There were gasps and screams around the audience as chaos erupted. The monster turned quickly on Celestia, letting out an intensely blinding green beam that smacked Celestia in the face, blowing her off her hooves and back into the pews of the audience. A few ponies screamed, others let out cries of anger and swore loudly.

"Celestia!" The unicorn cried, teleporting with a burst of magic to the Princess's side, where five others from the audience quickly joined her.

Suddenly, there was a loud WHUMP. Rushing to the window, Reddling looked outside to see a ripple in the shield. Grabbing part of a broken pew, he planted a savage smash into the window, thrusting his head out and letting loose the loudest echoing cry he could into the air before he ducked back into the scene of terror. Guests were beginning to flee the room in panic. Tops had rushed to the window to look up at the shield, but recoiled in panic at the ripple as a large wave of black slammed itself into the magical wall.

"T-Twilight- the elements-" Reddling could barely hear the Alicorn breathing the words to the unicorn over the chaos, even with his enhanced hearing.

"Nothing you can do will defeat us." The monster said. Tops was still staring like an idiot out the window as the room emptied, leaving Twilight, Celestia, and the Night Guard alone except for a few ponies.

"GO!" Celestia yelled at Twilight.

"Tops, Nightshade, go with them." Reddling said, trying to keep his panic under control. He had expected something to happen, but suddenly he was struggling to come up with a contingency plan for THIS. He had expected a few hiccups, but nothing as major as seeing one of his marks nearly struck down in front of him.

"Girls, come on!" Twilight said, taking a small group of ponies towards the door.

"R-Reddling!" Tops said, turning with slightly watery eyes away from the window. His voice reeked of panic as he tried to process what he'd observed. "There's- Hundreds of them! T-Thousands! The shield is failing!"

"GO!" Reddling screamed at his friends. Along with five other ponies, Tops and Nightshade ran for the door. There was a crack as more magic chased after them, blasting the doors to splinters and leaving the rock charred. However, Twilight had already conjured up a shield around her group, and along with a black mist rising from Tops and Nightshade, Reddling was quite sure they made it out as he turned to face the mammoth bug in front of him.

Reddling gave the bug a salute, starting at the tip of his snout and tracing it up to his forehead to cover one eye, the edge of his hoof facing towards what he assumed was an enemy officer.

"You're stealing my business, you know." Reddling said playfully. The changeling blinked, tilting her head curiously at the accent. Outside there was an enormous shattering as the shield failed. Magic ripped and tore itself to pieces as buzzing black clouds descended into the city.

"You're far from home, aren't you?" The changeling asked. Her voice was a melodic, buzzing hum, something like crystal vibrating- or glass shattering. Reddling simply uncorked a vial from inside his coat, sloshing around the Black Agnosia inside.

"A long, long way," Reddling said, looking down at Celestia as he jammed the vial into her mouth, forcing the liquid down the surprised pony's throat. "I was hoping to avoid all this... collateral damage."

"Seize him!" the monster cried. Reddling felt a beam of magic hit him before he could react, throwing him back several feet. The smell of sizzled hair and smouldering trenchcoat filled the air as almost every window in the room broke. Throwing his sword at a changeling, Reddling watched it narrowly miss and bounce off the opposite wall, clattering on the floor. Drawing his knife, Reddling flew at Chrysalis in a fury, trying to slice her belly open from under her.

Mid lunge, however, Reddling felt three of the beasts grab him, tackling him down and then pulling him up with his hooves restrained. These changelings were not like their queen- they were thick and solid, with heavily armored carapaces and dull little horns that matched their far shorter wings.

"You know what my work is here. Let me see these blasted Princesses dead before you finish me!" Reddling screamed at the queen changeling. As she trotted over to Celestia, the leader sneered angrily at Reddling.

"What did you do to her?!"

Reddling sighed, shaking his head. "It is a sedative. She'll wake up in a few hours or a day."

Quickly regaining her composure, the leader straightened up, her anger totally fading away in an instant. "Doing our work for us then." Her voice was coy and almost playful as a dozen more changelings filled the room. These bugs were smaller, not bulky, strong, or powerful like the ones restraining Reddling. Finally starting to figure out some of the hierarchy, Reddling watched as they all stared up at their Queen.

"Take care of the Princess, would you drones. Soldiers, hold that one still," The queen commanded to the other bugs. The other soldiers joined their queen's side as the drones began to drag Celestia away and up a few short stairs to where the wedding would have been held. Shining Armor's nigh lifeless body was kicked aside as he breathed shallow breaths at the foot of the Changeling Queen.

"You might take Canterlot, but you'll never take or hold Equestria. Strike down the Princesses, their guardians- it won't be enough to take all this land." Reddling taunted at the queen, adjusting himself to be more comfortable in the holds of his captors.

"We will take care of it." The queen said, staring out the window. A cacophony of buzzing was rising up from outside the window. Reddling gave a little shiver at the thought of those bugs out in the city, wreaking unknowable havoc.

"Yeah, you'll spread out your forces, have every stallion, mare, and foal under your control... yes, but how will you hold all of it? You can't possibly have the troops." Reddling began looking around the room, looking for some escape. The changeling on his left had a loose grip on him, and there was a shattered pew nearby he could probably quickly grab and swing. The trouble was his sword was laying on the other side of the room, and knifefighting was simply not viable against two dozen changelings.

"Your stalling is somewhat annoying, and isn't going to work." The Queen said shortly. Right outside, Reddling heard the beat of wings- not pegasus wings, and not bug wings. A smile trickled over his face as the Queen turned to face him.

"Oh really? Remember this face, it might be the last thing you ever see someday." Reddling chided. A drone jerked it's head as a figure leapt through the window, bashing into three changelings with his magnificent kite shield. Midnight Tales.

Pulling his foreleg free, Reddling slammed the equivalent of an elbow into the face of the Changeling, spinning around plunging the knife still gripped in his right hoof into the carapace of the other Changeling holding him. Another bash from Midnight's kite shield sent the third Changeling on Reddling flying as their comrade crumpled to the ground, grasping at their gushing neck.

Chrysalis and the Changelings looked around in utter confusion for a few moments, trying to make out what had just happened. Midnight let out a "Reddling, run!" as he drew his sword and threw himself against three changeling soldiers, further adding to the confusion in the room.

Reddling did run- but not for the door. As he went to pass the Queen, he threw himself in the air and turned sideways, flapping his wings once before he cocked his forehoof back, throwing Ausfall with all his might at the queen. There was a wet thud in the room as the knife embedded itself in her lower chest. A sharp gasp rose from Chrysalis's frame as bright green blood began to seep out all over her carapace and the floor.

Reddling, meanwhile, had recovered his sword and was facing twenty changelings who were all snarling in fury at seeing their queen wounded. Charging at a soldier who threw himself at him, Reddling beheaded the monster in time to see Chrysalis's horn glowing. An incinerating beam hit him with a loud shriek, launching him across all of the pews and into a few overturned chairs at the back of the room. Midnight cut down two soldiers between them as he fought his way to Reddling's side. Reddling was preparing himself for the horde of monsters readying themselves to be thrown at the Night Guard while Midnight landed a shield bash against one stray drone before catching another soldier with his blade, cutting it badly across the midsection and leaving it to fall back and whimper in pain.

Pulling out his blue lunar knife, Reddling cocked his hoof again and jumped, flapping his wings and then throwing the knife across the room at the wounded queen. A second wet thud rung threw the room as she screamed in pain, clutching at her wounds as she fell to the side, looking down at a small pool of blood below her. A collective scream of rage drowned out Chrysalis as the changelings rushed at the two bat ponies, not caring if they were caught on swords. Reddling and Midnight cut down two, four, but the waves did not seem to end as their punches and bites were deflected by armor. Despite the pain wracking his body, the site of seeing the enemy queen nearly fall gave Reddling a second wind as he prepared to stand and face her.

"Run!" Midnight said again, panic in his voice as he bashed down another drone and jerked Reddling back towards the door. Midnight moved his frame and threw Reddling into the hall towards a broken window. Turning back, Reddling watched as Midnight fled into the hall, raising his shield. There was just a split second of time for Reddling to see a burst of blinding magic hit Midnight, throwing him off his hooves and smashing him into a wall, which gave way slightly as it imploded. The glass of two windows shattered next to Midnight as a dozen changelings fell upon him, punching and biting at anything they could grab.

It was so easy to run away, to jump out that window and leave Midnight there. Nopony would ever know, and after a few years nopony might even care. Reddling cared though, and he felt a fire rise up in his blood as he charged the Changelings, hacking down every single one he could sinking his blade into. Limbs and green blood filled the air as he swung his blade in a wide arc, slicing down at least four of them as they backed up, reforming themselves and giving Midnight enough time to get to his hooves.

Before Reddling had time to face the creatures however, he felt something grab his tail. Midnight swung him out the window, sending him plummeting downwards as his view of his friend vanished. Miraculously, Reddling realized that his sunglasses had somehow managed to stay on through this entire ordeal, and the instant exposure to the sun did not leave him burning.

The same avoidance of burning could not be said for Midnight however, for as Reddling caught his balance in the air he saw another flash of magic from the window he'd just fallen from. Real sadness hit Reddling's chest as he realized that Midnight was a goner. Turning away from the scene, Reddling scoured the chaos below. There was a maddening cacophony of buzzing that made his ears ring as he cut his way between changelings. These bugs were everywhere, and seemed to rule the land and skies. Everything had become a sea of blackness that was blotting out the sun overhead.

There was a quick rush of air beside Reddling as Midnight jumped from the window and threw himself towards the ground, diving and raising his wings as more Changelings swooped in on the two bats. Moving to evade them, Reddling drew himself away from the fight and any pursuing drones, leaving Midnight to hopelessly contend with a score of the monsters. Not too far in the distance, Reddling saw a bridge that was covered with rainbow hues of many ponies seemingly dancing back and forth.

Sorry, Midnight

Reddling shook his head, blinking down at the scene. There were at least a hundred ponies- many of whom appeared to be duplicates of the same six, all fighting each other. Nightshade, Tops, and Bruiser were looking confusedly into the mirade of colours all fighting each other. Reddling landed next to them as a confetti cannon exploded nearby, sending a bright pink pony rocketing off the bridge.

"Clone!" Nightshade pointed out. Bruiser swung his hammer and caught a rainbow maned pony, crushing its chest and sending her flying away from combat, green blood dripping from his maul.

"This is idiotic, What are you doing?" Reddling demanded of his friends, turning to the crowd of ponies. "Dumbasses! They're just stalling you! Get going and we'll handle them!"

A purple unicorn blinked, then lit up her horn and let out a burst of magic, sending three of her own clones flying into the air. "Girls, to me!" She called, rushing past the parade of colourful copies and heading for a tall tower.

Reddling spared his friends a glance as they fell upon the copies, beginning a work of mass slaughter as the screams of the bugs filled the air. Some magical purple shine seemed to surround them, keeping them shielded from most general harm. None of them seemed to be fresh for the fight, but they were holding up far better than Reddling with his half melted coat.

"Get to your elements, hurry!" Reddling yelled at them, flying overhead as Twilight conjured a purple shield around her friends, forcing changelings to bounce harmlessly off it as they rushed towards the tower as quickly as hooves could carry them. Behind them, Tops was shredding changelings from the skies with his claws, ripping them to pieces before they could even join the fight. Bruiser's maul was busy smashing exoskeleton into dark bonemeal. A few strikes of lightning burst along the bridge from Nightshade, frying several changelings and leaving them dead before they hit the ground.

While it was not a quick trip to the tower of the elements rising in front of them, Reddling was sure that the six ponies would soon arrive. Moving forward, Reddling threw himself next to a shattered window, standing on a ledge by his hind hooves and looking inside the tower room. Inside were nearly a dozen soldiers, and at least a dozen more drones standing guard in front of a grand door that could only be opened with a horn.

In front of the door was a sight that would have sunk anypony's heart. Another queen, tall and terrible, was staring with her blue eyes fixed on her task. Potent magical tentacles were slowly eating through the door that was protecting the elements.

Too many to fight alone... That bitch is mine though. Reddling threw himself away from the window, flying back to his friends and Twilight.

"Trap inside, when you open that door get ready to mow down more bugs!" Reddling commanded the ponies. Landing and turning towards the door, Reddling rushed beside the purple unicorn as they threw open the door. The Night Guard flanked the other five ponies as they threw themselves into the room. Instantly, the guards all threw themselves in full at the invaders, preparing to clash with the intruders.

Reddling watched the blue changeling as everything moved slowly for him. He felt his hoof grab at a knife from under his ruined coat, but as he took to the air and flipped the blade part into the mesh of his glove, a tingling hit his mind.

"You shunned my gift," said the queen. Reddling didn't even blink as he suddenly felt the bug's name. Balefly, Queen Balefly. There was a soft burning on his neck as he recognized the queen, reminding him of his near death- or perhaps, something worse- experience.

Look at me, I already have everything I need. I'm unbreakable. Reddling thought back to the queen. He almost felt as if it was... his queen, but he shredded the thought as soon as it came to mind.

"Is that what you told the Nightmare little colt?" Balefly asked.

Reddling's knife arced threw the air, clean and true as it sliced straight into the back of the Changeling Queen's skull. A scream echoed from her throat as she lurched forward, her head slamming into the door. Her yell was one of surprise and pain as blood spurted from her wound, soaking the back of her neck. She had been nearly identical to Chrysalis, but the difference was Reddling would be the last thing this queen saw.

Reddling's heart soared quickly before falling threw the floor again. Balefly ripped the blade from the back of her head as she stood back up, glaring at Reddling in fury. Two thick armored soldiers stepped in front of her and moved to engage Reddling as he parried one's punch with his sword. The other landed their blow on Reddling's back, and although he felt shockwaves travel all through his skeleton, he managed to stay upright and mostly unhurt. Slicing into the back of the off balance soldier, Reddling turned against the still standing foe.

Reddling's eyes were not so much on his enemy, but rather the situation around him. The battle had now fully turned against Equestria. Nightshade, Tops, and Bruiser had been backed into a corner, and the mane six into another corner on the other side of the room. This left Reddling standing out in the open between the two groups with no cover.

Oh, do not let me die. Reddling thought, slicing down a drone that flew at him from the side.

I have to see her again. Can you hear me Web? If we all die here, I'm so sorry. I just wanted to see you one more time... Reddling flipped around the soldier, sliding his back against the outstretched hoof of the bug before impaling his blade into the back of the creature.

But if you ever really wanted to help, now would be the time to turn up! Reddling turned to see a blue pegasus do a midair punch against one drone. An orange earth pony quickly slammed her hooves into the face of the fallen bug, hurling it away and sending it out a window. Twilight blasted another changeling away, leaving it down for the count, yet despite the efforts of her friends and herself the situation was not improving at all.

Reddling shook his head in amazement as he stabbed into another drone, staring at a pink pony who seemed to be playing with her enemies, as well as a yellow pegasus who flinched away from two attacking changelings. Rather than rip the pegasus to shreds though, they both stopped and looked at each other in confusion.

Not one to waste a chance, Reddling quickly drew a knife out and threw it into the skull of one changeling, causing it to fall over face first onto the floor, dead. The other changeling barely had time to turn before it was impaled on a bastard sword threw the chest and body. Reddling and the bug looked at each other for a moment, and then the bug looked down in shock. Ripping his sword out Reddling quickly beheaded the creature. Pulling out another knife, Reddling gasped as he saw a huge ball of energy glowing at the end of Balefly' horn, which she was aiming at not only Reddling's friends, but also many of her own Changelings.

"Night Guard, dodge!" Reddling called, throwing a knife at Balefly as she prepared to fire her spell. The queen dodged the knife narrowly, but her beam went well over the heads of both changeling and bat as she burned the ceiling, leaving a black scorch mark. Reddling threw another knife which clattered against the wall next to Balefly as she rounded to face him.

The two wasted no time in meeting each other's eyes. Already a third throwing knife was out of his hoof and soaring across the room. This time, the knife found it's mark, embedding itself in Balefly's chest. She stumbled backwards, grabbing at her chest as she pointed at the red bat in front of her.

"Gah!- Kill the one with the knives!" Balefly screamed at her soldiers. Two soldiers broke away from the fray and charged Reddling as he grinned painfully at them.

"Well come on then!" Reddling said, throwing another knife at Balefly before throwing himself out the window, not taking time to see if he hit her. The soldiers both threw themselves out the window as well. Hanging below the window, Reddling thrust himself upwards, impaling one of the soldiers from underneath. Dragging the Changeling along on the sword, Reddling threw the carcass into the side of the building, leaving the crumpled body to fall towards the courtyards below.

Flying back to the bridge, Reddling stopped and dodged the soldier as he stared at the pony making their way towards him. Bleeding from innumerable cuts and wounds as he trotted forward, was Midnight. He was still holding his shield up at an occasional drone attacker as he fought threw a trail of corpses that fell in his wake. Reddling could not comprehend how this pony had survived, or indeed what was keeping him going at this point. Midnight had added a fresh layer of corpses to the ones that the other Night Guard and mane six had already deposited on the bridge.

"Midnight, in here!" Reddling yelled to his friend, sidestepping and tripping the soldier as he ducked back into the tower. A beam of light seared the room as Balefly's spell connected with Bruiser, knocking him the the ground. Although he seemed much worse for the wear, Bruiser struggled back to his hooves, continuing to fight the remaining Changeling soldiers, who now had become very few in number. The battle had evened out, and Balefly's bugs were beginning to lose their momentum.

"Hey, you blue bitch! You can't kill me!" Reddling screamed at Balefly from the door. The blue bitch turned with a snarl as she lowered her smoking horn, paying no heed to shadows lurching around at the corners of the room.

Blinking, Reddling tried to make sure he saw what he thought he'd seen. Sure enough, crawling along the edges of the room, were shadows that were all leaping and chasing each other. In a sudden motion, a figure leaped from a shadowy corner, throwing herself at Balefly. The bat was clad in tight but thin shiny blue plates, with a helmet on and visor down. Reddling could barely make out the pony with all of the shadows twisting around her like fiery wreathe. There was a laughably small knife in the mouth of the pony as she acrobatically vaulted over the Queen and landed on her other side, leaving her knife edged in blood.

Reddling turned and sliced down another Changeling shoulder as a shrill, high pitched "Ehehehe" split the air.

Web! Reddling beamed as he looked at her. Suddenly every wound on his body seemed to melt away, all the pain of this horrible place vanishing at the sight of this glorious nightlight. "Web!' Reddling screamed in joy, raising his blade and preparing to end the remaining Changelings.

"Got you." Web said gleefully to Balefly, jerking her head towards Reddling. Once more Reddling tackled into the monsters, literally disarming the nearest drone he could find as a horrible flash of magic lit up the world.

Reddling turned away from his fallen foe in time to see Web flying across the room, knocked off her hooves. She slammed into the wall before falling into her own shadows.

"You blasphemous monster! I'll kill you!" Reddling felt his voice crack as he screamed again, charging Balefly as she laughed off Web.

"Hah, Your pony poisons won't do anything against me." Balefly laughed, not bothering to face Reddling. All changelings turned to watch as Reddling sliced his blade into Balefly's side. Green blood splattered against the remains of his coat, armor, and sunglasses as the Queen lost a wing. A terrible gash was now open in the Balefly's back, but even as she crumpled, she turned to lash out. A green arc lit on her horn as she dug under Reddling's cuirass. The steel was split away uselessly, opening a hole in his chest.

Reddling dropped his sword as he gasped, feeling himself lifted into the air before being thrown away from Balefly. He blinked at the ceiling idly as the world flashed by. The walls of the tower betrayed their geometry as everything around him decayed. Colours were duller, and the early sunset hitting the world seemed to be dull and cold now.

Everything was cold now though. Reddling had not felt himself hit the floor, but there he was, laying on his back against the cold marble. A pounding in his head echoed as he tucked his wings in, laying a hoof into this chest to stop the bleeding. If he was going to die, then this was going to be the last thing he felt. He was going to feel these wings around him- these, Equestrian gifts from the night. He was going to die knowing he wasn't a pegasus soaring threw the skies, but a bat pony, and a child of the night.

An arc of purple and black streaked overhead from somewhere out of his vision to a new destination. Whatever it was, it was in a hurry. There were a few blows around the room, which echoed the blasts and screams ricocheting around the broken shapes of the tower.

I wanna hug Web, and my friends, and go to Silverfield again. I want to see Rainy, save the day. Dying isn't in those plans, I have to live... somehow... I have to preserve myself. Feeling his coat, Reddling located one amazingly unsmashed vial of Black Agnosia hanging in a half melted pocket. Uncorking the top, Reddling threw the liquid onto his chest. Most of the liquid landed against his body, but he felt a few drops hit his insides. The world slowed down for just a bit, and Reddling felt two sets of hooves push him back down

There was a rumble of hooves, and then a massive blue-black juggernaut vaulted over his body with an orange earth pony, rushing at a crumpled Balefly. Reddling felt himself pushed back down as two blurred faces blocked his vision. he could feel their pink and purple manes ticking his face as their white and yellow hooves appraised his wound.

"...Poor Dear...Going... make" the white one said.

"... your sewing kit..." the yellow one said. Reddling wasn't sure, but he almost felt like the mare was smiling at him. "...hang on, you can do it, you can make it."

Reddling rolled his head back further, the pain of his various wounds returning full force. His mouth rolled open in a scream of agony, but no sound of pain pierced his ears. Laying there in pain, one question found it's way to the forefront of his mind.

Do I deserve to make it though? After all I've done? All the hurt I gave Tops, all the lies I've told my friends? ...

...Even if I don't deserve to make it, I'm going to. I'll hang onto this life with all my strength- Not for myself, but because of my friends. Because they don't deserve to lose a friend. Web Weaver, Tree Tops, Nightshade, Bruiser, and Midnight Tales.

"This... doesn't end here. It's only the start, Reddling Rain."

Reddling threw himself up as a horrifying voice cut threw the world. His chest had been mostly stitched, but still needed some touching up. The words branded themselves into Reddling's brain as he stared at Balefly.

"Horseshit! I'LL KILL HER! Let me kill her!" Reddling screeched. He wasn't sure what his voice sounded like anymore. His throat was coated in blood. It was naught more than a dead man's tear dripping into their early grave.

Balefly was backed into a corner. Top's claws lay coated in gore next to the hooves of the Rainbow and orange pony's hooves, all eight of which were caked in blood. Bruiser stood next to Balefly, stepping forward an backing her further and further into the corner.

Balefly was truly a mess now. At least two of her limbs appeared to be broken, and she was bleeding from multiple places. Every crawl away from Bruiser left a smear of green blood across the stone floor. In spite of all this, Reddling found a second to meet Balefly's eyes. Her eyes seemed to be endless and calling to him. For a moment, he felt the urge to leap to his hooves and fight to defend his queen, to save her from the Equestrians. He wanted to save her for a split second, so he could stare into those eyes and lose himself for a thousand years.

In an instant however, Reddling felt a surge of his memories from life. Not his old life as a dirt pony, but his new life with his bat friends, with Web, and Princess Luna, and Midnight.

My life.

"Kill her!" Reddling ordered. Bruiser gave a gleeful smile as his maul fell, smashing into the face of Balefly as she stared helplessly at Reddling. There was something sad about seeing her go, but Reddling couldn't remember it after she was gone. There was a loud splatter as her head disintegrated.

The two ponies continued to sow at his wound for a time, but eventually some force called them away. Nightshade came into view, feverishly working her magic at the thread.

"N-Nightshade." Reddling coughed. "We did it, we won, right?"

"Shut up." Nightshade said angrily. "You're not dying tonight if I have anything to say about it.

"...But I'm cold." Reddling whispered. As if right on cue, there was a sudden burst, a magnificent explosion of colours and warmth shooting threw the room and in every direction from the element bearers. With a painful yelp, Nightshade covered her eyes as the room went bright. Reddling felt his eyes burn as the cracked remains of his sunglasses failed to offer any protection.

"Ah, fuck!" Nightshade hissed. "They couldn't have warned us?"

"B-Bleh..." Reddling coughed. Shoving Nightshade away from him, he began to pick himself up and look at the room. The few drops of Black Agnosia had not been enough to knock him out, but the small dose was enough to keep him alive with the hasty field stitches.

Reddling was absolutely sure he looked like shit. Most of his body must have some burn on it, and if it wasn't burned, then it was cut, bruised, beaten in, totally battered, or some combination of the aforementioned. The chainmail had not afforded Reddling any protection against the fiery burning, and he was surely going to have a couple of nice scars on his chest and shoulders.

"Haha, ahahaha!" Reddling felt a laugh rise in his chest as he stared around at the fading lights and warmth. The sun was now nearly set, casting shadows across the room as all of Reddling's companions sans Web stared at him.

"'The hell's so funny...?" Bruiser asked lowly. Reddling didn't give him an answer as he began to limp out of the room, rushing towards Canterlot castle, back to the Wedding room. In the city Changelings were retreating, fleeing away from ponies. the display of the elements had rallied the soldiers and greatly weakened the Changelings. stacked with the death of one of their Queens, the Changeling lies were now failing. It was difficult to tell if the elements had had a direct impact on every single Changeling in the hordes, of if the fall of their queen had shattered their moral. either way, it was of no consequence as Reddling lead the way back the Wedding room, towing along his friends, Web, and the Elements of Harmony.

Happy independence day