A Drago of Dragons
I Should Have Known
Previous ChapterNext ChapterIn the dream, it appeared to be a few hours after I logged out. Me, as Harbringer, was planning the rest of the wedding. As that said, it was all going well, and everything went on time, Twilight showing up to decree that she was not going to stand by 'Cadence' and neither should Shining. 'Cadence' did her thing, although braking character at first, but quickly correcting it. I was hidden behind a pillar in the room nearest the farest corner away from everything else. Everypony left the room, only me, Twilight, and 'Cadence' were left inside. "I'm sorry!" Twilight said as 'Cadence' grew near.
"You will be." 'Cadence' said as flames came from the ground and consumed Twilight, sending her to the Crystal Caverns. That idiot. I told her not to send her there with Cadence.
I was about to wake up then, I could tell because everything went black. I waited for a while but, nothing, I was still there. "Well shit" I said, noticing the weirdness of my voice. I looked down, I saw hooves, black hooves. ...... I tried flicking, but hey, hooves! So I just tapped one against the other, and to nobody's surprise, I felt it. "Well... I guess this is happening now huh?" It was only a matter of time. Didn't actually knew what I was thinking, 'suddenly, my computer takes me from "Dragon's Life" and put is in Equestria.' Of course it would displace me here one day when I sleep! *Sigh* But, where is here? All around me was nothing but the darkness of what looked like a cave, Think Connect, think! What to do. A bight flash. I was blinded for a brief second. Then as quickly as it came, it was gone, leaving me flat out on my back in the Crystal Caverns with Twilight looking at me confused as hell. "Oh no. Harbringer!" she quickly got over her confusion, as you can tell. "She got you too!" I wasn't feeling anything. Nothing except the coldness of the cavern on my back.
"Uhhg, where am I?" Huh? My voice is a nice tone of deep.
"The caves beneath Canterlot, once home to greedy unicorns who wanted to claim the gems that could be found inside." A reflection of 'Cadence' said echoing around us. "And now, your prison."
Twilight started panicking. I just laid there trying to get up. And easily doing that. It was much easier to do this than others make it out to seem. "It's no use. No one can hear you. And no one will ever think to look for you, either. Most ponies have forgotten that these caves even exist, which is why they are the ideal place to keep the ones who try to interfere with my plans." The reflection laughed.
"Plans? What plans?"
"The plans I have for your brother, of course."
"Don't you dare do anything to my brother, you... you monster!"
""Only way to stop me is to catch me!" I just stood there, watching as Twilight time after time blast magic at the crystals. "Over here! Nope, over here!" After blowing that one up, it revealed Cadence all bruised up.
"No! Wait! Ugh! Please! Don't hurt me!" She said. "Twilight, it's me! Please, you have to believe me. I've been imprisoned like you. The Cadance who brought you down here was an imposter."
"Likely story!" Twilight glared, "now, clench your teeth."
"Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake. Clap your hooves..." Cadence began the ritual of the ladybugs. "...and do a little shake." Twilight joined in, finishing the ritual. "You remember me!"
"Of course I do. How could I forget the filly I love to sit for the most?" They hugged. But the meeting was cut short as the laugh of Chrysalis echoing. "We have to get out of here. We have to stop her!"
Above us, was Celestia giving vows.
"Oh, we're never going to save him." Cadence slumped.
"We will. We just have to find..." Twilight looked around for something, anything to get out, "There!" she pointed at a opening producing light.
When we got there, waiting for us were Minuette, Lyra Heartstrings, and Twinkleshine, who all said, "You're not going anywhere." with green glowing light behind their eyes. Might as well try now. I began to think how to talk inwardly. I just settled on thinking of their names.
To Minuette, Lyra, and Twinkleshine: Go away.
As soon as it was said, they began to spaz out before just falling to the ground.
"Wha- what happened?" Cadence asked.
"No time to ask!" Twilight yelled frantically. "Just go!"
Up Above
"Princess Cadance and Shining Armor, it is my great pleasure to pronounce you–"
*BANG*
The door at the other side of the hall slammed open to reveal Twilight and me.
"Stop!" Twilight yelled.
"Ugh! Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother?" 'Cadence' sobbed, "Why does she have to ruin my special day?"
"Because it's not your special day!" Cadence run through us into the front, "It's mine!"
"What? But how did you escape my bridesmaids?" Chrysalis shocked.
"They just, dropped dead."
"Wha-? You traitor!"
" Ah- ah don't understand. How can there be two of 'em?" Applejack ponited.
"She's a changeling. She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them." Cadence explained
And at that moment, green flames roared around Chrysalis, revealing her true form. She laughed, "Right you are, Princess. And as queen of the changelings, it is up to me to find food for my subjects. Equestria has more love than any place I've ever encountered. My fellow changelings will be able to devour so much of it that we will gain more power than we have ever dreamed of!"
"They'll never get the chance! Shining Armor's protection spell will keep them from ever even reaching us!"
"Oh, I doubt that. Isn't that right, dear?" Shining nodded absentmindedly. Cadence stepped forward, "Ah, ah, ah. Don't want to go back to the caves, now do you? Ever since I took your place, I've been feeding off Shining Armor's love for you. Every moment he grows weaker and so does his spell. Even now, my minions are chipping away at it." Chrysalis laughed maniacally, "He may not be my husband, but he is under my total control now." Beside me, Twilight and Cadence gasped. "And, I'm sorry to say, unable to perform his duties as captain of the Royal Guard."
"Not my Shining Armor!"
"Soon, my changeling army will break through. First, we take Canterlot. And then, all of Equestria!"
"No. You won't." Oh look, the amazing Celestia doing something now, "You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now that you have so foolishly revealed your true self, I can protect my subjects from you!" They shot death beams at each other, Chrysalis ultimately won. "Ah! Shining Armor's love for you is even stronger than I thought! Consuming it has made me even more powerful than Celestia!"
"The Elements of Harmony." Celestia coughed. "You must get to them and use their power to defeat the queen."
Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rainbow, and Rarity all raced outside. "You can run, but you can't hide!" Outside, was the insanely loud sound of glass shattering. Everypony went into a panic. "Ahhh finally." Chrysalis said. "Go my children! Feed." Chrysalis noticed that I was still in the giant doorway. She glared. "Get him." Five changelings entered the room by two different methods, who then attacked me. As the first one got close, I instinctively jumped on him and begun giving him multiple punches onto his back, he went down instantly. The rest hissed. Two more came, I grabbed the hoof of one and threw it into the other. Another just went at me, I just flipped him into the floor. The last one, hissed, and retreated, but not before giving Cadence a sleep spell.
"You impress me little colt." Chrysalis slow clapped. "From earlier, I can tell that no spell I try to cast on you will affect you, am I right?"
I winked, "That's right."
"Well," She walked over to Cadence, wrapping her up in green goo, "the only reason i am not immediately sending more of my offspring against you is because I actually do care for my children."
"Wonderful."
"Yes... quite."
"Anyway, I will be over there waiting for something else to happen"
"You won't get away with this! Twilight and her friends will–" Cadence shut up when the door opened to reveal Twilight and her friends.
"You were saying?" Chrysalis smirked. "You do realize the reception's been cancelled, don't you? Go! Feed!"
"It's funny, really. Twilight here was suspicious of my behavior all along. Too bad the rest of you were too caught up in your wedding planning to realize those suspicions were correct!" Chrysalis Laughed. "And Harbringer as been helping me all until now."
"Harbringer!" Twilight yelled. Chrysalis did another musical number.
While everyling was not focused on her, Twilight went up and freed Cadence from her prison. "Quick! Go to him while you still have the chance!" Cadence went over to Shining, after making this weird sound, the green glow from his eyes left. "Wha– where... huh? Is...is the wedding over?" he asked.
"It's all over!"
"Your spell! Perform your spell!" Shining visibly strained at trying.
"No! My power is useless now. I don't have the strength to repel them."
Cadence nuzzled him, "My love will give you strength."
"What a lovely but absolutely ridiculous sentiment." Chrysalis turned back towards the window, missing the powerful, bright pink, purple and white whirlwind of magic that lifts the couple into the air and shakes the room.
*BOOM*
The magic spread outwards. Kicking Chrysalis out and giving me this weird feeling, as it passed harmlessly through me. Outside, all of the changelings that were there are now being tossed through the air of pink magic. After they all congratulated each other, they all turned on me. "Harbringer~" Twilight groaned. I know that magic don't affect me, but I'm sure that physical attacks can. I smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah?"
"We will talk about this later."
There was a wedding. The true wedding, with the real Cadence. After the after-party, me, not actually knowing how to reset myself, just oped to ride on the train with Twilight.
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