Author's Note
The first section is not required for context.
Also, I regret nothing making a sequel. Don't kill me.
And She Excels at It
“Twilight, Luna may have forgiven you for blowing her up, but still, you need to learn not to use overwhelming force for everything.”
“B-but-”
“And because of this, it is with a heavy heart I must send you to live in Ponyville to learn the magic of friendship. There, I have assigned you a list to meet five ponies who play vital roles in the village. I do hope you will listen to me, and not blow everything you see up.”
“Fine. When can I come back?”
“When you stop blowing villains up.”
Twilight Becomes A Bug Exterminator
By iAmSiNnEr
“...and do a little shake,” Twilight and Cadance finished together. At that, both ponies beamed.
“You remember me!” Twilight exclaimed.
“Of course I do,” Cadence fondly replied. “How could I ever forget the filly I love to sit for the most?” As she said that, an evil laugh filled the cavern.
“We have to get out of here. We have to stop her!” Twilight shouted. “I have a plan. Follow my le-”
“Does it involve…” Cadance nervously looked at Twilight. “You know, explosions?”
Twilight tilted her head. “How did you know?”
“Auntie Tia told me of what you did to stop Nightmare Moon,” Cadance said seriously. “You know what she will do if you blow another pony up-”
“Technically,” Twilight interrupted. “She isn’t a pony. I get free reign. I always wanted to be a bug exterminator when I was young, you know? Rid the world of ladybugs and all that…”
“Nothing I say will stop you, will it?”
“Nope!” Twilight replied cheerfully. “And we’re wasting time just standing here. How about I explode a way outta here-”
“No. We use the railway.”
“The railway it is!”
“Princess Cadance and Shining Armor, it is my great pleasure to pronounce you–”
“Stop!” Twilight bellowed, blowing the doors up to gain entry.
Ponies screamed in alarm, backing away from the ruined doors as pieces of it flew everywhere. At the front, Princess Celestia facehoofed.
“Ugh! Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother -” Princess Celestia blinked at looked at the fake. The fake coughed and amended her sentence. “I mean, why does she have to ruin my special day?”
Cadence stepped into the room, right behind Twilight. “Because it’s not your special day. It’s mine!” The crowd gasped, and they looked from Cadance to the fake.
“What?” The fake shouted. “But how did you escape my bridesmaids?”
“Pfft,” Twilight grinned. “I blew Nightmare Moon up. Did you think a few of your fake ponies would stop me?”
“They were real ponies,” The fake pointed out. “I just enchanted them.”
“...oh.”
“Ah-ah don't understand. How can there be two of 'em?” Applejack spluttered.
“That’s because she’s a changeling,” Cadence glared at the fake. “She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them.”
The fake grinned, before arching her head back as green flames consumed her. When the flames died away, a tall black creature with her hooves riddled with holes stood there. She bared her fangs and laughed, the sound echoing throughout the room.
“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!” Chrysalis boasted.
“They'll never get the chance! Shining Armor's protection spell will keep them from ever even reaching us!” Cadence countered, stepping forwards.
“Oh, I doubt that,” Chrysalis said, chuckling. “Isn’t that right, my dear?”
Shining Armor nodded dazedly, his green eyes more evident than ever. “Mm...hmm.” Cadence growled at that and stepped forwards further, horn ablaze with magic.
“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 grinned. “He may not be my husband, but he is under my total control now.”
“Yadda, yadda, yadda,” Twilight looked bored. “Could we skip the monologuing already? You’re just giving me more time so that my plan can work.”
“What plan?” Chrysalis hissed. “You have no plan. Soon, my changeling army will break through. First, we take Canterlot. And then, all of Equestria!”
Princess Celestia shook her head and stomped her hoof on the ground. “No. You won't. 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!” Lowering her horn and flapping her wings to ascend into the air, she fired a ray of magic at Chrysalis.
Chrysalis countered it with her own ray of magic, the green colored ray meeting Celestia’s mid-air. For a moment, it seemed as if Celestia would win. But after a few seconds, Chrysalis’s magic pushed back Celestia’s with a grunt, throwing the princess to the ground, her horn smoking.
“Ah! Shining Armor's love for you is even stronger than I thought! Consuming it has made me even more powerful than Celestia!” Chrysalis grinned as Twilight and her five friends rushed over to Celestia.
“The Elements of Harmony. You must get to them and use their power to defeat the queen,” Celestia gasped out.
“Nah,” Twilight turned to Chrysalis. “I have a better idea, princess.”
“No!” Celestia shook her head. “You promised not to do it to any other pony-”
“She’s not a pony, is she?” Twilight smiled. “Don’t worry. I won’t kill her. That is, if she can take it.”
“Twilight, dear,” Rarity grimaced. “I know you’re mad at us, but you don’t have to-”
“I’m not mad at you,” Twilight assured her. “I’m pissed. But for now, my priority is to get revenge on the bug. It’s time to become a bug exterminator.”
She turned to Chrysalis. “Last chance, changeling queen,” Twilight said. “Or else your doom will come.”
Chrysalis laughed. “I just defeated your princess! What could you do to me, you puny unicorn?”
“I gave you a chance, and you didn’t take it. Your loss.”
“What do I lose?” Chrysalis smirked. “My changelings are already in the city-”
Twilight’s horn flashed, and the ground underneath Chrysalis blew up, the explosive spells she had set under the podium before they arrived at the room all activating. Chrysalis screamed as the explosions consumed her, and when all the explosives had detonated, a steaming changeling queen dropped onto the ground, unconscious.
“There’s that,” Twilight smiled. “Now to take care of her subjects.”
“Twilight,” Celestia admonished. “You promised you wouldn’t blow more villains up.”
Twilight shrugged. “She was barely a villain. She kept monologuing, which let me activate my explosive spells.”
Celestia sighed. “Whatever should I do with you, Twilight?”
“Let me blow more villains up?”
“For Faust’s sake, Twilight, NO!”
