An unexpected outcome

Chapter 10: The Battle of Canterlot, part 1.

The day was lively and ponies were having a good day, Itachi was making his way to the castle in a somewhat hurry. He was going to expose this pony, he knew that was not the real Cadence, or even if she ever existed in the first place. There could be a war, and Itachi hated war most of all, he is a man or pony of peace, even if he had done awful things, it was all in the name of peace.

Applejack, Pinky pie, Rainbow dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity were walking down the red carpet in a row. They were practicing for the real wedding, and some of the group could not contain their excitement.

"Very good, and after you take your places Cadence will walk in," Celestia stated.

The two doors opened showing Cadence who had begone to walk down the same carpet, after making it to the others, the doors were closed.

"I'll say a few words and after the vows will be said, then Shining armor will get the rings from his best mare," Celestia said with a small hint of pride.

Shining armor turned to ask Twilight for the rings only to see she was not there and Spike playing with the wedding cake toppings.

"Has anypony seen Twilight?" Shining armor asked with confusion.

The doors opened, and all the ponies were expecting to see Twilight, but, in the doorway was Itachi with his neutral face.

"Sorry to interrupt, but, I have grave news," Itachi announced.

"Is Twilight hurt? Where is she?" Shining armor asked worriedly.

"She is fine, I am talking about her, she is an imposter! It is hard to explain why but she is a fake," Itachi said pointing at Cadence.

"That is a bold claim, can you back it up?" Celestia asked in shock.

That was going to be a hard task, he had to say something and luckily Celestia knew enough about magic to know as well.

"You better have a good explanation, or I will have you detained for this," Shining armor demanded with a threatening voice.

Itachi was not scared for even a second, before anyone could talk he started, "She has some sort of illusion spell over her body, if you scan her, you will be able to find it."

In his mind Itachi had the biggest shit-eating grin until 'Cadence' started to cry, his eyes widened by a small unknown amount.

"Why would you say something so mean, Shining armor let's just leave," Cadence said with tears.

The two ponies flashed out by a teleport, and the others only looked disappointed at Itachi. For some reason that hurt more than he thought, they didn't say anything and left.

"I am very disappointed in you Itachi, you should apologize to Cadence when she allows it," Celestia said upset at what happened.

"Was, was I wrong?" Itachi asked no one shocked.

He felt like someone punched him in the gut, it was a strange feeling, thinking his Sharingan was wrong. No, he had to be right, but, those tears were too good to be faked, this world was changing him, and now it was for the worst. He was thinking that he lost everything at that moment, he looked up to see Cadence walking up to him.

"(Sigh), I was wrong, I guess I was paranoid... I am sorry," Itachi apologized

For a brief moment Cadence's eyes flashed green for a second, then she had a snarl on her face.

"You will be," Cadence stated in a frightening voice.

Being taken off guard by that change, he was caught in a bubble o green energy and was dragged down to the ground. The next thing Itachi felt was a pain in his head, it was dark, too dark, he used a light spell he learned from Twilight, and he saw Twilight was knocked out on the ground. Running to her he made sure she was alright, and thankfully she was unharmed, shaking Twilight awake she got to her hooves confused.

"Itachi, where are we?" Twilight asked confused and worried.

An evil laugh sounded through the cave, and one of the giant crystals showed Cadence's face.

"You are in the caves below the city, greedy unicorns tried digging up these gems and now this will be your grave," Cadence stated evilly.

"Stop hiding and show your real face, you coward!" Itachi demanded.

"So you are the one I sensed spying on me from before, well, you will die soon so fine," Cadence replied.

Her image disappeared and the face of Queen Chrysalis appeared, shocking Twilight.

"Like my look?" Chrysalis asked in a mocking tone.

"You are a changeling!" Twilight said in a shocked tone.

"Yes, but sadly for you I already won this game, and Equestria will be mine to rule!" Chrysalis said with an evil laugh.

Twilight shot a lavender beam of magic out of anger, the queen's face apaired on a different crystal and Twilight shot a magic beam again. This happened for a second or two until Twilight hit a shard at an odd angle causing the bolt of magic to bounce off the walls. Both Twilight and Itachi got to the ground to not be hit by the deadly shot. It crashed into a wall causing it to collapse revealing a beaten Cadence, Twilight still inraged at what Chrysalis did attack pinning the pink alicorn to the ground.

"Twilight wait it's me!" Cadence said scared.

"How can I trust you?" Twilight asked with suspicion.

Cadence managed to get out from under Twilight and answered with, "Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake, clap your hooves and do a little shake."

Twilight was thinking, then had a smile on her face, she hugged Cadence making sure to not lose her balance.

"You remember me! I thought you forgot," Twilight said with happiness.

"I would never forget you, now who is your friend over there?" Cadence asked interested.

"He is my friend, his name is Itachi, we work together at the library in Ponyville" Twilight answered.

"Oh, he is your friend, is that all?" Cadence asked with a playful tone and smile.

Both Twilight and Itachi blushed at what Cadence implied, Itachi was confused at why he was acting like this.

"Anyway, we need to get out of here, if my double marries Shining armor, Canterlot and Equestria will fall," Cadence stated in a series tone.

~~Canterlot Castle~~

♩ This day is going to be perfect, The kind of day of which I've dreamed since I was small. Everypony will gather around Say I look lovely in my gown What they don't know is that I have fooled them all! ♩

♩ This day was going to be perfect, The kind of day of which I've dreamed since I was small. But instead of having cake With all my friends to celebrate My wedding bells, they may not ring for me at all… ♩

♩ I could care less about the dress I won't partake in any cake, Vows, well I'll be lying when I say That through any kind of weather I'll want us to be together. The truth is I don't care for him at all No I do not love the groom In my heart there is no room But I still want him to be all mine! ♩

♩ We must escape before it's too late Find a way to save the day, Hope, I'll be lying if I say. "I don't fear that I may lose him To one who wants to use him Not care for, love, and cherish him each day" For I oh so love the groom All my thoughts he does consume Oh, Shining Armor, I'll be there very soon! ♩

During the escape, the three got in a mine cart down the rails, before any of the ponies could react the rails ended. They were sent flying in the air headed for sharp rocks, before they got close Itachi summed his complete Susanoo, catching both Twilight and Cadence in its hands and flying the rest of the way. Landing they ran the rest of the way to stop the wedding.

♩ Finally, the moment has arrived For me to be one lucky bride. ♩

♩ Oh, the wedding we won't make, He'll end up marrying a fake Shining Armor will be... ♩

Mine, all mine. [evil laugh]

The three made it to a ledge, the Susanoo disappeared from exisence, in front of them was the way out, and the way to stop the changeling queen.

"What was that?!" Twilight asked amazed at the orange chakra construct.

"I'll tell you later, we need to stop the queen," Itachi answered.

"Yes you are right," Cadence agreed.

Before they could continue three mares walked out of the shadows with the same green glowing eyes.

"You're not going anywhere," Minuette, Lyra, and Twinkleshine said at the same time in creepy voices.

"Well talk about creepy," Itachi said sarcastically.

~~Castle throne room~~

Celestia was getting ready to finish, "Princess Cadence, Shining armor, it is my honor to pronounce you both-"

"STOP!" Both Twilight and Itachi yelled at once stopping the wedding.

Both Twilight and Itachi were standing in the doorway, and Applejack and Rainbow dash were confused about what was happening. Rarity was annoyed, Fluttershy was worried for her friends, Spike looked disappointed and Pinky pie... was doing what Pinky pie does best.

"Arug, why are they bent on ruining this!" Cadence said half angered.

Celestia looked at her adopted niece with a confused look, she had never seen her act like that. To her, something was up and she was thinking if what Itachi said was true and that Cadence was a fake.

"Why does she have to ruin my special day," Chrysalis said with fake crying.

"Because this isn't your special day, it's mine," Cadence stated with steel.

The crowd gasped as the same pony as the bride walk into the room.

"How did you escape my Bride maids?!" Chrysalis asked in annoying shock.

"It was simple," Twilight stated.

~~Flashback~~

As the three brainwashed ponies were walking up to the group, Cadence picked up a bouquet of flowers. She used it to get the attention of the three which worked very well, she threw the flowers to a different part of the crystal caves.

Minuette, Lyra, and Twinkleshine jumped after the flowers saying at once, "I WANT IT!"

"I can't believe that worked," Itachi said dumbfounded at what happened.

~~End of Flashback~~

"How in the world can there be two of the same pony?" Applejack questioned confused.

"She is a changeling, she takes the appearance of the one you love and steals it to make her stronger," Cadence said to everypony.

Chrysalis getting mad that her plan was coming undone by the second, dropped the spell. The fake Cadence was consumed in a gree fire the dress ripping as Chrysalis turned back to her original size, Pink fir replaced with charcoal shell, feathered wings turned into transparent bug wings.

"Right you are, and as the Queen, it is my duty to find food for my hive. And these lands have so much, I will feed my hive for generations!" Chrysalis said with pride.

"You will never win, Shining armor's shield will keep you out!" Cadence protested.

"I don't think that will last for long, isn't that right sweetie?" Chrysalis asked Shining armor.

"Yes my dear," Shining armor answered in a drone-like voice.

As chrysalis was laughing she sensed danger and raised a shield to protect her, a second later black flames hit the shield. Seconds passed and Chrysalis saw the flames were burning the shield, it started to crack and small whisps of the heavy fire slipped through wanting to burn her alive. Chrysalis out of self-preservation pushed more power into the shield, and the cracks disappeared.

The crowd got as far from the flames as they could, Twilight saw that Itachi was focused on the flames and that his right eye was bleeding. Itachi was forced to close it due to pain from using Amaterasu for that long without training. He collapsed on one leg from the strain. The flames disappeared into nothing, dropping the shield Chrysalis saw it was Itachi who made those flames, she readied an attack until she stopped because of Celestia.

"Don't forget me!" Celestia shouted as she attacked.

The two ponies locked horns, and Celestia flew back, firing a beam of magic at the queen, who returned the attack. It seemed Celestia was going to win, but then Chrysalis pushed back hitting Celestia's horn and sending her to the ground. The crowd gasped again and ran out of the room hoping to get as far from the Changling queen as they could.

"Well, it seems Shining armor's love for you is stronger than I thought HAHAHA," Chrysalis said with an evil laugh.

"the elements, you must get the elements of harmony and stop the queen! You are our last hope," Celestia said weakly.

The six ran off to stop the invasion, and as they were running Chrysalis was laughing.

"And what is so funny?" Cadence asked annoyed while helping Itachi up.

"The shield will fall, my army is chipping it down as we speak!" Chrysalis answered.

Up in the sky were hundreds of Changelings smashing down causing cracks to form on the barrier, soon the entire shield was destroyed. Green fireballs flew crashing into the streets of Canterlot, and ponies were freaking out, guards were mobilizing and chaos was forming from everywhere. A certain statue was wishing it had popcorn, oh well when you are a god of chaos you can have as much popcorn as you want in your mind.

Canterlot was attacked by an army that appeared out of nowhere, it is unknown if the capital will survive or fall under this new power.

To be continued.