The Curse of Undeath

Chapter 6: Crashed weddings, secrets, and a family reunion

The girls all walk through the portal, arriving at the very top of the Citadel one by one until they all stand there together, taking in the sight. Rarity looks at the floor and is distracted by the sheer beauty of it and says, "Oh wow this floor is designed so intricately, look at the emblem in the center of the floor! I can't imagine how much work it took to get this level of detail in this floor."

Twilight looks around for anything else of interest and notices a set of stairs ahead and follows them up, until stopping at a strange being sitting in a throne at the very top of the stairs with the tip of a sword on the floor and both their hands resting on the hilt, with their elbows resting on their knees and leaning forward slightly with his eyes closed. Instinctively, she starts backing up bit by bit until she bumps into Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow feels Twilight bump into her and says, "Hey, what is the big idea Twilight? Why did you back up into me so suddenly?" She follows her gaze and then follows her as she continues to back up a little bit further and stops saying, "Oh wow, so the story was true after all. Girls, I think it would be wise to stand where we are because somepony is imprisoned in that throne at the top of the stairs."

Fluttershy stops looking out at the breathtaking view from the top of the citadel and looks at the top of the stairs and says, "Oh my heavens, the scary king does actually exist!" She then turns around and hides behind the other girls, looking at him with one eye peeking out from behind Applejack's hip.

Rarity stares at the imprisoned being known as Arthas and says to Twilight, "Umm dear, we have successfully found out if he exists and is still imprisoned. Do you think we can get out of this place and return to Ponyville before he wakes up?"

Twilight sighs in disappointment, actually hoping to be able to ask him questions. She then answers Rarity saying, "Yeah, I think that is all we can do since it is not possible to ask him questions while he is like that." She then turns around and tries to step onto the portal to return to the lower level and go back home, but discovers that it isn't working and tries to examine it with her magic

Arthas decides to have a little fun with them without breaking free from the ice and uses a little magic to make his thoughts heard out loud, and amplifies them a little to be a little more intimidating and says, "Where do you ponies think you are going!? You have questions for the Lich King of Icecrown Citadel, very well then. I shall reward you for your bravery coming to where the undead scourge bow to only one leader."

Fluttershy panics and her whole body locks up and she falls backwards and lands on her back in sheer terror as everypony turns around to look at the only male around them. Thinking he broke free, they are relieved to see that he is still inside the ice.

Twilight turns to look at the frozen king as her eyes begin to shrink to pinpricks and says, "Did you just say something, Your Highness?"

He decides to act friendly towards them just to get answers he needs from them and internally chuckles saying, "I have just made my thoughts heard out loud is all, and amplified it a little bit. Unfortunately, my body is not able to break free from this prison of ice that I am currently in. My mind has only recently awoken. So tell me young ponies, how many years has gone by since today?

Unable to resist the opportunity to speak and get answers to her own questions, she says, "It has been just over a thousand years since Princess Celestia and Princess Luna have defeated you. Can you tell me more about you, this place, and what happened in the past?"

Arthas responds to her and says, "I am impressed that they managed to keep me imprisoned for this long, but they didn't defeat me. I let them imprison me because I was simply just bored and didn't have anybody else to study and terrify at the moment. To answer your questions, first tell me what you do know. How have you managed to find this place? Is it common knowledge that this place exists or...did it get forgotten to time?"

Twilight ignores the pony tapping on her shoulder and answers him saying, "Well I first heard of this place through a couple of books just over a year ago, after that I heard from Discord that somepony named Professor Putricide created him and his sister by experimenting with artificial life. Before Discord told me anything, my mentor Princess Celestia and Luna told me a few things." She then tells him what her mentor and Princess Luna told her.

He then laughs and responds, "That failed science experiment still lives to this day? I remember when he tried to get me to join him in taking over the world, but I refused because I rule alone. Princesses Celestia and Luna...oh you mean Celestine and Lunetha, my daughters? It is good to hear that they have found their place in the world as leaders, I remember when they were knee high to me and I was teaching them how to speak and rule a kingdom. Those were fun days, I do miss them. Do you know what kingdom they rule by chance?"

Everypony's mouth is agape at hearing that and say in unison, "They are your DAUGHTERS?"

Letting her guard down, she says, "Yes I do, they rule the kingdom of Equestria together from a castle in Canterlot. Princess Luna just recently came back from being banished to the moon." She cocks her head then says, "Wait a minute, how are Princesses Celestia and Luna your daughters, they don't look anything like you."

Arthas answers them through the spell saying, "Yes, they are indeed my daughters. Princess Celestine got her coat from her mother, and I think Lunetha got her looks from her grandma. But Lunetha got the color of her magic from me. You see... A long time ago, I fell in love with Princess Amore when I first visited the Crystal Empire when I needed my sword repaired. I had a favor that I needed to repay to Clover the Clever and the others that found me and saved my life after my old friend Tirion led a large assault against my citadel, defeated me and left me lie here gravely wounded. He then used a spell some mages found and banished me and my citadel along with some of the ground that were immediately around it. So, yes this citadel and me, as well as most of my army, are from another world." He tries to stop himself from telling her so much, but there is just something about her that captivates him and intrigues him to no end, and continues saying, "After my sword was repaired in a month, I left to go repay the favor to the ponies that found and saved me. I then betrayed them and drove them all from this land, after that I visited the Crystal Empire and asked Princess Amore to stay with me in my citadel." He then starts to grow angry and says, "After my children were born, a few years after I taught them how to walk and speak, I began to teach them how to rule a kingdom. Amore didn't like what I was teaching them and took them from me one day, and I never saw them again. Now I do know what happened and where she took them thanks to you six ponies, therefore you deserve a reward. Follow me please and I shall give you your reward." He then cuts off the spell and begins to attempt breaking free from the ice prison, causing a few cracks to appear in the ice block.

Fluttershy and Rarity are both tugging on Twilight's arms and saying, "Twilight, let us please leave this foul place. We have our answers, now lets go!" "Can we please leave this place behind us and return home now, I don't want to know what the reward is."

Annoyed by their repeated attempts to get her to leave this interesting place, Twilight turns her head around and snaps at them, "I said no already! Now be quiet and let me finish speaking with him."

Everypony including Twilight are horrified at the sounds of the cracking ice as Applejack exclaims, "Woah nelly! I think that we need to get out of here now Twilight!"

She turns back to them and briefly says, "No, not yet girls. We will leave in a bit after I finish talking to him." She then turns her gaze back to Arthas as he continues to break free from the ice.

He applies more strength into shattering the ice encasing him, finally succeeding after a few more seconds. The ice shatters into pieces and a few chunks fall down the stairs and slide across the floor as he stand up from his seated position with his hands still on Frostmourne's hilt and says, "Ahhh...now that feels much better, follow me and I shall give you your reward." He then begins stretching his body out and then makes his way down the stairs to lead them to where their reward lies, placing Frostmourne in its sheathe.

Applejack's eyes shrink and she moves in front of Twilight and says, "Oh horseapples, he is free now. All of equestria will be in danger because you just had to ask him questions."

A few minutes later, outside of Icecrown Citadel

Twilight and the others follow him to a spot a little distance away from the walls around the citadel when she turns and says to the others, "Now after he gives us our rewards, we will head for home okay girls?"

Rainbow crosses her arms and rolls her eyes saying, "Uh huh, I've heard that one before..."

Arthas ignores them and continues to look for where their reward lies and finds it finally and says, "Aha! There you are girl, I was wondering where you went to." He then turns to the ponies and says, "Your reward is just right here, it took me some time to find, but here it is. I hope you like your reward, I don't do this in front of just anyone, you know."

Twilight finally begins backing up, not liking the way he said that and says, "What do you mean, what are you going to do?"

He chuckles and says, "Just watch, and you will see." He then draws Frostmourne and thrusts it into the ground and begins to raise Sindragosa once more.

Rainbow stares at him as he thrusts his sword into the ground and says, "What's he doing that for?" She goes silent as cracks begin to spread from his sword, the layers of snow get blown away from the ice, clearing a large area before him.

Twilight stares on in wonder and fear at what is happening before her eyes, watching him doing something with his sword when the ground beneath them rumbles. Suddenly, the ice ruptures and explodes upward as something comes through it from underneath saying, "I-Is that a w-wing I see coming up?"

A massive claw falls down upon the ice as something else shoots through the ice and lands, water begins to bulge upwards as something begins to come up to the surface. A body rises above the water, becoming clearly visible after the water finishes falling from it.

Fluttershy shudders in horror at what she sees and collapses onto her back muttering, "I-It's a...i-it's a m-massive, terrifyingly huge, d-d-dead d-dragon. I-I'm n-not s-scared of t-that at all, n-no I am not..."

Applejack watches as the insanely huge dead dragon keeps rising from the hole, getting larger and larger until it is fully on top of the ice. Easily twenty times bigger than them and ten times bigger than the king, she becomes scared and her body begins to shake as blue fire begins to make its way through the dragon's body. The fire accumulates into a ball inside the ribcage as flames connect the limbs together, with two orbs of blue fire appearing inside the eye sockets. She fails to think of what to do and says, "Oh heavens' ta Betsy Twi, ya've really done it now, we're gonna be in soo much trouble for doing this... Equestria is in big trouble now because of you!"

To silence them, Sindragosa speaks up and shouts, "QUIET DOWN AND LISTEN LITTLE PONIES!" She then clears her throat and continues speaking in a normal tone, "My master was already awake when you got here, he just chose to remain inside the ice just to make a spectacle of it and to entertain himself by speaking with you. Don't blame your friend for waking him him up because she was not the cause of it. My name is Sindragosa, what are your names? I have not seen any of you before."

Shocked at hearing the dead dragon talk, Twilight remains silent for awhile then says, "Wait, so YOU are the Dragon Queen, Sindragosa?"

She chuckles and says, "I am the Queen of the Frostbrood dragons of Azeroth, so yes I am that Sindragosa."

Twilight's jaw falls open and she closes it and resumes the introductions saying, "My apologies for being rude Your Highness, My name is Twilight Sparkle and the pony with the orange coat and blonde mane and tail is Applejack. The white pony next to her with the horn and purple mane and tail is Rarity. The pony to the left of Applejack with a blue coat, wings, and a multicolored mane and tail is Rainbow Dash. The pony a little bit behind Rainbow with a light pink coat and extremely curly, and very bold pink mane and tail is Pinkie Pie. And the one behind them all currently laying on the ground terrified beyond reason, having a yellow coat, wings and a light pink mane and tail is Fluttershy.

Sindragosa then looks at her master and says, "Sir, you haven't introduced yourself properly yet."

Arthas smiles and says, "I am Arthas Menethil, King of Icecrown Citadel, the king of the Scourge, The ruler of...the Frozen North." He then amplifies his voice and then resumes his speech saying, "I formally welcome you to the Scourge land's capital of Equus." He then drops the spell and adds, "Yes...you were right though Applejack, Equestria is in danger...FROM ME!" He then chuckles and says, "Arise, warriors of Icecrown and show yourselves! Your king has returned at last!"

Twilight hears a roar of several thousand voices answering the call and tries to fight the urge to look behind her, already knowing what it was that responded. Thousands upon thousands of dead corpses making their way to their king. Unable to resist the urge anymore, she looks back. Sure enough, there were many dead corpses making their way to where Arthas was and says, "Umm...girls, we will be taking our leave now." She turns around to look at Arthas and says, "Thank you for answering so many of my questions Your Highness, but we must be getting back home now."

He frowns but continues to act kind and says, "Fare well on your journey, people are always just dying to serve me." He then addresses his soldiers and says, "Let them pass, they are only curious of what this place is! Therefore no harm is to come of them!"

Twilight begins to pick up Fluttershy with Rarity and carry her back with them still muttering, "Dead dragon." repeatedly when she begins to walk away.

Arthas calls out to Twilight saying, "Twilight Sparkle, please feel free to visit me again. It was a pleasure speaking with somepony for once." He wonders to himself why he would want anyone to visit him here, he doesn't need anybody to keep himself company, so why does he even care.

She looks behind her and is struck dumb by what she heard him say and says, "Maybe I will come to visit some day when I am not too busy." She then begins to walk back to the valley carrying Fluttershy still until she comes back around to walk on her own again.

The girls are terrified as they look at the numerous standing corpses all around them, parting and letting them pass through without so much as saying a single word to them. Continuing to make their way back to the valley, they eventually arrive at the end of the path through the horrible truth of Icecrown Citadel a half hour later.

A week and a half later at the gate leading out of the Frozen North into the Valley

Twilight watches as two tall, horrendous creatures grab hold of the gate on either side and pull it open for them to pass through and says, "Thank you very much for getting the doors for us, the first time it took all of us to push just one open enough to get through." She then continues making her way towards the now open gate.

Glug looks at the small pony and says, "Glug welcome small pony, door real heavy. Pony real polite, Glug like polite ponies. Takes much strength to open it does. That me brother Chug on other door. Me work hard to do better than him, me want his favorite axe."

Rarity gags with disgust at the horrifyingly ugly creatures and says, "EEEWWW, what an abomination! It is absolutely hideous, and has its innards hanging out! I am going to continue to suffer so many nightmares from our visit to this place. Thank you very much for the nightmares Twilight."

Applejack passes through the doors and says, "There is no reason to be so rude to them Rarity, even if their appearance leaves much to be desired. How do you think the rest of us feel, especially poor Fluttershy. Poor girl is prolly gonna need counselling after this when she comes around and is able to walk on her own."

Glug smiles and says, "Pony not rude, she give compliment. Me happy to be ugly, abominations like us made to terrify living beings and be good at stopping them from fleeing."

Her mane gets a little frizzy as she hears what he says and freaks out a bit, getting creeped out by it liking being insulted like that and continues walking and says, "I am glad that you liked my compliment."

A few hours pass by as the girls find themselves at the Luna Bay at sunset as Twilight says, "Let's camp here for the night girls before we make our way back home."

The girls all remain silent as Fluttershy stops muttering and then gradually stands up to gather wood for a fire and looks at them but doesn't say a word as she turns around and begins heading away from them when Twilight says, "Fluttershy, are you ok?"

She turns around and squints her eyes and shakes her head side to side indicating her answer is no.

Applejack butts in and asks, "What's wrong sugar cube, why won't you talk to us?"

She sighs and looks at the ground and then grabs a stick and writes, 'I am ok physically girls, but my mind is not. I am not speaking to any of you because I fear if I open my mouth, all I will do is scream from the terror I saw and felt from that place and could not express. I am going to go gather wood for the fire now, but I am not at all happy with you right now Twilight. You have a lot of unhappy friends, it will take some time to make things right with us again.' She then turns around and begins to look for wood for their fire tonight.

Twilight sighs and hangs her head and brings out her tent and starts to set it up to go inside, but she is halted when she hears a flapping pair of wings and she freezes when someone bellows in the royal voice, "TWILIGHT SPARKLE I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THEE FOR THY ACTIONS AND IGNORING MINE WARNINGS!" She then slowly turns around to look at Princess Luna respectfully and prepares for the scolding to come.

Not missing a beat, she strides towards Princess Celestia's pupil and continues her scolding, "What on Equestria have thee been thinking, traveling to the dangerous Icecrown Citadel! What purpose demanded such a foolish venture? Thee best pray that the monster that rules it remains aslumber, or Equestria may findeth itself under siege!"

She lifts her eyes up to look at Princess Luna in the eyes and says, "Umm...When we got there, he was already...sort of...awake. Why didn't you tell me that he was you and Princess Celestia's father?

Luna's eyes widen in horror at what she just heard Twilight say and responds, "Did thee just say mine and Celestia's father is...awake?" and snaps her head around to stare intently at Twilight, waiting for her to answer.

Twilight looks down for a moment and crosses her arms and says, "Yes, he was already awake when we got there. After speaking to him for a little bit, he broke free of the ice encasing him. He also said that you two didn't defeat him, he let you two imprison him because he was bored with not terrorizing or studying anypony new." She then goes into detail about what he said to her.

Her eyes shrink a little at hearing that new information and sighs saying, "So at least he didn't tell you everything. I had a feeling that he held back a bit during our fight. Even when we wielded the elements against him, the fight was still tough. I truly fear for Equestria's safety, Twilight." She then looks of to the side and says, "I see that spark is still in your eyes Twilight, do you wish to hear the whole story?"

The knowledge hungry pony beams a smile at the princess and says, "Of course I want to hear the entire story, I could just feel that he wasn't telling us everything. Sindragosa seems nice though, as long as you stay on her good side. She told us that Arthas was already awake when we got there, also said that he chose to remain inside the ice just to make a spectacle of it and entertain himself." She frowns and kicks at a rock, feeling mad about being used like that.

Luna's eyes continue shrinking with every revelation and says, "He brought her back again?! It's official now, Equestria is in some serious trouble Twilight." She then goes to sit by the fire and begins to tell the story how she learned and heard of it, causing all the girls to sit down beside the fire to listen to the tale.

Rainbow Dash leans forward and says, "That is what he did in the past while he was in Equestria? What do you know of his story back where he came from?

She chuckles softly and says, "The only thing I really know about that is when he raised Sindragosa from the grave for the first time, and that the name of the world where he came from was called Azeroth. My sister and I heard bits and pieces about his past there, like the land he ruled there was called Northrend. We also heard that he is still mad about losing his floating necropolis called Archerus: The Ebon Hold. He still gets angry when he thinks back on when he was betrayed by Death Knights he created that took it from him."

Twilight thinks to herself, 'I'm sure that once he makes a few friends that can show him how fun life can be, and meets a very special somepony that can handle being with him, he might turn out to be not so bad and just might abandon using necromancy.'

Luna smiles while she thinks back on the very few good times she had with her father and says to the ponies around the fire, "Now I think it is high time for you all to get some rest, you have an event that you need to help prepare for. Your brother will tell you more the next time he sees you. Goodnight and sweet dreams,my little ponies. I shall be taking the night watch tonight, for I shall need to take a short vacation."

Twilight hangs her head and says, "I'm sorry I ignored your warnings Princess Luna, I just gathered so little information about something new and I just couldn't stand to leave it at that. I hope you can forgive me for disrespecting you like that one day." She then turns around and heads to her tent, going inside to get some much needed rest after being on the move with only a couple hours of sleep each night.

Princess Luna watches Twilight go into her tent and pulls out a parchment and a quill, then writes a letter to her sister saying, "Dear Sister, I must be away for a few weeks to watch over the blizzards surrounding the Crystal Empire as well as monitoring the border for any movement of our fathers' return. I can feel a change coming soon in the air for Equestria, and I must prepare for it. Sincerely, your baby sister by a minute."

The royal wedding at Canterlot, a week and a half later.

Twilight huffs in annoyance at her brother and speaks to herself as she is busy organizing everything for her brother's wedding, "I can't believe that he didn't tell me that he was seeing my old foalsitter, didn't he trust me at all? I'm extremely happy that he is getting married to Cadence, but something just feels off about her."

Cadence sits in her suite in the castle and chuckles saying quietly to herself, "Finally, my children shall have enough love to last them awhile if we succeed in my plan to take Canterlot. Now I just have to find a way to deal with that nosy Twilight Sparkle, I can't have her ruining my big day now."

At the borders of the Frozen North

Arthas sits atop Sindragosa as they make their way towards Equestria's capital city Canterlot, looking to wreak some havoc and greet his daughters and says, "When will we get to Canterlot Sindragosa? I look forward to saying hello to my daughters once more."

Sindragosa continues to fly towards Canterlot's location and answers, "We shall be there within a couple hours sir."

Back at the chapel in Canterlot

Cadence is happy to see that the little meddling pest Twilight is gone getting something from her maids, hoping that she is in a cocoon right now. She seizes the opportunity and feeds a bit more off of Shining Armor, trying to weaken him enough to where her changelings can break through the barrier and begin grabbing what ponies they can. As she begins to make her way out of her suite, she sees a black cat with bright green eyes run past the door and crossing her path. She pays no heed to it and exits the room and decides to double check to make sure everything is ready for her to marry Shining Armor saying, "Stupid cat, get out of my way! This is my special day and I won't allow you or anypony to ruin it!"

Twilight feels depressed about how she acted towards Cadence and feels she should apologize to her. She quickly runs to find Cadence to apologize to her, seeing her walking down the hall, she runs after her and stops her by sighing and saying, "I don't know what came over me, I didn't realize how much stress you were under due to the wedding planning, my brother keeping up the barrier and the threat against Canterlot."

The imposter Cadence smiles sinisterly and says, "You shouldn't be so hard on yourself you know, ponies change when they grow older. So it is only natural that you fight change, when it is easier to accept it than try to keep it the same when change must happen." She then pulls her into a firm and loving hug, feeding off of her love for her brother.

She then sniffles and says, "I am so sorry Princess Cadence, for causing so much trouble for you." She then hugs her back lovingly.

Cadence's eyes flash green and then she casts a spell and sends the nosy pony through the floor to the crystal caves underneath Canterlot saying, "Oh don't worry, you will be."

The last thing Twilight sees is Cadence walking away from her as she suddenly realizes and says, "Oh no, I was right! That is not the Cadence I know, I am soo going to get back at her for making a fool of me!"

A couple hours later, nearing Ponyville

Arthas and Sindragosa continue flying towards the mountain city of Canterlot in the distance, ignoring the distant screams of fear coming from the denizens in the town just in front of them. He then chuckles and says, "Well Sindragosa, at least we know we are still terrifying to look at. I've got something right at least if they are screaming in terror like that, it would freak me out if they all started to shout, 'Hail! Hail! Hail!' I do hope that we arrive in time to make a spectacle of my arrival. Who knows, maybe I will get to play the layabout hero that didn't do a damn thing to help either side."

Sindragosa watches as they pass the town of screaming ponies below them, and begin approaching Canterlot and spots a shield shattering and says, "I think you may get what you asked for sir, because the shield over that city just shattered and I see black specks making their way into the city. What is your plan of action sir so I can follow along with it?"

He laughs and says, "Looks like we will get to have a little fun after all, Sindragosa. Wanna play that game we once played, 'Who's the better killer'?"

She grins and chuckles and says, "You do realize that I won that last game right?" She flaps her wings harder to get there sooner to begin the game.

Arthas harrumphs and says, "You only won that one because I fell into a hole and couldn't get out, otherwise I would have won."

Sindragosa continues towards the rapidly nearing mountain city and says, "MMHHHMM, that is just a technicality! The win still counts because there are unexpected developments that happen on the battlefield and life."

He watches as they pass over the walls of Canterlot to hear wails of despair and screams of terror coming from the ponies below. He waits for a bit longer before jumping off her back shouting, "Unarmed ponies count for nothing!"

She calls back and says, "Same goes for innocent bystanders!"

Arthas lands on a angled rooftop and slides down the tiles and lands on the ground with a massive thud, creating a dust cloud to kick up around him. Obscured from the view of the ponies he startled nearly half to death, he waits there with his senses heightened. Waiting for someone to engage him, he hears someone say, "Who and what in Celestia's name, are you!?"

He laughs deeply and says, "The worst nightmare that any living creature could ever imagine, except...I AM REAL! I am called Arthas, the Lich King of the Scourge!" He then turns around to see a pony with a white coat, light blue wavy mane, a monocle, a horn, and a cutie mark of three gold crowns bowing down before him and feels his mood perk up a bit more and says, "Rise up! I am not your king so there is no need to bow to me."

The strange pony standing before the others rises to his full height coughing a bit and responds saying, "My apologies Your Highness, but it is customary for any pony to bow down to royalty. Be it of their own kingdom, or one from afar. I must ask from which land you come from and which kingdom do you rule? I know of several royal families, but I have never heard of you as of yet"

Arthas is intrigued and says, "I come from a land of death, in the Frozen North. My kingdom is called Icecrown, and I sit alone atop the Frozen Throne of Icecrown Citadel."

He watches with interest as the dust cloud disperses, revealing a being way taller than him. Wearing some kind of strangely designed heavy armor, with eyes glowing blue and emitting what appears to be frost vapors and having long golden hair. Seeing an opportunity to open a new location for trading, he introduces himself saying, "Pardon my rudeness Your Highness, my name is Fancy Pants. Perhaps we could consider becoming trade partners and help improve your citizen's lives as well as our own once this crisis is over with. Are you here for the royal wedding by chance, Your Highness?"

He smiles and ponders the idea and responds saying, "It is possible, when the chance arises. Either come yourself or send emissaries. Unfortunately, I was on my way to visit family that I have fallen out of touch with. When I saw the attack happening, I jumped into the fray to find out if I still have my skills in battle. Who is getting married?"

Fancy Pants smiles at that and says, "We each have skills that we need to keep sharp if we intend to stay at the top of our game. I shall try to find time to schedule a visit to your kingdom one day, so we can figure out what you would like to trade and exchange with us. It is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Shining Armor's wedding today, it is in the wedding hall at the top of the city beside the castle. Just follow the path of decorations laid out and you will find it in no time at all Your Highness. I shall bother you no more and resume guiding these nobles to safety away from the changeling attackers, good day Your Highness."

Arthas chuckles and turns around to head into the battle when Sindragosa says to him, "I have killed thirty so far, what is taking you so long to kill just one slowpoke!"

He answers her by saying, "I was doing business with a pony, I am considering opening up Icecrown to trade with the other empires if they aren't to terrified to consider it." He then hears a flapping and a hissing noise as he sees a insect like creature rushing towards him in a pathetic attack attempt. Drawing his sword, he turns around in a circle and slices the creature clean in two halves, falling on either side of him saying, "That was a pitiful attack, not very well thought out at all. There is no tactic with an open all out rush like that." He then continues on his way to where the fighting is more intense, eager to catch up to Sindragosa's lead on him.

Meanwhile at the Wedding Hall thirty minutes later

The pony in charge of the music goes into a trance suddenly and sifts through her vast collection of songs and selects one and begins to play it over the speakers, ignoring the fighting going on in the room around her. She stands stock still, staring straight forward as if waiting for a cue of some kind.

Twilight turns away from the real Cadence, noticing the inappropriate music beginning to play. She sees Dj Pon3 in a trance and staring straight forward and says, "Hey are you ok over there DJ? Why are you playing this music for, this isn't acceptable for a wedding!" She sighs and shakes her head, hoping that she snaps out of it soon. Unable to move due to the stuff locking her hooves to the floor, she turns back to Cadence and her brother Shining Armor. Noticing that they are still talking, she wonders when she will try to use her magic to free him when she sees her begin to lower her horn to touch his.

Arthas hears music playing from inside and listens to it for the right moment to enter for the full effect and thrusts the doors open swiftly and violently just when the song goes from instrumental to adding voice to it, drawing the attention of everyone inside and saying, "I'm sorry to just drop by unannounced, but my invitation seems to have been lost in the mail!"

Dj sings along to the song, saying, "Hail! Hail! Hail!" as the strange creature strides across the floor, blood dripping off some places of their armor.

Twilight stares in horror at seeing Arthas standing before them all, soaked in green and red blood. Too shocked and horrified for words, she just stares at him open mouthed while Celestia is still inside the cocoon.

The large changeling female stares in rage at the being who created her and screams, "HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE BEFORE ME NOW, YOU SADISTIC AND VICIOUS FUCKER! I HOPE YOU FUCKING CROAK ONE DAY IN THE MOST PAINFUL WAY POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH THAT FUCKING PROFESSOR YOU GAVE ME TO, TO EXPERIMENT ON!" She continues growling in rage at the one who made her.

He laughs at seeing who led the attack on the city and ignores her, choosing to walk up to his daughter Celestine first saying, "Oh I think you will want to be able to hear me when I say this sweetheart." He taps on the green shell and shakes his head and smacks the flat side of his sword, Frostmourne against it and watches as she falls to the ground with a singed horn, coughing and sputtering.

Celestia lays on the ground, coughing and sputtering while trying to recover her strength and says, "Why that was very thoughtful of you to do Twilight, but I think that you should..." Her words are cut off as she looks around and sees a very familiar armored boot standing before her, following it up to find the very familiar form she wishes was not her father and says in the royal voice, "WHY IN TARTARUS ARE YOU HERE FATHER! ARE YOU TRYING TO TAKE MY KINGDOM FROM ME NOW LIKE YOU TRIED WITH ALL THE OTHERS!? WELL I WILL DIE BEFORE I LET YOU TAKE ANYTHING FROM ME THAT I HAD WORKED HARD FOR! BESIDES, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STILL IMPRISONED. HOW ARE YOU STANDING RIGHT HERE BEFORE MY VERY EYES!" Her eyes, mane and tail change to fire as her eyes glow a bright white as her rage takes over.

Arthas chuckles and starts laughing out loud and says, "Of course I haven't come to take your kingdom away from you... not yet at least. I just thought that I should make sure that you knew that I was awake is all, it was a funny coincidence with you being attacked. Oh and by the way, I think I should be the one to introduce you two after being separated for so many years. Princess Celestine, meet...YOUR MOTHER!"

Her body returns to normal as her eyes shrink to pinpricks as she asks, "Wait, how is that my mother? Mine and Luna's mother is called Amore. That creature just can't be her, I'm sorry. You will have to try again to convince me of your lies father."

He chuckles and crosses his arms and says, "Well, after Amore took you girls from me and hid you well, she returned to the castle and told me what she did and why. I understood the reason why and decided to punish her harshly for it, therefore I sent her to be part of his experiments. Now what you see here is the result of several failed attempts. One day, she broke free and took a couple other successful tries with her and hid from me for a time and changed her name to Queen Chrysalis I do believe. Of course she has lost her sanity completely, haven't you lovebug?"

Chrysalis (Amore) snarls and says, "Don't you dare start calling me by that stupid fucking nickname you gave me back then you dickhead! You lost every right to call me your lover since you gave me to that damn mad scientist of a doctor!"