The Tale of Harvey Scald
Chapter 2
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAfter Harvey and the two ponies escaped their prison, they ran down a hallway but five changelings emerged from inanimate objects and startled Harvey. He accidentally decapitated one of the changelings out of fear. Green blood spurted from the stump that once supported the changeling's head with the head frozen with a look of terror as it hit the floor. The other changelings had a look of anger and shock.
Harvey chuckled nervously and said, "Whoops, sorry about your friend there. I get a bit jumpy under stress."
One of the changelings said, "Get back into your prison or we will use force. Our queen is not to be disturbed."
Twilight's horn lit up and said, "Get out of my way! You can't stop me from saving my brother."
Cadence followed suit and said, "This is supposed to be my wedding, I won't let you ruin it!"
Harvey saw the interactions and thought, "Wow, drama queens much. Then again I did decapitate one of those bug creatures without warning. Bah, nevermind I'll just do what I do best." Harvey then stood with an intimidating pose with his rapier facing the changelings and said, "Unless you want to end up like your friend there, I suggest you listen to the ladies."
One of the changelings yelled, "You will pay for killing our comrade you monster!" The changeling charged at Harvey but he was soon decapitated by an elegant rapier attack landed by Harvey.
Harvey said with a smirk, "It's always the hard way isn't it. Stand back ladies, things are about to get messy."
Twilight said, "Who put you in charge?"
Harvey ignored the protest as he dashed forward. The changelings fired magical beams but Harvey deflected them with his rapier. He saw that there were only three changelings left and came up with a plan. Harvey ran right in the middle of all three changelings but right before they fired their magic, he leaped on top of one of the changelings as the other two accidentally killed each other with their magic. Thankfully Twilight and Cadence dodged the third magical beam.
Harvey took out his crossbow and pointed it on the changelings head. He then said, "Jackpot." Harvey then pulled the trigger and an arrow shot right through the changeling's brain with chunks of it going everywhere. As the changeling's corpse collapsed onto the ground, Harvey dismounted the corpse and asked, "Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on here?"
Twilight said, "I thought you knew."
Harvey said, "Fuck no, I've only been here for five minutes."
Twilight then answered, "These creatures are all changelings, they feed off of love and since a royal wedding produces a lot of love, they chose to invade this place to gather enough strength to invade our country and enslave us to drain us of every last drop of love."
Harvey said, "Wait a minute, there's a royal wedding going on? That means tall, pink, and cranky over here is a princess and your brother's a prince?"
Twilight said, "Well my brother isn't really a prince yet..."
Harvey raised an eyebrow and then laughed. He then said, "Oh wow, a princess marrying a commoner. That's just a whole load of gossip and deception just waiting to happen. Just like the Orlesian Court. No wonder this wedding has been crashed."
Cadence looked furious and said, "Don't you talk about my future husband that way! If you say something like that again, I'm gonna kick your ass from here to wherever you came from!"
Harvey then said with sarcasm, "Oh I'd love to go back home. Go ahead, kick my ass."
As Cadence began to walk towards Harvey, Twilight stopped her and said, "We don't have time for this, we have to hurry before Shining Armor kisses Chrysalis."
Cadence then had a look of panic and yelled as she ran, "I'm coming Shining!"
Harvey and Twilight ran after Cadence. Harvey then ran close to Twilight and said, "Thanks for saving my ass back there. If you hadn't stopped her, I would've needed healing magic just for my rump."
Twilight responded, "No matter how annoying you may be, you still saved our flanks and for that I may consider you my friend."
Harvey said, "Thanks purple smart. Now let's get to that wedding before your brother accidentally marries an ugly bug."
At the wedding, there were to rows of benches where the guests sat in and at the altar stood fake Cadence and Shining Armor. The priest looked like the pope or maybe a divine of the Chantry. Princess Celestia and Luna stood and watched not too far from the left of the Altar. The guests included the rest of the Mane Six and the parents of Shining Armor and Twilight.
The priest said, "You may now kiss the bride."
Just before fake Cadence kissed Shining Armor, the doors swung wide open revealing the real Cadence saying, "Stop! That's not the real Cadence, I am!"
Everyone gasped except for fake Cadence and she thought, "Not now! I'm so close to taking over this wretched country."
Everypony gasped again when they saw Harvey and Twilight run behind Cadence. Harvey said, "What, is there something on my face?"
Twilight said, "This claim is true because the Cadence on that altar is not Cadence, it is a changeling."
Somepony said, "But you said that earlier."
Twilight said, "I assure you that I am right."
Harvey drawn his rapier from his sheathe and said, "I'm only askin' you once bug queen, reveal your true form or I'll kill you anyway."
The fake Cadence clapped her hooves and said as she transformed into her true form, "Bravo, you really outdone yourself Twilight. You even went as far as to entrust a killer to take me down." Everypony gasped at the grotesque sight that was Chrysalis.
Everypony gasped again and Harvey asked, "Oh come on, what's a few dead changelings to you?"
Harvey immediately regretted his remark as Chrysalis yelled as she pushed aside Shining Armor, "THEY WERE MY BABIES, MY CHILDREN!! I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER!" She then shot a huge beam of magic towards Harvey. An army of changelings then bursted through the huge window behind the altar. A brawl soon ensued between the changelings and the ponies.
The Twilight and Cadence behind Harvey didn't budge but were frozen with fear. Harvey began to panick as he rummaged through his pockets and thought frantically, "Come on, come on, where's that damn amulet of magic resistance." Just before the beam hit Harvey, he held the amulet of magic resistance in front of him and when the beam hit it, it conjured a blue barrier protecting Harvey, Cadence, and Twilight. The amulet broke to peices when the beam was gone. Harvey then picked up his rapier that he dropped and coated it with a strange liquid from the green flask on his belt. Harvey then bluffed by saying, "Hey Chrissy, you missed."
Chrysalis's eyes were wide and said, "Impossible, you should have died!"
Harvey snickered and said, "Let's just say I'm not a one trick pony." He then realized what he said and thought, "Wow that was a bad joke. I hope nobody noticed that one." He then pointed his rapier at Chrysalis and said, "Let's finish this Chrissy, you and me."
Twilight said to Harvey, "But that's suicide."
Cadence also said to Harvey, "You can't take her alone, she's fed off of too much love. She'll kill you."
Harvey smirked and said, "Don't worry, I know exactly how to take her down." With this he received confused looks from Twilight and Cadence.
Chrysalis grabbed a sword out of seemingly nowhere and said, "Fight me murderer, let us see who's stronger."
Harvey then ran towards Chrysalis and swiped his rapier at Chrysalis but she parried the blow. Harvey then swiped left but still got parried. This endless cycle of parrying continued until Harvey punched Chrysalis in the face and did a double slash down her chest that formed an X. Chrysalis screamed in pain and swung her sword at Harvey again but it was his turn to parry Chrysalis's attacks. Chrysalis eventually began to feel weaker and Harvey saw another opening as he slashed her legs. Chrysalis let out a pained yell as she crouched to the floor and dropped her sword as her magic grip on it faded.
Chrysalis had a look of horror as she discovered she couldn't move or use her magic. She then asked Harvey, "What have you done to me?!"
Harvey said, "It's simple really, I poisoned you and now you're completely helpless."
Chrysalis then pleaded, "Please don't kill me. All I wanted was to feed my hive, was that so wrong?! Do I deserve death for trying to feed my children, my kingdom?!"
Harvey then contemplated his next action and said, "Hmm..."
Press X to kill Chrysalis. Press B to spare Chrysalis.
Author's Note
Be careful what you choose because this decision could change the future of this story and once this decision is made, there's no turning back. What will you choose?
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