"The rehearsal is just about to start. Where is Sunset?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I swear if she found a changeling and has been taking it head on without us..." She added. Suddenly Sunset burst through the doors. She wasn't alone though.

"What is this?" Celestia said, genuinly confused.

"You must listen, the Cadence next to Shining Armor is a changeling in disguise!" Sunset said. Celestia opened her mouth but instead of saying anything, twilight began the dance.

"Sunshine, Sunshine, Ladybugs awake..." Twilght began.

"Clap your hooves and do a little shake!" The Cadence next to Sunset finished off, joining in the dance. But the one next to Shining Armor would not budge an inch.

"That would explain everything then. Ah thought something was off when I noticed that the same apple treats that this other Cadence tasted were thrown into the trash." Applejack said.

"Now that you mention it dear Applejack, the same can be said about what the bride dress I made. Cadence practically demanded to have me remake it and made it much more green in color when the bride's dress is SUPPOSED to be white." Rarity chimed in.

"Not to mention the hard work that I put into the wedding games for her and shining armor to play at the reception!" Pinkie Pie said. "She said they were made for little kids. While that's true, they are also fun!" She added. Now the 'Cadence' next to Shining Armor had a dark look on her face.

"All this behavior has been pilling up all day. And I know my friends wouldn't lie about this stuff. One of them is even the element of honesty for crying out loud!" Rainbow Dash said.

"And anyone whose been behaving like that is not willing to be kind to others, let alone her own supposed future husband." Fluttershy said. The obviously fake Cadence still refused to say anything.

"Well if you have something to say in your defense, now would be a good time to say it." Twilight pointed out to the fake cadence.

"How the hell did you find her..." The fake cadence said.

"...I beg your pardon?" Celestia asked. Suddenly Shining Armor was drained of a bit of love before the fake cadence revealed who she really was. "QUEEN CHRYSALIS!" Celestia shouted, and got into a battle pose. "I thought I made it clear that you were banished from Equestria!" She added. The changeling queen laughed.

"Do you really believe I've just been sitting by, twildling my hooves while I waited for our rematch, Princess Celestia?" Queen Chrysalis asked. "No, I've been draining love here and there in secret. All so I could finally defeat you in a rematch!" She added. Suddenly, she was hit with a magic blast, curtesy of Amare.

"If you think you are going to enslave ponies, think again mother!" Amare said before revealing her true self.

"AMARE?! What the hell are you doing here?" Chrysalis was geniually confused at the sight of her own daughter here.

"Amare's mother is Queen Chrysalis?" Sunset asked for confirmation.

"Some mother she is. She's some petty tyrant. Her plan to enslave ponies will not only destroy their race, but doom all of changeling kind in the process! And ever since I found out about it, I have bent over backwards to stop that from happening." Amare said. "You really should stop relying so much on the Hive Mind mother. Because you let all your plants slip. As such, I knew every counter to them." She added.

"The anonymous tipster that alerted us to a chageling invasion...that was you?!" Celestia exclaimed.

"That's not the only thing she did..." Sunset said. "She told me where to find the real Mi Amore Cadenza, AKA Princess Cadence." She added.

"You...you used my own invasion plot against me?!" Queen Chrysalis exclaimed.

"I won't allow you to complete a plan that will not only make ponies extinct, but also doom Changeling kind as well. So, I hearby challenge you for the right to the Badlands Hive crown here and now mother!" Amare said. The forcefield suddenly fell.

"Ha! I think not! Changelings, to action!" Queen Chrysalis called out. But nothing happened. Everyone waited for a bit with baited breath for something to happen but...nothing did. "What is the meaning of this?!" Chrysalis excalimed.

"Did you forget your own rules mother?" Amare asked. "Remind me mother, what does Changeling Law number 20 state again?" She asked.

"...No changeling may interupt a challenge for the hive crown under the threat of death. And of course, there's also Changeling Law number 21, where if a challenge for the crown is had, no laws can be added, removed, or amended until after the challenge is completed." Chrysalis said.

"Don't forget Changeling Law Number 22, which states that laws 20 & 21 even apply to challenges being done outside the changeling hive." Amare said.

"Using my own laws against me like this...you've clearly given me every disadvantage possible." Chrysalis said.

"And don't forget, according to Changeling Law Number 23, which states that fleeing the challenge before an outright winner is detirmined counts as a forfiet." Amare said. "And I have no intention of running away from this. It's time you answer for your crimes mother. Here and now with Princess Celestia, Princess Cadence, and the chosen of the elements of harmony as our witnesses." She added.

"Fine! So be it! I accept your challenge head on. On one condition: It's just you and me. No one can join your side just like they can't join mine." Chrysalis said. "Otherwise, I will consider it an automatic forfeit on your end." She added.

"That's more then fine by me." Amare said, smiling. The challenge was very one sided though, but in Amare's favor. It was becoming very clear very quickly that the Princess was upstaging her own mother.

"I don't understand...I drained many animals of their love...and even drained Shining Armor of a bit of love he had for Princess Cadence, and yet I am losing to my own daughter..." Chrysalis said.

"Because mother, the love that I am being powered by is not one taken through theft, but rather given freely even if the elements didn't know they were giving me love so freely." Amare said. "What you are being on the end of is three days' worth of freely giving love by doing the simplest thing in the world: Just hanging out and enjoying the company of these ponies. And bare in mind mother, this is just three days' worth. Who knows what could happen after a month or even a year of such freely given love?" She explained before launching a blast that destroyed Chyraslis's own crown.

"! My crown! Your powerful enough to the point where you can destroy my own crown?!" Chrysalis exclaimed.

"Actually...even I'm surprised I managed to do that." Amare admitted. Chrysalis gulped. "No matter, you know the rules...until you either flee or surrender, the challenge does not end." Amare added.

"Stop! Just stop!" Chrysalis said. "Enough is enough. You've made your point. There's no winning for me. Not with how powerful you've gotten in such a short time. It's clear to me, that my time as queen of the Badlands hive has reached it's end. I regrettably, but honorably hand the reigns over to you. Amare...somehow, you've figured something out...and it's worked wonders. I suppose if you are calling the shots, the future of our hive is looking bright." She added before she took off her damaged crown. "...And that, is something I can live with." Chrysalis threw her crown at her daughters feet. "I have no regrets for this outcome. I will find a way to survive on my own. But this will be the last you ever hear of me." Chrysalis said and then teleported away. Amare picked up her mother's damaged crown and put it on without a word.

"Princess Amare...no...I should call you Queen Amare of the Badland Hive..." Celestia said. "I don't know how to thank you for what you've done for me. For us all." She added. "I will have the ban on changelings removed at once. And I think we have diplomatic matters to discuss once the wedding is finished." Celestia pointed out.

"Princess Celestia...I thank you for letting my people live alongside your people freely. I Truely believe moving forwards; our races can come to some kind of understanding." Amare said.

"I agree with your statement. So, shall we do the wedding properly now? I think it's time you and your kind step out of the shadows once and for all." Celestia said. Amire smiled.

"Thank you, Princess." Amare said.

"It is Equestria that should be thanking you, Queen Amare." Celestia said.

The wedding was able to be done without any further problems. Who knows what the future holds from here?

Author's Note

And this does it for season 2. But the story is not finished yet. Stay tuned for Season 3 which will include not just the crystal empire stuff, Twilight's alicornation, and the final two "Memories of a Brother" episodes, but also, it's finally time for brother and sister to meet after a long time away from one another; yet not on friendly terms. Stay tuned for all this and more in Season Three of "My Little Pony: When Friendship Shimmers".