Twilight destroyed the shield protecting Canterlot. The ponies defending Canterlot where left horrified by the sheer ease of it. They faced down the cold forces of Sombra and contrasting sinister expression Twilight had on her her fact. Twilight pointed a hoof at Canterlot.

"Attack!" ordered Twilight.

Sobra's Army charged into Canterlot.

"For Equestria!" exclaimed Fancy Pants.

The defenders of Canterlot and Sombra's forces began their clash.

"Ready?" asked Sunshine Smiles.

"Yes." answered Moonlight Raven.

The two unicorns captured several Sombra soldiers in a net of their magic.

"Nicely done!" cried Sunshine Smiles.

"You too." replied Moonlight raven

The two unicorns where suddenly knocked unconscious by unicorn magic.

"Pathetic." spat Twilight.

Twilight looked over two and considered whether to kill them right there.

"No you don't!" cried Donut Joe.

Joe bum rushed Twilight catching her by surprise. Twilight crashed into a stand and found herself trapped in magic.

"Please do not resist." requested Fancy Pants.

Twilight blasted a pulse of magic knocking both Joe and Fancy Pants out.

"I'll resist all I damn want." snorted Twilight.

Nearby, Coriander Cumin and Saffron Masala where doing their best to fight off Sombra's forces when Twilight arrived.

"Stay behind me." said Coriander, getting in front of his daughter.

Twilight blasted Coriander with her magic knocking him into a wall.

"Father!" cried Saffron horrified.

Twilight blasted Saffron with magic crashing her into the same wall. Saffron fell onto her father.

"Awe, talk about family bonding." chuckled Twilight.

As Twilight laughed, Twinkleshine looked around.

"Where's Moon Dancer?" asked Twinkleshine.

Lemon Heart looked around.

"I can't find her." answered Lemon Hearts.

All of the ponies of Canterlot where being gathered in the city.

"I can't believe this is happening." said Lemon Hearts.

"I can't believe Twilight is allied with Sombra." said Twinkleshine.

Suddenly, the two noticed a familiar face.

"Moon Dancer!" called Twinkleshine.

Moon Dancer rolled her eyes and the other two joined her.

"I'm surprised to see you here." said Lemon Hearts.

"It's mandatory. I didn't have a choice." stated Moon Dancer, "I'm on here for friends. Leave me be."

"Well, well, well. My old friends." chuckled Twilight.

The two mares saw Twilight facing them.

"Twilight, we're your friends." stated Lemon Hearts.

"Please don't fight us." added Twinkleshine.

Twilight pretended to think this over.

"Please." begged Twinkleshine.

Twilight shot a blast of magic toward them.

"Look out!" cried Lemon Hearts.

The two unicorns used their magic to teleport and avoid Twilight's attack.

"Nope." stated Twilight.

Twilight fired a beam of magic forcing the two to teleport away.

"We don't want to fight you!" cried Twinkleshine.

"Well I do!" exclaimed Twilight.

Twilight fired another powerful blast of magic forcing the mares to teleport and avoid it.

"Please stop!" begged Lemon Hearts.

Twilight blasted another beam of magic which the two mares avoided via teleportation.

"I can fix this." mused Twilight.

Twilight fired a rapid fire volley of magic blasts. As she predicted, the two couldn't avoid all of this both where hit.

"Goodbye friends." smirked Twilight.

The Equestrian soldiers attempting to defend Canterlot found this task to be daunting. Aside from clashing with Sombra's forces, they quickly found themselves clashing with Changelings as the love sucking creatures infiltrated their ranks quickly. Prince Shinning Armor fought his best to prevent any Changeling from disguising themselves as soldiers or ponies. However, a familiar laugh brought a disgusted scowl to his face.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't my former fiancee." chuckled Chrysalis.

The Changeling Queen landed a few feet in front of Shinning Armor.

"You know I never loved you." spat Shinning.

"Celestia almost married us." mused Chrysalis.

"I was under your spell." noted Shinning angrily.

Chrysalis' horn began to glow.

"This is your one chance to surrender." said Shinning firmly.

Chrysalis laughed then transformed into Cadence.

"You wouldn't hurt your loving wife, right?" asked Chrysalis.

Shinning became enraged, but a blast of magic knocked Chrysalis down.

"You're not his wife." answered Cadence.

Chrysalis transformed back to her actual form.

"You." spat Chrysalis bitterly.

Cadence landed net to Shinning as Chrysalis got back up.

"Side behind me." whispered Shinning.

"I've wanted to do this since you foiled by last plan." stated Chrysalis.

Chrysalis fired a blast of magic toward the two who used to magic to teleport and avoid it.

"It's not going to be that easy." said Chrysalis.

Chrysalis took off and fired magic down toward the two.

"Look out!" exclaimed Cadence.

Cadence used her magic to shield the both.

"Are you okay?" asked Cadence.

"Yeah." answered Shinning.

Chrysalis licked her lips.

"You're love is so delicious." cooed Chrysalis.

"You're sick." spat Shinning.

Chrysalis thought for a moment to plan her next course of action.

"Right." said Chrysalis.

"To me, my children!" called Chrysalis.

On cue, a number of Changelings swarmed around Chrysalis.

"The stallion is mine." said Chrysalis.

Understanding, the Changelings launched an assault on Cadence.

"Cadence!" cried Shinning.

As the Changelings began to surround Cadence, a blast of magic kept Shinning from moving.

"You are mine." said Chrysalis.

Chrysalis began firing magic blasts at Shinning who countered with magic blasts of his own.

"Ahh!" cried Cadence.

Shinning turned to see his wife begin overpowered.

"Cadence!" cried Shinning.

Shinning turned hoping to aid his wife.

"You aren't going anywhere." stated Chrysalis.

Cadence managed to use a shield to blast the Changelings off like the wedding.

"Cadence!" cried Shinning happily.

"Hahahahaha!" laughed Chrysalis.

Before they knew what hit them, Shinning and Cadence where swamped by Changelings.

"Feed on their love my children." said Chrysalis.

A sudden pulse of magic sent the Changelings flying.

"You'll have to do better than that." said Cadence.

Meanwhile, Sombra stepped into the fray and used his minions to shield him. He was cautious after all. However, he was still a leader and he was going to command his forces. At least when it was in such an important battle. The Equestrian Army attacked him, but he found dispatching them to be easy. He was almost getting bored when an old face arrived.

"Ah Princess Luna, it has been far too long." said Sombra.

"Save your sweet talk." spat Luna.

"It's been far to long not to catch up." said Sombra.

Luna fired a blast of magic, but Sombra easily blocked it with a shield.

"How crude." said Sombra.

"You corrupted Twilight Sparkle!" cried Luna.

Luna fired another blast of magic.

"Oh please." muttered Sombra.

Sombra fired a blast of magic and the two collided cancelling each other out.

"I woke her up." said Sombra.

Luna took off flying above Sombra.

"Spare me your lies!" exclaimed Luna.

Luna fired a barrage of magic blasts toward Sombra which kicked up a cloud of dust.

"Did I get him?" asked Luna.

A blast of dark magic cut through the dust and knocked Luna out of the sky.

"There's my answer." groaned Luna.

The dust settled revealing Sombra unscratched.

"You're sloppy." stated Sombra.

Luna got back up.

"I am sick of your voice." stated Luna.

Sombra laughed at this.

"How rude." scoffed Smobra.

Luna snarled angrily.

"Enough!" declared Luna, in her Royal Canterlot Voice.

This caught the attention of ponies around them.

"Perfect." grinned Sombra.

Luna built up a large amount of magic into a sphere.

"Have at thee!" cried Luna.

Luna fired a blast of magic at Sombra, but he cut it in half with a beam of dark magic.

"Damn!" cried Luna.

Luna flew off and managed to avoided being hit.

"Can't we talk?" asked Sombra, in jest.

"We have nothing to talk about." answered Luna.

"It's been a thousand years." shrugged Sombra.

Luna sneered at him.

"Do you recall our last conversation?" asked Sombra.

Unfortunately so." answered Luna.

Unwilling to give Sombra a chance to speak, Luna fire several volleys of magic toward Sombra.

"This is almost too easy." said Sombra.

Sombra threw up a shield and blocked all the shots.

"This is tiresome." said Sombra.

Sombra fired a volley of magic toward Luna.

"Two can play that game!" declared Luna.

Luna fired a volley of magic and most cancelled each other out. However, a few of Sombra's dark magic got by and knocked Luna out of the sky.

"Now you will listen." stated Sombra.

Luna started getting up.

"I remember our last conversation." stated Sombra.

"Stop." demanded Luna.

"I warned you about Celestia overshadowing you." continued Sombra.

"Stop." demanded Luna, more forceful.

"And it appears you listened." said Sombra.

"Stop!" cried Luna.

"Nightmare Moon." whispered Sombra, venomously.

Inside the palace, Princess Celestia was staying abreast of the situation. Guards gave her constant updates so always knew what was happening. Her lack of presence was a bit of a morale blow, but she hoped the ponies knew there was a good reason. They just needed to hold out until Twilight arrived. Celesta noticed the others with her where worried.

"Are you nervous?" asked Celestia, hoping to lighten the mood.

"I take it there's no back door out." answered Trixie.

"Nope." stated Pinkie frankly.

"I'm really nervous." confess Fluttershy.

"It'll be okay darling." said Rarity.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" asked Discord.

"It has to." answered Celestia.

Author's Notes:

A/N: That is where we'll end this chapter. I hope you liked the battling here and don't worry we are not finished fighting yet. The idea of Sombra influencing Luna came from "Fall of the Crystal Empire" and I like that headcanon. Next time, we focus on Twilight. Please review.