thing weighs a ton.” she staggered to the right. Sweetie Belle stopped her in time.

Begin Song:

Red like Roses - RWBY Theme

0:00.

A big explosion caught their attention. The barrier glowed for a moment then shattered into a million pieces.

“Whoa…” all 4 of them said in amazement. They quickly gather themselves and went to work. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom grabbed the camera and pointed it to Scootaloo who pulled her hair back with a pin. Feather Weight gave her a microphone.

“Which one is the ON button?” Applebloom asked. Feather Weight pressed the button, turning it on. “oh.”

Every screen in Equestria, the Gryphon Kingdom, the Badlands; everywhere had Scoots on it. Behind her was the raging battle.

“behind us, the Battle for Canterlot and the fate of the world rages. the rulers of Equestria and the Gryphon Kingdom, their combined armies, and heroes from other worlds are battling to save our world from a tyrannical queen and her hoard of shape-shifting creatures, monsters made out of shadow…” a large creature fell into the snow behind them, surprising them and the audience. The CMC looked to see the remains of a Silver Dragon in a pose of death. “…and Dragons made out of crystal.” Scootaloo muttered.

“DRAGON SLAVE!!!”

The field turned into a large red dome-like explosion that covered it all, surprising them all. “What in the world?” all the CMC said in surprised awe.

Scootaloo gathered herself and shook her head. “un… as you can clearly see, the battle has taken a more… vio--”

“What is that!?” Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

“What’s what?” Feather Weight turned her around to see the space-Orion and Oscurita flying though the air as fast as possible.

“What is that thing?” Applebloom asked, referring to the ship.

Orion banked left, heading right for them. “Hope that’s on our side!” Feather Weight said in fear. The Ship flew right over them, along with Oscurita, creating a large gust of wind that covered them up to their necks in snow.

“Not cool!” Applebloom shouted.

They pulled themselves out just to have a explosion go off near them and cover them in dark smoke.

1:12.

With the barrier down and most of the Shadow Creatures in the field destroyed, the army moved in towards the city, with the air fleet providing cover as best they can.

Ash flipped over a Shadow Scorpion and fired at it’s head. After 10 or so shots, the Mana Bolts got though, frying it’s brain and killing it.

“you know… this is going better then expected.” Armor said as the two ran towards the entrance.

“Don’t jinx us. Whenever someone says that, a little thing called Murphy’s Law always goes into effect.”

A beam of pink light shot out of the crystal that was once supplying the shield and towards the fleet.

The beam pierced though a ship, hit the engine, and destroyed it, blowing up the ship, and everyone on it, into oblivion.

Celestia watched in horror as it went down. All those innocent lives lost. She looked to the top of the tower to the malfunctioning crystal. That thing has to be taken out before more lives are lost. Everyone of the main crew knew that as well and made that thing a priority.

“Game time.” Dash said as she put on a pair of goggles. She jumped off the side of the flagship and towards the town with every other flyer among them.

A Silver Dragon screeched down from above and rammed into the Pegasus, sending them falling to the ground.

The Dragon roared in her face, blowing the goggles off. “Ach. Two words buddy; Breath. Mint.” the Dragon snarled and opened it’s mouth wide to bite her head off. A feathered figure rammed into the side of the dragon and broke Dash loose of it’s vice grip. “Thanks, Gilda.”

“no problem.” a fireball shot between them, cutting their conversation short. “shall we?” Gilda jokingly asked. Dash nodded and the two slammed into the same Silver Dragon that had Dash in the death grip.

Catapults moved into position and fired up at the battlements the Changelings put up in the city. Those that missed fell into the city, destroying the already destroyed buildings.

Oscurita roared as he fired his beam attack at Orion. The Orion banked to the right, flared it’s engines, pulled a big u-turn, and rammed right into the monster.

The slam damaged Oscurita’s wing, causing him to fall into and down the side of a mountain.

“huh. That actually worked.” Satoshi said in wonderment. “Guess I own you five bucks, Fox.” Satoshi moved the ship, making it’s next destination Canterlot.

Another ship exploded from the attack from the crystal, adding more casualties to the list.

A angered Celestia powered up her magic and fired a beam at the crystal. It hit but it didn’t destroy it. Instead, it made it stronger. The gem retaliated by firing back at the Flagship. The princess realized her mistake too late for the ship to move.

Req flew in the beam’s path and blocked it with her sword. The blast lasted for 30 seconds before it gave out.

“Next time, think of what will happen if you do a stupid stunt like that!” Req yelled.

Celestia was surprised to hear such insolence from her. And Req was the nice one. Guess war can change people. Faust knows how other ponies have changed thanks to this conflict.

The crystal powered up and fired another beam at the Flagship. Req blocked it again but the blast knocked her into the ship. “damn. We can’t get close to the city thanks to that thing.”

A big explosion eminated from within the city, near the castle.

“Was that us?” Luna asked.

The Cannoneers shrugged. “don’t think it was one of us.” one of them said.

“then who…”

Both Changelings and Shadow Creatures gathered around the crater of fire that the human had created and then realized they shouldn’t have.

Jax’s silhouette shown though the fire, scaring the Changelings and giving the Shadow Creatures a worthy opponent.

Jax’s eyes glowed yellow as she looked up. She spun her Chakrams and took her battle pose. “tell your queen the bitch is back.”

2:43.

She shot out of the fire like a bolt of lightning, cutting though Shadow Creatures like a knife though soft butter and sparring the Changelings by bocking them on the head.

She jumped onto the shoulders of a Shadow Human and into the air. She spun around, creating a tornado that sucked up all the Shadow Creatures and sent them hurdling into the mountain.

Jax fell out of the Tornado she had created, somersaulted in mid-air, and slashed down on the crystal. The Crystal sparked then exploded, destroying the top of the tower it was on.

Jax fell to the streets below and onto a Shadow Lion, crushing it’s spine. She ran off it and towards the castle.

3:13. End Song.

Chrysalis watched the battle from the ruined throne room. One of the catapults bombs crashed though the place, turning it into rubble. Amazingly, the stain-glass portraits were still intact. Celestia must’ve imbued them with magical properties to make them indestructible. She heard footsteps behind her. She looked to see Edge standing right there.

“Mirror’s Edge. Why aren’t you out there leading our troops?” she calmly asked. Edge replied by taking a battle pose with his horn glowing. She was surprised to see him like this in hear and not out there.

“Because I’m trying to save the world, not turn it into a wasteland like that unicorn did 16 years ago.” he replied. “and, even if she won’t have me, I’ll keep Fluttershy safe. And you won’t stop me.”

Fluttershy’s necklace fell and dangled out of his armor, explaining everything to the queen. “how did you overcome the purge? Nobody’s been able to break though it.”

Edge smirked. “the power of love can truly be frightening.”

Love? The only thing love is good for is food. Chrysalis knew this and laughed at the ridiculous sentiment Edge said. “really? If love is so powerful, maybe it can save them.”

Begin Song:

Epic Boss Battles of Equestria ~ Nightmare Moon by Youtuber Baschfire

Chrysalis stomped her hoof on the ground. In a flash of green fire, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Feather Weight appeared beside her, floating in mid air, each trying to take a choker off from their necks, which was increasingly getting tighter.

“NO!” Edge exclaimed. He charged at Chrysalis. She used her magic to stop him, hold him back, and lift him up into the air.

“love is only good for feeding. Nothing more. Nothing less.”

She used her magic to send him careening into a pillar. Edge heard something break when he hit. He slumped to the ground, coughing up a lung.

“If love is so powerful…” Chrysalis used her magic to lift him up again and flail him about the room. “then why are you the one being beaten to death?”

“cause that’s not the real me.”

A blast of green fire hit Chrysalis in the back, sending her into a pile of rubble.

The real Edge jumped down from above and landed in front of the CMC. The fake flickered for a moment and disintegrated like a hologram. He used his magic to cut them CMC loose. They fell to the floor, alone with their camera equipment, which was still recording and sending out.

“What are you guys doing here? This is dangerous! What would Applejack or Rarity say if they found out?” Edge angrily asked.

Applebloom rubbed her throat as she explained. “We just wanted to find our Cutie Marks an--” she stopped when she realized that Edge was talking to them and saving them. “Edge?”

“yeah?”

“you know who we are?”

“Why shouldn’t I?”

“because you--”

The rubble exploded out with the force of a bomb. Edge stood in front of the CMC and protected them with a shield spell. Chrysalis hovered out of the rubble, angry as hell. “YOU! YOU WOULD TURN YOUR BACK ON YOUR OWN ENDANGERED KIND!?! YOU WOULD LEAVE US ALL TO EXTINCTION BECAUSE OF SOME WHORE OF A MARE!?!” that little remark made Edge very angry. Fluttershy wasn’t a whore. He never saw her with a date. The tip of Chrysalis’ horn glowed as bright as it could. “YOU WILL PAY FOR BETRAYING US! YOU AND YOUR LITTLE FRIENDS!”

The top of the room cut open. Jax fell in and whapped a Bind Spell around Chrysalis’ neck. She swung around, tightening the grip. Jax landed on the Queen’s back and put her other Chakram to Chrysalis’ neck.

“FIREBALL!!!”

True to it’s name, a firebacll came out and hit Chrysalis at point blank range, knocking her out cold. Jax jumped and landed in front of Edge and the CMC. Angry to see the traitor there, she walked over.

“you know, I had her under--”

Jax punched Edge right in the mouth, sending him to the floor. “That’s for betraying us, you son of a bitch!”

Edge wiped blood away from his mouth and groaned. “okay. I guess I had that coming…” he got up off the ground. “and something tells me that everyone else will do much worse things to me but can we please focus on the big picture?”

Chrysalis shot out of the ground, turned to them both, and snarled as her eyes turned green. “deal.” Jax agreed.

Chrysalis panted and snarled then yelled at the top of her lungs, letting out a great big burst of energy.

With the air battle taken care of, mostly due to the Silver Dragons focusing their attention on the troops, the Airships moved to provide support.

The Flagship hovered down and landed in front of the city gates. Celestia flew off the ship and landed right in front of them. She had one thought on her mind right now; to make Chrysalis pay for what she did.

A large explosion came from the castle, destroying a large portion of it.

“Well, that couldn’t have been good.” Cynder said.

Jax, Edge, and the CMC struggled to get up from the snow-covered ground after that big blast sent them outdoors. Chrysalis hovered down. The spot where she landed twisted and contorted.

“This is what happens to those…” Chrysalis’s horn glowed bright. Edge and Jax looked to each other and nodded. “WHO OPPOSE ME!!!” she blasted at them. Jax quickly threw one of her Chakrams, which directed the blast to the mountain, shooting off the top. Edge quickly got up, coated himself in green fire, and rammed into Chrysalis’ mid-section.

Jax tossed her other Chakram to the CMC. It circled around them then glowed, sending them to a safe distance. She quickly got up and charged at the corrupt queen.

As the main group ran for the castle, Luna flew from another direction, carrying a box. “sister. I got the Elements.”

“Elements?” the humans asked. They never heard of those before.

“We’ll explain later.” Celestia said as she used her magic to open it, revealing the 5 necklaces and the crown. “right now, we have a war to win.”

“RAGNA BLADE!!!”

Twin blades of darkness extended out of Jax’s Chakrams. She crossed them in front of her then charged at Chrysalis. Edge flew in from behind and slammed into the Queen’s back. Jax yelled as she swung both blades at once towards her.

Chrysalis quickly regained herself and flew away, avoiding Jax’s attack.

Chrysalis chuckled and fired a beam down to them. Jax blocked that and threw her other Chakram at her. It hit Chrysalis in the chest, sending her flying into a statue. Chrysalis snarled as she got up and charged horn first at her.

The main group arrived at the battle site and where surprised to see Edge fighting Chrysalis. Fluttershy’s heart filled up with joy. She must’ve gotten though to him. Jax swung her Ragna Blades at the Queen, who dodged them quite easily.

“Oh, isn’t that just typical?” Lina joked. “she’s fighting by her lonesome against two bad guys AND she’s using MY spell. I should sue her for copyright infringement.” her friends groaned, some of them even face-palmed.

Jax yelled as she swung the blades down at Chrysalis. Chrysalis stopped her with her magic and swung her right into Edge. The two slid across the icy surface into the ruined wall of a building.

“I told you…” Chrysalis angrily said as she strode over. “ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY WILL DIE!!!” she powered up another blast spell when one hit her in the side.

“No. you won’t.” Celestia said as she did 7 months ago.

End Song AND Begin song:

Battle of Canterlot by Youtuber ElectroKaplosion

0:00.

The Humans and Main Ponies took up battle positions beside her; the Mane 6 equipped with the Elements of Harmony.

“took you long enough.” Jax groaned as she got up. She picked up her Chakrams, which immediately glowed yellow when she grabbed them.

“sorry. Traffic was terrible.” Sora said, aiming a arrow right at the corrupt queen.

The CMC grumbled as they got up, recovered from the effects of Chrysalis’ attack.

“again, I blame you Scoots.” Applebloom groaned.

“Shut up.” Scoots looked up and to where they once were. She saw the stand-off and whinnied. “quick, where’s the camera?”

“the what?” Feather Weight asked. He looked to his right and found it still rolling. “un… right here.”

“Good. Aim it at that stand-off.” Scoots looked around and found her mike. She dusted it off and blew into it. “that’ll work.”

Her friends picked up the camera and aimed it at the stand-off. Scoots stood in front of the camera, making sure she had enough room for the people at home to see.

The mountain rumbled from the collective might of the catapults stones. Inside, the mine shook from the attack. Dust fell onto Cadence’s snout. She snorted it off and looked to the exit. This was all her fault. If she didn’t leave so abruptly 16 years ago, this all could’ve been avoided. Another contraction hit, causing her to keel over.

Celestia walked in front of the group, hoping to end this peacefully. “Chrysalis. Please stop this. If we can settle this peacefully, we can find a home for your people.” Chrysalis just looked at her with a blank stare. “Chrysie…”

Chrysalis couldn’t believe this. All her hard work; all that she had done. It was falling apart around her. “I…” she slowly rose up from the ground. “…WILL NOT…” Dark Energy appeared and swirled around her. “…LET MY PEOPLE…” she raised her head, revealing her eyes to be sickly green with red iris’ and purple fire rising out of the sides of her eyes. “…BE DESTROYED!!!”

1:25.

Chrysalis yelled as she fired a beam attack at them all. It hit in the center and exploded outward, sending everyone flying in different directions.

She looked to her left and fired a beam at the mountain, destroying a large chunk of it. She looked right and sent a beam to the valley far below.

Her hatred for Celestia, Cadence, the traitor. Everyone and Everything she hated fueled her new dark power. She raised her hooves then pulled them back, pulling everything towards her with a powerful force of wind.

“this didn’t happen before, did it?” Req yelled, digging her sword into the ground.

“not last time, no.” Applejack yelled, holding her ground with her necklace shaking in the wind. “of course, we beat her last time.”

Everyone struggled to hold their ground against the powerful wind. It was so powerful, it even made the Airships move against their own will.

At the apex, Chrysalis thrust her hooves out, shooting everything away from her in a violent manner. Everyone reacted as they were sent into walls and buildings.

“that hurt.” Marble breathed.

Trixie groaned as she got up, holding her head in pain. Chrysalis suddenly appeared beside her and kicked her up into the air. The corrupt queen disappeared in a flash and reappeared beside Trixie. She punched her in the stomach, disappeared, and kicked her in the head.

Luna groaned and looked up to see her wife getting the crap kicked out of her. “TRIXIE!!!”

Chrysalis appeared, did something back to Trixie, and disappeared again so many times, it was hard to keep track.

On the last kick, Chrysalis hit her with enough force to send Trixie to the ground like a rocket. Luna got up and ran as fast as she could. She jumped up, caught Trixie, and the two fell into a snowdrift. “perfect.” Chrysalis evilly snickered as she powered up a blast attack and sent it their way.

“Barrier!” Riku yelled, jumping in front of them and casting the spell. The blast spell hit that instead of the newlyweds and sent Riku into the same snow drift as them.

Chrysalis snarled and powered up another one when she was hit in the back by one of Toothless’ fireballs. It distracted her long enough for the dragon to zoom right over her, causing her to spin in mid air.

Requiem yelled as she jumped up and swung her sword. Chrysalis regained herself and blocked it. She flipped over the goddess and kicked her in the back.

Applejack threw her lasso up, wrapping it around Chrysalis’ hind legs, and pulled her down to them. Bahamut flew down from above, coated in blue fire. He rammed into her back, making her trip down a lot faster.

Aura jumped into the air, spun his lance, and aimed it down at Chrysalis. He landed on her chest and pinned Chrysalis’ neck between the two blades of his lance.

Lina and Amelia joint cast a Freeze Arrow and shot it towards the queen. She kicked Aura in the back, got loose of his lance, and got up behind Aura. She pushed him right into the path of the Freeze Arrow. It hit him instead of her, freezing him in place. “oh. Sorry, Aura.” Amelia winced. Chrysalis flew up from behind the frozen Aura and blasted them both square in the chest.

Twilight used her magic to wrap a whip around Chrysalis’ neck. Rarity, Halo, Zilver, Armor, and Marble joined in and pulled her down. Chrysalis snarled and flew up. The girls quickly cut their ties but the males weren’t so lucky as Chrysalis sent a shock down their cords, zapping them with strong electricity.

Spyro and Cynder flew from different directions and hit Chrysalis; Spyro in her stomach with fire and Cynder in her back with poison. Both of them flew off then hit her from separate directions. Chrysalis snarled and ducked on the last one, making the couple hit each other.

Leon and Friction, having finally decided to join the fight, rammed into Chrysalis, pinning her against a tower. “YOU TOO?” Chrysalis yelled, surprised to see her two most loyal pawns turning against her. She snarled and used her magic to grab them both by the throat. “THEN YOU SHALL DIE WITH THE REST!” she threw them down as hard as she could. They rolled down the tower and hit the base hard.

Chrysalis snarled as she panted. She looked at her shaking hooves in anger. She yelled as loud as she could as darkness shot out of her.

“This is new!” Pinkie yelled.

“it’s just like Nightmare Moon.” Twi pointed out. “I think she’s going insane.”

Ash shrugged. “We have that effect on people. Catalyst went bonkers when we fought him.”

Armor yelled as he was blasted into a wall. “ugh. We can’t even get close.”

Req looked up at the gradually-insane Chrysalis. He was right. All that power, all that dark energy is making it impossible to get relatively close. Well… maybe one thing can. She looked around. They had a surplus of Unicorns and Magicians. She looked to Jax and smirked. “Hey, Jax. I have an idea.”

3:48.

Gilda struggled to get loose from Chrysalis’ magic death grip but she had the Gryphon Princess locked in tight.

“After I’m done with Equestria, guess who’s country is next?” Chrysalis insanely said.

Suddenly, a magic whip wrapped around Chrysalis’ front left hoof. It pulled her down, distracting her long enough for Gilda to escape.

Chrysalis grunted to get loose when more whips wrapped around her hooves. More wrapped around her waist, chest, neck, and forehead.

“WHAT? WHAT IS THIS!?!” she yelled.

Celestia walked up a few feet and angrily frowned. “your reckoning.” she coldly said. “Jax! Now!”

Jax nodded to her. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, exhaled and swung her Chakrams around her. They left her fingers and hovered around her.

4:17.

Jax‘s voice echoed as her spell went into effect.

“oh, powers of the infinite mind that we can only dream of grasping…”

Chrysalis struggled to get free but the bonds were too tight.

“…let us break the bonds of reality and back to us the ones we love or separate the good from the evil…”

She was successful in breaking the whip from Rarity, only to have it put back into place by Cadence.

“…let us dive into the stream of time and space and do the impossible!”

Jax snapped open her eyes as a white blade materialized in front of her. She grabbed it and smirked, scaring Chrysalis to her soul.

Jax pointed it forward and charged at the corrupt queen. She desperately struggled to get loose. She was able to break Armor’s hold on her horn and fired a spell at Jax. She stepped to the right and avoided it.

Edge sent out a magic whip and wrapped it around her horn.

The sword sparked to life as Jax jumped up a few inches.

“PERSONALITY SHIFT!!!!!”

5:14.

Jax plunged the sword deep into Chrysalis’ chest; right into her heart. A couple seconds later, a powerful blast of energy shot out of her back.

Chrysalis yelled out in pain as Jax plunged it in deeper.

A line went down Chrysalis’ body, followed by a blinding flash of light that covered both her and Jax.

A burst of energy hit Jax and sent her rolling into a bush.

The burst hit Two Different Chrysalis’. both fell in different directions

5:50. End Song

Jax heavily panted as her heart beat fast. “It’s over… it’s finally over…” she fell back into the snow. She looked up to the sky to see Orion fly over. A hoof entered her vision. She looked and saw that it belonged to Derpy. Jax smiled and took it. Derpy helped her up.

The troops breathed a sigh of relief and laid down their weapons. The ships powered down their weapons and the Changelings surrendered.

“It’s over!” Halo cheered. He hugged Twi, who hugged him back. They both laughed as they fell to the ground.

Req felt like doing something silly. “We did it. We did it. Oh, yeah yeah yeah. No eating here tonight. WHOO! Eating here tonight. No no no eating here tonight, you’re on a diet…” a snowball hit her in the back on the head.

“sometimes, you sing great.” Dash joked. “other times. Not so much.” Req evilly snickered. She bent down and picked up a bunch of snow. “wait. WAIT!” the snow fell right on top of Dash, covering her entire face.

“HEY GUYS!” Scootaloo yelled out. “look at this!” she exclaimed from the top of a Silver Dragons head. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom hung off the wings and Feather Weight hung upside down from it‘s nose.

A.J., Dash, and Rarity gasped in horror. “Get off of that thing!” they yelled out.

“Don’t worry. It’s friendly.” Applebloom said. She jumped off the dragon and it caught her. “guess they were magically enhanced to be angry or something.” the dragon licked her, causing her to laugh. “they aren’t so different from Winona.”

“okay, next question.” Dash said. “What are you all doing here? You’re supposed to be in Feather Top with Lyra and Bonbon.”

“Ask Scootaloo.” the other 3 said. Scoots nervously scratched the back of her neck. The dragon used his tail the bring the camera equipment into view. That explained everything to the trio of sisters.

“so… what exactly does the spell do, Jax?” Celestia asked, looking at the unconscious Chrysalis.

“it works two ways; either exorcises demons out of a person…” she looked over to Req, who nervously chuckled. “… or it turns someone into two halves; one pure good, one pure evil.”

Celestia, Luna, Gilda, Leon, and Friction looked at each other. “we’ll take the pure good one.”

“figured you would. Anyway, if you’re asking what the effects are, I don’t know. This was the first time I did the ‘split in half’ part of my spell. I need to do it a few times to know the side effects.”

“maybe when she wakes up, she can tell us how she got all that power.” Luna said.

“remember what we said?” Friction asked. “we were attacked by a power-hungry Unicorn that uses dark magic and Chrysalis was a child at the time. Odds are, she absorbed some of it and her anger towards you ignited it.”

“that would explain it.” Cadence said as she made her way over.

“Cadence!” Twi and Armor happily exclaimed. They ran over and hugged her.

“how are you feeling?” Armor asked.

“she’s gone into labor.” Jax said without a care in the world.

“WHAT!?!?!?!” everyone exclaimed.

“Then you shouldn’t be walking! You should sit down.” Twi tenderly said, clearing away some snow.

“I’m fine.” Cadence insisted with a chuckle. “The contractions are only a few hours apart. There’s still some time before the baby comes.”

Speaking of babies, Derpy remembered something important. “Oh, Jax. How’s Dinky?”

Jax knew she was going to ask that but hoped she wouldn’t. she glanced away, not wanting to look her in the eyes. “Jax?” now Derpy got nervous. “what happened?”

She didn’t know what to say. “I--I’m sorry, I--”

“She’s waking up.” Pinkie said, looking down at Chrysalis upside-down.

Chrysalis groaned as she opened her eyes. She saw everyone gather around her. She immediately got sad. “I… I caused a lot of trouble, didn’t I?” she sadly asked.

“Chrysie…” Cadence somberly said.

“I… I did some things I wish I could erase. I… I’m so sorry. For everything.” Chrysalis broke down and started crying. “for destroying Maredrid; for unleashing all those monsters. All that death and destruction. It… it’s all my fault!”

Cadence softly tapped her on the back. Chrysalis tearfully looked to her. “It wasn’t your fault. It was mine.”

Celestia and Twilight looked at each other, knowing they were at fault as well. “ours too.” they both said.

“if I didn’t leave so abruptly when I did to help care for my aunt’s new student, you wouldn’t have gotten the idea that we hated you and maybe we could’ve avoided both invasions. And if I knew that was you 7 months ago, I would’ve tried to reconcile but… but I didn’t know.”

“it was also that Unicorn’s fault for attacking our empire.” Leon said. “if he didn’t invade, things would’ve turned out differently.”

Chrysalis sniffed and wiped her eyes. They were right but it was her army, her invasion, her war. It was her fault. “do you… do you forgive me?”

Cadence smiled and hugged her. “Of course I do, Chrysie. I forgive you.” Chrysalis smiled and hugged back.

“Celestia…” Chrysalis wiped her eyes. “… you can do with me however you want. Just please… don’t leave my people to extinction.”

“don’t worry.” she gingerly placed a wing over her. “I won’t leave your species to extinction. I promise.” happy tears formed in Chrysalis’ eyes.

“Guess the good versions are always going to be touchy-feely.” Jax said, writing on a note pad and ruining the moment. “What? I’m taking notes on my spell.”

While everyone was yelling at Jax for ruining the mood, Fluttershy looked around and saw Edge looking over the edge to the valley below.

“Edge…” Edge turned around and looked at Fluttershy. “why aren’t you with the rest of us?”

Edge glanced away from ‘Shy and sighed. “I just… when I was Chrysalis’ general, I did some… horrific things. Hurting you, chief among them.” Edge reached into his armor and pulled out the necklace.

“That’s…” Fluttershy gasped.

“when I found this lying in the snow in my… bad condition, it pulled me back to reality.” he looked up to her. “It was thanks to you I was able to break loose of Chrysalis’ control and confront her. But…”

“but?”

Edge sighed. “I know you won’t be with me; not after what I did. And because… I’m a Changeling.”

Tears formed in Fluttershy’s eyes. “Edge…”

“listen… if you want me to leave, I’ll leave. I don’t think your friends will forgive me for deceiving them. Or betraying them. Plus… knowing you will never love me the way I love you. It’s just too much for me to take.”

Fluttershy couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She shook her head, trying to get rid of the tears. “that’s stupid.” she said. “you’re their friend! I’m sure they’ll forgive you. Just like how they’re forgiving Chrysalis right now. And…” she grabbed his hoof that was holding the necklace. “during these last 3 weeks, I’ve been thinking. About you. About us.”

“us?”

“yes. My heart has been telling me all along but I just wouldn’t listen. But… eventually, the truth came thought back in Maredrid, then in Feather Top when I saw a Changeling/Pony family. Edge, I…”

Meanwhile…

The evil Chrysalis lay at the bottom of a rubble filled crater. Her difference is that her skin is pure black and her hair is red-green.

Orochi appeared not far from her and sighed. “well… so much for your great plan, Chrysie.” Glacies said, not surprised it turned out like this. “but… since you’re divided in two…” he raised his arm, his arm coated in darkness. He took a few steps when he saw something he didn’t see coming.

Begin Song:

Farewell to the Black Curtain - Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike OST

0:00.

The Black Unicorn from the story stood over Dark Chrysalis. He bent over and kissed her on the forehead. “Guess this wasn’t meant to be, my darling.” he looked up to the playful crowd of ponies and humans and growled. “but… revenge is usually the best dish.”

he looked down at her and smiled. “Time for darkness to be this new worlds shining light.”

The spot where he kissed her glowed and turned into a pentagram mark. The Unicorn smiled and disappeared into a column of darkness.

Orochi watched from the sidelines, surprised to see someone else behind the strings. “well… things suddenly got interesting.” Ignis said before they disappeared into dark fire.

0:35.

Dark clouds formed above the city, following by a lot of lightning and thunder.

“What’s going on?” a scared Applebloom asked.

“Trouble. That’s what.” Req said. The humans all knew that whenever they saw dark clouds appear for no apparent reason, there’s always going to be trouble.

The sudden appearance of the clouds also cut off what Fluttershy was about to say. They all looked up to the clouds, nervous about what’s going to happen.

Shadow gulped. “You said it divides them into two beings; one good, one evil, right?” he asked Jax.

“yep.”

“Okay. Just making sure.”

A bolt of lightning shot out of the sky and struck the ground where Dark Chrysalis was resting.

0:52.

The lightning continued to strike the crater, razing Dark Chrysalis up into the air.

Dark Chrysalis opened her eyes, having the same green eyed, red iris, purple fire eyes.

She evilly chuckled which gradually gained momentum, eventually becoming full blown evil laughter.

While everyone was nervous, Jax casually took notes. “Pure evil actually is pure evil.”

Dark Chrysalis looked down at the puny foals and chuckled. The Pentagram on her forehead glowed red. “Time for darkness…” the top of her horn glowed and with a different color. “…to become the new shining light!”

1:18.

A Airship moved to engage Dark Chrysalis. Bad idea. Dark Chrysalis fired a small beam that hit it on the tip. It may seem insignificant but 2 seconds later, the ship exploded in a over-the-top violent Michael Bay style torrent.

“Holy Toledo, that’s powerful!” Fox yelled.

Dark Chrysalis laughed. The new dark power coursing though her body. It was marvelous. It felt so nice and so right.

She stared down at the pathetic ants and chuckled. Her horn glowed again.

“EVERYONE RUN!” Req yelled.

The warning came too late. The beam hit the group in the center, creating a large explosion as from before.

Dark Chrysalis hovered down to see everyone in such a pathetic state. Celestia, Requiem, and Armor protected Cadence and Twilight with a barrier spell but Dark Chrysalis’ attack was too much for them.

“This is what defeated me?” Dark Chrysalis asked. “This is what I’ve feared? Pathetic! I could obliterate the lot of you right now!”

Spike struggled to get up and look at her. “Then why don’t you?”

Dark Chrysalis evilly chuckled. “because it wouldn’t be this much fun.” she pressed down on his neck, much to Rarity’s horror. “soon, this world will be eradicated… and my empire will BEGIN!”

She fired a beam into the air. It broke apart and fell to the ground in separate locals, causing a lot of over-the-top explosions all over the city.

She walked away from the group, preparing a spell to take them out in one shot. She turned around and noticed Fluttershy and Edge watching from a distance. Dark Chrysalis aimed her spell at the group, smiling as evilly as she could. Everyone struggled to get up but her earlier spell has them in quite the predicament.

The spell reached it’s zenith, much to the evil bitch’s joy.

“never thought… I’d go out like this…” Jax weakly said.

The spell tingled, signaling it was ready to fire. Chrysalis reared back like a evil horse, with a accompanying whinny, and…

Pulled a psych and aimed it right towards Edge and Fluttershy.

2:10. End Song.

The red over-the-top spell fired in a epic fashion and barreled right towards the surprised duo, tearing up the ground on the way.

“FLUTTERSHY!” Her pony friends yelled.

The spell moved to fast for her to move out of the way fast enough. He didn’t want her to die, so…

Begin Song:

Serah’s Theme ~Memory~ Final Fantasy XIII-2 OST

0:00.

Edge pushed Fluttershy out of the path of the spell.

Time slowed down as a surprised Fluttershy fell to the ground. Edge closed his eyes and smiled, glad that she was going to live.

Time resumed and the spell hit.

Fluttershy rolled into a tree then quickly got up. “EDGE!!!”

When the spell cleared, nothing remained but a hole in the wall and a large trail of destruction.

0:27.

“NO!”

Fluttershy ran to the hole to jump after him. Bahamut sensed that would happen and ran over. He grabbed her tail and pulled her back.

“NO! NO, LET ME GO!” she cried, trying to get loose from the dragon‘s grip.

“It’s too late, Fluttershy! He’s gone!”

“NO! NO, HE CAN’T BE GONE! HE CAN’T!”

Dark Chrysalis evilly chuckled as everyone else looked on in horror. He couldn’t be gone. He just couldn’t be.

“LET ME GO!” Fluttershy was able to push him away but it was no use. Edge was gone. She fell to her knees, feeling her heart shatter into a million pieces. “he… he can’t be gone… he just can’t be…”

Something shone in her eyes, getting her attention. She reached into the snow and picked up something that made her heart sink even more.

It was the necklace she gave to him for Hearth’s Warming Eve.

“no… no…” she held it close and let the tears fall. “no, no… no…”

1:26.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Fluttershy broke down and cried as hard as she could. The Changeling that helped her reconcile with her parents, the Changeling that turned her life around. The Changeling she loved. He was gone. For good.

Everyone looked away, each one of them sad that he was gone.

Dark Chrysalis, however, was joyous. “good. That traitor was too broken to be kept alive.”

Jax couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She got up and, with a mix of sadness and anger, charged at her with powered up Chakrams. “YOU BITCH!” she jumped up and brought her rings down on her but Dark Chrysalis blocked it with a invisible barrier. A invisible force sent Jax right back to everyone.

2:02.

Dark Chrysalis laughed at the pathetic sight.

“Love. Such a annoying nuisance. If I didn’t need it to survive, I’d see to it that love was forever eradicated from the world forever.”

Req gripped her sword tight, not believing what she was hearing. “in annoying nuisance?” she looked at her with tear-filled eyes. “WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!”

Dark Chrysalis rose into the air and blasted her down. “nothing is wrong with me. I’m pure evil. Thank your friend Jax for that.” but Jax didn’t know that she was capable of something like this.

“This city is mine. This country is mine. This world is mine. All of it is mine! And I’ll sacrifice even my own kind to make it so!”

“you’d… sacrifice your own kind?”

Fluttershy got up, wiped the tears away, and angrily looked at her. “You’d kill your own people to get such petty things?”

“Why not? That’s all they’re good for.”

Fluttershy couldn’t believe this. So, Edge was nothing but a toy to her? There was no way she was going to let that be how anyone will remember him. “They are not… things for you to use then throw away! They’re living beings with feelings just like you and me!” Fluttershy yelled.

Dark Chrysalis scoffed at the concept. “so what? It‘s fun to hurt feelings. I had quite a bully time breaking your heart.”

Celestia had heard enough. she found the strength to get up, as did everyone else. They weren’t going to let this heartless bitch have control of the world. Not if they had anything to say about it. “you are going to pay for this!” everyone yelled.

2:48. End Song

Dark Chrysalis rose into the air and crossed her hooves in front of her chest.

“really? Make me pay? Last I checked, you made me this way.” the ground began to rumble as crystals rose out of the ground and the mountain. “if you want to make me pay…”

She raised her hoof up, then to the side. A series of crystals formed around it, forming a cannon. “… then earn it.” she pointed the new crystal cannon at the group with a evil smile.

Begin Song:

Ibitsu {Tv Size} - Tales of Symphonia OVA Soundtrack

0:00.
Epic Freeze-Frame on Dark Chrysalis preparing to fire her new cannon at the group, who had taken up battle poses.

To Be Continued…

0:20.

Mirror’s Edge is Dead.

Dark Chrysalis shows no signs of stopping of world conquest.

Will the Heroes be able to save the world from a tyrannical rule or will Darkness be the ruler of Equestria?

And who was that mysterious Unicorn?

Find out in the final chapter of A Changeling’s Lament.

0:50.

Anime-like Stills from the fights of Ponyville, the 1st and 2nd battles of Canterlot, Maredrid, and Feather Top appeared, showing the big showcases of each rumble.

Canterlot Battle 1: Chrysalis standing on top of a tower with a lamentfull Edge as every citizen evacuated by train.

Ponyville: a legion of Shadow Creatures swarmed over the town as everyone fled.

Maredrid: Godzilla fired his heat beam into the exact center of town, destroying it all in one shot.

Feather Top: the combined forces of ponies and gryphons charging head-on against the 400 foot tall King of the Monsters.

Canterlot Battle 2: the Airships, headed by Orion, and the ground forces, lead by the Off-Worlders, charged at the ruined capital with Oscurita flying though the air towards them and Dark Chrysalis laughing from atop the castle.

1:35. End Song.

A Changeling's Lament

Begin Song:

Love Is In Bloom (His World Remix) ~Queen Chrysalis Final Boss Theme pt. 2~ by youtuber KingSpartaX37

Crystals tore though the ground and hovered around Dark Chrysalis, who evilly snickered to the camera.

*Cut to black*

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - A Changeling’s Lament

Wind picked, causing snow and dust to swirl around the corrupt queen. The humans and ponies stood their ground, trying to avoid being swept up.

*cut to black*

Final Chapter

A series of small crystals formed around Dark Chrysalis’ front-left leg, forming a cannon of sorts. She aimed it at the ground and powered it up.

*cut to black*

A Changeling’s Lament

One of Jax’s Chakrams hit the cannon, making it fire off course and into the castle. Most of the palace exploded in such a torrent of fire and wind, it was like hell itself was breaking loose.

Dark Chrysalis snarled and aimed it again. Bahamut rammed her in the stomach then jumped off her. Req jumped up into the air, sword glowing white

“SERAPHIM BLADE!”

She swung her blade down, sending out a sword beam that struck the queen in the same spot Bahamut hit her. Dark Chrysalis aimed her little cannon and fired it. It hit Req right in the chest, exploding and sending her falling right into rubble.

Fox jumped down from Orion and plunged his staff down her neck. She shrieked, reached back, grabbed him, and tossed him to the ground. She pulled the staff out and tossed it away like a piece of garbage.

Multiple beams of magic shot from the Unicorns and Alicorns, striking Dark Chrysalis on multiple parts of her body. With a flap of her wings, Dark Chrysalis shrugged it off and chuckled. “It’s going to take more then that to defeat me!” the Pentagram on her forehead glowed, causing her to roar like a monster.

The same symbol appeared on the ground beneath them and glowed a bright red. Energy rose out of it, making anyone wearing skirts hold them down. The energy slammed back down, forcing everyone inside it to slam to the ground; hard.

Ash quickly got up and fired his pistols, same with Sora and her bow & arrows. Satoshi leaned over the side of his ship and fired down at her. All 3 projectiles struck a invisible barrier and sent the shots back to their senders.

She aimed her cannon at Orion and fired. Satoshi quickly moved the ship to avoid it. He did so just in time, causing the shot to just graze it. “HEY! It took me months to put this thing back together!” Satoshi yelled. Dark Chrysalis didn’t care and continued firing.

Celestia and Luna flew up into the air, coated themselves in their respective power, and rammed into Dark Chrysalis from multiple sides. Eventually, Light Chrysalis and Zaltan joined in. Light Chrysalis covered herself in green fire and passed it over to the Gryphon King. The 4 of them attacked from different directions at different times, making Dark Chrysalis stagger a lot.

Dark Chrysalis’ eyes glowed and she screamed, causing a large burst of energy to erupt from her. It stuck the royalty, sending them falling to the ground.

“ASTRAL BREAK!” Lina, Zelgadis, and Amelia shouted. That spell merged into Gourry’s Sword of Light. He jumped up and slashed down at Dark Chrysalis’ chest. She yelled out in pain as the spell went into effect and shut off her magic. That doesn’t mean the spells she already cast were broken. She aimed her cannon at Gourry’s chest and fired, sending him careening to the ground.

Applejack’s lasso wrapped around Chrysalis’ hind legs. With one strong tug from A.J., Dash, Rarity, and Spike, they pulled her down right into the streets. Dark Chrysalis quickly got up and aimed it at them. A flurry of snowballs hit her in the head, blocking her vision.

“Keep your hooves off our sisters!” Applebloom yelled as she and her friends threw snowballs at her. Dark Chrysalis snarled and aimed her cannon instead at them.

A wreath wrapped around the queen’s neck. It tightened, making her choke. “Whatever you have planned, do it fast!” Fluttershy yelled. The Mane 6 shook their heads in complete surprise. Fluttershy was helping? That would be new in their books.

“Ain Soph Aur!”

A purple blade of chaotic energy torn though the ground, struck Dark Chrysalis, and pulled her into the castle, where it exploded on impact.

End Song.

Emil’s sword hissed from the energy it had unleashed. Emil fell over onto one knee and panted. That took a lot out of him. “Did that do it?”

Begin Song:

Zanza - Xenoblade Chronicles OST

A beam of pure concentrated darkness shot into the dark clouds above. Energy shaped like electricity shot down from multiple angles and struck the spot where she hit.

“I don’t think so.” Spyro said.

Dark Chrysalis rose into the air, laughing like the madwomen she is. One she was 50 feet in the air, she looked down on the ants and laughed again.

“you have no hope against me!” she proclaimed. “just lay down your arms and I will endeavor to make your deaths as painless as possible.”

“not a chance!” Fluttershy exclaimed. “this is our world and we will fight to protect it!”

Dark Chrysalis laughed at the ridiculous sentiment. “Your world? This world doesn’t belong to you! It belongs to me and His Eminence!”

“Eminence?” Luna muttered to Gilda. She just shrugged in return.

“His Eminence is the one true ruler of this world and I, his first daughter, will get it back for him!”

“what’s she talking about?” Cadence asked Light Chrysalis.

“I don’t know. Guess she’s gotten cuckoo when she went evil.” Light Chrysalis said, not really knowing what her dark counterpart is talking about.

Crystals rose out of the ground and out of the mountain and began to form around the dark queen. “Soon, my brothers and sisters will rise and take this planet back for our glorious father. And then, this pathetic rock will experience true darkness beyond compare!”

The wind picked up as the crystals began to stick together and form something around Dark Chrysalis. Whatever it was going to be, the good guys are prepared to take it on.

“Jax, here’s a note for you.” Aura joked, holding himself against the wind. “the evil versions are always insane.”

“Already figured that out.” she replied.

Dark Chrysalis opened her eyes. That, in turn, opened the eyes of the thing that had formed around her; a massive crystal version of the demon form of Requiem’s brother.

“how’d she find out about that?” Req exclaimed.

“She must’ve seen our fight with Nightmare Moon!” Trixie said, holding herself against the storm.

Crystal Catalyst roared to the sky with lightning falling all around it.

End Song.

Orochi sat back on the mountain and watched this little show.

“This Eminence she’s talking about… you think she’s talking about our local ally?” Aqua asked.

Glacies chuckled and pushed their body off the rock. “if it is, he’s gonna have a lot to explain. Thankfully, we don’t have to worry about him for 17 years. And if it isn‘t, then there‘s something worse then us out there.” Orochi disappeared in a flash of dark fire.

Begin Song:

Tenkuu no Canaria - Tales of Symphonia OVA Tethe'alla Arc Opening Song

0:00.

Crystal Chrysalis Catalyst finished it’s roar and prepared to do battle with them.

“Well, we had plenty of practice with this form.” Gilda joked. “This should be a walk in the park.” she said with a wink.

Crystal Chrysalis Catalyst roared and chuckled. “it’s funny to think you can defeat me.” she said in a deeply demonic tone. Her back sparked, forming giant crystal wings. “this world shall be return to his Eminence. And I shall be praised.”

Energy shot out of her new form, flattening any trees and buildings nearby. The humans and ponies were able to keep themselves up.

0:16.

Req gripped her blade and charged in to the corrupt queen. Everyone else followed suit with their own tactics.

Large crystal missiles appeared besides Chrysalis’ head. with a growl, they were sent hurtling towards her and everyone else.

Req swung her sword, striking the missiles away before they hit her. Celestia brought up a barrier that protected everyone from the rest.

Spyro, Cynder, and Bahamut flew out of the barrier, coated themselves in fire; either red, blue, or black, and rammed themselves into the monster’s chest. The monster staggered backwards but didn’t lose it’s footing. It swat the dragons out of the sky.

Req jumped onto her right arm and ran up it. Dark Chrysalis took notice of this and tried to squash Req like a bug with her other hand. Thankfully for Req, speed was her specialty. She ducked and slid underneath it, stabbed her sword up into the hand, and hung on for dear life as the monster moved it’s hand away.

Gilda and Zaltan flew over the beast. Zel and Gourry jumped off their backs and down to the monster. They drew their swords and swung down onto her left shoulder. Dark Chrysalis roared in pain as energy shot out of her wound, sending the town rolling in mid-air to the town.

0:56.

Orion fired it’s port cannons at the monster’s chest, each one of the 20 shot volley causing quite a explosion.

Req flipped over Dark Chrysalis’ hand, pulling her sword out in the process, landing on the other side, and continued to run up her hand.

A orb of pure energy appeared in Dark Chrysalis’ right hand. She tossed it down to the group. Using her Element, Twi stepped in front of it and summoned a barrier to stop it. The orb hit, struggling to break though it. Twi held her ground but it was too strong. Nobody but a glancing Trixie noticed but Twi’s stomach briefly glowed. The barrier grew more powerful and sent the orb back to sender, hitting her in the head.

Twi collapsed and panted. Halo ran over and nuzzled her. “Don’t do anything like that again. I don‘t want to lose you two.” he somberly said. Twi looked at him and smiled with a chuckle.

1:30.

“This world shall be ours! Forever more!” Dark Chrysalis proclaimed as she summoned more crystal missiles.

Bombs flung by the catapults struck against the monster, causing her to stagger again. The missiles fell harmlessly to the ground.

“Nice timing.” Celestia said to the engineers in charge of it.

Dark Chrysalis rose up, opened her mouth, and fired her own beam attack. The attack hit the center, causing quite a explosion that destroyed only half of them.

“No!” Celestia yelled out. Dark Chrysalis powered up another beam and sent it towards the princess. Light Chrysalis stood in the way and summoned her own barrier that blocked it. Celestia added her own power to the barrier, causing the beam to dissipate. “thanks.” she told the good one.

Req dragged her blade behind her, leaving a long scaring wound as she ran up Dark Chrysalis’ arm. The dark queen roared and tried swatting her off again.

“Cardinal Rift!”

A series of red colored beams wrapped around Dark Chrysalis’ arm and pulled it into a abyss. The quick, yet painful, process left the monster without a right arm. Req looked back to see Jax give a two fingered salute as she ran on the ground.

Req reached the monsters shoulder, jumped off it towards the head, spun her sword, and raised it above her head.

2:10.

Dark Chrysalis grabbed her before she could reach her head, roared at her, and tossed her down to the ground. Req landed hard and skidded into a snow-covered lamp. Gilda and Zaltan, along with a few nameless Gryphon’s, flew in front of her eyes, blocking her vision and forcing her to try and swat them down.

“Damn. Nothing we do can leave a scratch.”

A light bulb went off in Lina’s head. “well, I can think of one thing.” she said with a smirk.

Req and Jax looked at each other. “That just may work.” Jax said.

“but we don’t want to destroy the city.” Req pointed out. She thought about it for a quick moment then thought up a plan that may just work. “Everyone!”

Dark Chrysalis fired a beam attack, causing the little gryphon party to break up, when the main cannons from Orion fired and hit her in the back. She turned to face the ship and snarled.

“Hey Ugly!” Satoshi yelled out. “Your mother was a stink bug!”

Dark Chrysalis growled furiously and roared, stretching her wings out. Orion quickly entered speed mode and shot into the air. Chrysalis gave pursuit, roaring and flying as loud as she could.

2:38.

Orion and Dark Chrysalis flew as high as they were able before the monster grabbed the ship, pulled it close, and put the squeeze on it.

Back on the ground, Req, Lina, Jax, and the Elements of Harmony looked at each other and nodded. Req summoned her wings and flew up into the air. Lina used a spell to make her fly up.

“What are you guys planning?” Shadow asked.

The Elements circled around Jax as a glyph appeared beneath her. “something to save your world!” they closed their eyes and concentrated on the spell, which Jax began chanting.

“Darkness Beyond Twilight, Crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows…”

Lina reached her designated spot and began chanting the same spell from the beginning. Req reached her spot and did the same thing.

“I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand before the might gift bestowed in my unworthy hands…”

The glyphs beneath all 3 chatting humans glowed bright red as red lightning shot out around them and the orb that formed in their hands.

“let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess…”

The spell’s echo reach all the way to Dark Chrysalis’ ears. She saw that spell in action earlier down at the plains. She let the ship go and flew back down to the ground.

3:12.

Jax, Lina, and Req snapped their eyes open; Jax being the first to launch it.

“DRAGON SLAVE!!!”

A intense but indescribable powerful beam of red light shot out of Jax’s hands and up into the air towards the Dark Queen. A few seconds later, Lina fired hers, followed by Req a few seconds later.

The Elements of Harmony added their own power into the attack via sparkles coming out of the pendents.

Dark Chrysalis shrieked as she made her way back to the ground, only to see the beam too little, too late. The Dragon Slave hit her, engulfing her bright light.

“That was for Edge!” everyone yelled.

3:40.

The Dragon Slave tore away at Dark Chrysalis, disintegrated the crystals that covered her. The queen yelled out in agony as the light engulfed her and destroyed her.

A massive and powerful explosion followed that, if done in the city, would’ve destroyed everything from there to Ponyville.

4:02. End Song.

Begin Song:

My Heart Will Go On - Titanic Theme by Celine Deon

Twi stood on the edge of a bench, looking up at the sky. Hard to believe she was fighting for the fate of the world 4 hours ago. During the battle, she felt something… weird in her stomach. Maybe all that being throwing about made Starlight restless. She knows she would. Halo walked up beside her and nuzzled her.

“How’s Fluttershy?” she asked.

“terrible. She went into the gardens and won’t come out.” he sighed deeply. “guess she’s taking Edge’s death harder then anyone thought.”

“how would you feel if you lost the one you loved?” He did and shivered. Even thinking about losing Twilight and Starlight filled his heart with dread. Twi hugged him, glad to have him by her side. If only she could say the same for Fluttershy.

Speaking of the yellow Pegasus, she sat by herself in the middle of the war-torn Canterlot Gardens, sobbing her heart out under grey raining clouds she had moved their herself.

She still didn’t want to believe that Edge was gone. The one person who she loved with all her heart and soul was gone. She just… didn’t want to believe it.

Body’s of the dead lay out for everyone to pay their respects to those fallen in battle. Some had lost their best buddies or someone special, while some have lost entire families.

Scoots stood in front of one and cried, not wanting to believe this. Dash walked though the bodies, noticed her, and walked over. “Squirt.” she called out. Scoots heard her but didn’t want to talk. “what’s wrong? Are you okay?” Dash calmly asked. She didn’t reply but instead kept crying. Curious what had her in such a defeated state, Dash walked over and looked at what she was crying at. What she saw made her heart sink.

Among the dead was her half-brother Soarin’.

A soulless Dash fell to her knees, not wanting to believe it. She lost her mother, she lost her brother, she lost her father. And she had no relatives. She was truly all alone in the world now. Scoots hugged Dash and held her tight, not wanting to be alone. Dash knew the feeling and hugged her back. Both of them cried in each others arms, not wanting to believe this.

Jax watched as Derpy cried over the badly-wounded Dinky. Dinky’s friends were there with her, being stronger then Dinky’s mother. Jax didn’t want to confront her, not wanting to incur Derpy’s wrath. She broke her promise to keep Dinky safe and lord knows she’s going to pay the consequences, just… not now. Plus, hanging around dead bodies was never her thing. With a heavy heart, She walked off, leaving them alone. She needed some time for herself.

Celestia, Luna, Light Chrysalis, and Zaltan nodded, agreeing to the Changelings terms of surrender.

“Very well, then. You and your Changelings are now honorary members of Equestria.” Celestia proclaimed.

Luna poked light Chrysalis in the side. “welcome to the family.” she joked.

Happy tears formed in Chrysalis’s eyes as she looked to her people. “Thanks. And I swear, we’ll do whatever we can to help repay for what we had done.”

Zaltan noticed something and chuckled. “I think some of your people are beating you to the punch.” the other 3 looked to see a Stallion who was once a prisoner give some flowers to a female Changeling, who blushed at the gesture.

“Woo-hoo! This thing is Awesome!” Applebloom said as she hung off the Silver Dragon’s tail. The dragon flipped her tail up, sending Applebloom up into the air, and caught her with her wing. “Can we keep it!?”

Applejack wasn’t so sure. They already had 2 dragons staying in the barn; having another one, and a bigger one at that, would be odd. “I….” Applebloom gave her puppy dog eyes. A.J. couldn’t resist that. “Let me talk to Granny and Big Mac, hear what they have to say about it. But, as far as I am concerned, yes.”

Applebloom cheered, jumped down, and hugger her sister. “oh, thank you thank you thank you.”

“just don’t make me regret it.”

“where did they put Edge’s necklace?” Friction asked as they walked though the funeral fields, each carrying a bushel of flowers.

“un… over there.” Leon said, pointing to a area between 2 Gryphons. The two walked over to the ’grave’ of Edge and were preparing to put the flowers down when they noticed something unexpected.

Edge’s necklace was gone.

Jax walked though the Canterlot Gardens, not wanting to confront Derpy. She hopes Dinky will be okay. She grew attached to that little Unicorn. They’ve been though a lot together and she didn’t want her to die.

Her thoughts then turned to that giant monster Oscurita. What happened to that thing? All she knows is that Satoshi rammed Orion into it, breaking it’s wing and making it fall. still, a giant his size could easily survive a fall from that height so this couldn’t be the last time they saw him.

She reached the spot where Fluttershy was, unaware that she had walked in that far, and saw her. She hid behind a tree and watched her cry.

Fluttershy sniffled as she wiped her eyes. She had to keep strong; for Edge’s sake. So he didn’t sacrifice his life so she could have her’s for nothing. She got up and wiped away the last tears she had to give. She heard footsteps behind her, thinking it was one of her friends.

“sorry to keep you waiting.”

Fluttershy’s heart leaped back to life and repaired itself upon hearing that voice. It couldn’t’ be possible. It couldn’t. she slowly turned around and saw that it could.

Standing before her was a very much alive Mirror’s Edge, wearing the necklace she had given him. “what? Were you suspecting someone else?”

Fresh tears began to fall as Fluttershy happily looked to him. “You’re Alive!” she ran over and hugged him, which he was suspecting. “I thought you were dead!”

Edge looked at her with somber eyes and held her close. “so did I.”

The Blast hit Edge and sent him over the edge, his body on green fire as he fell to the valley far below.

“(so… this is how it ends.)” he closed his eyes and smiled. “(as long as Fluttershy’s okay, I don’t care if die…)”

“you would sacrifice yourself for love?”

Edge slowly opened his eyes to see the Black Knight over him. He wasn’t falling anymore, since the knight stopped him with his magic. “you would gladly lay down your life to protect someone important to you?”

Edge answered immediately, fully knowing the answer. “yes. I would.”

Beneath his helmet, the Knight pondered is words. He knew this creature’s situation quite well. He summoned his sword and placed the tip over the Changeling, glowing a dark green.

“Cure!”

Fluttershy cried into Edge’s shoulder. She hit him in the other one, angry that he let her think he was dead. “I… didn’t want you to leave. I didn’t want to say good-bye.” she cried.

“why?”

Fluttershy looked into his eyes with tear soaked eyes. “because I love you, Edge. From core of my soul, I love you. I’m sorry it took me so long to realize this and I’m sorry I broke your heart during Trixie’s and Luna’s rehearsal but… I just didn’t know at the time.” she continued to cry, causing a small river down his shoulder.

Edge just smiled and held her head up. “I love you too, Fluttershy. And I promise, I will never leave you.”

Fluttershy chuckled, causing more tears to fall. Edge cleared them away. They deeply looked into each other’s eyes and leaned close to each other.

Jax leaned her head on the tree and smiled, she put her back to it and looked up to the sky. At least someone got a happy ending. Not everyone was as lucky. She looked up to the sky, wondering where her happy ending was.

For the first time since they’ve known each other, for what seemed like an eternity, they did something that felt so right.

Fluttershy and Mirror’s Edge shared a long, passionate, and a very much belated kiss.

End Song.

The adventure continues in Friends from Unexpected Places, starting with chapter 'Glade'

Author's Notes:
well, that's the end of this side-story. almost everyone got a happy ending.

but... who was that Unicorn?

and if you thought this Side-Story was a emotional tear-jerker, you ain't seen nothing yet. i got one more left to go and i sure you hope you have tissues.

Credits

Even in the midst of war...

Love's blossom will always find a way to bloom...

as the Battle between Light and Darkness rages on...

Story:
Zach Wood

Editing:
Zach Wood.

Song Choices:
Zach Wood

Cast:

Requiem Hikaru
Rebecca Shoichet

Aura Aesir & Emil Castagnier
Johnny Yong Boush

Jacqueline 'Jax' Yggdrasill & Lina Inverse
Lisa Ortiz

Sora Yggdrasill
Hayden Penntiere

Bahamut
Russell Brand

Ashlin Geroma Arapaho Silverton (Ash)
Steve Burton

Satoshi Tanaka
Haley Joel Osment

Twilight Sparkle
Tara Strong

Applejack & Rainbow Dash
Ashleigh Ball

Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy
Andrea Libman

Rarity and Princess Luna
Tabitha St. Germain

Princess Celestia
Nicole Oliver

Teen Spike
Jaleel White

Applebloom
Michelle Creber

Sweetie Belle
Claire Corbett

Scootaloo
Madeleine Peters

Halo's Light
Simon Pegg

Zilver's Light
Ricky Gervais

Marble Cake
Seth Green

Storm Shadow
George Lopez

Mirror's Edge
Sam Riegel

Derpy Whooves
BaldDumboRat
(i don't know her real name, just her youtube handle)

Dr. Whooves/Time Turner
PierceSmoulder
(again. youtube handle only.)

Shining Armor
Andrew Francis

Princess Mi Amore Cadenza
Britt McKillip

Trixie Lulamoon & Chrysalis
Kathleen Barr

Pipsqueak
(you know, they never did mention the name of the guy who played him. for now, ignore it.)

Feather Weight
Tobey Macquire

Soarin' and Silverbolt
Matt Hill

Spitfire
Maryke Hendrikse

Leon
Doug Erholtz

Friction
Mae Whitman

Gilda
Maryke Hendrikse

Zaltan
Ike Amadi

Lloyd Irving
Scott Menville

Fox McCloud
Steve Malpass

Riku
David Gallagher

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
Jay Baruchel

Spyro
Elijah Wood

Cynder
Christina Ricci

Gourry Gabriev
Eric Stuart

Zelgadis Greywords
Crispin Freemen

Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun
Veronica Taylor

Orochi:
Tenebrae : Paul St. Peter
Lucis : Gerard Butler
Aqua : Shanelle Grey
Glacies : Liam O'brien
Terra : Quinton Flynn
Ventus/Aero : Greg Cipes
Ignis : Lance Henriksen
Fulmen : Ali Hillis

Tsylatac:
ME! (i sound like a cross between Yuri Lowenthal and A.V. Kennedy(Laguna from Dissidia 012)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and it's Character's are Copyrighted by Hasbro.

The Requiem Trinity and it's Characters are Copyrighted by Me.

any OC characters of MLP:FIM belong to me.

all music used belong to their proper owners.

A Christmas Musical

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 2

A Christmas Musical

“Traitor!”

“Degenerate!”

“Coward!”

These words echoed though Edge’s mind as he held his head in pain. “no. no, I’m not a traitor.” he grunted in pain. 2 hooves entered his vision. He slowly looked up to see Chrysalis standing over him, her horn glowing. “I’m not.” the glow turned into a sword and she slashed down at him.

“I’M NOT!!!”

Edge woke up with a yell. He panted and held his head.

“not again.” he groaned. He got up and headed into the kitchen. He turned on the sink and splashed his face with water. He stared up at the mirror and panted again. “why is this happening now?”

Edge’s little episode was overheard by Bahamut, who had one eye open.

“good morning, Edge!” Fluttershy happily exclaimed in his face. Edge moaned in anger as he rolled onto his side. “oh, come on.” she flew on top of the couch and looked down at him. “Do you know what day it is today?”

“the day you let me sleep in?” he said into the couch.

“No. today’s Hearth’s Warming Eve! The last time this came around, me and my friends were in a play.”

“good for you.” Edge shoved a pillow onto his head. “now let me sleep!”

“oh, come on, Edge.” Edge raised his hoof and made the ‘zip the lip’ sign. Fluttershy looked at Bahamut, who had just woken up, and sighed. “okay. Guess I’m going to have take my present for you back to the store.”

That got his attention. “present? You never mentioned a present.”

“oh, didn’t I. oh, it’s a stable of Hearth’s Warming Eve.”

Edge felt… happy that he was getting a present. But he wasn’t being given it like love or sorrow or any other emotions he fed off of; The feeling was coming from him. “I get a present?”

“right.” she said with a smile. She got up and headed upstairs. Happy that someone actually cares about him, Edge got off the couch and stretched.

“Are you okay?” Bahamut asked. Edge looked at him like he was talking nonsense. “it sounded like you were having quite the nightmare last night.”

Edge looked away from him and chuckled. “you heard that, huh?”

“what was it?”

Edge sighed. He didn’t want to talk about it but he knows what Bahamut is like when he get’s angry. “it’s the same dream over and over. My own kind is calling down at me, calling me traitor or freak. Then, Chrysalis appears and kills me. That’s when I wake up.”

“why does she kill you?”

“I don’t know. Maybe it’s because… I never tried to find my own kind; that I’ve been living with ponies for the past 5 months. I guess this dream is like a premonition that if Chrysalis comes to find me, she’ll kill me.”

“…” Bahamut knew what he was going though. He was almost killed back home since he was raised by humans. “I know from experience what you’re going though, Edge. I nearly got killed myself by my own kind. But I had my friends to help me out.”

“but I’m a Changeling. You, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and the CMC might help me out but everyone else? They’ll hate me if they find out I’m a Changeling.”

“…” Bahamut hadn’t considered that. “Well, maybe if you explain that you’re not a typical Changeling. Plus, you’ve been their friends for weeks. They have to understand that.”

Edge just sputtered like a normal horse. “if you say so.” he got up and grabbed his scarf. “but I’m not sure.”

Fluttershy came down, dressed in winter clothing. “ready to go, you two?” she asked.

“yep.” they both replied. Edge donned his ponysona and opened the door.

*sweet tranquil music begins playing*

A bluebird flew down from a snow covered branch and landed on Edge’s nose. He moved his snout around, forcing it off. Fluttershy giggled at the display. She looked up at the flying bluebird as snow began to fall.

Fluttershy: “♪is there ever… such a glorious time as winter…?♪”

Edge and Bahamut went wide-eyed in confusion before looking at each other. Is this turning into a musical segway?

“Fluttershy: “♪with the falling snow and the bright sky, no, there can not be such a time.♪”

A window at the library was opened wide by Twilight. She leaned forward and looked at the fields of snow as the same bluebird chirped as it flew by.

Twilight: “♪with the time of winter, one can clearly see, the importance of family and the friendships you hold dear…♪”

*music gains tempo*

At a forest not far from town, a pine tree fell over to Gourry’s axe. Spyro, Fox, and Lloyd walked over, grabbed it, and heaved it back to town. Gourry went to work chopping down another Pine tree.

Requiem: “♪winter is, without a doubt, my favorite time of year… with the sun shining bright, it just feels so right, to have a cup of cheer…♪”

The CMC sat in their clubhouse, looking over more plans to get their cutie marks.

Scootaloo: “♪with school out.♪”

Applebloom: “♪our Cutie Marks.♪”

Sweetie Belle: “♪we will find.♪”

Dinky: “♪will it be a Vet?♪”

Pipsqueak: “♪or a Mime?♪”

All: “♪that is what we plan to find…♪”

Back at Canterlot, Trixie and Luna were busy getting ready for their big day next week. Luna took her fiancée aside to a balcony where they shared a waltz.

Trixie and Luna: “♪Winter is such a amazing time, to be with the ones you love… with the glistening fields white and the eternal delight, why wouldn’t you join in the fun…?♪”

Jax, having been talked into putting up decorations at Sugar Cube Corner.

Jax: “♪must I suffer another rip-off of our holidays on this backwater world? I just want to go home and forget about this…♪”

Pinkie interrupted Jax before she went further.

Pinkie: “♪ Winter, Winter, Winter. The best time of year. Winter, Winter, Winter. It always brings good cheer…♪”

Marble: “♪Cozying up next to a fireplace with the one you care and sharing a cup of hot cocoa…♪”

Both: “♪This is, without a doubt, the best time of the year…♪”

Jax just rolled her eyes.

Sora was busy putting up Christmas Reefs on the doors of houses around town. She stopped at Derpy’s place and sighed.

Sora: “♪back home, Christmas was never my favorite day of the year.♪” Ash walked back and smiled at her. She smiled back. “♪ but right now, with friends I love, this is now my most favorite holiday.♪”

The pine trees rolled into town by both sets of off-worlders. The largest one was put up in the center of town, right next to the town hall.

*music reaches ‘epic’ heights*

Fluttershy: “♪there is no doubt, within my heart, that this is my favorite time of year…♪” she paused and looked up to see the same bluebird fly away.

“♪with your friends right there beside you, with your loved ones always there to love you, there is no doubt, within my heart… that this is my favorite time… of the yearrrrrrrrrr…………♪

*music calms down then fades out.*

Edge stood to the side, completely mesmerized by Fluttershy’s singing. He was so mesmerized that his ponysona disappeared.

Fluttershy held her heard for a moment before opening her eyes. She looked over to Edge with a smile. Edge broke out of his trance and smiled back.

“Gonna say I was good again?” She asked.

Edge smiled. “no need. Why try to prove what the world clearly knows?”

Fluttershy smiled. “you’re such a flatterer, Edge.” she said with a giggle before walking off. Edge stood there and smiled. Flatterer. Not a word you hear every day for a Changeling. “Come on. We’re gonna be late.” ’Shy called back.

“Oh, right.” Edge put his ponysona back on and walked after her.

From a trio of pine trees not far from Fluttershy’s cottage, a pair of green eyes watched them leave.

“It seems our brother has taken a liking to the Ponies way of living.” a female voice said with a hiss.

“it seems so. We have that Yellow Pegasus and her Dragon companion to blame for that.” another voice, clearly male, said.

“although. This is a good opportunity.”

“how so?”

“he lives among them, talks to them, walks with them. So maybe he can spy on them.”

“Oh. That’s devious. I like the way you think.”

“I aim to please. Come, we should tell our queen of our idea.”

Both creatures’ wings fluttered like insect wings then took off.

The day quickly passed them by, which is no surprise since this is winter. For Hearth’s Warming Eve, the gang gathered at the library, which was the biggest place to hold them all, and exchange gifts and have fun.

Just hope nobody brings the eggnog.

Too late.

“Christmas, Christmas time is here…” Aura and Ash sang like the chipmunks in their drunken stupor.

In the center of the library sat a big ol’ pine tree, fitted with the decorations of the holidays. Dash flew up to the top and let Eris put the star on. Both smiled and hugged each other.

Jax angrily sat in a corner, not wanting to be part of the festivities. She likes Christmas as much as the next guy but she doesn’t want to celebrate it with ponies. Dinky walked by her spot and noticed her sitting alone. She looked at the top of her own head, taking notice of the menorah she had on. She took it off and placed it on Jax’s head, catching her by surprise. “there. Much better.” Dinky said before walking off. Jax looked up and took the menorah off. The sides of her mouth went up a bit.

Lina snapped her fingers, making all the candles in the room light up. Zilver and Fox applauded that. No way they’ll do that, not in a million years.

Requiem, being the romance lover that she is, was going around the room with Mistletoe, making other people kiss. It lead to a few humorous moments that would make some people gag.

“here you go, Edge.” Fluttershy said, offering him a present.

Edge, who was in the middle of drinking a glass of milk, set it down and grabbed the present. “what is it?”

“my present from me to you.”

Edge looked down at the present and shook it close to his ear. “I was expecting something better then a colored box with string.”

Fluttershy giggled. “it’s in the box, silly.”

Feeling like a complete idiot, Edge took off the string and opened the box. What he saw surprised him to his core; it was a thin chain necklace with Fluttershy's cutie mark the size of a key chain. Edge’s eyes welled up, much to Fluttershy’s surprise. She didn’t think Changeling’s could cry.

“Are you okay, Edge?”

“yeah. I just… it’s that nobody’s ever given me a present before.” Edge said, all choked up. He immediately put the box down and put it on. It was a perfect fit. “Thanks, Fluttershy. Wish I had something to give you.”

Fluttershy smiled. “It’s okay. Your company is all I need.” Edge smiled back, still teary eyed.

Then the moment was ruined when Req walked by, putting the Mistletoe above their heads. They both looked at her with angry eyes. “oh, come on. What’s the worse that can happen?” Edge and ’Shy looked at each other and shrugged. What is the worse that could happen? They leaned in to kiss each other on the lips when the stick carrying the mistletoe came between them. “nu un un un. On the lips for 5 seconds.”

Edge angrily put his lips to the side as he angrily growled at Req. “oh, come on Edge.” ’Shy said. “Req’s not going to give up till we do.” he knew that was true. Might as well get it over with now.

Both of them nervously gulped and got uncomfortable. They closed their eyes tightly and leaned to each other.

Req gestured to the others but they were already tuned in. The Mane 6 themselves were squealing with anticipation. This was going to be Fluttershy’s first kiss. Req rolled her eyes at how long they were taking. She nodded to Cynder, who nodded back. They casually walked behind ‘Shy and Edge and pushed them at each other.

Edge and Fluttershy opened their eyes in surprise when they kissed each other. Req counted the time limit they had to do. “1...2...3...4...5... There. Times up.”

They broke their kiss and stared at each other with a mix of surprise and embarrassment.

“wow.” Edge gasped.

“um… that was… that was...” Fluttershy said with a very deep blush. She shook her head and snapped out of her little trance.

“ooh!” all the girls went. ‘Shy felt embarrassed and covered her face. “Fluttershy and Edge, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G…” ‘Shy stammered and ran over, trying to get them to stop, much to the male’s entertainment.

A stunned Edge, on the other hand, felt something weird deep in his chest, like a warm feeling that can’t be explained. There can only be one way to explain what it is, something he thought he‘d never be able to create on his own.

It was love.

Less then Stellar Reunion

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 10

Less then Stellar Reunion

Chrysalis kissed Cadence full on the lips, much to the princess’ surprise. She quickly pushed Chrysalis away. She spit as she tried to lose the horrid taste.

“what was…” she spit again. “why’d you do that?”

Chrysalis touched her lips and chuckled. A red wine-like taste. Lucky Armor. “you don’t remember, do you?”

A confused Cadence looked up at her. “remember what?”

Chrysalis sighed and walked over to one of the murals. This one showed Cadence and Armor using their magic on the Changelings. “that day 16 years ago?” she looked over to Cadence.

“what are you talking about?”

Chrysalis sighed and shook her head. “maybe this will help jog your memory.” Chrysalis grabbed her hair and held it back like it was being tied by a scrunchy. A confused Cadence looked at it then gasped when she finally figured it out.
Cadence {shocked}: “oh no. it can’t be… Chrysie?”

Chrysalis let got of her hair. “now you remember.” she reached over and grabbed the same crystal she showed Orochi. “16 years ago, to the day, you found a injured Changeling in the woods outside the Crystal Kingdom capital. You nursed it back to health and became friends with it, regardless of what the adults said. You were the first pony to ever show us any sympathy, even gave her love… and what did you do? Moved away to this drek of a city and met that stuck-up Shining Armor and his annoying little sister Twilight Sparkle.”

Cadence stood there, dumb-struck. The Changeling who launched 2 invasions on Canterlot, the one who kidnapped her and put her in the crystal caves, the one who put ponies into slavery. It was her childhood friend.

“and I must admit, I was surprised to find out the wedding I was planning on crashing turned out to be the one for you. Granted, like yourself, I didn’t realize it was you until I was flung half-way across the world into dragon lands. That, and that you had the same attitude back then as well.”

Cadence was dumb-struck by this. “Chrysie, I… how was I supposed to know that was you?”

Chrysalis flung the crystal over. It stopped just before Cadence’s neck and extended out and small blade out light, barely touching her. “Zip it. You already proven that you never cared about me. Not then. Not now.”

“that’s not true, I…”

Chrysalis shut her up by extending the little blade further, barely poking Cadence’s neck. “you’re lucky your with child, otherwise your head would be rolling on the floor by now.” she clapped her hooves, summoning in a couple of guards. “take her to her own quarters.” The guards nodded and walked over to Cadence.

She looked back at them with a mean sneer before looking back to Chrysalis. “I’ll stay with the rest of the prisoners.” She walked on out before Chrysalis could get a word in edge-wise. If that’s what she wanted, so be it. No skin off her back.

Trixie gasped when she saw the drunk unicorn standing above her. “dad…” the drunk unicorn chuckled and staggered over to her.

“you… little bitch…” he slurred. He slipped into the sand and still chuckled.

Trixie sat there, shaking in fear, as a curious Luna walked over. “Trixie? Are you all right?” she noticed the drunkard and got even more curious. “Who’s this?”

“ever since we found you in that ditch, my life has been nothing but a… *hiccup* a living hell.”

That made Luna angry. “Hey!” she stepped in front of Trixie to protect her. “Don’t talk about my wife like that! And who are you?”

“Me?” the Unicorn took another swig of his bourbon. “I’m the idiot who let that… bitch into our home. Raised her, fed her. And she gave us nothing but bad luck in return.”

Trixie gulped. “he’s my adopted father.” she shakingly said. “ever since he, Halo, and Zilver found me on the side of a road, they’ve all been blaming me for all the bad luck they got; well, everyone but Halo and Zil.”

Luna scoffed. “well, I can tell you that Trixie is no--”

“you stay out of this, you dumb bimbo.” he angrily slurred at the princess.

“Bimbo?” Luna exclaimed.

“Hey!” Trixie exclaimed. “nobody talks about my Luna like that.”

“and you shut up too, you jinx.” he wiped the alcohol from his mouth and chuckled. “I’m gonna enjoy this. Payback.” using what magic he could use, he pulled a knife out of nowhere.

Trixie went into shock, recognizing the knife as the one he used on her when she was a kid. Luna stepped in front of her to protect her, horn glowing blue. “stop right there!” she proclaimed in her Royal Canterlot Voice. “you take another step and I’ll personally place you under arrest.”

The drunkard scoffed and laughed. “try me. *hiccup*” he thrust the knife forward but he was so drunk, he missed by a mile. Luna used her magic to tie his legs together and hung him up like a pig at a barbeque.

“I warned you.” Luna smirked. Trixie hugged Luna, thanking her.

“this isn’t over.” he slurred. “I’ll get you eventually, you bitch.”

Trixie looked at Luna, hoping to say what she wanted to say as a new duchess. (I looked up my royalty. Trixie is technically a Duchess now, as Armor is also a Duke.) Luna nodded in approval. “yeah, dad? Well, let’s see how well you can do that when your spending life in jail.”

Shadow stormed into his house and shut the door on Dash, flattening her snout a bit. It extended back out and she knocked on the door.

“Shadow! Shadow, can we please talk?” Dash pleaded.

“Go away.”

“Shadow, please…”

“Just go away. I had enough heartache in my life. I don’t need more.”

Dash started to feel heartache as well. Could this be what Shadow felt back then? “Shadow…”

“just go away!”

Silent tears fell down Dash’s face as she gave up. “fine!” she exclaimed. “If you don’t want to talk about it, Fine! I don’t need you!” Dash turned and stormed off. Eris jumped down from her back and stayed where she landed. Soarin’ walked after his sister to try and convince her otherwise, leaving Scoots and Eris behind.

The 2 looked at each other, then to the door. “You thinking what I’m thinking?” Scootaloo asked. Eris hit her fists together, frightening Scoots a bit. “scary.”

“take him to the local prison and tell them to put him under lock and key.” Luna told the local police. They bowed to her and walked ff, dragging Trixie’s drunk adopted father behind them.

Halo and Zilver walked past them and ran over to Trixie. “we just heard.” Halo said, hugging his little sister.

“Are you okay?” Zil asked. Twilight and Applejack arrived just when Trixie let her brother go.

“I’m fine. I’m fine. Thankfully, Dad was too drunk to even leave a scratch. Besides, I have someone to protect me.” she looked at Luna and smiled.

Zilver looked back in their father’s direction. “what about him?”

“He’s gonna get life in jail for attacking royalty.” Luna said with a smirk.

“Oh, that’s right. Trixie’s a member of the royal family now.” Halo said, hitting himself in the head because he was incompetent.

That gave Zilver a wicked idea. “that means we’re also royal and that means th--”

“no!” everyone exclaimed, spoiling his mood.

“I’m royalty because my brother married Cadence but you don’t see me or Spike throwing it around.” Twi said. A.J. nodded in agreement.

“no, but Rarity.” Trixie sighed. Everyone sighed with her.

Shadow repeatedly hit his head against the wall. “stupid, stupid, stupid. Dash returned after all this time and what do I do? Treat her like crap. Ugh, I’m no better then those annoying trio of dragons that passed though here.” Shadow reached over to his picture stand and grabbed a picture of him and Dash at a carnival. He closed his eyes and hit the back of his head against the wall. “Stupid.”

“if you still love her, why did you treat her like that?” Scootaloo asked. He looked over and saw her standing in the door. Eris was being her usual interested self and explored Shadow’s place.

“how’d you get in?”

“you forgot to lock it but the question still stands.”

Shadow sighed as he looked at the picture. “guess I was surprised to see her here. To see you all here. And with Soarin’, too.” he tossed the picture away and sighed. “So, what’s new with those two? They getting ready to get married or something?”

Scootaloo was about to say something but decided to keep it to herself for now. Let Soarin’ being Dash’s brother a surprise. “no no. they broke it off.”

He was surprised to hear that and it showed on his face. “They what?”

“yeah. And it’s because of you. Dash loved you. She still does.” Shadow scoffed, not believing a word she said. “it’s true. You know what happened when you disappeared? She tried to commit Suicide.”

“She what?”

“yeah. She was so distrat that you left that she threw herself off a cliff with her wings tied. She loved you but she didn’t want to tell Soarin’ because of what he might do if his heart was broken. She never took her heart into account.” a loud crash came from the kitchen. They both looked in to see a pot scraping across the floor. “oh, brother. Eris!” Scootaloo walked in and took the pot off the baby. “you know better then to do that.”

“who the… what the… who is that?” a confused Shadow asked.

“oh, right. Shadow. This is Eris. Eris, meet Storm Shadow.”

In her usual cheerful matter, Eris waved to him. “hi, Storm Shadow.”

Shadow nervously waved back. “who is she?”

“I just told you. Her name is Eris.” Scootaloo grabbed her and placed the baby on her back. “Dash’s daughter.”

“Daughter?!?”

“well, adopted daughter. We found her after I was able to stop Dash from killing herself. It was thanks to her that Dash was able to move on. After you left and broke her heart.”

Shadow looked away and sighed. “she really loved me?”

“she did. She still does. And if you love her, you’ll go talk to her.” Scootaloo left with Eris on her back and closed the door behind her.

Shadow walked back out into the living room and grabbed the picture he threw. “Dash…”

Celestia walked back to the refugees at the train station and sighed. “they won’t like this.” she sighed. She walked into view, getting the attention of all the ponies.

“So? How’s it go?” Sora asked.

“well, good news is that they have buildings for us to take shelter.” the refugees cheered but Celestia stopped them. “but… the bad news is that there isn’t enough for all of us.” the crowd moaned and got a bit sad.

The humans looked at each other and came up with the same idea. “you guys keep the buildings. We’ll camp outside.” Lloyd said.

“are you sure? We don’t want to inconvenience you.” Fluttershy said.

“we camp all the time back home. This is nothing different.” Gourry said.

“besides, this town has no snow and is surprisingly warm. We’ll survive.” Ash said. “plus, Req and the injured will be stuck at the hospital for awhile so more room for you guys.”

Celestia felt touched by their sacrifice and generosity. “thank you. We don’t know how we’ll repay you.”

“it’s nothing. You’d do the same if it was one of our worlds.” Riku said. Marble shrugged in agreement. That’s true.

Dinky shook in fear as she found herself a few feet away from a slumbering Oscurita. “oh no. oh no oh no oh no.” she slowly backed up, careful not to make any noise. She accidentally brushed up against a rock, causing it to fall over the side, creating a lot of noise among the way. She winced, hoping he didn’t hear that. She nervously looked up and saw that it didn’t wake him up. She breathed a sigh of relief, not aware of the tail moving behind her.

Oscurita’s tail crashed into the ground behind her, scaring her as it snarled around her and picked her up. She struggled to get loose as she was brought to his shadow-less face. Derpy froze in fear when she saw the size of his teeth. “p-p-p-please don’t eat me.” Oscurita snarled, baring his teeth for her to see. She gulped and closed her eyes hard.

Oscurita snarled and brought her close to his mouth when something reflected in his eyes, coming from her chest. He looked and saw a golden ring being held around her neck like a necklace. The slits in his eyes went wide as he recognized it.

Dinky popped open one eye to see his eyes go wide and his growl soften. She looked down at the necklace then back up to him. “what, you like gold? Or did my cuteness overwhelm you?” Oscurita didn’t reply but instead lowered Dinky back to the ground and let her go. She delightfully gasped and kissed the ground. “thank you. You know, you’re not as bad as Jax and her friends say you are. You have compassion. You care about some ponies.” Dinky ran off, glad to have gotten out of this alive.

Oscurita laid back on the mountain and snorted. If only she knew.

Author’s Notes.
Keep in mind the chapter name. these are all reunions so how are Dinky and Oscurita a part of this? Go ahead and guess, throw out those wild speculations.

Dawn of the Winter War

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 22

Dawn of the Winter War

A Gryphon child living in the port town on the massive river woke up to the sound of rumbling. And not just him, every person living in town. He crawled on his bed to the window and opened it wide.

Begin Song:

Put the Feelings to the Sky - Tales of Graces OST.

0:00.

The train, all geared up for war, rolled along the tracks from Feather Top and over to the other side of the river. Inside each car, every soldier willing to fight to save the world.

Req, Riku, and Gourry sat on top of the train, waiting for the moment.

The rumbling still came but it wasn’t from the train. So where it was coming from? The Gryphon looked to the streets. It wasn’t coming from there. He and everyone in town looked up.

0:29.

A Airship flew down close to the town and off over the river. Another Airship followed it, then another, then another.

The entire fleet passed over, each one loaded to bear. The droning sound of the fan-blades filled the air as they zoomed over.

The flagship of the fleet, the fanciest one, grazed just a few feet above the river before flying up to take the helm.

0:50.

Celestia stood at the front most section of the ship. Chrysalis better be prepared cause one way or another, she is going to take her country back.

She heard growling to her left. She looked and saw toothless, with Hiccup on top, jump over the side. He unfurled his wings and took flight. He hovered just a few feet beneath the bow. Satoshi and Fox jumped off and landed on Toothless’s back.

Toothless banked left and down to the train. The trio on the dragon looked to the trio on the train. All 7 of them nodded in unison.

Riku pulled out his baton and broke it in half. He jumped off the train, forming the Light Cycle in mid-air before in landed on the bridge. Requiem and Gourry jumped off and landed on top of it.

1:13.

Riku revved the engine and took off.

The cycle jumped over the rails and in front of the train and zoomed off ahead of it. Toothless roared and flew on after the bike. Their Destination: Ponyville.

The Winter War has truly begun.

1:33. End Song.