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Deep within the bowels of the Canterlot, Princess Celestia laughed long and loud as she took the many twists and turns before coming to a lone cell filled with magical draining runes all around the room and inside there lay an alicorn, but not just any alicorn but... Princess Celestia?

"Ah good morning Tia." The other Celestia chirped only getting a weak glare from her.

"Aww woke up on the wrong side of the rocks this morning? Well I would think you would be used to it after a decade down here?" The other Celestia smiled as the one in the cell growled.

"When I get out of here I'm going to turn you into a lab experiment and see what really makes you tick." Her eyes lighting up in anger before the runes lit up making her gasp in pain.

"Ah, ah, ah. You know the rules Tia no magic of any kind in the cell." Celestia chuckled while Tia snarled at her.

"What do you want Chrysalis?" Celestia growled watching at Chrysalis changed into her true form.

"Oh why it's to give news of your little ponies my dear, especially one Twilight Sparkle or should I say The Boss?" The changeling questioned as Celestia's eyes went wide.

"What did you do!?" She screamed stumbling towards the cell door.

"I didn't do nothing, YOU on the other hoof started a world war between two nations and that of a City-State which in my opinion is the most dangerous since they don't go by your petty little rules of engagement." Chrysalis smiled as Celestia seemed to turn paler.

"YOU MONSTER AH!" She crumpled to the ground as the runes activated.

"Oh I never thought this day would come, Equestria will burn and at the head of the invasion will be your perfect former student that YOU banished." Chrysalis laughed looking at the fallen goddess.

"I would never banish Twilight, she is like a daughter to me." Celestia panted glaring at the changeling.

"Oh my such a look. Well I hope you are happy to know that your good friend Prince John Winter and even your niece Cadence have declared war on you. Congratulations Celestia! You are the most hated pony in the world at this point." Chrysalis cackled at the shocked look on Celestia's face.

"It's amazing the power you hold over your subjects Celestia, I barely had to argue with any of them before they were all on board. Well except the elements and Shining and his parents along with your sister but a few subconscious spells here and there and they saw it my way." Chrysalis laughed at the defeated look on Celestia's face.

"Oh Celestia the day that I captured you when little Twilight came running to you was amazing. The look on her face when YOU banished her while one of my changelings posed as Cadence was the absolute perfect plan. Though I didn't count on the real Cadence to come nor that fool Sombra to show back up but, I believe that even after all this time my plan is finally coming together and I owe it all to you Tia." Chrysalis smiled booping her nose and laughing as she looked through the saddle bag she brought.

"Oh and just so you can see for yourself that I'm not lying." She toss two pieces of paper to her while she grabbed them in her hooves and read.

{Dear Princess Celestia;

I received this morning Twilight Sparkle whom demanded to know if I intended to uphold our agreements made during her first visit some time ago. Shocked at such an implication I asked that she explain herself, which she did. I at first could not believe what I heard. I refused to believe the allegations that Twilight was laying at my hooves. Then she showed me the body and the recordings.The moment Shining Armor stepped off the train I had him brought before my court to hear his side of the story. He confessed to everything. I cried, and I will probably never cry again as much as I did when I ordered my own husband arrested for Treason. I spoke with my court, with Twilight present, and we agreed that there was no alternative. I must protect my little ponies. I am sure you can understand that as a ruler I have no choice in the matter. You attempted to assassinate my sister-in-law, the Head-of-State of an Ally of the Crystal Empire whom was a diplomatic guest in your capital city. You murdered one of my citizens in cold blood. You betrayed both me and my ponies that you swore to protect when we freed them from Sombra's rule. I have no choice but to declare that as of this morning a State of War has existed between the Crystal Empire and Equestria.

May Faust forgive us.

Signed; Princess Cadence Mi Amore Cadenza

Empress of the Crystal Empire}

Her hooves were shaking as she read before she looked at the other paper.

[Dear Princess Celestia,

Let it be know that at the time of 6:00 am on the evening of August 21, the Kingdom of Solstice has entered a State of War against Equestria. Any attempt to cross into my borders will be met with extreme force. All communication between Solstice and Canterlot is to cease immediately.

I have given you far too many chances, Celestia.

No more.

Prince John Winter,

Prince of the Kingdom of Solstice]

Celestia couldn't believe it as she read and re-read the paper all the while Chrysalis smiled before Celestia looked up at her.

"Who did you kill to do this Chrysalis?" She growled while the changeling snorted.

"My sister Clare, the fool thought she was really in love with Twilight and was hoping to start a new hive with her inside the Forgotten City and would even go so far as to give her the Royal bite to change her into a changeling herself if she so wished." Chrysalis snarled while Celestia was horrified.

"You killed your own sister?"

"Please, she was a weakling always praising about peace and love but yet her entire hive was killed in one act of betrayal by the Crystal princess. I lost so many of my family before she came to me, broken from her torment. It was that day that I swore that ponies would pay for what they did to her, but then I find out she's not only in love with one but the very FOAL that nearly cost me my plan." The changeling growled.

"YOU MONSTER! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR OWN FAMILY!!??" Celestia screamed making the queen jump back.

"Tch, she was a traitor to our kind to even think of putting a pony in a royal position at all, converted or not." Chrysalis growled as Celestia glared at her.

"You're a monster and a murderer. My student will find a way to see through you plan, I have faith that she will." Celestia panted feeling weak from the runes.

"Oh I'm sure she will. Ta ta Tia, this cell will be your grave when the shelling starts." Chrysalis chuckled before flashing away.

Celestia sighed looking down while tears fell down her muzzle, looking into the darkness as a sob escaped her.

"I'm so sorry Twilight." She whispered before her eyes turned hard.

"I have to let her know." Celestia grabbed a piece of paper and quill that Chrysalis had left her while she was down here and began to write.

[To my most faithful student,

Twilight I know that I am the last pony you want to hear from but you have been tricked my dear student. Even if you would have attacked Cadence that day I would have at least listened to your side of the story and allowed you to prove your words. Please Twilight you must SAVE Equestria! I'm begging you come back and to the Crystal Caverns to see for yourself. If you choose to listen to me I will be in the bottom of a casam where the mining rails are destroyed.

I implore you to hold off your invasion and at least investigate my claims. From what Chrysalis has told me she put a fake contract seal on Spike before canceling it burning it into his body. If that is true then how did this message get to you?

I await your arrival my student,

Princess Celestia]

The sun goddess sighed as she stuck her arm through the bars and began to channel magic into it as the rune activated.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" She screamed in pain just as she sent the letter and collapsed blacking out from the horrible pain.

(Crystal Empire)

Twilight sobbed with Cadence while Spike and Gilda comforted them, Cadence had just sent her husband to the dungeons while they waited for Prince Winters to arrive.

"BRRRUUPPP!" Everyone looked at Spike who was frozen looking at a scroll on the ground making Twilight's eyes fly open.

"How?" Twilight asked wiping her eyes before picking it up and reading what's on the inside before she crinkled it up and a fire lit inside her.

'It all makes sense now! My banishment, my family throwing us away without a second glance, my friends turning their backs on us.' She thought as her eyes were wide and she was panting while the others looked on in worry.

'Everything is her! Our banishment, our life in that hell hole, EVERYTHING!!' She raged as her body started to turn white while the air around her grew in temperature making the others step back.

"Twilight?" Cadence whimpered while Spike stood in front of her watching his mother begin to lose it as the ground under her began to melt.

'All this time it was her, that fucking bug took everything away from us!' She raged as her fury began to escalate as white flames flowed around her.

'I'm going to rip her apart!' She grit her teeth when a thought hit her making her eyes turn white and she screamed in fury as Spike scoped the mares behind him up and shot out of the room as Twilight's rage consumed the whole room.

A massive explosion shook the castle blowing out a small portion of the castle where the throne room was making the crystal ponies gape and scream as they saw the fireball.

Twilight panted her mane and tail were transformed into fire as she tried to calm down.

"She killed Clare. I'm going to have my revenge on you, you fucking insect, mark my words everything you ever held dear is going to burn." She growled until a small smile formed over her face.

"SPIKE!!!" She yelled and looked around to see the destruction making her go wide eyed.

"Oops." She said looked around hoping her family was ok just as Spike came running in with Cadence and Starbolt making her sigh.

"Cadence I'm so sorry, I lost control and with the letter along with what I read I just-" She was stopped by a hoof in her mouth as Cadence smiled at the mare seeing for the first time the old Twilight.

"It's ok Twi, what was in the letter?" Cadence asked as Starbolt just stared at her aunt.

As Twilight told them what was going on their eyes continued to narrow. By the time she was done power was sparking over Cadence while Spike was gritting his teeth and clenching his fist.

Twilight grinned as she looked at Spike and motioned for him to calm down as she pulled him and Cadence into a hug.

"Don't worry sweetie we'll get them, they are all going to pay for this." Twilight comforted as Spike nodded while a sinister smile crossed Twilights face.

"How bout you pay the hive a little visit? Be sure to take all your dragon friends with you, I want you to burn everything and leave none alive." She stated.

'It's one thing to mess with me but you mess with my family and friends, you're going to get burned.' She thought feeling the rage coming back.

"Bring everyone burn everthing, I want you to melt everything." She said and turned to Cadence.

"Send a message to Winter and tell him what's going on, I'm going to have a little talk with Shining." She said walking by Cadence who nodded as sparks still flowed around her while Spike took off towards the train station.

Down in the dungeons Twilight smiled as tears went down her face looking at her chained and beaten brother. She had the cell opened by the guard next to her and walked in as the stallion looked at her and smirked.

"Oh look who it is, my sister came to visit me." He growled before she took his face in her magic as a wicked smile crossed her face.

"Your queen will learn very soon that she made the worst and last mistake of her fucking life." She said as her horn glowed while Shinings eyes widened before his world went bright.

Twilight sighed as she unlocked his shackles and pulled him into a hug.

"I'm so sorry BBBFF." She sniffed holding him close happy that the spell worked.

"I'll make her pay Shining, everything she's done to our family I'll make her pay ten times over for it." She growled before motioning for the guard to take him to his chambers to rest and recover.

Meanwhile in Equestria Chrysalis bathed in the love from these ponies that they had for Celestia as Luna came in and sat beside her with a smile.

"Good morning sister, you're glowing today." Luna smiled as the fake Celestia grinned at her.

"Of course sister, I can't help but feel the love from my little ponies this morning. I think today is going to be wonderful." She smiled hearing her children laugh over the hive mind.

'Don't worry babies the next rotation will be in a few months and those in the hive will be coming for their share of the love in this land. Be sure to let your brothers and sisters know who your meals are and where they can find them.' She sent over the hive.

As Chrysalis relaxed letting the love from Luna for her sister wash over her she suddenly felt one of her pawns vanish making her smile.

'Seems they really did it, they killed him. I wonder who did it?' Chrysalis thought as she looked at Shinings memories and smiled seeing Twilight before the memory end.

'So Twilight was the one who did the deed. Such a horrible fate for the poor stallion.' She thought giggling a little feeling Luna look at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry I was just thinking of some things a while that just came to me is all." She chuckled as Luna rolled her eyes but smiled.

"So sister, what are your duties for today?" Luna asked as Chrysalis shrugged.

"Same as always sister, listening to the nobles whine about one thing or another before doing paperwork for most of the day." She sighed.

'Everything is going perfect.' Chrysalis thought with a small grin.

She looked down at the small letter from Winter and Cadence calling off hostilities. Even if it was strange she figured that fighting the sun goddess was a stupid move and knew that there armies would never make it over the border before being vaporized.

Chrysalis sighed in content but something in the back of her head was telling her that it wasn't over, but she shrugged it off and enjoyed the day with Celestia's sister.

Three days later Celestia sighed as she moved around in her cell when she saw a green mist coming towards her making her eyes widen as a scroll materialized outside the cage.

[Dear Princess Celestia,

I learned today that even when times are dark and all seems hopeless, I can count on my friends to burn through the darkness.

I hope that this friendship letter isn't too late even after ten years away, I should have known that you would never have exiled me and Spike like that or that my family and friends would turn their backs on me. I hope that in time you can forgive me for ever doubting you.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle.]

As Celestia read the letter over and over as the smile on her face threatened to split her face before she started to laugh loud and hard falling on her side while tears came to her eyes. Her sides hurt from the laughter and began to caugh and hack before letting out a groan.

"What's so funny pony?" Celestia looked up and grinned at the changeling looking down at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh nothing just something I thought of from a few hundred years ago." Celestia giggled waving her hoof away before she roared with laughter making the changeling step back as more of them looked a little put off by the cackling sun princess.

"I think she finally lost it." One said watching the laughing mare who was holding her sides.

"No doubt." Another said shaking its head not hearing the thud from something landing over Celestia's laughing.

Celestia looked up and went wide eyed as the mare she hadn't seen in a decade stepped into the light.

She watched in shock as pulled a knife from her boot and slowly walked towards the group of changelings.

"See I told you, she's acting all nervous now." One of them said as Twilight charged a spell.

"Hey what's that li- ACK!" They all turned to the sound of their fellow changeling's cry of pain and saw him impaled into the wall by a crystal.

"Hope you all made you peace with your queen." They turned to see a fiery mare glaring at them with slit glowing red eyes.

"Die." She growled as they all were engulfed in flames screaming in pain before being turned to ash.

Celestia watched in horror as the little filly she once knew and her faithful student killed the group without even batting a eyelash.

As the flames stopped roaring Celestia could see her student walking through the flames like a demon.

"Princess." Celestia blinked and saw Twilight back to normal looking at her concerned.

"Twilight." The mare breathed as the mare charged up a spell before slamming it into the cage blowing a hole in it while Celestia gapped at the her. As the dust cleared she could see Twilight smiling at her.

"Well princess, are you going to come out or do you like your cage?" She smirked stepping back as the alicorn grunted and walked out of the cage. She staggered and would have fallen if her student hadn't caught her.

"You're really weak, you need to rest." She said holding the mare close to her as the first sobs hit her making her hold her tighter.

"I knew you wouldn't banish me and Spike, I should have known that wasn't you." She sobbed as Celestia gave a sad smile wrapping her arms around the mare.

"You were in shock my dear and with everything that went on and what happened to Spike, I can't really blame you." Celestia sighed holding the mare close breathing in her scent relishing in holding her student once more after so long.

Twilight cried long and hard as everything in the past ten years had been a lie spun by that stupid insect. As Celestia cooed to her student trying to calm her down as the sobs continued to rack her body.

"Shhh everything is going to be ok Twilight, you saved me and once I have my strength back I'll be sure to put a end to this matter." Celestia cooed rubbing the mares back before everything went white before the world returned to her.

She looked around and saw she was in the Golden Oaks Library making her eyes widen just as a mare walked.

"OH MY! PRINCESS CELESTIA!" She yelled as Twilight rolled her eyes.

"Listen I need you to-" She stopped and narrowed her eyes as her horn glowed before she zapped the mare watching as she turned into a changeling.

"HOW!?" She looked up to see Twilight gone before she felt a extreme pain in her head for a split second until her world grew black.

Twilight growled and trotted over to the window flipping the sign to closed and then over to her former desk.

"Twilight?" The mare in question turned to see Celestia slowly moving down the stairs towards her.

"Hold on Celestia, I need to get a letter to all my cells so they can begin to weed out all the changelings in the country." Twilight said blazing through scrolls while changing the color of the scrolls to purple before sending them off with flash.

"Your cells? What are you talking about?" She asked as the little unicorn sent the last one and held up her hoof.

"Where do you think I was for the last ten years? Hm? The Canterbian?" She asked as Celestia sat down resting listening to her student.

"All Chrysalis would tell me is that you were gone, nothing else." She sighed just as a griffon and a few ponies walked in and thumped their chests to Twilight.

"At ease, listen this is the mission. Everything has changed, Celestia will be taken to one of the safe houses for safety. She is far to weak to stand up to Chrysalis at the moment. Once you have her in safety, I want you to clear this entire town of changelings." She commanded as Celestia stared at Twilight in shock.

"What do you want us to do after that Boss?" She asked as Twilight pulled out one of her favorite cigars nearly making Celestia faint as she lit it up.

"Keep Celestia safe until I give the signal." She stated getting a nod from them.

"Make sure the towns people are safe and gather the elements and lock them in a cell in the safe house. Most likely Chrysalis has done something to them and the towns people, so only knock outs for them." She ordered as the group sighed.

"I know it's easier to just kill them but those are your orders." She stated only to hear a thud behind her making her turn to see Celestia down and out making her sigh but smile.

"Make sure she's taken care of. Derpy, Gaston, Bulk, I want you three to take her to the safe house and then tell the others what needs to be done. Thunderlane, Cheerilee, Big Mac, Lily, Rose, Daisy. You get the elements, take them down if you have but nothing lethal." She said getting a nod as she looked over and smiled at the other mare.

"Mayor, I want you to set up a town meeting once the elements and Celestia are secured." She said getting a nod from the mare.

"Oh and one more thing." She stated charging her horn and grabbing them while at the same time zapping them with a spell.

She waited for a second and smiled when none of them changed.

"Good now carry out your orders, Mac send me a letter once the element are safe and the town is in their meet. Once I get it I'll cast a spell that will show any changelings.

Once more they thumped their chests as Lyra took Celestia in her magic and flashed away.

Twilight smiled as she took the chair by the desk and went down into the basement while dragging the changeling with her. She had to get some more info on the Ponyville changelings.