Heart Of Fire: Regal Rebirth

Heart of Fire

Book Three: Regal Rebirth

Writen by Music Brush, assisted by Mechafone.

PROLOGUE:

THE PRINCESS LIVES

Six Years Ago

   The wind rushed through Qeen Chrysalis' ears as she flew at top speed away from Ponyville, her foreleg screamed in pain from the fresh wing print burned on the black shell. The changelings followed far behind their Queen with panic, anger and worry all in their expressions, all of them were bruised and soaking wet from the rain the pegasi of Ponyville brought to the town for their confrontation. Tears streamed down Chrysalis' face as she thought about the seen that happened only the last fifteen minutes.

Chrysalis stood over the yellow and orange zebra striped pegasus, pure rage burning inside as she glared at him. "I was just thinking." He said with a smile on his face. "This is my first fight with my mother-in-law and I only just married your daughter this morning." Chrysalis blinked at his words.

"I am 'not' your mother-in-law and she is never going to be your wife!" She snapped. "She is the Princess of the Changelings and she shall soon take my place as Queen!" She charged at the pegasus, her horn glowing a menacing green as she blasted energy at her opponent. A single blast hit him in the chest making him fall on his back.

Chrysalis slowly approached the pegasus, her horn still glowing as she smiled menacingly at him. "I must admit, you have done better then any other pony who stood against me." He looked up at her, determination in his eyes. "But now... you must die." The green magic from her horn grew brighter as she charged for the final blow, her smile grew as she saw him close his eyes bracing himself for the inevitable.

"NO!!" A voice came as she fired a single blast of energy and the next thing she saw was a brown pegasus mare collapsing to the ground and with a flash of green light changed to a black changeling. Chrysalis heart sank as she saw her daughter's body laying limp on the ground before her, not moving as the yellow stallion came up to her. What happened next completely terrified her as the stallion stood glaring at her, his wings glowing bright as the rain evaporated into steam as each drop fell on them.

What have I done? She asked herselfe. Chrysalis' heart was filled with grief, she had just killed her daughter, the only one who could take her place as Queen of the Changelings. She was so lost in her grief that she did not notice the tree infront of her. A changeling called out to her but it was too late, she crashed into the trunk of he tree and slid down its base to the forest floor. She let her body weight fall to the ground and just lay there as her subjects landed, most of them kept their distance while a few braved to step closer.

   "Your majesty?" One said as he inched closer. In an instant, she blasted the changeling with her magic, sending him flying back to the rest of her subjects. She let her head fall back to the ground as she thought about her loss.

   "Unless any of you worthless, pathetic excuses for changelings can tell me my daughter is still alive, then I suggest you leave me!" She called from the ground. Her subjects did nothing untill her horn began to glow at wich point they all took off in different directions.

   One changeling remained in place for a minute before turning back toward Ponyville, changing her form to a green unicorn with a brown mane when she reached the edge of the forest. She acted shocked when she saw the town in the condition it was in, trees were nocked down, houses were splintered and the whole places was flooded. Dispite all the damage that was done, the whole town was filled with love, the strongest of this love seemed to be coming from the building with a large sighn that read 'Ponyville  Hospital'.

   Three young fillies were sitting on a bench on the side of the road, looks of joy and concern filled each of their faces as they talked. The changeling trotted up to the fillies with a smile on her face. "Excuse me girls, but would you mind telling me what happened here?" The unicorn changeling asked. The three fillies looked up at this new pony they had never seen before.

   "An army of changelings came here and attacked the town." The orange and purple filly said.

   "Blazing, Chocolate and their friend Spark got the whole town to fight back." The white and two shaded filly added.

   "And Blazin' took Chocolate to the Ponyville Hospital." The yellow and red filly finished.

   "Oh, my." The disguised changeling responded to the news she already knew. "Is gour friend going to be alright?" She asked. The fillies all frownd at the question, it was clear the love they had for their friend was strong, she could feel their love flowing from them.

   "We don't know." They answered. "We were told that Blazin' fought the Queen, and hen she used her magic to attack Blazin', Chocolate jumped in the way to save him." The yellow one explained. The changling knew then that this 'Chocolate' was the Princess.

   "Well, I hope your friend will be okay." The changeling said truthfully. Just then, a pink energetic earth pony mare came bouncing toward them.

   "Hey girls" She said in a cheery voice, this seamed to earn hope in the fillies faces. "...good news. Chocolate is going to be okay! She'll be up and flying angain in a few weeks!" The fillies let out cheers of joy while the changeling ran off back toward the forest. Once she was out of sight, she reverted back to changeling form and flew the rest of the way to find her Queen.

   Chrysalis lay on the ground at the ase of the tree she had hit earlier, the changeling landed a good distance away from Chrysalis and cautiously approached. Chrysalis glared at her subject, igniting her horn in a menacing green glow. The changeing stopped in her tracks as she cringed from her Queen's wordless threat.

   "Uh... m-my Queen?" She stammered

   "Speek now, or share the same punishment as your brother!" Chrysalis hissed.

   "I-it's about the Princess." She replied. "It appears that she is still alive."