Author's Note

This is the longest chapter in my book, as you keep reading... don’t get mad at my bad rhyming.😅

The Attack

Ever since Mantis helped Coco and Moonlight get home, every pony was paranoid that Chrysalis would attack. But after three weeks, they started to stop being worried. Things were good for a while. Moonlight started dating Mantis, Coco had her fifth birthday, and every pony was getting used to having Mantis around the house. Then somepony came to visit..

“Celestia!”, Twilight shrieked, “What are you doing here?!”

“I figured,”, Celestia responded, “that I should meet Mantis. It has been several weeks since he saved Moonlight and Coco.

“Hey Manty!”, Moonlight yelled into the other room, “The princess wants to meet with you!”

“I thought you said you would not call me that.”, he grumbled as he walked into the room.

“Greetings, Mantis. Or should I say, Manty?”, she added that last part so only Moonlight could hear.

Moonlight laughed very hard. At least until Mantis gave her his death glare.

“Would you like some tea, princess?”, Fluttershy asked. And with that, Celestia, Discord, and Fluttershy left the room. Leaving Coco, Moonlight, Mantis, Mothball, and Screwball in the living room. Suddenly, there was a big BOOM and the roof collapsed on those in the living room. Every pony rushed in from the dining room to see every pony struggling in the rubble.

“What happened?!”, Discord demanded, helping Screwball and Coco out of the rubble.

“I don’t know!”, Mothball coughed. He helped Moonlight out and she did a head count.

“Wait where is Mantis?!”, she yelled.

They searched and searched, but to no avail. Discord removed the rubble, but he was no where to be found. Celestia left to go to Canterlot.

“He must have ditched!”, Coco said.

“But why?”, Moonlight thought.

“I’m sorry for questioning your methods my queen, but why did we cave their roof in?”, a Changeling asked.

“I caved their roof in so that we could get them dented before fighting them.”, Chrysalis responded angrily.

She spun around when she heard rustling in the bushes behind her. Mantis then emerged out of the bushes. Then he transformed into another female changeling.

“Did they see you leave?”, Chrysalis asked her.

“No, my queen.”, she replied, “Anything to get back at Mantis for stripping me of my rank.”

“I knew you would be capable of ponynapping Mantis.”, Chrysalis stated, “But how did you replace him without Screwball knowing?”

“Oh, I simply used the fact she was so grateful and the fact that he too is a changeling.”, she answered simply, “So, what did you do with Mantis?”

“Oh, let’s just say, I had some friends come ‘meet’ him.”, she laughed cruelly.

“I knew he was a traitor!”, Rainbow said simply.

“He’s not a traitor!”, Moonlight argued.

This fight had been going on ever since Mantis disappeared.

“Oh, I don’t feel too good..”, Moonlight thought. Then, suddenly, Moonlight collapsed.

“Moony!”, Coco shouted, being the first to notice.

Every pony rushed over to her unconscious body.

“She’s so cold and practically lifeless.”, Coco told Mothball.

“Cold and-”, Mothball gasped, realizing what happened to his daughter, “We need to take her to Zecora’s!”

The entire party rushed over to Zecora’s house. Every pony knocked.

“Who is knocking at this hour?”, she asked, opening the door, “Why Mothball, why do you look so sour?”

He showed her Moonlight and her expression switched to those of every pony before her.

“Come in, ”, she told everyone in front of her, “lie her on my bed. Do tell me what has hurt her head.”

“Well, we don’t really know.”, Applejack muttered.

“I think I know what happened”, Mothball spoke up.

“I do have a thought .”, Zecora also said, “But you’ll have to tell me yours for me to be bought.”

“I think Mantis drained her powers.”, Mothball said, which made ever pony except Discord and Zecora gasp.

“Yes, she is as cold as Screwball”, Zecora said, felling her head, “When she was brought by Mothball.”

“Can you help her?”, Coco asked.

“Of course .”, she replied, “But please, do not shout yourselves hoarse. Come in and have some tea. It is hot, so don’t drink it quickly.”

So she led them all into the house and poured them each some tea as Mothball placed Moonlight on the bed. Once they all got tea, chocolate milk for Mothball, she made a batch of soup.

“What are you making?”, Pinkie asked.

“Zecora is making a soup for Moonlight”, Mothball answered.

“Do not fret”, Zecora said, holding a bowl full of soup, “Mothball is correct.”

She motioned for Mothball to come help her give Moonlight the medicine.

Then, two ponies burst through into Zecora’s hut.

“Aqua Fresh? Lightning Dash? What are you two doing here?”, Screwball asked.

“We need you!”, Aqua shrieked, “All of you!”

“Why?”, they all asked.

“The changelings are attacking!”, Lightning yelled.

Every pony except Moonlight left Zecora’s hut and sprinted to Ponyville to see it in chaos. Changelings were everywhere. Right in the center was...

“Chrysalis!”, Discord yelled across the battlefield.

“Ahh, Dissy!”, Chrysalis said, trotting over to them, “I thought you weren’t going to come! Especially after that roof incident..”

Discord growled at her. Behind him, he heard another, drowsy voice.

“I came as soon as I co...could”, Moonlight said to her mother.

“But you were supposed to stay with Zecora!”, Screwball yelled in disapproval.

Seeing her chance, Chrysalis shot a beam straight at Moonlight.

“Moony!”, Coco shouted, “look out!”

Moonlight braced for a blow, but it did not come. She opened her eyes to see Chrysalis’s beam was being counter attacked by another, weaker beam. Her eyes followed the beam to her the source and she saw..

“Mantis!”, she cried running up to him. The closer she got, the more she could see of Mantis. He was limping, his horn was slightly broken, he had a black eye, and bruises all over his body.

“Mantis, What happened?”, she asked.

Let’s just say Chrysalis had me meet some of her friends”, he answered gruffly.

She and Mantis trotted down to where every pony, even Chrysalis was watching.

“Mantis!”, Chrysalis spat, “Why aren’t you hanging out with my friends?”

“Your ‘friends’ got bored.”, Mantis replied, “Sorry, But I think they need a new rag doll.”

This made Chrysalis even more mad. She launched herself at Discord who also launched at her, and the battle commenced.

Mantis was fighting another changeling general, Moonlight and Coco we’re blasting changelings with Mothball and Screwball, and the main six where fighting copies of themselves. Chrysalis was thrown into a building by Discord, when she saw her chance to get back at Discord, Mothball, and Mantis in one fell swoop. She shot another beam at Moonlight, who was too busy fighting to notice.

“Ha! You missed!”, Discord laughed.

“I never miss.”, she said pointing at Moonlight.

Moonlight saw this beam to late. But..

“Mantis! No!”, she yelled seeing the changeling sprinting towards her.

-zrrrrr!-

Mantis flipped through the air and landed a few feet away from Moonlight.

“No!”, Moonlight cried as she flew over to him.

“Mantis, Mantis! Wake up!”, she cried, picking him up.

-cough-cough-

“Mantis?”,

“Moony...”, he whispered, opening his good eye.

“Ha, Mantis.”, Moonlight laughed, “ You have to stop saving me, it gets you hurt!”

“I saved you, because I love you.”, he said, And with that Mantis pulled her down into a kiss.

Then, there was a blinding light, and Mantis was replaced with a cocoon.

“Daddy! What is happening!”, Moonlight yelled to her father. She touched the cocoon and it burst open with another pulse of light. Mantis emerged with no more injuries and his appearance changed dramatically. He was now green, orange, and purple instead of black and turquoise.

“Whoa, what the heck?”, Coco muttered in amazement.

“But, how?! That blast was supposed to kill whoever got hit by it!”, Chrysalis said, confused.

“Hey, Mothy..”, Screwball asked, “how come you didn’t do that?”

“I have no idea..”, Mothball replied.

“Mantis?”, Moonlight asked.

“I feel fine.. great actually....”, he told her, looking at himself, “But What happened?”

“WE DO NOT KNOW!”, Chrysalis yelled at them, “Can we just get on with the fight!?”

“Yes. We. Can!”, Mantis said. Then, he blasted her with all his might.

“Whoa.”, Rainbow muttered.

“Uhh, you blasted her about a mile away..”, Discord calculated.

Just as he finished his sentence, another, purple, blast came shooting from the direction Mantis blasted Chrysalis. Mantis transformed into an Ursa Major and grabbed everyone out of the way. Then he ran off, still as an Ursa Major, towards an oncoming ‘Ursa Chrysalis’. There were a series of blasts and one of the Ursa Majors came back, dragging the other behind it. They both transformed back and, to everyone’s relief, saw it was Mantis who was dragging Chrysalis.

“Well that was fast.”, Moonlight said, dazed.

“And easy.”, Mantis added, “I never knew she could be so easy to beat.”

“Seriously?”, Discord mumbled.

“Oh, stop it, Daddy.”, Screwball told him, “When you fought her, you didn’t have your powers.”

“Okay, Okay.”, Discord stopped her, “Well, what are we going to do with her? She never listens when we exile her.”

“Uh.. well, we could have the princesses put a force field around it, keeping her in.”, Mantis suggested.

“Good idea.”, Twilight agreed, “I’ll send word to the princesses.”

So Twilight left, with Chrysalis’s unconscious body in tow. The rest of the main six left and the rest went to go see what the damage was. Then, it was just Moonlight and Mantis. Then they kissed for a second time. When they let go, Mantis got down on one hoof.

“What are you-”, she started. Then she gasped when he brought out a black box...

“Moonlight, will you marry me?”, he asked, opening the box to reveal a shiny ring with a moon-shaped diamond in the middle.

“Oh, Mantis”, she started, but was cut off.

“I know it’s early and I know I’m a changeling. But my love for you will never change.”, he said.

She said nothing.

“Too cheesy?”, he asked her.

“Yup.”, she replied and kissed him again whispering, “I do.”.

Little did they know, Mothball and Discord we’re watching. When she said I do, they practically exploded.

“Whoooo!”, Mothball yelled.

“Another day, another wedding!”, Discord cheered. Then they all laughed till they decided to go home and fix the roof. Together.