Starswirl ran into Twilight's library, the 7 mares and changeling queen trailing behind him. In the very center of the room sat Shining Armor and a small green and purple dragon, playing cards. When the ponies entered the library, Shining Armor immediately snapped to attention.

"Did you find her Twily?" asked Shining.

"Is that Shining Armor I hear?" asked Chrysalis mockingly.

"Well that answered my question. Well what's the plan?"

"We are going to rush the castle with very little strategy." said Twilight moving to the center of the room. Her horn began to glow and suddenly…

BOOM!

A hole exploded into her floor. Debris flew out, stopping in mid-air. The rubble floating in the air slowly floated down into the crater. Slowly but surely, the stone from the floor formed itself into a staircase. Twilight made her way down these stairs.

"Well, that's not a very good idea." said Shining Armor.

"It will work Shining Armor. Have faith." said Luna.

"When do we leave?"

"When Twilight gets back, we'll pack up and leave." said Starswirl. "The changelings are already in place. We are going at Solaris from all directions!"

"Everypony get ready!" said Twilight, walking up her hastily made stairs. When she got out of her basement, she was holding a blue box with gold trimming. Encrusted into the box were jewels, amethysts and rubies and emeralds. Twilight opened box and pulled out five choker necklaces and one crown. Each of the chokers and the crown had a jewel in the center in the shape of one of the mare's cutie mark. A butterfly for Fluttershy, an apple for Aj, a diamond for Rarity, a lightning bolt for Rainbow, a balloon for Pinkie, and a six pointed star on the crown for Twilight. She gave the mares the choker with their cutie mark and put the crown on her own head.

"Nice jewelery, but I think we should really get going!" said Starswirl couldn't help his fidgeting. He was ready to get this over with. Starswirl tended to get jumpy when he was running to mortal danger. Which, he noticed, was becoming more and more frequent the longer he stayed around these mares. "You mares have your earrings and makeup on? Sure? Good. Let's go."

Starswirl trotted out of the library, gesturing for the rest to file out.

"Oh and this dragon must be Spike." he said, leaning in the doorframe. "I like dragons. When we survive this I'll have to sit down and have a nice chat with you. That soup was delicious. You will have to give me that recipe. But we really have to go now. Come on."

Shining Armor, Queen Chrysalis, Princess Luna, and the rest of the mares followed him out of the library. They got trotted in a circle, where they stood.

"Hold on." said Chrysalis. "I want my children to rush in as soon as our hooves hit the floor. I have to tell them to get ready." She stood there, eyes closed and horn glowing. She concentrated hard and then her horn flared into light. "Alright. They will be ready."

"Let us go." said Luna, pointing her horn to the center of the circle. Then Twilight did the same, followed by Starswirl, Chrysalis, and Rarity. While Rarity's magic was not strong enough to teleport, she could still lend her power. Their horns glew their respective colors, which began to meld into a bright, blinding white light. And suddenly…

POP!

They were right outside of Canterlot, a few meters away. They made their way forward, towards a large group of Canterlot guards. Starswirl, Twilight, Luna, and the rest of the mares jumped to cover, all except Chrysalis, who walked forward boldly. She walked right up to the guards, turned and gestured to her hiding allies.

"Come on, you scaredy-ponies." she yelled over her shoulder. Turning to the guards, she said, "Boys I told you we weren't doing the stealth thing. I know that's what we did last time but this is a little different." The group of Canterlot guards burst into a fiery green aura. When the aura dissipated, what remained was about 100,00 changelings. "Oh and try not to kill any of these guards, and definitely don't kill Celestia. If you pull this off, we'll have five years worth of food. If we save up, we can make that last for ten. So don't screw this up, my children."

"Yes, your highness. We will try our best." said the changeling at the front of the group, saluting. "Shall we tell the other squads to begin the attack?"

"Yes. We want to get in and out as soon as possible. With as little collateral damage as possible."

"Yes, ma'am!" he said, his horn glowing and flaring. "They are marching out ma'am."

"Excellent. You do the same. Are you scaredy-horses going to get down here or are my children going to have to do this alone?" yelled Chrysalis to Starswirl. Starswirl and the rest of their group sauntered down to join her. A short second later, they heard the familiar THWING! THWING! that showed the changelings were chipping away at the magical shields protecting Canterlot. "Well, let's get in there!" shouted Chrysalis, breaking into a run, her army tailing her. They sprinted until they got to the edge of the city, where the shield began. When they reached this point, Shining Armor used his top security clearance and they simply stepped through into the city. There they were confronted by about 1,000 guards.

"YAAAAAAAH!" screamed Rainbow Dash, running to attack the nearest guard. She tackled him to the ground, beating his face in with her hooves. The rest of the ponies sprung into the fray. Applejack ran and kicked two guards in the jaw with her hind hooves. Then the changelings exploded into a frenzy of attacks. Hooves meeting face with a sickening THUD!

"Come on!" said Starswirl. "We need to get there now!"

"Split into two groups!" yelled Chrysalis, jumping over fallen guards, "Half of you will come with us! The rest will stay here and deal with these guards! Catch up as soon as you get a chance." She galloped through Canterlot, Starswirl and the mares behind, dodging out of the way of guards. Eventually, they reached a calm area, where there were no guards attacking. The group slowed to a walk, ever-alert, ever-prepared for the attack. They walked up to the bridge that connects the city to the castle. Starswirl went to step over the bridge when…

"STOP!" yelled Rarity concerned. "Don't step on the bridge!"

"What?!" asked Starswirl, hoof suspended in mid-air.

"Darling, I don't use normal, run-of-the-mill magic. Mine is different. I use my magic to scan through the earth for gems and precious ores." said Rarity. "And I'll tell you this: I sense that there are sunstones buried in the bridge. Why would there be sunstones in the bridge?" Starswirl took a second to consider it and came up with an explanation.

"Sunstones hold detonation spells exceptionally well!" said Starswirl, retracting his hoof. "She means to blow us to Kingdom Come. Nice catch Rarity!"

"Thank you darling! I believe I can get them out without them exploding." she replied, her horn glowing a light teal. Slowly out of the bridge melted 30 orange stones, shaped like the sun, each emitting a light orange glow. "Can any pony disarm them?"

"Twilight could probably do it." said Luna, "But let's put these to good use. Chrysalis, how long will it take for your troops to break through the shields?"

"About 20 minutes." said Chrysalis.

"Make that 20 seconds." said Luna, who then levitated all 30 stones and launched them at the shield.

BOOM!

The sunstones exploded, destroying the shield. Shards of shattered magic fell from the sky, which disappeared after a few seconds. The changelings flew down, raining from the sky. They flew around attacking guards and protecting their queen and her friends.

"Remember: We are not fighting to kill!" yelled Chrysalis to her troops. "Come on!" They ran over the bridge and into the castle. They reached the gate which was locked with no way to get in.

"Pinkie." said Starswirl, "Can you take care of this door?"

"Okey-dokey-lokey!" said Pinkie Pie, reaching into her mane. "I think my party cannon will do the trick!" Out of her mane, she pulled a large cannon with a pink barrel, blue wheels with daisies on them, and a big red button on top. Standing on her hind hooves, she aimed the cannon at the door. She delicately and precisely set her sights on the door. When it was aimed to her liking, she slammed her hoof on the button. The other ponies threw their hooves over their ears, awaiting for the impending BOOM.

PFEW!

The cannon made a cartoonish noise and launched confetti and streamers a few yards.

"Oops!" said Pinkie "I must have put the confetti in here and the Boom-Kaboom-Boom stuff in the party favors! Hope nopony get's into them!"

"What now?" said Starswirl. Ever since he heard Pinkie owned a cannon, he had been banking on it getting them in the castle. He should have known it was a party prop.

"Um…" said Pinkie, thinking carefully. "Oh! I have an idea!" She began to dig through her mane. After a few seconds of rustling, she pulls out a lavender helmet with two white stripes running down the middle. Placing it on her head, she strapped it around her chin. "I borrowed this from Scootaloo!" said Pinkie.

"What are you doing?" asked Starswirl concerned. Pinkie Pie, ignoring him, climbed into the cannon. "I don't think that's sa-"

"IT'S PARTY TIME!" bellowed Pinkie, smashing the button.

PFEW!

BOOM!

CRASH!

Pinkie Pie flew through the air, her body covered in confetti, and bashed head-first into the castle gate. The door exploded into splinters, Pinkie flying completely through. The other ponies looked on with a mix of awe and terror. Getting over their shell-shock, Starswirl led the group through the hole in the wall. As they walked through the rubble of the door, Starswirl noticed that there were five guards, unconscious and lying on the floor. Disregarding the bodies, Starswirl walked forward and turned down the left corridor and was met with a hoof to the face.

WHAM!

Starswirl stumbled backwards, distorted from the blow. A couple dozen guards step out from around the corner to confront the army.

"Halt!" said one. "You are under arrest!"

"No!" said his comrade. "Remember what Princess Celestia said? She said take no prisoners. That means kill them!"

"But Princess Luna is with them! So is Shining Armor and Princess Twilight! We can't kill them!"

"We can't just ignore a direct order from the Princess!"

"Well, what do you think we should do?"

"Let's just take them to Princess Celestia. She'll tell us wh-"

PEWM!

PEWM!

Luna and Chrysalis each launched a bolt of magic at one of the arguing guards, knocking them out.

"When this is over, you guys are being dishonorably discharged for sheer stupidity!" said Shining Armor, blasting another guard. All hell broke loose. More guards left their post to come aid their comrades. Soon enough, the 3 dozen guards became fifty-thousand guards. Chrysalis stepped forward to the front of the group, standing right in the face of a wave of guards. With a tiny nod, she commanded the changelings to charge. 50,000 changelings met with 50,000 guards. Hooves met face and spells met bodies.

"Come on! We can't sit around fighting!" called Twilight.

"Already?!" laughed Luna, her hoof connecting with a guards gut. "I haven't been able to cut loose like this in ages!"

"Fight, my children!" yelled Chrysalis. "Do not enter the throne room! We will handle it and come get you when we're done!" They sprinted through the long halls, reaching the throne doors.

"Ready?" asked Starswirl, pausing in front of the grand doors. Without waiting for a response, he says, "Good. Let's go." With that he twirled around, tail facing the door, and kicked with all his might, knocking the door in, where they ran in to confront the corrupted princess.

"You made it through the city?" said Solaris evilly, "I knew it would come to this. Luna may have been a master of divination, but I'm still pretty good. I foresaw something today, something I guessed at, but now, I can say it without a shadow of a doubt. One of us will die here, right now. Let's find out who it will be!" she said aiming her horn at the group of adventurers.