Not all of us are monsters. Changeling of two lands.

I was sickened by everything here. The claw, the torture, the heartless ponies that live here. It’s not fair, just not fair! I wanted to fly up and break the claw, but alas, my wings were damaged by being held down earlier.  After the screams died down, the pounding of the hammers drowned the screams out. I dared look up again to see the grey corpse be lifted up through the air, then put… somewhere… I couldn’t tell where. I saw the claw descend again after the blood was sent away for manufacturing. I saw it head to a mother and her filly. My eyes narrowed and I pushed her out the way. I felt the claw close on my side, but it barely scratched my exoskeleton. I was whisked through the air and put in front of the beastly blade, still glazed with blood from its last feed. I couldn’t believe what I have just seen.  I saw Corona working the blade, he has been the one who has brought this much tragedy and death!

“You vile vermin!” I spat at him, “You kill ponies for what? A pretty rainbow?!? I trusted you! You turn your back on me like this!?”

Corona did his best not to make eye contact and instead looked down at the metal below his hooves. My rage overflowed. My horn sparked majorly and my limbs got much more strength than normal, I guessed it was fuelled on my hatred… hatred… I’ve never hated before… I felt so vile to hate, but this pony deserved it. I wriggled around, but to no avail, but I saw Corona’s eyes trail up to his leader, the crazed pony.

“I’m sorry…” Corona called simply.

He pushed down on a lever, and the blade swung forth. I closed my eyes tight, waiting for the agony to start, but it never came. I opened my eyes to see the blade had crumpled against my exoskeleton. I could hear lots of ‘HUH!’s and ‘WHAT!’s from all around me. The second knife came, and also broke. The dumb machine thought I was dead so released me. It ached so much, but I buzzed my wings. It wouldn’t be long until I dropped to the ground. I would die if I hit the ground… I thought and a shiver went along my body. The closest place to land, were Corona was. All the other factory workers have gathered up on the balconies, so Corona was alone. Finally, some revenge!

I flew over Corona’s wide eyed head and landed in the middle of the platform. My eyes beamed with anger, and I told my powers to turn myself into something just as vile as him, for the irony of it. It decided, a manticore was as vile, although I beg to differ, but it was good enough. I unsheathed my long, sharp claws and drew the flesh back from my teeth and stepped forward. Corona leapt back from me as I spread wide my huge dragon wings. Using my wings to my advantage, I leapt forward beating my wings to give me a speed boost, and then drew my claws along his side. Instead of meeting warm blood, I met cold steel and oil. Confused I turned back, to see Corona’s wound. I was shocked so much I turned back into changeling form. The boy I ‘liked’ when I were in school, my best friend, was a robot?! I confused what feeling I had now, rage, or sadness? My mind swirled with questions, but I did my best to ignore them. I was about to take off into the air, when I remembered the poor ponies down there. My heart ached for them. They didn’t deserve to die. I had to free them somehow… but … how?

“You… you can never free them...” I heard Corona say, like he read my mind, “There trapped here for all eternity!”

Corona then went into fits of crazy laughter. I couldn’t take it anymore! I leapt into the air and sunk my horn right into his side and made it spark. I heard him rive in agony, then fall limp. I short-circuited him. It was for the best. Sparks flew from his body, and soon some gears fell out. I flew down to the PCU (Pony Containment Unit), and corralled all the ponies into the centre. I made my horn stark, and I tried to levitate all of them. It took a lot of power, but thankfully, there were unicorns trapped down here too. Once they figured out what I was doing, their horns lit up too, and helped me. Soon, I had them flying down the tunnel back to the portal. It felt like ages, going down this, but eventually, we appeared in the cage-room again. I counted all the ponies, to make sure we weren’t missing any, but I couldn’t find Shimmer.

“Does anypony know where Shimmer is?” I asked them all.

“He sacrificed himself for us…” I heard a weak voice call, “He fended off the Rainbow workers…”

My heart cracked in half, I couldn’t believe he was gone. But I’ll have to worry about that later; we need to get out of here. I asked all the unicorns to make their horn glow, and I did my best to keep my eyes open. We soon found the portal to the stairs, and I made everypony go through in a single-file line. I could easily remember the way I was taken through to be taken down to that vile place. Soon we found the staircase leading to the town hall. I cast another levitation spell, as some of the stairs were missing this time round, and I didn’t want anypony falling. We went up… and up… and up… It was a good 10 minutes before we came to the trapdoor that locked the place up. I easily cast an unlocking spell, and once I opened it, sunlight poured down the stairs. I smiled, but the others groaned as they had been in the Rainbow factory too long and their eyes are adjust to the bleak atmosphere. I was not greeted by the gorgeous town hall, or the beautiful houses. I was met with ruins covered in black crystals. I saw changelings shooting down like rockets, destroying everything in their path.

I saw two ponies stand out in this destruction.

King Sombra & Queen Chrysalis….