Shadow Dawn

Shadow Dawn

The Elements of Harmony, and their precious princess had finally bitten off more than they could chew.
So thought Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings. Her plan had been perfect. Impersonate that weakling foal, Twilight Sparkle, and then make her move against the Princess at midnight, when she was known to be weakest. It hadn’t all gone to plan, of course, and the “Element of Magic” had escaped before the dark queen could trap her, but still, bound against the wall, with her Friends and Princess by ropes of secretion at the heart of her new realm was good, now she could draw directly on the love they all held for each other. Casually, she stepped towards the lavender Mare, and slashed at her face with a clawed hoof, hoping to draw sustenance from the shared pain, but instead, something very different happened.

“STAY THE BUCK AWAY FROM HER YOU BEAST!The Royal Canterlot Voice ripped through the main dining room where the confrontation had finally taken place, and the parasitic queen felt herself blasted away from the Pony, and hit the wall on the far side, leaving an indent where she impacted. Hissing in anger, she dropped to the floor and looked towards the bound princess, Celestia, who regally raised an eyebrow and then shrugged.
The message could not have been clearer, but that was impossible, since every Changeling knew that there was only one being capable of unleashing the Royal Canterlot Voice, and she was bound against a wall.

Twilight Sparkle glanced up into the shadows of the rafters, looked at the Changeling queen, and began to laugh, infuriating her. “You really didn’t think this through, did you?” the Pony chuckled. “You don’t know what to anticipate. Oh, and by the way, you do realise these bonds are just for show, don’t you? I kinda escaped them half an hour ago.”
“Of course I anticipated everything! I attacked when your pathetic princess was weakest, Midnight, I impersonated you, and I bound all of you within my sight! Wait, Wha-” Was as far as Chrysalis got. Twilight nimbly stepped free of her bonds, and shot an arching lightning bolt towards the queen, who deflected it easily. As Twilight grinned, she realised her mistake. Many thing then happened at once. The bolt of lightning split into six, burning away the bonds holding the remaining Ponies down, who all leapt to the floor, ready to fight; a raging Battle between changelings, and the Royal Guards burst through the doors, ignorant of the rubble surrounding them, as the Ponies attacked furiously; A combat formation of six Night Guards dropped down from the roof, forming a circle with a space in the middle, only to be immediately countered by twelve of Chrysalis’ guards rising from the floor encircling the circle, only to quickly retreat as the Night Guards attacked with no mercy for their hated foes; and Finally, the Princess of the Night dropped to the floor, shooting a bolt of Night Magic at the Queen so powerful that Twilight instinctively recoiled and flattened her ears. The seven former prisoners all recognised her, and called out her name in relieved Unison.

“Princess Luna!”

Author’s Note:
I don’t own any of the material in this story aside from the Idea, all rights are owned by their respective owners.

Anyway, I thought I’d chuck you in straight at the deep end with this one. There will be a prequel explaining how this came to be, but I don’t know if it should be a future chapter or a story on its own. Anyway, stick around and see how this turns out. Will The Ponies win, does Canterlot survive, and what happens afterwards. We shall see.