Deep in Princess Dusk and Dawn's throne room in the Crystal empire, 500 years ago…

Loud banging plays at the throne doors as a hoard of rouge Changelings attempt to bust down a crystalline door in the Crystal Empires main building- The Crystal Castle. Two alicorns stood before two thrones, with an army of only a handful of armored soldiers, pegasi, unicorns, archerers, and assorted others who were willing to stand their ground. Behind them were the two female alicorn rules, Dawn and Dusk. As their names implied, they were the descendents of princess Celestia and princess Luna. Dawn, a pee yellow coated alicorn with emerald green eyes and a rainbow maned, glanced over at her shorter, deep purple coated sister in worry. Princess Dawn, the younger sister with a magenta mane and tail and equally- albeit darker- coat, raised her voice to the soldiers who were starting to back away in fear. “Hold your ground. We can’t let them in!”

Princess Dusk, noticing the worry on her sisters face, smiled assuringly before looking back at a hidden room behind their thrones where a group of ponies were huddled, cowering. Princess Dusk spoke to her sister soothingly “Don’t worry. We’ll get them out of he-“

Suddenly, the throne room door crashes open, Interrupting the sisters, as dust surrounds the two royal sisters and the soldiers. then a loud chilling laugh rises from the dark, now busted, doorway as Lord Metasoma, Self proclaimed king of the changelings, enters. General Fang at his side with a hoard of Changelings behind them.

Metasoma grinned at them with a malicious toothy smile. “Gahahahaha! Princesses! Long time no see…"

Both Princesses glared at him in distain and responded only with a curt “Metasoma.” before Princess Dusk spoke up. “You're not welcome here, Changeling! Turn back now or face the wrath of our combined powers!”

Metasoma laughed, clearly amused by her attempt at striking fear into him and his hoard. “Oh ho ho! Is that what you believe? That I'd just hightail it back without a fight? Tsk tsk. Sorry to say it but, Actually, hahahahaha, I won't. Not till I get what is MINE!"

Princess Dawn then tiled her head, confused by his response. “What do you mean yours?”

“Oh ho! You don’t know? I am Queen Chrysalis’s son! And that throne is rightfully mine! Now give it up and surrender, or my army here will kill you all where you stand!”

Princess Dawn growled and stood at the ready, horn glowing with deadly magic “Never!” Princess Dusk, seeing her sister, did the same. “You’ll have to try to take it from us!”

Metasoma grinned wider, enjoying the anticipation of what was to come. “Alright then… army KILL them all!”

Metasoma’s hoard then charged towards the soldiers as one. Unprepared for this form of attack, the soldiers dispersed into chaos. Each battling a changelings in a futile attempt to win. As his hoard killed the soldiers one by one, Metasoma stalked towards the Princesses wielding a spear. Princess Dawn and Dusk, seeing their army unable to aid them, then charge towards hthe changeling king, deadly magic glowing from their horns.

Metasoma stood his grounf and sighed. “Ah, Ah, Ah. Is that any way to treat a guest?” metasoma then raises his spear and blasts the princesses with a fireball from its tip. As the fireball streaks towards them, Princess Dawn dodges the blast, but Dusk is inevitably hit. Screaming in pain Dusk falls back against her throne unconscious, her body charred nearly to a crisp.

Princess Dawn watched in terror as her sister was light ablaze, her own momentum not allowing her to redirect her course to save her sister. “DUSK, NO!”

Metasoma, seeing her pain, began to laugh. Taking full enjoyment from Dawns suffering
“Hahahahaha! Yes…” he taunted

Princess Dawn turned towards him and prepared another round of magic. “You-you monster!”

Princess Dawn then charges at Metasoma, her alicorn magic glowing a deadly orange. Metasoma grins at her idiocy. "Snort. Have you not learned yet?” stepping aside, Metasoma Blasts Dawn with his spear, knocking her onto the balcony. “I am unstoppable!"

Stalking towards her, metasoma raises his spear over her heart. “Now, time to end this…”

Metasoma then stabs Dawn in the heart, slowly killing her. Once he sees no life from her He then picks up her corpse up off the balcony and tosses it off the railing towards the hard pavement below, Dawns lifeless body spattering into a pool of guts on the ground. Walking back into the throne room, pleased by the sight of Dawn's gruesome demise, he steps in front of the now, somehow half-conscious and dazed Dusk, Spear raised to kill.

Looking at her with malice in his eyes, Metasoma then speaks to her in a regal, yet venomous tone. “And now, to get rid of you. Death would be almost too kind for you. torture would definitely give me joy, but I don’t think that would work for you. And imprisonment will only give the ponies hope. and letting you live would simply not be in my favor. Hmmm. Ah, I have the perfect plan for what to do to you… Princess Dusk, for your crimes against the Changelings and for defying me, I hereby banish you to the realm of Nightmares. And there you shall watch as I rule over your kingdom and kill your followers one by one. And you will know that it will be your fault. You will feel what I felt eons ago… Regret”

Princess Dusk glared at him, her eyes filled with fear. “You may defeat us… but you will eventually fall to the warriors of equestria!”

Metasoma then bursted into even more laughter, amused by their lack of knowledge. “Ohhoho! Yes, the supposed warriors of equestria that can somehow magically defeat my army! Give me a breakNow… Goodbye princess.”

Metasome then uses his magic and opens a portal below Princess Dusk, the portal sucking her weak body into the Nightmare realm, never to be seen again. Princess Dusk, at the last moment of her life, looks back to the hidden room and teleports the ponies huddling in there out of the castle as her body slowly sinks into shadows.

Metasoma then turns to walk up and perch himself on one of the thrones. “hahaha! Magical Warriors… What a bunch of peace pony garbage!” Shaking his head he stomped his hoof onto one of the thrones in irritation, Metasoma then turned his head towards his hoard and grins as he sees that the remaining guards are now dead.

Raising his hoof, Metasoma speaks to them in a Boombastic, yet firm voice. “Finally, the era of Changelings can begin! Now these ponies will know what we have felt for eons! FEAR! Hahahahahaha! Now, go my children! Strike terror across all of Equestria so that our reign will be supreme!”

As the hoard leaves, In the shadows Behind Metasoma a hooded figure steps out and grins evilly...

Author's Note

Doomquestria was originally a MLP fan series I started in 2019. But sadly, due to drama and stuff between my former friends, it was unfortunately scrapped. So now, as of 2023... I've remastered it as a fanfiction! This project was MASSIVE when it first started. I even still have the original Google doc of it, if anyone wants to check it out. Also, this story takes place over 1,000 years after MLP: FIM- Season 8. And the ironic thing is... The story is similar to A New Generation! Somehow... I unintentionally predicted the future of MLP! Kinda amusing.