My eyes shoot open at the first rays of dawn. It begins... heading for the kitchen, I grab a piece of pig belly to feed tuo Gary, who gleefully rips into it. After cooking and eating some bacon, I return to rouse Ribbon, Scootaloo having gotten up at the crack of dawn as well, to remind her that we have a train to catch. So I poke her on the nose. "Boop!" And smile at the adorable glare she gives me. "No time Ribs, we have a train to catch, remember?" Her eyes widen in realization, before she hops out of the bed, and follows me, Scoots, and Gary out the door.

Reaching the station, I was relieved to see we made it in time, and also noticed the Bearers chatting with our fellow Exiles. Not wanting to be in the middle of such a large group, I sunk into Ribbons shadow, hoping to remain unseen.

"And then I said 'oatmeal? Are you crazy!?'... Oh hi Ribbon! Hi Scootaloo!" Pinkie didn't notice me, good.

Of course, the first Thing Gary does is run over to Fluttershy, and began rubbing up against her like a flipping cat, much to Rarity's amusement.

Twilight waves. "hey you two, isn't Night coming along?"

Rarity seems somewhat upset. "Oh I was so hoping to see her, it's almost as if she avoids me."

Ribbon nods. "She's here, she simply said she'd be watching from the shadows, as she really doesn't like large groups." As she says this, she gives a subtle nod to her shadow, at which Twilight 'ooohhh's alongwith the other members of the Legion.

Of course I finally noticed Pinkie was looking AT me, before she winked. Of flipping course...

Scootaloo had walked over to join the rest of the Crusaders, plus Vinyl. "How do you even FIND, let alone get covered in tree sap, diving? On second thought, I don't want to know..."

"C'mon now, show me your warface!" Damn, Dash would make a good drill sergeant...

"YEAAAH!!!" This isnt CSI Miami Snowflake....

Rarity had begun chatting with Lyra and Pinkie. And Gary had taken to following Rarity around... Derp, I had completely forgotten about her the other night, this solves that conundrum.

Fluttershy was fussing over Courages lack of vocalization, much to his annoyance.

-hey Ribbon, wake me up when we're almost there.-

'Okay' and with that, I took a nap.

' Chi, Chi wake up, we're nearly there.'

-I'm up, I'm u- Bloody hell, thats one big shield...- Canterlot was surrounded by a giant pink bubble. As it washed over us, I noticed every changeling in the car cringed in pain ever so slightly.

-fuck it, wake me up when shit goes down... And your shadow is actually quite comfortable.- Ribbon squeaked at that, blushing. Now then, more napping.

' CHI? I BELIEVE THIS MEETS YOUR DEFINTION OF SHIT HAS GONE DOWN.' the fuck?

...

Oh, Twilight figured out the bride was Chrysalis. Not big surprise. When the Bitch Queen trapped the three of us in a dome of green fire, and made us sink into the ground, THEN I was surprised. It deposited us in cavern made of crystals, where Twilight and Ribbon woke up, have passed out in fright thinking they were being buried alive.

"Hello? Is anypony there?" Twilight wa scared as all hell. Especially when this freaky laugh echoed through the cavern, upon hearing it, Ribbon literally dived under Twilight, shivering uncontrollably. Everything was suddenly barked in a green light, and Chrysalis, still disguised as the bride, appeared in every reflective surface, and began gloating. I ignored her ego stroking. Twilight eventually began blasting shit, until one of the walls she blasted revealed the real bride, looking rather beat up. Of course Twilight thought she was Chrysalis, until...

"Sunshine sunshine..." upon hearing that Twilight perked up, and, walking over to her, began clapping hooves with her...

' Are they? '

"Ladybugs await."

-They are...-

"Clap your hooves..."

"Oh Faust no..."

"And do a little shake!" And then they bumped butts...

-Who is she anyway?- I slept through the introductions after all.

"Cadence! It is you!" Ah, never mind then, unknown to Ribbon, I had changed my shape, preparing to give Chrysalis a nasty fright when we got to her.

"This day was goi-"

"Is this REALLY the time for a musical number?" Cadance blinked, and picked up speed.

Then, a fracking minecart. Is it bad that I'm thinking of Donkey Kong Country right now? OHSHITRAMP!

After landing, we eventually reached the exit, where Twilight teleported us to the entrance of the throne room.

I had zoned out, But when the fake Cadence erupted into a pillar of emerald flames, I started paying attention. The moment Chrysalis began her evil monolog, Ribbon threw a knife at her, hoping to get her in the eye. Chrysalis ducked it, and before she could retaliate, Celestia FINALLY decided to do something. Only for Chrysalis to win the beam-o-war, and knock her out.

"We need to get to the Elements! Its our only hope!" Clever girl...

-Ribs, repeat after me.-

"Exiles, transform, and ROLL OUT!" Much to twilights horror, three of her new compatriots, as Vinyl was watching the CMC, and Courage was just a thestral, went up in flames.

"OI! Quit gawking and move it! Or would you rather your brother get turned into an incubator!" THAT snapped Twilight out her shock, as well as the rest of the bearers, and, understanding the implications of that, bolted out, being followed by Lyra, Snowflake, Tavish, and Courage, the four of them ready to fight.

Chrysalis began laughing. "This weding shall become my coronation as the ruler of Equestria!"

Then to my surprise, Ribbon transformed, revealing her true self, gauntlets at the ready to begin slashing. With me coaching her, Ribbon managed to keep any trace of fear out of her voice. "Coronation Chrysalis? This is bad comedy..." Chrysalis looked at her in shock.

"I thought I got rid of all of you to secure my position... But no matter! With this much love, I have become more powerful than Celestia herself! Not even you, my fledgling Queen, could prove any threat to me!" Oh, did you not know I've been WILLINGLY giving her love for over a month? Ribbon simply threw another knife, and unlike Celestia, dodged the retaliatory beam, before closing the distance and reared back a hoof...

*snkt!* the claws extended from her gauntlet, before she swung at Chrysalis, who barely dodged, getting a portion of her mane lopped off. "You impudent whelp! DIE!" Chrysalis fired a extremely large burst, knocking Ribbon halfway across the room, and in front of a cluster of bystanders, before she charged up a massive beam of energy, forcing Ribbon to retaliate with her own or let the civilians get hit. Holding it off long enough for them to get out of the way, she cut the power to it, and jumped the beam.

-she just made me VERY mad Ribbon.- I reached into my magic, and felt for a part that was VERY far away, and forced it to move, while watching as it turned red. To everyones surprise, day became night, and a blood moon rose. Coaching Ribbon, I prepped her on what I was about to do.

Ribbon began laughing. "You woke HER up, Chrysalis..." Channeling dark magic, I caused crystals to erupt from the walls around us.

"Who!?" I could see Chrysalis getting nervous.

"My dark side, the Bloody Nightmare..."

"Chrysalis..." My voice currently sounded exactly like a Reapers, useing the RCV to match the volume. Letting my bone white and hole filled hoof rise from Ribbons shadow, I watched as both her and Chrysalis, as well as any ponies watching, recoiled in fright. Slowly pulled myself out, I let Chrysalis stare into the bleeding voids of my eyes. To her shock, an albino changeling had risen from Ribbons shadow, looking almost zombified, and ws now staring her in the eyes."You REALLY, shouldn't have done that..." I licked my lips, drawing Akumu slowly, and seemed to shudder, appearing to savor the violence to come.

"Faust save us all..." well Celestia had woken up, and was literally shivering in fear... She GRABBED Twilight, and pulled her into a death grip.

And then, I lunged, catching Chrysalis off guard, and taking one of her wings clean off with Akumu. My voice went from a booming echo, to a sultry hiss as I licked the blood from the blade. "Let me bathe in you blood, Chrysssalisss..." even Ribbon was trembling in fear, and I had told her what I was going to do.

"Wh-what are you?!" Chrysalis when clutching the bleeding stump that was once her wing. Oh, I had her now...

"I am, a monument to all your sssinsss..." I began cackling madly, slowly approaching her "I am, Fear Incarnate..." I grabbed her, and held her face up to mine. "Now, go, TO, SLEEP!" with a sleeping spell, Chrysalis eyes rolled into the back of her head, and I pursued her into the depths of her mind, intent on thoroughly breaking her.

Upon rejoining the waking world, I was greeted to Chrysalis, curled up into a ball, muttering 'no eyes, but always watching...' repeatedly. The sun had returned to the sky, and Luna, Celestia, Cadence, Shining, the mane six, and the Exiles were all staring at me. Looking around I noticed with Chrys out of the picture, the few high ranking Lings are now fighting each other for dominance, since they believe the Proto-queens are dead. But Ribbon became one, didn't she?

Oh, oh god. Ribbon doubled over in pain, clutching her head, struggling against an invisible foe, until she couldn't take it and screams, both in her head and out loud, for them to "SHUT UP!" Every single changeling freezes, before slowly turning and facing her.

I pick up a few whispers and snippets like 'how did she survive?' Or 'Is she taking over?' While Ribbon lays on the floor, whimpering. Unable to stand her looking like that, I drop my disguise, and ignoring the gasps of everyone, walked over to her and pulled her into a hug. Slowly patting her on the back. Rainbow approches to say something, but I give her a glare that could melt fire, the dried blood on my face adding to the effect. I feel Ribbon go limp in my grasp, having fallen unconscious.

"I knew there was something up with her!" Fuuuuuuu... "to think the Ponyville blacksmith was a changeling..." Twilight pointed an accusing hoof, but I cut her off.

"If you so much as THINK of hurting her, I will kill you where you stand... I don't care that you're the student of Celestia herself! LAY A HOOF ON RIBBON AND I WILL END YOU!" Every single pony in the room, princesses included, recoiled from the venom in my voice. Tears began flowing freely from my eyes. "She was the only one who understood me, consequences be damned. I. LOVE. HER." Jaw drops, jaw drops everywhere, from ponie and changeling alike. Twilight slowly backs down, utterly shocked, while I see every single changeling nod, before a few burst into tears of joy and hug who ever was beside them. Celestias face when one hugged her was WTF incarnate.

I felt Ribbon shift. "I, uh. Love you too... And that really hurt." Yoda green, her face is.

Suddenly, one of the changeling shouted. "The tyrant has fallen! Long live the Queen!" It was met with a resounding chorus of agreement, and at least one 'you had to ruin the moment, didn't you...' this seemed to snap Celestia out of her gawking, and she shook the changeling hugging her off, much to his disappointment.

I turn to Celestia and give her a questioning look. "Can we try peace now?" My body is filled with dread at what is about to transpire, for it is the one thing more complicated than rocket science.

She nods. "Very well, we will discuss this in my personal chambers."

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Politics...

Author's Notes:

Jesus, i scared myself with this....